Jeff,
I think my Grandad drove this for Ron Marsh before he went on Champion bakeries, fantastic old photos, some old companies that are long forgotten - well until now that is - Well done. keep them coming if you have anymore.
Regards
Ant
Willie Roadstar:
Regards
Ant
I used to go to school with Ron Marsh’s son.Pudgy lad at the time.He used to keep us all in ■■■■!None of yer Woodbines,only Du Murier.
Hi Ian
You said you liked Chinese 6s do you remember Frank Corkin from Loggerheads had a Foden stroker Chinese 6 unit. A lad named Phil used to drive it I think I am right in thinking he was killed recently while working on a horse box,at Prees Heath. Frank had 4 Fodens working out of Irish Sea Ferries of Garston at the same time as us 1971 to 75.He sold them to the drivers but still run them as his own surplying fuel, work etc.one driver was called Cyril,from Blyth Bridge.one was Phil i just mentioned he went on to do repairs for other people mobile fitting.one was called Larry and the other was Chris Brown “Hovis” who went on to drive for Hodnet “Rag arse” transport.
Regards Keith.
Is Ron Marsh still operating? He used to have an artic tipper that came into our quarry a few years ago, can’t recall the drivers name but he also used to run with a cattle box when tipper work was slack. I finished work in 2002 so it would be around ten years ago.
Pete.
i know this is is stoke firms but anybody remember plants of seighford , late 70,s early 80.s
daf3300:
i know this is is stoke firms but anybody remember plants of seighford , late 70,s early 80.s
only plants i can remember are from northroad
Hi
There was a Plants from Gnosall who sold their yard for building and moved to Crewe. They had a yard at Aston on the Nantwich Whitchurch road. Mrs Plant still lives there but Digger Davis has the yard.I think the cold store in Crewe is still going.
Regards Keith.
HI GUYS
ANYONE REMEMBER TURNOCKS TRANSPORT FROM BRICK KILN LANE ETRURIA, USED TO RUN ERF’S WITH FLAT TRAILERS.
CHEERS
GAZ
Further to my request last August, does anyone have any old photos of Shirley’s Transport of Cellarhead? An old friend who is not able to use the 'net is really interested in Shirley’s and I’m trying to help him out.
Many thanks to those of you who have helped previously with this request.
Any further help would be appreciated.
Cheers RR
Archie Paice:
Wheel Nut:
the flying foden:
i had forgot i had ths pic some one sent it to me a whle ago .no info maybe Ian can shed some light on it
It is probably unusual to see a Graylease Truck and Trailer in the desert. I imagine then, as now, it would be difficult to take a hire truck to a far away destination like the middle east. When Robin Gray started out he had many smaller customers and there were a few owner drivers from Hull who dabbled in the Middle Eastern routes. Bob Bradshaw (Early Riser) Kenneth Matthews (BB Read and Matthews Transport) and John Dobson (Dobsons) There were also companies such as Wake Transport who had been to Nigeria overland.
I will send a link to that picture to someone who may be able to help.
Hi Wheelnut, Yes I remember robin Gray had a nice little business going then, down on the Fish Dock. There was also Colin Ewen ( and his cousin I forget his name ) from Beverley, Bill Robertson up Wllerby Road, but that bloke with the f88 looks a bit like Bill Hyde from Pocklington to me, although I thought he had a Fiat then. The bloke that was the road boss on that fateful Nigeria job of Wakes´was Norman Olsen (RIP) a great bloke.
Cheers, Archie.
Hi Archie.
Bill Robertson from Willerby Road, Is this the same person who owned J.A.W.S. Trucking ■■ if so I knew him
well he was a regular on the M/E run. dont suppose you have any pics do you.
Cheers
rapidgem:
Further to my request last August, does anyone have any old photos of Shirley’s Transport of Cellarhead? An old friend who is not able to use the 'net is really interested in Shirley’s and I’m trying to help him out.Many thanks to those of you who have helped previously with this request.
