Thanks Tony. I didn’t change to Windows 8 or 10 as I could not get used to them when I had a go on friends computers.
Still with Windows 7 Home Premium, it’ll do for me!!
Regards. John.
I am grateful to rastone and old67 for improving my old photo from 1962, Kind Regards, Ray.
Thanks to all who have contributed to this subject, I have not been on for a while so its a catch up.
I have posted a nice piccy of a Crosfields vehicle.
Cheers Dave
A 1964 Leyland Beaver of Irish Sea Ferries based at Garston Docks, Liverpool.
Picture from Bootle Times Forum thread. Ray Smyth.
Scotts Bakery was for many years at Netherton, The dual carriageway to the left goes
to the Containerbase at Seaforth, and to the right, the start of the M57 & M58 motorways.
Scotts had a very large number of Ford Thames vans, as seen in an earlier post. Ray Smyth.
In the 1960s & 1970s, Chadwicks of Halewood were regular carriers for Cardboard Box Manufacturer
Jefferson Smurfit near to Junction 25, the entrance and exit of the M6 motorway near Wigan.
If this Bedford and drawbar trailer is loaded with cardboard boxes, then there is probably only
no more than 4 tons on each.
Another Chadwicks of Halewood lorry, seen on Kings Drive, Woolton, Liverpool, in 1957.
The young man third from the right is John Lennon. I understand that this was the day
that he met Paul McCartney. The sign on the cab roof says " Quarrymen ".
I do not know what make the lorry is.
Ray Smyth.
Ray Smyth:
In the 1960s & 1970s, Chadwicks of Halewood were regular carriers for Cardboard Box Manufacturer
Jefferson Smurfit near to Junction 25, the entrance and exit of the M6 motorway near Wigan.
If this Bedford and drawbar trailer is loaded with cardboard boxes, then there is probably only
no more than 4 tons on each.
Hiya,
I’ll bet this would be a canny little drive and power steering anall,
I’d take some dragging out of the drivers seat at finishing time, It
would certainly make a change from the Bristols and Leyland’s I
was still ■■■■■■■ about in that era, complete with armstrong
steering and the loads on mine were usually deadweight.
thanks harry, long retired.
Looking down Water Street in Liverpool in the late 1950s. Some interesting vehicles,
including an Austin Taxi, a rigid flat lorry with a sheeted load, heading to the docks,
also carrying what looks like a punctured tyre & wheel. The AEC Mk3 Regent is on
route 73 to Woolton, and the BRS Parcels Scammell Scarab artic, parked on the bus stop.
The tram lines are still in place, but the overhead electric cables have gone.
Ray Smyth.
Ray Smyth:
Looking down Water Street in Liverpool in the late 1950s. Some interesting vehicles,
including an Austin Taxi, a rigid flat lorry with a sheeted load, heading to the docks,
also carrying what looks like a punctured tyre & wheel. The AEC Mk3 Regent is on
route 73 to Woolton, and the BRS Parcels Scammell Scarab artic, parked on the bus stop.
The tram lines are still in place, but the overhead electric cables have gone.
Ray Smyth.
Interesting picture for me
The street where I stated work in 1963 - immediately on the left National Provincial Bank which merged with Westminster Bank to become Nat West.
In the distance you can see the overhead railway - which had gone by 1963
Very interesting - thank you
Ken b
Jarvis Robinson Transport vehicles carrying insulated containers, late 1950s or early 1960s.
Two heavy horses and a Morris Commercial ballast tractor.
Ray Smyth:
Jarvis Robinson Transport vehicles carrying insulated containers, late 1950s or early 1960s.
Two heavy horses and a Morris Commercial ballast tractor.
On overland in 1976, I was admiring a fellow Brit’s day cab Guy Big J with 180 Gardner while waiting at Kapikule customs, telling the Scots driver that I wanted a Big J more than anything in about 1970, but I wouldn’t like to do overland in one. His reply was to the effect of ‘Aye, well, I need the money.’
A Dutchman, alighting from his brand new F89, complete with his furry clogs, came up, shook his head and said ‘No wonder you won the war - rubbish equipment, no back up, but still you get there!’
I wonder how many Dutch companies were still pulling containers with horses in the late 50s?
John.
A large part of the work of Kirkdale Haulage was carrying copper for Yorkshire Imperial Metals,
who had a big factory on the East Lancashire Road, A580, at Kirkby. The factory is no longer
there, a big Marstons pub/restaurant now occupies the site, I think it is called the Copper Kettle.
This Leyland Octopus is from about 1953.
Hello all
Great to read the thread as I landed here looking for pics of old AECs for a mate who’s just got back into driving after a long lay off.
Anyway, my dad was a mechanic and his brother a driver for many years. Dad passed away in 2009, but started his apprenticeship aroun 46/47 after leaving school. He drove and fixed up lorries for the railway along the docks and did a stint in Malaya with REME.
As a kid I remember him having a yard on Canal Street and doing work for Lunt’s and other people in the area. At the time he had a red and white hand painted AEC or ERF tractor which my uncle drove and dad did his best to keep roadworthy. He also mentioned a company that was either called Duke’s or was based in Duke street. They did continental refrigerated loads and he’d often come home with decent Euro scran that we’d never see in Fine Fare back then.
He also worked for Blackledge’s and English Electric in the 50s/60s.
Just really a nostalgic post from me as I remember a plethora of British lorries and wagons either in his yard, at home or going up to Kirkby for an MOT. He had some great tales about the hard old good days in freezing garages and breakdowns on the A6.
I’m currently working out a list of the different marques he’d been in and under. Will have to dig out my copy of this
Have a great day
Kempston:
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Brilliant. I’d long forgotten the name Ritson’s and was having a nostalgic conversation the last time I was back home from Norway. I grew up in Huyton and remember being on the bus on the way up to the Swan every Saturday to visit my nan. To say I was obsessed with wagons and lorries as a kid in the 70s is an understatement. From memory their yard was between the Nelson and the Wheatsheaf, neither of which I visited as a kid, but the old coal yard was still there where Sainsbury’s now resides.
Anyone remember Wally Hales and the driver who parked his DAF up by where the Travelodge is next to the Toby Carvery on the A5058?
May have been an earlier version of this
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i261/mkegazeta/hales/hales023Small.jpg
Hi Ropey Sheeter, Welcome to Trucknet. I have just read your very interesting post, and I wonder if
because you mentioned Canal Street, and red and white lorries, did Dad work for Jarvis Robinson Transport ?,
also in Canal Street was Thomas Wilson Transport whose fleet of lorries were deep maroon in colour.
I started a thread on here for Jarvis Robinson a couple of years ago. You mentioned Blackledges breadvans,
I remember their vans very well, and also Taylors breadvans from Buchanan Road in Walton.
I hope you manage to find some interesting pictures of local lorries and vans, please post them on here.
Kind Regards, Ray Smyth.