British road Services

sammyopisite · 29 October 2010 21:15

We nearly lost this thread it was ready to drop off

harry_gill · 29 October 2010 23:00

sammyopisite:
We nearly lost this thread it was ready to drop off

hiya,
Be a shame to lose it there’s still a lot of stuff to be said about the old "red and rust"and there must be still loads of pics out there to post, must get myself some education and learn how to put pics up but where modern technology rears it’s head i’m useless my daughter has lost patience with me and says my 8 year old grandaughter has more idea than me,there’s something on the go at the moment called “computing for the terrified” very apt in my case but will have to look into it.
thanks harry long retired.

toxic_gas_man · 30 October 2010 15:44

Hya all.yeh nice pic of the old Foden i drove one in the 60s bit of a nightmare at times engine brakes,30 M.P.H flatout iwas glad to get shut of it when they gave me an Atkinson with a 150 Gardener in it, had it on night trunk to Bathgate for 3 years,never let me down once.cheers Ted, by the way Harry and chris do you remember a firm from way back 50s60s ithink called London Scottish mostly red and blue aec mk 3s and Scammell 8 leggers?

chris_webb · 30 October 2010 17:36

toxic gas man:
Hya all.yeh nice pic of the old Foden i drove one in the 60s bit of a nightmare at times engine brakes,30 M.P.H flatout iwas glad to get shut of it when they gave me an Atkinson with a 150 Gardener in it, had it on night trunk to Bathgate for 3 years,never let me down once.cheers Ted, by the way Harry and chris do you remember a firm from way back 50s60s ithink called London Scottish mostly red and blue aec mk 3s and Scammell 8 leggers?

I just remember them,London Scottish,and I’ve seen some photos on here somewhere of them.IIRC they were a Nottingham based company.I’ll have a snek round for a picture…

A painting of one of their Atki drawbars.“AU” was a Nottingham C.B.C. reg. and “LAU” was September 1948,so she’ll be getting on a bit now.I’ve a feeling they went into BTC/BRS ownership at nationalisation,I must have a look in my BRS book .

harry_gill · 30 October 2010 18:02

Chris Webb:

toxic gas man:
Hya all.yeh nice pic of the old Foden i drove one in the 60s bit of a nightmare at times engine brakes,30 M.P.H flatout iwas glad to get shut of it when they gave me an Atkinson with a 150 Gardener in it, had it on night trunk to Bathgate for 3 years,never let me down once.cheers Ted, by the way Harry and chris do you remember a firm from way back 50s60s ithink called London Scottish mostly red and blue aec mk 3s and Scammell 8 leggers?

I just remember them,London Scottish,and I’ve seen some photos on here somewhere of them.IIRC they were a Nottingham based company.I’ll have a snek round for a picture.

hiya,
Remember them their motors was quite prolific in the 60s and 70s must have been quite a big outfit as far as pictures go have’nt got any just never bothered have regrets now though meaning zilch photographic memories, have a thing on an old mobile phone i use that is supposed to take photo’s but don’t know how to work it, ah well.
thanks harry long retired.

toxic_gas_man · 30 October 2010 18:16

Hya Thanks for the info Chris good painting,looks like its loaded with tobacco reels for J Players ciggies.I used to see them a lot on the old A5 around 55/56 when i was a trailer mate aged about 15 long long ago ,not far behind Harry now only a couple of years.Cheers Ted

dave_the_renegade · 3 November 2010 15:19

chris_webb · 3 November 2010 20:46

Dave the Renegade:

By gum Dave,that looks like the “Floral Hall” in the old shi---- err sorry,Covent Garden market.Last time I was in there was Feb 1969 loading Moroccan new potatoes for Sheffield market onto an AEC Mercury artic.You had to jacknife onto the dock at the last minute so other wagons could get past,so when you were loading the trailer used to rock about a bit at first until the load got further back.
And in all that time I never saw a Moroccan geezer,only thieving sods hanging around looking to nick gear off the wagon.Best thing to happen to that place was when it moved to Nine Elms,but I had been off the market job a long time by then,thank God!! Hated the joint.

harry_gill · 3 November 2010 22:30

Chris Webb:

Dave the Renegade:

By gum Dave,that looks like the “Floral Hall” in the old shi---- err sorry,Covent Garden market.Last time I was in there was Feb 1969 loading Moroccan new potatoes for Sheffield market onto an AEC Mercury artic.You had to jacknife onto the dock at the last minute so other wagons could get past,so when you were loading the trailer used to rock about a bit at first until the load got further back.
And in all that time I never saw a Moroccan geezer,only thieving sods hanging around looking to nick gear off the wagon.Best thing to happen to that place was when it moved to Nine Elms,but I had been off the market job a long time by then,thank God!! Hated the joint.

hiya,
Chris i’ve done quite a bit out of there myself and it was an awkward place to maneuvre about in, never had bother with the burglars though never had nowt in the shed worth nicking and some of the heaps i took into there i would have payed the tea leaves to nick the lot.
thanks harry long retired.

dave_the_renegade · 13 November 2010 18:23

Had better bump this one up for you red and rust drivers .

chris_webb · 13 November 2010 18:54

Dave the Renegade:
Had better bump this one up for you red and rust drivers .