Any further help would be appreciated.
Cheers RR
Rapidgem,
Don’t know if you have already been on this site - Bill Clowes as some Shirleys photos - see link on ERF page, also some on the Volvo, Merc and scania pages
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Bill.Clowes/ERFBillClowesCollection#
I have spoken to Neil at Shirleys, who is sorting me some photos out for a book I’m trying to put together.
Regards
Ant
rocky 7:
Does anyone remember JSL from Stoke they sold out to Eddie Stobart just before the
MOD contract ran out for Bosnia and Kosovo.The MD was Carl Burgess who wasone time a director with DOW FREIGHT from Stockport
Remember JSL very well. I worked for Warisa on the Bosnia contract and later on the Kosovo Job when Nippress took over from JSL.
Happy days
scott42:
rocky 7:
Does anyone remember JSL from Stoke they sold out to Eddie Stobart just before the
MOD contract ran out for Bosnia and Kosovo.The MD was Carl Burgess who wasone time a director with DOW FREIGHT from StockportRemember JSL very well. I worked for Warisa on the Bosnia contract and later on the Kosovo Job when Nippress took over from JSL.
Happy days
you will know paul smith . jeff jones steve abbot and a guy name ian ? can’t remember his second name who all worked for jsl . carl burgess as started up another firm again in stoke i think it’s in janrites old yard
yes carl burgess has started up again in janerite’s (strongserves) old yard, its now burgess logistics, he bought strongserve’s motors, still dark green.
cheers
gaz
I logged on this morning looking for information on the Classic and Vintage Commercial show at Gaydon next weekend and it led me to your site and this fantastic thread about old companies from Stoke on Trent. I worked for Beresford Transport in the mid 60s when the colours were cream and crimson and the fleet was mainly ERFs and Fodens (Gardner 150s and 6LXs) plus a few Dodges (rigids and artics) Albions and the odd single Leyland Beaver and AEC Mandator, plus a couple of Sentinel 4 wheelers and drawbars (on Liverpool and Manchester docks work). I was a mere stripling of 16 when I started to work in the rates office there. Beresford’s main customer was H & R Johnson - the local tile manufacturer - and the traffic was drops of boxes of tiles throughout the UK. Certain drivers had designated routes which they tended to stick to. So for example Devon and Cornwall was done by a young driver (whose surname was Brocklehurst) in a long wheelbase Dodge. He’d leave on a Sunday and return on a Friday with a load of china clay from St.Austell. I can still remember how the loaded Dodge would creak as it negotiated the potholes of the yard. Memories of certain lorries have stuck with me over the years - I’m 60 now - and it was a bit of research into one of these that led me to this site. I was after information on an AEC Mandator (409 UVT) that Beresfords ran and I was surprised to find that there was a b/w photo of the AEC (with a 4-in-line)trailer advertised on e-bay. Unfortunately the listing (which was in Polish) had been withdrawn. Other lorries I remember were 515 JEH (a Foden 2 stroke) driven by Edgar Childs. You always knew when 515 JEH was coming out of Tunstall towards Sandyford as you could hear it howling as it pulled a trailer load of pottery flints that had come from Cliffe or Darenth in Kent. 50 GEH was another Foden (Gardner engine) that was on the nightly London trunk. GJC 855 was a battered ERF KV unit that was used as a local shunter. I can remember this ERF coming to grief at the bottom of Porthill Bank loaded with sacks of flour. The flour had been loaded on a 4-in-line trailer and was very much top-heavy.Needless to say the whole lot toppled over.I’ve run out of space but I hope I’ve given a flavour of some memories of Beresfords. I’ll regale you with some more at a later date.
