I put the photos of the plants for service in bubbs thread, I stick them in this one when I get home tonight
doby3926:
3300John:
Hiya…is Reg still alive doby■■? he had a silver IICR bentley mk6 when i was doing some work out of their.
I did a load of bailing string one time into wales …it was 2 rolls of string in a pack and there was about 1800
packs all hand ball on and off it must have taken 3 hours just to load the blasted stuff. Good old days.
Thanks for posting the CRS photos, brings back many memories…I see Pete West?? sometimes driving
Geoff Newsomes old trucks at vintage rallys
Johnhi jonh it was fank the boss that had the bently reg had a volvo and yes he is still alive iv stick a pic on here of pete wests BELOVED f12 regards doby 3926
another firm i worked for the pic was taken on the isle of bute from the bosses private house there was always drink in the cabinet for me the good old days one trip a week to take cot mattresses iver to a small factory he owned doby3926
doby3926:
doby3926:
3300John:
Hiya…is Reg still alive doby■■? he had a silver IICR bentley mk6 when i was doing some work out of their.
I did a load of bailing string one time into wales …it was 2 rolls of string in a pack and there was about 1800
packs all hand ball on and off it must have taken 3 hours just to load the blasted stuff. Good old days.
Thanks for posting the CRS photos, brings back many memories…I see Pete West?? sometimes driving
Geoff Newsomes old trucks at vintage rallys
Johnhi jonh it was fank the boss that had the bently reg had a volvo and yes he is still alive iv stick a pic on here of pete wests BELOVED f12 regards doby 3926
another firm i worked for the pic was taken on the isle of bute from the bosses private house there was always drink in the cabinet for me the good old days one trip a week to take cot mattresses iver to a small factory he owned doby3926
bring’s back memories doby,dont suppose you have any of the old tk’s they ran 
Hiya…dose anyone have a photo of a s39 foden that Dawsons of Middlewich had on the packageing job.
DRF947K was the reg…i used to drive her at AT Richardsons of waterhouses when she was quite new
John
GAZ70:
yes doby steve and kevin are my brothers,kev is on nights for roberts bakery and steve is driving tankers for nenus,chadda drove for hays chemicals didn’t he?,i’m shure thats where he knows them two from.
Hi all, Kev was my toy Bot for a few weeks whilst training, we slept together once, but Chaddy was only number 2 compared to me.
3300John:
Hiya…dose anyone have a photo of a s39 foden that Dawsons of Middlewich had on the packageing job.
DRF947K was the reg…i used to drive her at AT Richardsons of waterhouses when she was quite new
John
Hi John
I might have a picture somewhere of Eric Dawson s Foden, i will try and find it. She was always driven by Charlie Kingston at Dawsons, though I did the occasional trip when my ERF was off the road. Charlie could make her fly, up and down that 12 speed box like a man possessed. You may remember Eric mounted a spare wheel on the front bumper and Charlie was in much demand to shove motors that would not start in the mornings when away from home. Unfortunately this had a habit of straining the retaining studs and more than once the wheel came away, with Charlie driving over it in spectacular fashion. Eric was not impressed to say the least!
I see from a recent post from his daughter in law , that Eric is very much alive, despite me reporting that he had passed away, based on a conversation with someone a few years ago.
Regards
Bob
nice to here from blindbob,where have you been mate
Frankie Flintstone:
GAZ70:
yes doby steve and kevin are my brothers,kev is on nights for roberts bakery and steve is driving tankers for nenus,chadda drove for hays chemicals didn’t he?,i’m shure thats where he knows them two from.Hi all, Kev was my toy Bot for a few weeks whilst training, we slept together once, but Chaddy was only number 2 compared to me.
hello frankie
heres a pic of kev taken years ago
A short while back someone came on & asked about a firm called Lewis Bros who ran tippers on aggregates, but it seems to have gone off the forum for some reason , anyone remember it ?, Regards Larry. PS, I had a Foden that was theirs from new.
Its still on page 5 Lawrence
Re. Lewis Bros.I had one of their Mickey Mouse Fodens 8 wheeler tipper VTU.291E. cracking motor,great puller, with its 150Gardner. held its own with anything,I wish I had kept it, I sold it to a pal of mine from Perth for his son, his first wagon, & he he loved it, ran it on distance work for 4 years.I bought it from Sellers & Kent IIam ,Ashborne,I ran it quite a while never let me down once, the reason I changed it was the work I was doing called for bigger tonnages ,so I got the Artic, which increased the load by 6 Tonnes, if you look on Srapbook Memmories its on there, Regards Larry
Blind Bob:
3300John:
Hiya…dose anyone have a photo of a s39 foden that Dawsons of Middlewich had on the packageing job.
DRF947K was the reg…i used to drive her at AT Richardsons of waterhouses when she was quite new
JohnHi John
I might have a picture somewhere of Eric Dawson s Foden, i will try and find it. She was always driven by Charlie Kingston at Dawsons, though I did the occasional trip when my ERF was off the road. Charlie could make her fly, up and down that 12 speed box like a man possessed. You may remember Eric mounted a spare wheel on the front bumper and Charlie was in much demand to shove motors that would not start in the mornings when away from home. Unfortunately this had a habit of straining the retaining studs and more than once the wheel came away, with Charlie driving over it in spectacular fashion. Eric was not impressed to say the least!
I see from a recent post from his daughter in law , that Eric is very much alive, despite me reporting that he had passed away, based on a conversation with someone a few years ago.
Regards
Bob
Hya guys. I never knew Charlie Kingston worked there, but its got to be the same character who I worked with for a few years at James Irlam at Chelford. Big beard, bigger belly and a really dry sense of humour. Yep, there could only be Charlie who could run over a bumper and then blame you (the shoved) for not letting him know it was gonna fall off. I think he was a keen caravanner and would regularly travel all the way from home in Macc for a weekend in Holmes Chapel. I like him!