Leonard Green Limited Page 8 - Sheffield Telegraph Friday January 18th 1963
Well thats all the pictures I have !
This is the last one.
Sadly reporting the demise of the first Leonard Green Haulage Limited
The site was sold to Tate Structural Steel Work and then subsequently for housing.
Leonard set up again and continued till 1988.(A much small company)
The Rotherham Star Tuesday 2nd May 1978 Price 8 Pence Page 1 Front page Haulage Firm for Auction
David M Green:
Any one you recognise ?Leonard Green Limited Page 8 - Sheffield Telegraph Friday January 18th 1963
Percy reeder top row fourth from the left,he was permanently on 40 foot helical bars from 11inch mill to Sutton in Ashfield with a erf with a 5pot Gardner,under him slightly to the left Freddie Benton who later worked at bsc aldwarke,a lot of drivers flitted between greens & parkgate(BSC) so a gentlemans agreement was put in place not to set each others drivers on,but it did not last long–Freddie Benton was dropped at Arnhem during the war,& I overheard him talking about it with Arthur green who was also there.when the compared times Arthur retorted huh we had mashed(tea) when you got there–alan
David M Green:
Colin & Eileen Green on Left hand sideLeonard Green Limited Page 8 - Sheffield Telegraph Friday January 18th 1963
That looks like ken griffiths kneeling next to the bloke with the glasses ,percy reeder above right? Ken griffiths started at parkgate just after this on the external fleet but was back at greens when I started in 67-alan
dads erf eight wheeler Gardner 6lw parkgate would not buy the new fangled 6lx as fitted in the Len green erf registered at the same time with a similar reg no all parkgates erf were purchased through greens.
ken griffiths erf fleet no31 gardner 6lw(a peter Davies photo)
David M Green:
Leonard Green Limited Page 8 - Sheffield Telegraph Friday January 18th 1963
A young david baker top left( he can put names to them all)Peter Lawrence bottom left(his dad joe was a driver at greens then parkgate)graham hall bottom right the pic was also in the Rotherham advertiser recently–alan
revman:
–Freddie Benton was dropped at Arnhem during the war,& I overheard him talking about it with Arthur green who was also there.when the compared times Arthur retorted huh we had mashed(tea) when you got there–alan
Love it!
I will have had a lift with one of those 60s drivers when in the RAF in Norfolk 1960-62. Odd times I would opt for a lift to Derby from Kings Lynn with market drivers out of Lincs/Norfolk and walk up to the Olympia Cafe about 0200 to get a lift. Sheffield BRS,Len Green and others I have forgotten.
Chris Webb:
revman:
–Freddie Benton was dropped at Arnhem during the war,& I overheard him talking about it with Arthur green who was also there.when the compared times Arthur retorted huh we had mashed(tea) when you got there–alan
Love it!
I will have had a lift with one of those 60s drivers when in the RAF in Norfolk 1960-62. Odd times I would opt for a lift to Derby from Kings Lynn with market drivers out of Lincs/Norfolk and walk up to the Olympia Cafe about 0200 to get a lift. Sheffield BRS,Len Green and others I have forgotten.
Ye real characters chris, they don’t make em like that now
Found some I missed
Oil painting - Leonard Green Haulage lorries at BSC Aldwarke - Painting by T.Pollard 1971
This hung in Leonard Green office at Barbers Ave.
David M Green:
Found some I missed
Oil painting - Leonard Green Haulage lorries at BSC Aldwarke - Painting by T.Pollard 1971This hung in Leonard Green office at Barbers Ave.
That’s a nice picture David. Have you got one of all Len’s wagons parked outside Ivy’s cafe,topside of Ripley?
From Maureen Green photograghs
Leonard Green Haulage Limited on parade estimated 1953 ?
Possibley at Rosehill Park on Warren Vale Rawmarsh ?
Hi Chris
Sadly not
Do you ?
DMG
erf fleet no65 earls court 1961
David M Green:
Hi Chris
Sadly not
Do you ?
DMG
Me neither David,but I had plenty of opportunity of snapping them when I worked for Prestons on those endless Birminghams.
We were in Ivy’s one after noon when there was a almighty bang we ran out & a bloke in a reliant robin was turning right at the bottom of swanwick .a lorry demolished the plastic pig ( plastic not ripley chris)he was not hurt ,the lorry driver said why don’t you signal & got the reply I always turn here --classic
David M Green:
British Motor corporation training Unit photograph in with all the other photos of the garage opening
Date 03.1965
Hello David,
I’m new on here this is my first post, re.the picture of the training bus that vehicle is now in America it was sold at auction I think for around $35000 dollars, I was watching a program called Chasing Classic Cars and this vehicle came up for sale.
Regards
Eric.
David M Green:
Press photo’s found in Leonard Greens files.
Any one know the Driver and the story ?
Hello David,
I worked for Green’s for a short while out of the Birmingham depot along with my mate David on night trunk in about 1966. David is the lad standing in front of my truck after is own truck was burned out, all this took place going up Meadow Head on our way home must have been around midnight, they replaced the ERF with a BMC don’t ask me what it was I can only give you a description it was a squarish cab and the doors were at the back just like the little threepenny bit cabs that came later it had no opening windows and was stifling hot the only way you got any air was to open the bloody doors it was way to small for the job it was doing on night trunk and consequently dropped a piston which came out the side of the block. At the time David and I were promised two new Mercedes Benz the one’s with the long front I’m not sure of their exact numbers and every night we went in the garage to see how the prep was getting on and was expecting to get them very soon as it was they gave them to two Rotherham drivers leaving us very disappointed as you can imagine and because of this we left the company sounds silly now but when you were a kid as we were all we wanted was the best truck we could get our hands on, hope this helps.
Regards Eric.
eco1943:
David M Green:
Press photo’s found in Leonard Greens files.
Any one know the Driver and the story ?Hello David,
I worked for Green’s for a short while out of the Birmingham depot along with my mate David on night trunk in about 1966. David is the lad standing in front of my truck after is own truck was burned out, all this took place going up Meadow Head on our way home must have been around midnight, they replaced the ERF with a BMC don’t ask me what it was I can only give you a description it was a squarish cab and the doors were at the back just like the little threepenny bit cabs that came later it had no opening windows and was stifling hot the only way you got any air was to open the bloody doors it was way to small for the job it was doing on night trunk and consequently dropped a piston which came out the side of the block. At the time David and I were promised two new Mercedes Benz the one’s with the long front I’m not sure of their exact numbers and every night we went in the garage to see how the prep was getting on and was expecting to get them very soon as it was they gave them to two Rotherham drivers leaving us very disappointed as you can imagine and because of this we left the company sounds silly now but when you were a kid as we were all we wanted was the best truck we could get our hands on, hope this helps.
Regards Eric.
By gum Eric,you are going back some years when the Sheffield-Birmingham steel motors went via Meadowhead,Sheffield on the old A61,day and night,through Chesterfield,Clay Cross,Alfreton and Ripley( 'appen for a call with the Ripley Pig,don’t fret I’ll not say owt) 
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You will have called in the Olympia Cafe in Derby no doubt?