Northwest Trucks

[kevmorrow]

TIPIT:
The first photo was taken at one of the works trade shows at their Ogden Lane, Openshaw mill in 1960.

Blast from the past. Remember Atora’s Motors well on Ogden Lane. Brookes Bar Old Trafford area Ayres Road were home for quite a few food factories and remember Nicholls VIMTO, Duerrs Jam both moved to Wythenshawe and Breweries. Believe Joseph Holt brewery still based at Old Trafford, also remember Swales ales to name a few.
Its fascinating how we ever found our way round city’s to collect and deliver freight without SatNav especially London.
Kev

[moomooland]

A5058 Queens Drive Liverpool during construction of the flyover at Rice Lane.

AEC on Gibbon Street Manchester 1965.

Leylad Octopus and Thames Trader during the rebuilding of Brazennose House on Brazennose Street in the centre of Manchester 1965.

Pickfords Atkinson tractor unit hauling a tanker during the building of the car only over bridge on the A56 in Salford.

Karrier somewhere in Manchester.

Unidentified L.A.D cabbed Dodge six wheeler on the roundabout beneath the Mancunian Way in Manchester 1966.

Ford Thames parked outside Renwicks Transport Cafe opposite Piccadilly Station on London Road in Manchester 1964.

Mancunian Way Manchester in 1967 shortly after it opened.

Ford Thames operated by Norvic furniture on Draycott Street Miles Platting 1965.

Remember the old style pre warboys traffic signs.

[chris_webb]

What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

[gingerfold]

Chris Webb:
What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

Sorry Chris, not an Albion Reiver, they had long doors.

It looks like a Dodge 308 or 309 (8-stud wheels) with a third axle conversion, possibly York or Primrose extra axle. Note the glass carboys in their straw packed metal cage. Used for carrying corrosive chemicals

[chris_webb]

gingerfold:

Chris Webb:
What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

Sorry Chris, not an Albion Reiver, they had long doors.

It looks like a Dodge 308 or 309 (8-stud wheels) with a third axle conversion, possibly York or Primrose extra axle. Note the glass carboys in their straw packed metal cage. Used for carrying corrosive chemicals

I must change my specs Graham,I should have spotted that because the LAD Reiver was the first wagon I drove in civvy street,1967.

[stanfield]

Definitely a Dodge D308 with 8 stud wheels.The D309 had 10 stud wheels

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Stanfield:
Definitely a Dodge D308 with 8 stud wheels.The D309 had 10 stud wheels

Yes you’re correct John. I was trying to remember how many studs the D309 had. Correct me if I’m wrong, D308 was Perkins 6.354 engine, D309 Leyland 0.400 engine, D310 AEC AV470 engine, which was probably the most popular 6-wheeler version. HKR Transport from little Lever had two of these.

[bewick]

Chris Webb:
What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

And unless it’s an optical illusion it appears to an extra long W.B. for a six wheeler of the time. Cheers Bewick.
PS looks like the name could be “Fewston” ?

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Bewick:

Chris Webb:
What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

And unless it’s an optical illusion it appears to an extra long W.B. for a six wheeler of the time. Cheers Bewick.
PS looks like the name could be “Fewston” ?

You’re not wrong there Dennis, i was looking at the length of it as well. If you take the flat cross-members at the usual 2ft spacings then you have 14ft of flat to the front of the drive axle, which is about half the total length of the body. It must have been at the limit of legality because it also has a lengthy overhang. Uncle had a LAD Super Comet with a Primrose conversion third axle and that had a 24ft flat. The Dodge beats that.

It’s a fascinating photo all round. Have you seen the odd ball body on the AEC Mercury in the background?

[bewick]

gingerfold:

Bewick:

Chris Webb:
What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

And unless it’s an optical illusion it appears to an extra long W.B. for a six wheeler of the time. Cheers Bewick.
PS looks like the name could be “Fewston” ?

You’re not wrong there Dennis, i was looking at the length of it as well. If you take the flat cross-members at the usual 2ft spacings then you have 14ft of flat to the front of the drive axle, which is about half the total length of the body. It must have been at the limit of legality because it also has a lengthy overhang. Uncle had a LAD Super Comet with a Primrose conversion third axle and that had a 24ft flat. The Dodge beats that.

It’s a fascinating photo all round. Have you seen the odd ball body on the AEC Mercury in the background?

It would have been a great motor to run on Metal Box traffic ! Cheers Dennis.

[lance_biscomb]

Definitely a DODGE you can tell by the bumper and diesel tank

[toxic_gas_man]

I think the DODGE might be one of Grenfell Haulage they were in Albert rd in Widnes and did work for Bushes ,later Albright and Wilson.Ted.

[retired_old_fart]

And didn’t the Dodge have slightly different front wings from the Leyland and Albion? Time for a search to find photos of the two together? Let’s just hope nobody accuses Leyland or Dodge of offering an 8 cylinder model. We could be here for years.

[retired_old_fart]

It’s just dragged itself out of my over-worked memory banks- it was a completely different lower front cab panel, wasn’t it? Doh!

[kevmorrow]

About 1959 I was a van lad for Mothers Pride Bread calling to the cafes and digs in photo on an oversized electric bread van number 3. I remember the sign painted on side of building very well.
The driver Alec Midgeley would treat me to pie and chips at the chippy. The pies were placed in a wire basket and cooked with chips in beef dripping and were ace. The Thames were noisy and not sure if this was due to the side valve engine or a diesel engine with a blown exhaust!

[kevmorrow]

The small electric bread van was Rowland’s retail and owned by Almonds bakery Sharston Wythenshawe. 1950s Hughie Gibb father of the BGees used to work for Rowland’s bread then moved to Almonds wholesale and delivered to Lewis’s department store Piccadilly. Early 1950s my wife went to Oswald Road School Chorlton same class as Barry Gibb. Me and my brother used to meet the Gibbs and their mates at the swimming baths on Barlow Moor Road Chorlton and the Gaumont Picture house. Not sure if the sign in photo is located at junction of Princess road and Wilbraham Road. Kev

[kevmorrow]

Chris Webb:
What a nice photo of an Albion Reiver.

It’s somebody “and sons” from Widnes,when Widnes were in Lancashire.

Nice tidy load but not sure if it would meet HSE regulations of today. Cylinders look securely anchored but carboys and drums may be filled with some form of bubonic acid or worse. Could be one of them training videos on ADR courses. Gas cylinder valve leaks causes BLEVE (boiling liquid expands vapour explosion) cylinders explode and rockets into acid. Kev

[deanb]

Beatwaste Foden from Manchester in 1970.

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toxic gas man:
I think the DODGE might be one of Grenfell Haulage they were in Albert rd in Widnes and did work for Bushes ,later Albright and Wilson.Ted.

I’ve enlarged the photo, the DODGE was C. Fewston & Sons of Widnes. The sheeted van AEC Mercury in the background was Chris Metcalfe of Keighley, and I think the location might have been the slip road from the Mancunian Way that joins the A6 London Road where the Mcdonald Hotel is nowadays. Now to find a photo of an Albion Reiver, Dodge, and Leyland Comet together so we can pick the bones out of design differences of the LAD cab.

This frontal view of a Dodge D308 shows the panel styling of the cab.

[bewick]

I reckon the Fewston Dodge could have a 26 ft flat or might it scrape to 27 ft ? Cheers Dennis.