Buzzer:
One for you Dennis, Buzzer
Thanks for the shot John ! This Scania had just left LIFT in Stratford loaded with 25 ton of reels of paper for “glossy mags” bound for Manchester. it is driven by Colin “Chuffer” Ellis a long serving Bewick Driver who is retired and lives in Kendal and I still see him regularly. Cheers Dennis.
dave docwra:
Spardo:
Buzzer:
Sunday selection, BuzzerI wonder when that Blyth card dates from, I remember in the days when I used digs that BB and D could be had for 10 bob, so that must have been sometime later. Too close to home for me to park up at but I am sure I have been in there, but wasn’t there another cafe not far away just off the A1?
Hi Spardo, Can you remember how much you were given for night out money back then? Thanks Dave.
I can’t Dave, but I do remember I wasn’t unhappy so it must have been more than that, probably about 12 to 15 shillings I should think. On the other hand I was so in love with the job that I would have paid them to let me work, if I could have afforded it that is. 
A new Albion Reiver for Chas Holt & Sons Ltd from Whitworth, near Rochdale.
I was told that the Albion chassis and its bodywork and paintwork were supplied
by Woodwards of Salford, Formby, and Liverpool, main Leyland dealerships. NMP
Ray Smyth.
dave docwra:
Spardo:
Buzzer:
Sunday selection, BuzzerI wonder when that Blyth card dates from, I remember in the days when I used digs that BB and D could be had for 10 bob, so that must have been sometime later. Too close to home for me to park up at but I am sure I have been in there, but wasn’t there another cafe not far away just off the A1?
Hi Spardo, Can you remember how much you were given for night out money back then? Thanks Dave.
IIRC It was also called Toms, The other was IIRC Was The Hill Top it had a concrete ramp to get onto the wagon park, There was also plaques that drivers put on grills THE HILLTOP OR BUST, Long gone happy days, Larry.
Buzzer:
Start O the week, Buzzer
I drove that Robsons B-series for a week or so towards the end of the '80s. It had a Rolls 265 and 9sp Fuller in it.
Boydells asphalt lorry and trailer from the late 1940s. I cant decide if it is a Bedford,
a Ford, or perhaps a Morris, originally from the Army or Royal Air Force in World War 2.
Picture from Wigan World Album.
Ray Smyth.
Ray Smyth:
Boydells asphalt lorry and trailer from the late 1940s. I cant decide if it is a Bedford,
a Ford, or perhaps a Morris, originally from the Army or Royal Air Force in World War 2.
Picture from Wigan World Album.Ray Smyth.
An ex military Ford I believe Ray.
Pete.
Ray Smyth wrote:
Boydells asphalt lorry and trailer from the late 1940s. I cant decide if it is a Bedford,
a Ford, or perhaps a Morris, originally from the Army or Royal Air Force in World War 2.
Picture from Wigan World Album.
Its actually a Fordson to be a bit picky, this name ran from 1933-39, then Fordson Thames 1939-57, Ford Thames 1957-65 when the Ford name alone was used on the D Series introduction and onwards. Those sharply shaped front wings are particular to the Fordson, the one in the photo will likely have a been a re-registered in 1947 ex military type like others that were cheaply sold and bought by many after WWII to bolster civilian fleets and new starters to haulage. Civilian lorry output had been diminished by the war effort as makers had to supply the Ministry for War, so they were in short supply until manufacturers could get back to pre war production when metals and other materials became available again at better prices. Franky.
Spardo:
dave docwra:
Spardo:
Buzzer:
Sunday selection, BuzzerI wonder when that Blyth card dates from, I remember in the days when I used digs that BB and D could be had for 10 bob, so that must have been sometime later. Too close to home for me to park up at but I am sure I have been in there, but wasn’t there another cafe not far away just off the A1?
Hi Spardo, Can you remember how much you were given for night out money back then? Thanks Dave.
I can’t Dave, but I do remember I wasn’t unhappy so it must have been more than that, probably about 12 to 15 shillings I should think. On the other hand I was so in love with the job that I would have paid them to let me work, if I could have afforded it that is.
In the mid to late '60s our nightout money was 31/6 and was usually subbed before setting off, that took care of digs with evening meal, bedtime cuppa and breakfast, couple of pints not always I sometimes went to the pictures depending what was on and where I stopped and at the end of the week a bob or two left over. Always carried a spare fiver just in case.
Oily
Thanks to Dennis Javelin, Buzzer, Ray Smyth and Suedehead for the photos. 
Oily
Trailer variety credit to Richard Says for the photos.
In the mid to late '60s our night out money was 31/6 and was usually subbed before setting off, that took care of digs with evening meal, bedtime cuppa and breakfast, couple of pints not always I sometimes went to the pictures depending what was on and where I stopped and at the end of the week a bob or two left over. Always carried a spare fiver just in case.
Oily
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You must have been a wealthy man back then. I didn’t even earn £5 a week when I started work in 1972.
oiltreader:
Thanks to Dennis Javelin, Buzzer, Ray Smyth and Suedehead for the photos.
Oily
Trailer variety credit to Richard Says for the photos.
i use vincent logistics for loads out of coventry , proper haulage company, and phenominal kit , i had the founders grandson here a few weeks ago , he’s in sales and we had a proper good chat , better than the usual 'here this week gone the next kind of 'account specialist/sales executive/export project manager - wouldn’t know a lorry if it hit him in the face - kind you mostly see.
tony
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Met on my village’s only crossroads yesterday morning. 1955 Triumph T 110, totally refurbished, but nevertheless still leaking oil, said its happy owner, who was on a touring trip from Normandy…
La France profonde, eh Froggy? Does the village still have a baker? Probably not, they all seem to have gone…
Dennis Javelin:
In the mid to late '60s our night out money was 31/6 and was usually subbed before setting off, that took care of digs with evening meal, bedtime cuppa and breakfast, couple of pints not always I sometimes went to the pictures depending what was on and where I stopped and at the end of the week a bob or two left over. Always carried a spare fiver just in case.
Oily
You must have been a wealthy man back then. I didn’t even earn £5 a week when I started work in 1972.
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Our firms rates on cartransporters were hourly calculated on trip time and depending on vehicle type( artic or wagon and drag )and legal speed limit agreed with the TGWU. The wages were good and only bettered by BP Shell etc tanker drivers. When I left in the late '60s take home was £35ish after deductions (tax and NI).
Your £5 in 1972 doesn’t sound right.
Check here:-
retrowow.co.uk/social_histo … _1960s.php
Oily
