longpod:
We use to go to a coal yard at enerdby there was a haulage firm on the lane down to the coal yard , would that have been enderby transport ? Coal merchant was shaws I think cant remember long narrow yard,
Charlie Handley’s yard was down there (kirk lane),and an old ERF,the one with the oval grille,still resides in a garage down there.i am a friend of the Handley family.in that yard now,there is 2 or 3 Renault Magnum’s operating,and a few other tippers and skip trucks park up.the coal man,was John Shaw,i remember him operating a Commer.i was at school with one of John’s sons.
When I was running out of Croft in the 80s on slabs and blocks . There was a green ERF B series 8wheeler tipper with an old guy driving always had gloves on. which Handley was that.
nick lambden:
When I was running out of Croft in the 80s on slabs and blocks . There was a green ERF B series 8wheeler tipper with an old guy driving always had gloves on. which Handley was that.
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that would be Charlie.he carried on driving to a good age! his grandson Wayne still works out of Croft,i believe,unless he’s been transferred very recently to Bardon.
I think Croft is not crushing at the moment. Most tonnage is out
of Bardon. I remember some green ERF artics with Handley on them running out of the concrete yard. Also Stuart Handley’s blue Leyland Road Trains. I remember Stuart Handley from Ford and Slater’s.Think he was in sales. That was when it was ECC .The good old days.
nick lambden:
I think Croft is not crushing at the moment. Most tonnage is out
of Bardon. I remember some green ERF artics with Handley on them running out of the concrete yard. Also Stuart Handley’s blue Leyland Road Trains. I remember Stuart Handley from Ford and Slater’s.Think he was in sales. That was when it was ECC .The good old days.
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top bloke is Stuart.he had a good little fleet back in the day.yes,he did end up in sale’s at Slater’s.he retired to Spain,but moved back here a few years ago.he still get’s out and about,and still riding motorcycle’s
This Thames Trader was not the reason for the picture,it was a promotion for the body a ■■■■■■■ for tarmac. I think it’s a great picture of the lorry .looks brand new.
nick lambden:
This Thames Trader was not the reason for the picture,it was a promotion for the body a ■■■■■■■ for tarmac. I think it’s a great picture of the lorry .looks brand new.0
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Does anyone who drove a Trader think it was like driving a sports car? The seat was close to the floor and your legs stretched straight out in front to the pedals.
Mrsteel:
Dean B.
Hi
Interesting to see the photo of the Murphy Bros: Foden.
Back in the sixties they ran a fleet of Leyland Beaver artics here in South Wales on the steel out of Port Talbot steelworks and their yard was on North Road on the Bridgend Ind: Est:. Iirc they operated as S.W.H&W.
South Wales Haulage& Warehousing.
Yet more memories !
Regards, Allan
That’s interesting.When I was delivering slabs for Bardon concrete all the London sales were done from West Drayton. if we had a problems that’s where we rang.
S Type Bedford tipping on a Barber Green. Think it’s Bardon gang laying. Wow those were the days no high vis hard hats etc. Remember those tiny round mirror’s.Not much use now.
nick lambden:
Think West Drayton was rail rate.Who were you driving for .I think one or two were on that.
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Tallis n Cresswell nick. You could call in for a load anytime you fancied. A mate of mine drove for ARC Whitwick n did 2loads a shift down there, would it have been same place?
Yes mate .They had a big tonnage every day .I remember Tallis and Crsswell .I bought the diesel storage tank from them and a wheel nut gun when they finished. Eric was a hard man to deal with.when l worked for Bexton a guy cannot remember his name used to park on the pub next door. He had a S 20 Foden 8wheeler cut down and converted to a tractor unit. It had a bulk trailer.
ARC had 6 of these 680s bar one,Rod Williams my mate had one, doing W Drayton, the poor buga that got the Gardner earned his corn trying to keep up,he wasn’t a happy chap, on the same rate n doing a good few hours extra. Rod said by Friday he was struggling to keep his eyes open.
nick lambden:
Yes mate .They had a big tonnage every day .I remember Tallis and Crsswell .I bought the diesel storage tank from them and a wheel nut gun when they finished. Eric was a hard man to deal with.when l worked for Bexton a guy cannot remember his name used to park on the pub next door. He had a S 20 Foden 8wheeler cut down and converted to a tractor unit. It had a bulk trailer.
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Yes Eric were a rum lad,he showed me the ropes with the Foden 12sp, I never had any doings with him.