Good on yer Dave 'cos i’ve just found this photo of a BRS Seddon,unregistered but destined for Scunthorpe.I do remember this model but the windscreen looks a bit “shallow” to me,not quite how I remembered them.

harry_gill · 13 November 2010 20:19

Chris Webb:

Dave the Renegade:
Had better bump this one up for you red and rust drivers .

Good on yer Dave 'cos i’ve just found this photo of a BRS Seddon,unregistered but destined for Scunthorpe.I do remember this model but the windscreen looks a bit “shallow” to me,not quite how I remembered them.

hiya,
Jeez i must be old i remember these too Chris bit of an oddball to me, wasn’t they Perkins engined could be wrong but i think Leeds depot had some as well, or it could have Bradford thank goodness we had Bristols and AEC’s i’d have needed dark glasses and a wig to turn out in one of them.
thanks harry long retired.

sammyopisite · 14 November 2010 19:00

harry_gill:

Chris Webb:

Dave the Renegade:
Had better bump this one up for you red and rust drivers .

Good on yer Dave 'cos i’ve just found this photo of a BRS Seddon,unregistered but destined for Scunthorpe.I do remember this model but the windscreen looks a bit “shallow” to me,not quite how I remembered them.

hiya,
Jeez i must be old i remember these too Chris bit of an oddball to me, wasn’t they Perkins engined could be wrong but i think Leeds depot had some as well, or it could have Bradford thank goodness we had Bristols and AEC’s i’d have needed dark glasses and a wig to turn out in one of them.
thanks harry long retired.

The cab looks as if it a cross breed of a Merc. and Fiat and motor panels mongrel Scunthorpe had a few of them
cheers Johnnie

lee_ob · 22 November 2010 17:15

harry_gill:
hiya,
no false teeth in those days norm, i’ll have you know i was a bit gorgeous, pleased to see you managed to return home in pocket, i used to go racing a lot at one time have done a lot of tracks over the years last time was about four years ago i did the grand national a weekend thing had to buy a pair of braces to keep my trousers up won so much money the weight was pulling them down i actually backed four winners including the big race winner best day ever came home more than a grand in pocket that doesn’t happen very often to someone who knows nowt about racing, the only information i had was put your money on what the irish lads are betting on and you won’t go far wrong, it certainly paid dividends that day the nearest i get to the track these days is in ladbrokes i still like a bet but the glory days are gone,the “c” thingy certainly puts you in your place,anyway lets get back to BRS business people will be browned off with my small talk but i can’t think of anything at the moment will have to rattle the old brainbox a bit and see what i can come up with, help frenchy, come back all is forgiven.
thanks harry long retired.

my grandad wilf obrien used drive for brs at trafford park depo on b&i lines on kelloggs and wimbosman

lee_ob · 22 November 2010 19:32

my grandad wilf obrien used to drive for brs at trafford park depo he was on the kelloggs contract takeing b&i trailers to fleetwood docks before that he used be on wimbosman contract.

harry_gill · 22 November 2010 22:23

lee ob:
my grandad wilf obrien used to drive for brs at trafford park depo he was on the kelloggs contract takeing b&i trailers to fleetwood docks before that he used be on wimbosman contract.

hiya,
Was in and out of Trafford Park depot quite often in the 60s and came into contact with a couple of their wag and dragmen i was doing the same job on the odd occasion the drawbar outfits was ideal for the 45 gallon drum jobs which the Trafford Park lads did but every now and again other depots came in to help out, your grandads name does’nt ring any bells but it was a big place with a lot of motors and you very rarely saw the same face twice, but one of the depot’s own drivers may well remember him.
thanks harry long retired.

lee_ob · 25 November 2010 17:54

hello my grandad drove brs at trafford park depo he on the kelloggs contract taking B&I trailers to fleetwood docks he allso was on the wimbosman contract, he was called wilf obrien.

dave_the_renegade · 22 December 2010 20:27

FOUND THIS GRAND OLD THREAD DOWN ON PAGE FIVE,THOUGHT I’D BETTER FETCH IT BACK FOR CHRISTMAS.

norman_ingram · 22 December 2010 20:41

Dave I have not heard of Frenchy for ages, I think he has got tight and will not put his money in the meter to use his laptop, he must have spent too much on the move.

harry_gill · 23 December 2010 20:36

Norman Ingram:
Dave I have not heard of Frenchy for ages, I think he has got tight and will not put his money in the meter to use his laptop, he must have spent too much on the move.

hiya,
I think i’ve put all my memories of my red and rust days on here, it needs imput from others to survive, i never took photo’s so have nothing to offer in that direction and thats if i could post them, i’ve read the the post’s on here telling you a simple way to stick pics on but it’s all double dutch to me, OK so “two short planks” springs to mind but if everybody was a bright spark what a miserable world we would live in, the place does need a few village idiots to which group i hopefully belong, the trouble is this topic is only only of interest to us old fogies who have worked for and can remember the BRS, the best outfit i ever worked for the others i did for where only “also rans” but did pay the bills, if you’re looking in Frenchy have a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
thanks harry long retired.