Sorry thats an Atki.
You have some cracking photos yourself Dave, below is a letter I recieved from Jean Sharples after I wrote to them enquiring about their fleet
flatman001:
You have some cracking photos yourself Dave, below is a letter I recieved from Jean Sharples after I wrote to them enquiring about their fleet
Hi Flatman001.
I f you look on the Welsh Border tipper operarators thread, on old time lorries forum , you will see all the pics of the Sharples lorries which I have posted. As lent to me by Miss Jean Sharples. They ceased running lorries last autumn, the last two lorries that she ran was a Foden alpha eight wheeler and a Hino eight wheeler, both tippers in tarmac colours. She now lets the garage to one of their old drivers son, he runs a truck repair business from there.
Hi Flatman001.
I f you look on the Welsh Border tipper operarators thread, on old time lorries forum , you will see all the pics of the Sharples lorries which I have posted. As lent to me by Miss Jean Sharples. They ceased running lorries last autumn, the last two lorries that she ran was a Foden alpha eight wheeler and a Hino eight wheeler, both tippers in tarmac colours. She now lets the garage to one of their old drivers son, he runs a truck repair business from there.
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Thanks for that it’s nice to see some of the lorries after only having the regestration numbers. I saw the article about the firm in Trucking International, but not the one in Commercial Motor. I wrote to Miss Sharples after reading a letter she wrote to Vintage Commercial Vehicles mag.
