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Morning Toby , Good to see you still on here . Just been thinking its about 37 years now since we started work for " Uncle Jack " at Langworth . It looks like someone is running some lorries from Fosters yard again now but the pub at the railway crossing seems to be closed , so its not Fosters men doing the driving ! Some more photos would be good if you have any , Regards Geoff
hey Geoff, iāll see what we got left in the pile of photos n iāll see if I can work out how to put em on here with a couple of the motors Iāve driven over here too. so what u doin n where u at these days? I keep getting the odd memory of someone or something that happened over the years. do u remember the trip to the commercial motor show, jacks treat, I think Iām still in shock over that one lol.
Yes I can remember going to the NEC we went in that horrible mini van , the one that Chum used to ride round in . Like you say it was a shock when Jack treated us to go , I think we went one day and John went the next . Think that was the van with all the mice in the back like riding in a zoo ! Geoff
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Yes I can remember going to the NEC we went in that horrible mini van , the one that Chum used to ride round in . Like you say it was a shock when Jack treated us to go , I think we went one day and John went the next . Think that was the van with all the mice in the back like riding in a zoo ! Geoff
aye that was the one, remember chummy carrying one of those bird scarer canons in it when the bloody thing went off, donāt know if he noticed!
The RSPCA got him for scaring his mice !!
ISHIFT5:
Alford Traffic, est 1976 by Tony Smith. I believe it was started from the remains of Humber Mcveighs tippers based at Alford.
The yard where Alford Traffic Services is - if they are still in Alford town - belonged to a firm called Red Lion Concrete in the late 50s. They had a BMC tipper.
Chris Webb:
ISHIFT5:
Alford Traffic, est 1976 by Tony Smith. I believe it was started from the remains of Humber Mcveighs tippers based at Alford.The yard where Alford Traffic Services is - if they are still in Alford town - belonged to a firm called Red Lion Concrete in the late 50s. They had a BMC tipper.
Afternoon Chris, I think they moved out of town into a new yard on Willoughby Ind Est. Is there still a coal yard at the Red Lion ?
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I know that 6 years is a long time in todayās world, but the coal business was still in the Red Lion yard at Alford in about 2009 when Cemex shut the concrete plant ( the one that used to be RMCās ) down.
Alford Tippers office was still in that yard at that time, it used to be a busy yard in itās day.
Cheers Bassman,
ISHIFT5:
Chris Webb:
ISHIFT5:
Alford Traffic, est 1976 by Tony Smith. I believe it was started from the remains of Humber Mcveighs tippers based at Alford.The yard where Alford Traffic Services is - if they are still in Alford town - belonged to a firm called Red Lion Concrete in the late 50s. They had a BMC tipper.
Afternoon Chris, I think they moved out of town into a new yard on Willoughby Ind Est. Is there still a coal yard at the Red Lion ?
Iāll have to pass on that ISHIFT,havenāt been in Alford since 1959. The BMC tipper was driven by my mateās dad,Hugh Mountain and I went out with him once or twice. It was also used on occasional market work with spuds,usually Newcastle,and Hugh would have a few hours in front of fire and then away about midnight. 
Bit earlier than 80s-90s, but hey-ho its a Lincolnshire firm so might jog a local memory, is it G.C. Munton? from Ruskington. Regards Chris
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Ref the Scania 111:
Measures & Sanderson was a big farming company owning huge amounts of land to the south of Skegness. The firmās haulage was run by Terry Dickinson and the fleet included three or four F88s, an F10 and at least a couple of Scanias. Terry Dickinson sold up in approx 1979 - perhaps because the farming company went bust, but I canāt remember.
The photo was taken in the centre of Skegness as the lorry was turning to go down Richmond Drive. I recall that the building in the background was the Lumley Hotel.
MandatorV8:
Ref the Scania 111:Measures & Sanderson was a big farming company owning huge amounts of land to the south of Skegness. The firmās haulage was run by Terry Dickinson and the fleet included three or four F88s, an F10 and at least a couple of Scanias. Terry Dickinson sold up in approx 1979 - perhaps because the farming company went bust, but I canāt remember.
The photo was taken in the centre of Skegness as the lorry was turning to go down Richmond Drive. I recall that the building in the background was the Lumley Hotel.
Was Measures & Sanderson anything to do with Sanderson forklifts ?
Hi ishift:
Iām not sure there was a direct link between the farms and the forklifts, but I think the same dynasty.
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