carryfast-yeti:
hi Colin…can’t remember Stu’s Roadtrain,but i do know Alan,aka kitkat he still running a tipper,and now parks it in the Handley familys old yard near me
Later I remember delivering some gas tanks in the back of Blaby rd(maybe kirk lane) is that where Handleys were based?
that yard is/was Charles Handley’s yard,who was Stuart’s father.they still have an old ERF tucked away in the garage the one with the oval grill.IIRC Stuart’s yard was out Bruntingthorpe way.
You"ve jogged my memory a little now,dark green c handley. Dad was on Redland for a short time when Johnny Pugh and the Summerfield brothers, Frank Smith etc and many years later we used to get MOT’s done at Wesmores when Neil and Karen ran the workshop. Good bunch of people.
carryfast-yeti:
Neil and Karen top people both have left Wesmores now.Neil is at Ford & Slaters,as a foreman i believe.
wow, that would’ve been a big change. started at f & s myself at 16. being foreman would be a lot of hassle compared to wesmores I would of thought. still, gotta keep the wolf from the door.
Late to the party, I know… but great set of pictures.
A lot has changed in this over the last 2/3 years - lots of stuff has moved on.
adr:
Punchy Dan:
Chris I went in over 10 yrs ago before the cctv and fencing ,infact I took a load of fencing & gates down from Iae about 2 yrs since ,on my first visit I parked up the road and wondered in with out seeing anyone ,another time I took a mate we had all on to escape with out buying something he was like Aunty wainwright !
Steve knows the Guvnor there so we had permission, but we just had to keep an eye out for the single wandering Rottweiller, who we were told could be “A bit of a Bugger” , the others were in Run outside the office, but the 1 liked to go & walk himself!!!
He never wanders too far from Bruv – he’s quite friendly but will attempt to knock you over in his attempts to be friendly!
the Stuart H Handley Foden pictured at Rush Green was originally sold to the lorry scrapyard at Oadby,Leics.(sadly now gone),according to the man himself.presumably Rush Green saved the lorries in that yard when it was being cleared for housing.i was having a drink with a former driver of the Foden last night (Bullnose Bob),and he said it was famous at the time for having a different address on the nearside door to the offside door
That place confuses me, I remember seeing adverts in the back of CM from Rush Green Motors, but they seem to keep more than they sell! I imagine the owners are a bit on the eccentric side, but what exactly is it? A breakers yard or a sales yard?
newmercman:
That place confuses me, I remember seeing adverts in the back of CM from Rush Green Motors, but they seem to keep more than they sell! I imagine the owners are a bit on the eccentric side, but what exactly is it? A breakers yard or a sales yard?
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i know its too late now,but imagine if the owner had been abit more thoughtful in storing them all those years ago.he would have a fantastic collection of vehicles and spares
carryfast-yeti:
the Stuart H Handley Foden pictured at Rush Green was originally sold to the lorry scrapyard at Oadby,Leics.(sadly now gone),according to the man himself.presumably Rush Green saved the lorries in that yard when it was being cleared for housing.i was having a drink with a former driver of the Foden last night (Bullnose Bob),and he said it was famous at the time for having a different address on the nearside door to the offside door
IIRC Rush Green also owned the yard at Oadby - called Midland Motors
newmercman:
That place confuses me, I remember seeing adverts in the back of CM from Rush Green Motors, but they seem to keep more than they sell! I imagine the owners are a bit on the eccentric side, but what exactly is it? A breakers yard or a sales yard?
Eccentricity is subjective, I would say that a good number of those lorries in Rush Green are way beyond repair and as such are nothing more than scrap To keep them is, in my mind, eccentric.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying eccentric in a bad way, I love the fact that all that history still exists. It might also be useful in a post apocalyptic Mad Max type scenario when all the modern lorries have been rendered useless by having their electronic brains fried.
newmercman:
Eccentricity is subjective, I would say that a good number of those lorries in Rush Green are way beyond repair and as such are nothing more than scrap To keep them is, in my mind, eccentric.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying eccentric in a bad way, I love the fact that all that history still exists. It might also be useful in a post apocalyptic Mad Max type scenario when all the modern lorries have been rendered useless by having their electronic brains fried.
