A hard working Leyland Comet hauled animal feeds from Avonmouth,Cardiff and Barry Docks from 1960 until 1967,back to Kington,Herefordshire,also loaded with bags of grain into the Docks from Herefordshire farms.
Three of Charlie Butts Leylands
Pinched this from a book
LB76:
Used to see these going up and down the A6 / M6 what happened to them ?
(nice pic) I seem to remember they had a large fleet Leylands / Sed Atkis (in 2 tone blue methinks) and yard next to M6 Northbound at Haydock Island, Newton side (big pallet farm stood there) suppose they must have had cash flow probs because they were all parked up in a lovely line - then disappeared into oblivion (or Malcolm Harrisons)
love sponge:
heres a few to keep you going need more roadtrain pics
I just fixed those tags for you.
Here’s Mr Tinkers motor again at Heaton Park Middleton last year.
Plus a couple of Comets belonging to Butterworths of Greenfield Saddleworth
Stanfield:
Here’s Mr Tinkers motor again at Heaton Park Middleton last year.21
Plus a couple of Comets belonging to Butterworths of Greenfield Saddleworth0
them FG’s - National Tyres had loads of em, god they were a weird thing to drive (you had to keep your socks clean coz everyone could see your feet!)
One of the AEC works motors delivering cabs into Southall
Wheel Nut:
One of the AEC works motors delivering cabs into Southall
Nice photo Malc.IIRC those cabs were made by GKN Sankey at Wellington Salop or Shropshire as it called now.Two shifts - Wellington-Southall,days and nights.Wonder what the money was like? 
Chris Webb:
Wheel Nut:
One of the AEC works motors delivering cabs into Southall
Nice photo Malc.IIRC those cabs were made by GKN Sankey at Wellington Salop or Shropshire as it called now.Two shifts - Wellington-Southall,days and nights.Wonder what the money was like?
Is that you pulled up behind in that Mercury Chris,waiting to put 3 cabs on?Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Chris Webb:
Wheel Nut:
One of the AEC works motors delivering cabs into Southall
Nice photo Malc.IIRC those cabs were made by GKN Sankey at Wellington Salop or Shropshire as it called now.Two shifts - Wellington-Southall,days and nights.Wonder what the money was like?
Is that you pulled up behind in that Mercury Chris,waiting to put 3 cabs on?Cheers Dennis.
Not me Dennis,that was a young whippersnapper learning t’ropes.I’d already done two loads on a night shift and was waiting to be interviewed by t’shop steward for spoiling job. 
Chris Webb:
Bewick:
Chris Webb:
Wheel Nut:
One of the AEC works motors delivering cabs into Southall
Nice photo Malc.IIRC those cabs were made by GKN Sankey at Wellington Salop or Shropshire as it called now.Two shifts - Wellington-Southall,days and nights.Wonder what the money was like?
Is that you pulled up behind in that Mercury Chris,waiting to put 3 cabs on?Cheers Dennis.
Not me Dennis,that was a young whippersnapper learning t’ropes.I’d already done two loads on a night shift and was waiting to be interviewed by t’shop steward for spoiling job.
Sounds about right for those days Chris!! Dennis.
Wheel Nut:
love sponge:
heres a few to keep you going need more roadtrain pics
I just fixed those tags for you.
Longs stayed loyal to Leyland right to the end
Couple of pic’s taken about 1990. Tesco lorry had Eagle 800 and Spicer 1410.
Can’t remember much about the Night Rider one.Picture was taken after a Ford & Slater “ride & drive” day at Bruntingthorpe Airfield.
