BigG-Unit:
Hi Eddie (oily) Great pictures again mate, a rare sight to see a wagon at Carfax nowadays ay!
Didnât work at Didcot, but had a short spell for Jobâs, on a float out of Headington, many years ago. Nightmare of a job! they laced me up with almost two rounds rolled into one, starting at The Slade & Peat Moors, then off up to Horspath village. Sometimes, on a Friday & Saturday my batteries would go flat and I would have to wait for a tow back to depot. Then they gave me an old Trojan Diesel and all the folk at the start of the round complained about the noise at 5 oâclock in the morning. Didnât have much of it, stayed 'til Christmas, for the tips, then jacked!
Something I never worked out, the company insisted it was pronounced Jobes and not Jobs, something to do with the apostrophe âS.â What did you know it as? or am I just thick!
Hi George, The Trojan milk float you mention. I remember them, 4cly. 2 stroke, which was later dropped in favour of a 3cyl Perkins. They were known as Jobes around Oxford.
Happy days.
oily
Yeah they were good on the country rounds, a bit rattly, but quite quick compared to an electric float. No good on the town bit though, a right â â â opening the door, having to walk round tâother side and of course the noise!! I used to walk miles backwards and forwards to the truck rather than keep moving it! Didnât have it long though as they had loads of complaints, so had to have an electric one back. I had a few more crates on than that one though! mine were stacked to the roof except two at the back, which were one lower to access the bottles and when the crate was empty I had to switch them around. When I got on the Horspath road, by the factory, I would stack all the empties on the grass bank, outside the gate and lower the rest down to a workable level, then pick them back up on my return trip!
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I made a comment on the time it took to clear that lorry that blew over on the A34 yesterday; Unfortunatlely Iâm not allowed to voice my opinion as âMuckawayâ anymore on there (was a bit to blunt) so I write as âThe Big issueââŚ
Cook and Boggis department store fire, Witney, December 1964; no doubt crammed with Christmas stock it was caused by an electrical fault, but I read in a local history book somewhere that thereâd been electrical problems previously, the new owners taking more notice of the fact that a supermarket wanted the land
Great time for the fire engine to break down
You can just spot the Cross Keys pub nextdoor (was undamaged and still open today)
The ruins were demolished and Waitrosesâ original store built in itâs place. Local buildersâ Hobley doing the demolition. The town gasholder can just be seen behind the tall chimney.
Charlbury Station looking towards Oxford; The siding on the left was used by James Marriott for many years, until the sidings were closed. The gasworks on the right closed in the early '50s.
Great pictures again mate, a rare sight to see a wagon at Carfax nowadays ay!
What did you know it as? or am I just thick!
I had a few more crates on than that one though! mine were stacked to the roof except two at the back, which were one lower to access the bottles and when the crate was empty I had to switch them around. When I got on the Horspath road, by the factory, I would stack all the empties on the grass bank, outside the gate and lower the rest down to a workable level, then pick them back up on my return trip! 