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But they have the space and presumably no need to sell.
Though plenty of stuff does sell from there and plenty of the wrecks have yielded parts!
They have tidied it up a lot over the last few years and some of the real wrecks have been removed.
I dare say a lot of the older stuff has had most of the usable parts taken off and sold many years ago, who knows, in years to come there may be a way of taking photos of some of them and making a new one with a 3D printer or some other yet to be invented technology, those old wrecks could turn out to be worth their weight in gold.
Rush Green Motors also owned the scrap yard at Oadby that was cleared and the land sold for housing. In their day Rush Green were large exporters of second hand spares and lorries. There is plenty more I could tell you but it is sub-judice for this forum.
newmercman:
I dare say a lot of the older stuff has had most of the usable parts taken off and sold many years ago, who knows, in years to come there may be a way of taking photos of some of them and making a new one with a 3D printer or some other yet to be invented technology, those old wrecks could turn out to be worth their weight in gold.
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There’s a few motors still in there that “should” be saved due to their rarity/history etc
Not rush green , but does anyone remember a place at colnebrook . I took a load of stuff from a local breakers yard , a couple of bread vans minus bodies , gardner engines , david brown gearboxes , axles and other bits and pieces . It was all going for export .I remember reversing off the main road , down a track into what looked like aladin’s cave . There were loads of old us army vehicles , even a couple of sherman tanks plus heaps of stuff similar to what i had on . I wasn’t there long , whipped everything of in no time . I never went again as the boss had hell’s own job getting paid by the local breaker . Just a memory now from the dim distant past . dave
carryfast-yeti:
the Stuart H Handley Foden pictured at Rush Green was originally sold to the lorry scrapyard at Oadby,Leics.(sadly now gone),according to the man himself.presumably Rush Green saved the lorries in that yard when it was being cleared for housing.i was having a drink with a former driver of the Foden last night (Bullnose Bob),and he said it was famous at the time for having a different address on the nearside door to the offside door
IIRC Rush Green also owned the yard at Oadby - called Midland Motors
newmercman:
That place confuses me, I remember seeing adverts in the back of CM from Rush Green Motors, but they seem to keep more than they sell! I imagine the owners are a bit on the eccentric side, but what exactly is it? A breakers yard or a sales yard?
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He is def not eccentric.
thanks fryske…that explains why Stuart’s Foden ended up at RG
rigsby:
Not rush green , but does anyone remember a place at colnebrook . I took a load of stuff from a local breakers yard , a couple of bread vans minus bodies , gardner engines , david brown gearboxes , axles and other bits and pieces . It was all going for export .I remember reversing off the main road , down a track into what looked like aladin’s cave . There were loads of old us army vehicles , even a couple of sherman tanks plus heaps of stuff similar to what i had on . I wasn’t there long , whipped everything of in no time . I never went again as the boss had hell’s own job getting paid by the local breaker . Just a memory now from the dim distant past . dave
Was that the place next door/behind Jocks Café (with the revolving door) ?
Often used to stand and look at all the old stuff after me breakfast.
rigsby:
Not rush green , but does anyone remember a place at colnebrook . I took a load of stuff from a local breakers yard , a couple of bread vans minus bodies , gardner engines , david brown gearboxes , axles and other bits and pieces . It was all going for export .I remember reversing off the main road , down a track into what looked like aladin’s cave . There were loads of old us army vehicles , even a couple of sherman tanks plus heaps of stuff similar to what i had on . I wasn’t there long , whipped everything of in no time . I never went again as the boss had hell’s own job getting paid by the local breaker . Just a memory now from the dim distant past . dave
Hi “rigsby” We did a load of old axles to this place, IIRC They used to advertise in the Commercial Motor Book, We got paid ok from the sender But he had a long wait to get his money for the load & didn’t sell any more stuff to them, This was in the early 80s, Regards Larry.
he still running a tipper,and now parks it in the Handley familys old yard near me
the one with the oval grill.IIRC Stuart’s yard was out Bruntingthorpe way.
both have left Wesmores now.Neil is at Ford & Slaters,as a foreman i believe.
, the others were in Run outside the office, but the 1 liked to go & walk himself!!!