mushroomman:
gazsa401:
Hey mushroom man it was Hempshall cheers GaryThat was the one, thanks for that Gary.
Whenever somebody mentions the name Bartons of Nottingham, I canât help but think of this âClassic Trucksâ episode where Bartons were mentioned at 11 minutes into the programe.
Photo of a couple of Bartonâs old motors I found on the internet, nmp.
mushroomman:
gazsa401:
Hey mushroom man it was Hempshall cheers GaryThat was the one, thanks for that Gary.
Whenever somebody mentions the name Bartons of Nottingham, I canât help but think of this âClassic Trucksâ episode where Bartons were mentioned at 11 minutes into the programe.
Yes, and mention was made there about the chrome trimmings featured on their bodies. But whether it is the age of the film or not I donât know, but the Bartons buses of my youth in the 50s and 60s were a much darker shade of red, not at all like that, almost orange, hue.
âŚitâs not there now, the grounds all flat, and beneath it is a bloke in a bowler 'at. 
With thanks and respect to recently deceased Bernard Cribbins. 
Spardo:
mushroomman:
gazsa401:
Hey mushroom man it was Hempshall cheers GaryThat was the one, thanks for that Gary.
Whenever somebody mentions the name Bartons of Nottingham, I canât help but think of this âClassic Trucksâ episode where Bartons were mentioned at 11 minutes into the programe.
Yes, and mention was made there about the chrome trimmings featured on their bodies. But whether it is the age of the film or not I donât know, but the Bartons buses of my youth in the 50s and 60s were a much darker shade of red, not at all like that, almost orange, hue.
Hi Spardo, colour check on Rayâs Buses, Coaches and Lorries thread.
Oily
Thanks Oily, thatâs more like it, dark red.
The one in the background, obviously, the decker is a Midland Red I think. And I donât remember them being that bright, could be wrong though. 
Spardo:
Thanks Oily, thatâs more like it, dark red.The one in the background, obviously, the decker is a Midland Red I think. And I donât remember them being that bright, could be wrong though.
Youâre right Spardo, Midland Red wasnât as bright as that, but that oneâs in the (then) new nationalised colours which were often a cheap and nasty hue compared with the tasteful colours of their predecessors (East Kent was a classic example).
Not you, is it Dig?
Buzzer:
Buzzer
Mate we dont need anymore roos we have about 20 feeding on the front paddock now and the dog is spoilt for choice.
Dig
Star down under.:
Not you, is it Dig?
Not me mate I dont think Fords were were triple rated at that time .
This is me dressed in the correct cow carters uniform when unloading at the Broome M/works and as you can see on my trailers it was standing room only.
Dig
DIG:
:roll:Star down under.:
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Not you, is it Dig?Not me mate I dont think Fords were were triple rated at that time .
This is me dressed in the correct cow carters uniform when unloading at the Broome M/works and as you can see on my trailers it was standing room only.
Dig
What luxury, a bridge to walk along. I know Iâve said it before but we never had anything like that, swinging between the bars was the order of the day.
Had the same uniform though.
But you sent me wondering Dig, why were we carting the beasts from Wyndham to Katherine when Broome was there with a meatworks too. Just checked, simple answer, Katherine was about 400 kms closer.
Buzzer:
Collapsed mine shaft 450ft deep, Buzzer
Around these parts weâve got pot holes in the road bigger than that. 
Spardo:
DIG:
:roll:Star down under.:
Not you, is it Dig?Not me mate I dont think Fords were were triple rated at that time .
This is me dressed in the correct cow carters uniform when unloading at the Broome M/works and as you can see on my trailers it was standing room only.
Dig
What luxury, a bridge to walk along. I know Iâve said it before but we never had anything like that, swinging between the bars was the order of the day.
Had the same uniform though.But you sent me wondering Dig, why were we carting the beasts from Wyndham to Katherine when Broome was there with a meatworks too. Just checked, simple answer, Katherine was about 400 kms closer.
Yes the uniform we all wore a lot of the lads were bare foot also at the time and the one thing we are all suffering from now in our twilight years are the melanomas and the risk of skin cancer claiming us.
I cant work it out either David ,I carted cattle from Kingston Rest which was about an hour and half from Wyndam to Broome works a 12 hour run.
Derby had a works too all be it with a smaller capability Broome s kill was around 20thou Derby 10thou Wyndam was up to 40 thou I.m not sure of the numbers at Katherine but would be easily twice our numbers. I believe the Derby ownership purchased the Broome works and increased its capacity to 35 thou in its year before the take over we [a small 3 road train company] manahged to cart 21thousand head which didnt go well with the opposition but as drivers we had the best crew in the north and the wages were good enough to give us enough money to not work for the next 6 months while we gave our bodies a rest.
Dig
One for you David I lost one half of the catwalk trying to persuade an old bull to get off the trailer. This is taken at Ingels Gap on the Gibb Rivver road in the heart of the Leopold Range.
I didnât realise there was a meatworks at Broome.
I used to deliver fuel up there. Roebuck Plains RH would take one trailer, then Iâd sneak into Broome with two, under the cover of darkness, return to Roebuck, make up the train and go to bed. Leave in the morning and get back to Hedland in time to preload for the next day.
