Hello,Bubbs here with a few pics…I scanned these before tea,fell asleep in the bleedin chair 
log on to find that the firms Idid are now mentioned…great minds think alike 
Heres the Satanist Davnic,Harrisons name on the door but really Bugle tpt
Cheers Bubbs 
thanks for the info great pics
Hello,a few more from me then.
Cheers Bubbs.
G’day
I thought I recognised that Transcon,I found these pics in my anorok pocket,from a magazine article from 1986. They did a lot of work for the oil and gas industry.
Must have been some of the last Transcons being ‘B’ reg. Keep 'em coming Bubbs.
Cheers Jamie
Excellent photos Bubbs,really excellent.
Uggy Newport still had that Guy unit and trailor a year ago when i went past his yard and is probably still there albeit in a very sorry state.
Fantastic to see Mike Richards’ Atki.Mike Richards Transport went on to become West Cornwall Storage and Distribution who,as previously mentioned,was my first employer.Would you have any photos of them,Hichens,Chris Miners?
I see Mike virtually daily as i now work for his son,he’ll be chuffed to see the pic.
Keep them coming. 
Here you are Davnic,did West Cornwall storage have a yard on the back road to St.Ives near the end of the Hayle by-pass?
Sorry about the quality of the pics. 
I met Chris Miners once when I took some pics of his lorries,real nice guy,broad cornish accent(just like Jethro),I believe sadly no longer with us.
Cheers Bubbs.
WOW!!!
I wish i had the foresight to take photos like that 20 years ago.
I have a few but nothing of that quality.
Yes,WCSD’s yard was on the back road to St.Ives (Old Coach Road) and the yard is now occupied by RCS (Richards Catering Supplies) which is owned by Mikes son.
He ran 4 ERF’s like the one in the photo,2 Seddon A’s 401’s,an ERF 6 wheeler,a couple of 7.5t and my Merc van.
The trailor in the photo was the only flat and had aluminium sides upto the height of the headboard to keep the bottom 3 layers of produce secure,whilst the next 5 layers relied on ropes and sheets.
Judging by the weather and lack of sideboards,i’d say the lorry was returning home during the potato season having dropped a backload of fertilizer somewhere.
My job and that of the 7.5tonners,was to distribute locally whatever may have been brought home by the artics in the morning,then ferry produce from farms to the artics from midday onwards.
We’d load three of our own and at least one subbie a day with each artic taking approx 800 crates of produce (950 on the flat trailer) or 960 bags of spuds.
Yes,unfortunately,Chris Miners passed away a few years ago.
Just been looking at the photos more closely and realised that
the Miners 142 Scania reg.no.B142 AAF,was bought by Dennis Oates and is still on the road.
Here a link to pictures of another ex Christopher Miners 142 thats still about. We bought it from Westrucks in 1994 and ran it until 2007. I’ve kept it for shows now. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=44978&p=508380#p508380
thanks bubs great pics memorys of me youth workin on the farm on family hols int 70s richards and osborne fom fraddon sticks out
Hello once again,I wish this crowd were still going…imaculate motors,even the little 'uns
Hope these are ok,R & O next time.
Cheers Bubbs.
Ok a few more from me,I think cornish trucks are great!
Cheers Bubbs.
Richards & Osbourne had alot of those fold flat tipper trailers, but I haven,t seen one in ages.
I don’t think they run artics anymore.
They had a big shake up last year,stopped doing distance work with the exception of one fridge(i think).
All you’ll see of R&O’s nowadays are rigid tippers and block wagons,quite a few of which are in the livery of Bardon Quarries.
good one bubbs
R & O have still got al least one artic tipper on the road its one of the last S/A stratos pulling a Fruehauf Bulk tipper.It was the fold flat trailers I have not see for ages. 
Hi all,
Its great to see so many old Cornwall firms in picture.
Not wishing to sidetrack this great thread but I thought some of the older Cornwall members may remember a few registration numbers listed below.
A sort of “I wondered what happened to that unit after we got rid of it !!!”
I spent a lot of my early driving career working for SPIERS OF MELKSHAM. When they finally came to replace the famous old brown and red AEC units, the next good old British truck was to be B and C series ERF’S.
The majority of these units came from ECC at Par as best I can remember. ( bright blue in colour) Not sure if any of you members ever drove for them but you may recognise the reg below;
B SERIES MRL304X and MRL305X
C SERIES SAF 142Y, SGL 110Y, PGL 249Y
Sadly these great trucks went to the great scrap yard in the sky when TDG bought out our firm in 1998.
I have some pics which I will try and post.
When i worked for WCSD,we had a unit from ECC at Par,OCV 696X.
C Series ERF 290 ■■■■■■■■
It still had the name Western Express Haulage on the headboard which i think was the name of ECC’s transport dept.
Hello ,heres a few pics of a fantastic cornish company which nowadays is a shadow of its former self.
Cheers Bubbs.
NZ JAMIE:
G’day,
here you go mate one to get you started,pic was taken at Exeter service in 1990,sorry I don’t know anything about them,she looks fairly heavy.
That was me I think. VNV 739W was my motor but I really don’t recall the trailer bar being bent like that so it may have been Martin driving it. It was the first long distance job I actually took. He had several on with Penryn Granite for a time, and a 401 Seddon which went like a train.
Nothing unusual in running heavy there, and lucky if you got a cheque that didn’t bounce. Jack was a bit of a crook on the fly. But the truck went real well if you kept her wound up enough. Did a few boats for them, up to 13’6 if I remember.
Jack sold out to George something or other and the name got changed to Horizon, but I seem to remember Jack taking it back on again after they did a runner. They packed up in the early to mid 90’s.