mexifill:
8) I logged on this morning looking for information on the Classic and Vintage Commercial show at Gaydon next weekend and it led me to your site and this fantastic thread about old companies from Stoke on Trent. I worked for Beresford Transport in the mid 60s when the colours were cream and crimson and the fleet was mainly ERFs and Fodens (Gardner 150s and 6LXs) plus a few Dodges (rigids and artics) Albions and the odd single Leyland Beaver and AEC Mandator, plus a couple of Sentinel 4 wheelers and drawbars (on Liverpool and Manchester docks work). I was a mere stripling of 16 when I started to work in the rates office there. Beresford’s main customer was H & R Johnson - the local tile manufacturer - and the traffic was drops of boxes of tiles throughout the UK. Certain drivers had designated routes which they tended to stick to. So for example Devon and Cornwall was done by a young driver (whose surname was Brocklehurst) in a long wheelbase Dodge. He’d leave on a Sunday and return on a Friday with a load of china clay from St.Austell. I can still remember how the loaded Dodge would creak as it negotiated the potholes of the yard. Memories of certain lorries have stuck with me over the years - I’m 60 now - and it was a bit of research into one of these that led me to this site. I was after information on an AEC Mandator (409 UVT) that Beresfords ran and I was surprised to find that there was a b/w photo of the AEC (with a 4-in-line)trailer advertised on e-bay. Unfortunately the listing (which was in Polish) had been withdrawn. Other lorries I remember were 515 JEH (a Foden 2 stroke) driven by Edgar Childs. You always knew when 515 JEH was coming out of Tunstall towards Sandyford as you could hear it howling as it pulled a trailer load of pottery flints that had come from Cliffe or Darenth in Kent. 50 GEH was another Foden (Gardner engine) that was on the nightly London trunk. GJC 855 was a battered ERF KV unit that was used as a local shunter. I can remember this ERF coming to grief at the bottom of Porthill Bank loaded with sacks of flour. The flour had been loaded on a 4-in-line trailer and was very much top-heavy.Needless to say the whole lot toppled over.I’ve run out of space but I hope I’ve given a flavour of some memories of Beresfords. I’ll regale you with some more at a later date.
welcome to trucknet looking forward to reading some more of your stories excellent stuff
Sorry folks if repeating an earlier post but there are lots of Beresford shots on Eurowheels & Toprun Cheers Steve
Does anyone recall a company by the name of “Smith & Hague” of Stoke-on-Trent area in the 70’s - 80’s? They ran Atki’s on general haulage and also un-taxed tippers internally at an opencast coal mine nr Silverdale carrying spoil waste. It would be good to see some photos of their wagons.
Cheers - R
Full O The Pipe:
Sorry folks if repeating an earlier post but there are lots of Beresford shots on Eurowheels & Toprun Cheers Steve
Steve I’m aware of the photos on Eurowheels but where should I be looking on the Toprun site as I didn’t think there was any on there.
Cheers
Rob
Here’s a pic of Bassett’s ex-W/D (RAF) Foden DG6 - ‘Hercules’ dating from 1940 and heavily modifed in Bassett’s workshops, I took this piccy a few years ago at Tern Valley Ralley, near Eccleshall showing Hercules in retirement and in the ownership of a preservationist after a long career with Bassett’s, including many call outs by the Police for assistance on the M6 and throughtout the Midlands area.
Hercules originally wore Bassett’s two tone blue livery and had a 4 piece windsceen before a rebuild in the early 70’s when the yellow livery was applied and lower postioned twin head lights were fitted. Hercules has carried various reg’s (no doubt including Reg Bassett himself! 
), originally trade plate 826 E and later 444 RF, after regulations regarding the use of trade plates were changed in 1986, Hercules carried Q832 QVT and later as seen above the ‘age related’ plate GSJ 426 is carried, which was one of the previously unused Bute County Council (Scottish) numbers allocated by the DVLA as a 'age related mark.
Here’s the young and more handsome looking 
Hercules:-
For more on BIG TOWS see my recently opened thread decicated to Hercules and alll toger BIGTOWS!
Here’s a more conventional Bassett’s motor dating from 1974:-
Cheers