Another shot of Hamiltons London .
ParkRoyal2100:
JAKEY:
nice old van plan " proper removal wagon "Am I right in thinking those Fox VanPlans were a sort of mustard yellow with FOX in black and THE MOVER in white, or is my memory completely [zb]ed? And were (are?) they from S Wales? (I can remember seeing their wagons most frequently on the M4 eastbound).
Fox the Mover were (are?) based in Cwmbran, South Wales. Part of a bigger operation now I think. Now in green. I used to supply them with chassis components. I believe the fitter was called Bill Reynolds, but it was over thirty years ago, so may be wrong. All Bedford then, with Vanplan and Marsden bodies, but switched to Scania later.
JAKEY:
Is this the same firm ?
Dont think so.
Ben.
legion:
looks ex G.B. liners that Jakey
R342 OVJ, is an ex GB Liners Cheltenham motor. Alf Bailey drove it from new until I promoted him to one of the first CF65’s that we got
Any recent photos Jdc of your wagons ?
This truck is owned by a a friend and does local or national work .
JAKEY:
Any recent photos Jdc of your wagons ?
Hello mate, I haven’t got any at the moment. I suppose I will have to take some and get some posted on here. Leave it with me, I will get some on here shortly!!
Great jdc , hope your busy ?
heres one i used to drive after the family frim went under
and another from the same fleet
Very tidy trucks there Legion .
yeah they were i had a bit of a say in how the lf was built was a cracking tool ramps accessable from eather side from lockers on the back and ratcliff tail lift formed the rear doors and was a canopy loader which i was won over by to be honest as i was very anti them when i started there. the lower parts of the canopys were alloy planking like a tail lift strong and light ideal.
JAKEY:
This is still used as a local truck .
i have the rand s that that was in last time round
JAKEY:
Hi Parkroyal2100 , we new at the game , 1824 , thats when the company was founded , my great grandfather took over in 1930 from the orignal owner , my dads 87 and he started with his dad when he was 11 years old .
Not as old as shore porters but not doing bad eh ?
You dad would not happen to be called Henry would he? I did a lot of work with you guys when I was manager at Pickfords in Oxford in the late 80’s 
YEP that was my dad . I would probley know you .
You probably would. I’m Jonathan Dale and I was working there with Steve Grey and Bob Barratt. Are you still in touch with any of the old crew down there?
Hi Jonathan, My brother remembers you , we still see bob and keith barrtett , john cook is now retired but he came to dads funeral ,mick perkins drives for the coop , big dave died a few years ago , carl the german ? , dad barrett , polly ? (ray pollford ) the list goes on and on , did you live in Horspath? Do remember Spencer ? (use to work for us)
hell fire look at the size of that luton .
I would like to go to that museum Carl .
JAKEY:
I would like to go to that museum Carl .
Hi Jakey
If you go onto the W.H.Williams thread on the last but one page there is address, detais and phone numbers with photos from Google Earth
I went a couple of years ago with my son and it is well worth the journey
Carl