This article may interest those of us old enough to remember the old A6 from that permanent ‘temporary bend’ at Carnforth where the M6 finished for so many years. Particularly Bewick, who worked on it I think with his Ford.
I remember my dad telling me that it cost 1 million a mile. Seems reasonable now!
A bit of useless info but when the M6 Preston bypass opened my uncle had been to Leyland motors with scrap and gave a lift to the group Boney M in his V8 ■■■■■■■ Ford D . 
John West:
This article may interest those of us old enough to remember the old A6 from that permanent ‘temporary bend’ at Carnforth where the M6 finished for so many years. Particularly Bewick, who worked on it I think with his Ford.I remember my dad telling me that it cost 1 million a mile. Seems reasonable now!
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I heard they ZB him off on the first day for holding the job up sheeting a tipper 
Great shot that John ! IIRC and my geography is correct that is the A 685 Tebay to Kendal road which had to be re-aligned. And I can tell you a little secret about me and my Trader. I agreed to work 3 Saturdays carting spoil away when the foundations for those pillars were being dug out which if I recall was on the first one in the shot that bridged the Lune. Anyway I was on about £3 or £4 a load for about 1 mile round trip and the little Paddy banksman had to keep a tally of the loads but he being one willing to do anything for “half a bar” ( in the parlance of Marvin Taylor from Lindale 
) which was 10 bob in £ s d which was equivalent to about 5 pints in those far off days so you will appreciate that my load count was a bit more than actual but still within the bounds of acceptability so all in all it was a profitable little earner for me As for the £1 million pond a mile that was about the figure for whole length but the John Laing stretch from J 37 to J39 was, I believe considerably more than £1 million per mile 
Cheers Dennis.
PS as a matter of interest the whole of the Railway line from Lancaster to Carlisle was built by the Contractor Thomas Brassey for £ 2 million, and by HAND !!
Punchy Dan:
John West:
This article may interest those of us old enough to remember the old A6 from that permanent ‘temporary bend’ at Carnforth where the M6 finished for so many years. Particularly Bewick, who worked on it I think with his Ford.I remember my dad telling me that it cost 1 million a mile. Seems reasonable now!
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I heard they ZB him off on the first day for holding the job up sheeting a tipper
U shaped Edbro body with no rope hooks 
I did hear that Dennis was a ground worker back in the day. Rumour has it, he dug the footings for Hadrians wall
John West:
This article may interest those of us old enough to remember the old A6 from that permanent ‘temporary bend’ at Carnforth where the M6 finished for so many years. Particularly Bewick, who worked on it I think with his Ford.I remember my dad telling me that it cost 1 million a mile. Seems reasonable now!
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I posted about this on Friday, I noticed a rather dapper womble in my link. 
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Suedehead:
I did hear that Dennis was a ground worker back in the day. Rumour has it, he dug the footings for Hadrians wall
Aye 3 groats per cubic yard RB 1 !
Punchy Dan:
A bit of useless info but when the M6 Preston bypass opened my uncle had been to Leyland motors with scrap and gave a lift to the group Boney M in his V8 ■■■■■■■ Ford D .
In 1958■■
Dennis Javelin:
Punchy Dan:
A bit of useless info but when the M6 Preston bypass opened my uncle had been to Leyland motors with scrap and gave a lift to the group Boney M in his V8 ■■■■■■■ Ford D .In 1958■■
Be more like 1970
John West:
This article may interest those of us old enough to remember the old A6 from that permanent ‘temporary bend’ at Carnforth where the M6 finished for so many years. Particularly Bewick, who worked on it I think with his Ford.I remember my dad telling me that it cost 1 million a mile. Seems reasonable now!
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Mention of that “permanent/temporary” bend where the M6 finished north of Carnforth well IIRC one of Bradys Comets failed to take the bend and ended up jammed down the gap between the two roadways and wasn’t far short of landing in the canal which also crossed under at that point IIRC. Cheers Dennis.
Punchy Dan:
Dennis Javelin:
Punchy Dan:
A bit of useless info but when the M6 Preston bypass opened my uncle had been to Leyland motors with scrap and gave a lift to the group Boney M in his V8 ■■■■■■■ Ford D .In 1958■■
Be more like 1970
Boney M were an ensemble, put together by German record producer Frank Farian (literally the ‘voice’ of Milli Vanilli…) - and they didn’t start as a group until the mid-seventies. I suspect young Daniel is attempting to pull our collective ‘scotches’ with this little anecdote…
Further to this article, the attached John Laing film about building the Lune Valley section of the M6 is well worth a watch. (Apologies if anyone has posted it before).
I was hoping to see a busy Thames Trader with a well known local haulier featured, but sadly not! Some good looking AECs on there though!
