Buzzer
Dipster:
mushroomman:
Dipster:
Despite having spent a little time in Oz I admit I had never heard of Yatala pies let alone tasted one. Can any body give the recipe? Or is it a state (Queensland) secret?It depends on what kind of pie you want Dipster, chunky steak, curry chicken and vegie or they used to do a pineapple pie.
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Ah, so Yatala is a brand? My mistake. But I like the sound of a pineapple pie.
Yatala was a village on the Pacific Highway, just south of Beenleigh. The pie shop made a reasonable pie, but really became notable for the large variety of pies.
I had a cousin from Melbourne, visit Queensland and on the top of his list of places to go, was the Yatala Pie Shop. Not the Big Pineapple, not the Gold Coast, not the Great Barrier Reef, the bloody Yatala Pie Shop! 
Star down under.:
mushroomman:
A couple for Park Royal and S.D.U.1
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You ever tried a Yalta pie, MRM? I reckon they made their name through brilliant marketing, rather than brilliant pies.
Yer not wrong mate.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
The 8 wheel drive AEC was built in 1934 i.m assuming in the Uk then shipped to Adelaide with its fleet of trailers some of them had a traction motor of sorts and driven to Alice Springs where it played a part in the opening up the middle of Australia.
It had done a couple of laps Buzzer by the time your pic was taken as they have put a roof on it.
I reckon the way it was built the driver would have been freezing his nuts off in the mornings and melting by dinner. 
Dig
Thanks to Buzzer, Star down under, Ray Smyth, DIG, Mushroomman and ParkRoyal2100 for the photos 
also michel for the link
Oily
1979 Carnarvon Highway, St George - Surat.
I used to see Macbraynes lorries throughout most of Scotland on my quite
often journeys North of the border. I wonder, Do they still exist ?.
Cheers, Ray.
Buzzer
Buzzer:
Buzzer
Did these AECs have a lower set, as it were?
Ray Smyth:
I used to see Macbraynes lorries throughout most of Scotland on my quite
often journeys North of the border. I wonder, Do they still exist ?.Cheers, Ray.
They only do the ferries now. I think Highland Haulage took on most of their work in the late 80’s/early 90’s. When I took over the Scottish end of Pickfords Distribution in the early 80’s (it was all catalogue companies that we did) all our islands traffic went through them and it was an utter disaster with an almost constant barrage of customer complaints. I placed adverts in all the local newspapers and within two months I had a network of dedicated small carriers who collected the deliveries in Glasgow and re-delivered them on their own islands a lot quicker and without damage. After that we never had any issues although I was pressurised by the big wigs to keep using them as we were still nationalised at that point and they were as well. I stood my ground and was justified by the increase in traffic that these local operators generated as consumers started to trust the delivery system again.
Dennis Javelin:
Ray Smyth:
I used to see Macbraynes lorries throughout most of Scotland on my quite
often journeys North of the border. I wonder, Do they still exist ?.Cheers, Ray.
They only do the ferries now. I think Highland Haulage took on most of their work in the late 80’s/early 90’s. When I took over the Scottish end of Pickfords Distribution in the early 80’s (it was all catalogue companies that we did) all our islands traffic went through them and it was an utter disaster with an almost constant barrage of customer complaints. I placed adverts in all the local newspapers and within two months I had a network of dedicated small carriers who collected the deliveries in Glasgow and re-delivered them on their own islands a lot quicker and without damage. After that we never had any issues although I was pressurised by the big wigs to keep using them as we were still nationalised at that point and they were as well. I stood my ground and was justified by the increase in traffic that these local operators generated as consumers started to trust the delivery system again.
Dennis,here’s a little ditty about Macbraynes…
“They say the earth belongs to God and all that it contains,
Except for the Kyles and the Western Isles
'cos they belong to MacBraynes”. 
Chris Webb:
Dennis Javelin:
Ray Smyth:
I used to see Macbraynes lorries throughout most of Scotland on my quite
often journeys North of the border. I wonder, Do they still exist ?.Cheers, Ray.
They only do the ferries now. I think Highland Haulage took on most of their work in the late 80’s/early 90’s. When I took over the Scottish end of Pickfords Distribution in the early 80’s (it was all catalogue companies that we did) all our islands traffic went through them and it was an utter disaster with an almost constant barrage of customer complaints. I placed adverts in all the local newspapers and within two months I had a network of dedicated small carriers who collected the deliveries in Glasgow and re-delivered them on their own islands a lot quicker and without damage. After that we never had any issues although I was pressurised by the big wigs to keep using them as we were still nationalised at that point and they were as well. I stood my ground and was justified by the increase in traffic that these local operators generated as consumers started to trust the delivery system again.
Dennis,here’s a little ditty about Macbraynes…
“They say the earth belongs to God and all that it contains,
Except for the Kyles and the Western Isles
'cos they belong to MacBraynes”.
That was one of their problems, they behaved as if they did. I like to think I played my part in their downfall as a few of the one man operators I used went on to bigger and better things taking a lot business away from them - at least for a few years anyway.
Buzzer’s pic smart Jenning’s box( we called them a float) hinged for cab tilt and with hooks for suspending and drive away.
Oily
Buzzer:
Buzzer
I have a copy of that photo taken from the original. It was taken by Bonallack who built the cab and body to use in their publicity. The lorry is a 1935-39 model KL127, exactly the same as the one I have, 3.9litre 65bhp 4 cylinder side-valve petrol, may or may not be fitted with an electric starter as it was an extra cost option, mine’s never had one. After WW2 the model was updated to become the FT3 model, which in turn was updated to become the Chieftain model
Bernard