Hello again,good stuff coming on this thread,the Devon threads in front,■■■■■■■■ lot is marching on well and this one is starting to run out of puff!!! 
Lets get a few more on then,starting with the anonnamous Conway Bailey…■■■! annonamus,no…anonumous…well the plain liveried Conway Bailey 
Cheers Bubbs. 
Some great pics coming out here…please keep them coming!!
Any pics of Westfields or TR Benny??
Here you are Sam,a few Benneys and Westfields.
Hope these are ok Sam,I’m working on your last PM ok. 
Cheers Bubbs.
Pretty sure I had F762 VAF, a sister to Benneys Strato, for a time.This was after R&O traded it in and when Brian had it. That truck pulled like the very devil was breathing up her tail, and the jake would set car alarms off. I actually had someone come into a takeaway in Oxon and tell me there was something wrong with it!!! I finally remembered the number of the 401 I had, too LWN 834X.
Any pics of J Hayne and son would be appreciated.
Oh, and I forgot Derek Mason had that 112. When was that pic taken, do you think? Trying to figure if it was poor old Brian Brayley driving it… Don’t think it was, it could have been Tony Morris.
These 2 are for Bob the dog.
Hope these bring back the memories Bob.
Cheers Marc.
Marc
Bit of a request here.When I was last driving used to occasionally see a Leyland Boxer 12/14ton boxvan with immaculate signwriting (blue &red iirc with a silver body) from a company in Penzance.Two things that struck me were how challenging that must have been for the driver and how far from home he always was. Just wondered if it rung any bells and if you had a picture in your “bottomless archive box”.
Thanks
Rob
Hello Rob,my guess the Boxer you saw was ran by Andrew Newport,he runs all old lorries but he keeps them well maintained and up together.I haven’t a pic of it but heres a couple,was this the firm youre thinking of?
The TK was took only a few years ago,and still doing a days work.
Cheers Marc.
Marc
Excellent thats the company .As you say always in excellent condition .At least with the Seddon better living quarters !! Much Appreciated
Rob
Ah man, you are just too damned good!!! Thanks for that!!
LWN had a coach diff and was really fast once you got her wound up enough! There is a tale there about that truck which could get me in trouble so I dare not say it. The driver in the Pic was Frank Trewin, you can recognise him easily enough.
The Strato was a hell of a truck. It never go signwritten though, after it was repainted… The little water cover was missing off the stack when I got it. I made one out of checker plate which was a bit heavy, so you could hear it going ‘dinka dinka dinka’ whenever you stopped and were ticking over.
I tell you what, those were really good trucks. And the pics have brought back the memories, no mistake.
Hello,here are a few more from me.
Hope these are ok
Cheers Bubbs.
I was interested to see the Jack Harvey fleet pics, the tippers have an unusual body style.
Do they run many more and do they have any Volvos as per the Cararama model?
Cheers
Mark
I think they run 3 bonneted tippers.
The bodywork is the same as that used by another local tipper operator,Michael Mudge and look like the work of local bodybuilder,WR Richards who is no longer trading.
Davnic:
The ‘Dingles’ Roadtrain went on to Conway Baileys and is now owned by a Trucknet Forum member and is in preservation.(see Leyland Roadtrain thread).
I don’t suppose anyone has some more pictures of that particualr truck when it was at Dingles or Conways? The owner is a freind of mine.
Thanks
Mike
This caught my eye on Bubblemans thread, can anyone tell me anything about this firm.
I wasn’t driving HGV’s when this style of trailer was used, but would like to know more about them .
I think that as the trailer was raised,the trailer axle was pulled toward the unit,presumably making the whole oufit more stable while tipping.
No chassis would also make the trailer lighweight i would imagine.
Can’t see any landing legs in the photo,so i don’t know if the unit and trailer were permanently fixed?
As for Cornish Road Services,that’s a new one on me but being based at Roche,i would imagine they involved in claypit haulage.
Hi
I think these old photos are wonderful and I will be posting pics of some of my dads lorries from the 1970’s and 80’s as soon as I have got them all scanned in.
Does anyone have a picture of my father-in-laws old lorry, he’s "The Cornishman, Ron James, and his last truck was a blue Merc, Reg A75 GVU, it would be greatly appreciated if someone could post a picture
Cheers Jude TJ
Saw these at Newlyn last week.
Another shot of the Newlyn, Renault reefer.
War Years, Beyond and the ERF Continental /5MW European - Thomas Transport Cornwall
My dad Dennis started driving officially in 1940; this is a photo of him in the Army with the lorry during the War (sorry the photo has seen better days)
For anyone who knew dad in his later years clock the
left hand, when he gave up the Capstan full strength his waistline disappeared along with the ■■■■!
Many years later, around late 70’s or early 80’s he bought an ERF Continental from W Stevenson Newlyn, she was one of a pair both were in Stevenson’s dark green. Oh, the joy of going from 220’s to a 250 ■■■■■■■■ she did a trip or two before being re-sprayed. The Continental still Stevenson’s green
Those were the days, Progression! Handball, had become a thing of the past, we had containers and fridges, and shortly afterwards, most of the flats went to Kendle to be converted to those wonderful “Curtainsiders” on the whole Roping and Sheeting was no more and my hours of “Strap” mending a bit like Tom’s Transport Cafe, gone forever! The Continental changes from Stevenson’s green to Thomas blue.
I was normally Sunday yard shunter, as each lorry came back from loading, I dieseled up so all were ready to roll early Monday morning, this is me with my hearts desire, the Continental
The Continental was re-sprayed again in the 80’s and looking good
I will also be posting some more photos of dad’s lorries from 70’s and 80’s and hopefully something from late 40’s & 50’s his days of driving for Jackson’s Fruiters Penzance and his lorries from the 60’s the golden “Broccoli and Spuds” era. After he retired in the late 80’s the road continued to beckon, so he went back on long distance part- time for L Knibb & Son Engineering Mawnan Smith until finally he kissed the road goodbye in 1997 unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the Knibb years. Hope you enjoyed my true story about dad and of course the Continental Jude TJ
Why apologise for the picture being a bit worn… it is nearly 70 years old.
That Continental was the buisness, wasn’t it. The ■■■■■■■ 250 was bo0mbproof, except for valve stemseals which would leach oil on overrun. We had one in an early B series and it never had to be touched. And it never failed although it wasn’t very lively…
Great pics though.