Buzzer
Mathew Street in the centre of Liverpool, 1964. Two Commers, the big one delivering, the
little Commer heading down the street. The British Road Services lorry looks like an AEC, not sure.
The grey Commer van further up is where the The Cavern started off, In later years it moved
further down to approximately where the blue Commer is. The Grapes Pub on the right is one
of Higsons, a large local brewery, their pint of bitter was the finest on Merseyside. 
Picture from Bootle History Forum.
Ray.
Buzzer
Spardo:
I donât look back with fondness at loads like that on the ERF, they look nice and neat and tidy, but what I always remember is the blood, sweat and tears it took to load and tip them, often alone with only a fast moving belt for company.But I did love my Big J that I drove for Rodney Closs. That was a beauty and I even had curtains made to measure for it and colour coded with Rodâs turquoise livery.
I was even paid to leave them in when he leased it out from under me to a start-up haulier in Kent.
Rod is a good friend of my Dad they often speak to each other Rod was well known in Bulwell as part of the âBulwell Mafiaâ
gazsa401:
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That name, Pleatvale, and that colour livery was after my time Gazsa, I had forgotten about that change.
When I worked for him, canât remember when, probably the '70s, he had had some kind of arrangement with a firm in the NE, David something or other (McPherson?), who had turquoise colours. Donât know what the connection was but Rodâs colours were the same, and very smart they were too. I had previously known him, though not very well because he had an accident and left the company, at Midlands Storage.
The Bulwell Mafia, yes, others were my near namesake, Dave Barker, and Warren (?), a real hard man who later killed himself with a shotgun. I suppose it was at Storage that I knew them. Warren came across as very fierce but once you knew him well was a good friend and not at all like his reputation. I was very sad to learn of his demise.
When you see your Dad ask him to pass on my good wishes to Rod, from David Marker, also another friend of his I think, Barry Marlow. He worked for me at Courtaulds/Toray and was a very good driver whose skills readily turned to wagon and drags when I introduced them there. Others from Bulwell who worked there were John Hancock and Paul Edwards.
The only downside of moving away from home is losing good mates. 
This picture shows William Brown Street in the centre of Liverpool,approx 1964.
I am fairly certain that the artic unit is a Morris, if not, it is an Austin.
The " Fibreglass " insulation company is from St Helens, about 15 miles away.
Picture from Bootle History Forum.
Ray.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
WHAT A CAB AND MOTOR OF ITS DAY
Yes, one of those was my third motor at Econofreight. after the Foden and the Atki. My coming home present after several months off with injury and the ('79?) strike.
I had it from new but saw it many years later as the yard shunter at Thornaby.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
Looks like a LEYLAND BEAR to me same but different 
Spardo:
That name, Pleatvale, and that colour livery was after my time Gazsa, I had forgotten about that change.When I worked for him, canât remember when, probably the '70s, he had had some kind of arrangement with a firm in the NE, David something or other (McPherson?), who had turquoise colours. Donât know what the connection was but Rodâs colours were the same, and very smart they were too. I had previously known him, though not very well because he had an accident and left the company, at Midlands Storage.
The Bulwell Mafia, yes, others were my near namesake, Dave Barker, and Warren (?), a real hard man who later killed himself with a shotgun. I suppose it was at Storage that I knew them. Warren came across as very fierce but once you knew him well was a good friend and not at all like his reputation. I was very sad to learn of his demise.
When you see your Dad ask him to pass on my good wishes to Rod, from David Marker, also another friend of his I think, Barry Marlow. He worked for me at Courtaulds/Toray and was a very good driver whose skills readily turned to wagon and drags when I introduced them there. Others from Bulwell who worked there were John Hancock and Paul Edwards.
The only downside of moving away from home is losing good mates.
Warren Tennant who was Rod Clossâs mate. Bit of a â â â â â â ! He drove one of the MK 2 Atkis
yorkpensioner:
Spardo:
That name, Pleatvale, and that colour livery was after my time Gazsa, I had forgotten about that change.When I worked for him, canât remember when, probably the '70s, he had had some kind of arrangement with a firm in the NE, David something or other (McPherson?), who had turquoise colours. Donât know what the connection was but Rodâs colours were the same, and very smart they were too. I had previously known him, though not very well because he had an accident and left the company, at Midlands Storage.
The Bulwell Mafia, yes, others were my near namesake, Dave Barker, and Warren (?), a real hard man who later killed himself with a shotgun. I suppose it was at Storage that I knew them. Warren came across as very fierce but once you knew him well was a good friend and not at all like his reputation. I was very sad to learn of his demise.
When you see your Dad ask him to pass on my good wishes to Rod, from David Marker, also another friend of his I think, Barry Marlow. He worked for me at Courtaulds/Toray and was a very good driver whose skills readily turned to wagon and drags when I introduced them there. Others from Bulwell who worked there were John Hancock and Paul Edwards.
The only downside of moving away from home is losing good mates.
Warren Tennant who was Rod Clossâs mate. Bit of a â â â â â â ! He drove one of the MK 2 Atkis
Thatâs the bloke, but there were 2 sides to him. He was once cut up by a car driver who unfortunately for him had to stop anyway. Warren climbed down from the cab and walked over to remonstrate with him. The man rolled his window up and started to mock Warren who, without hesitation, punched the bloke square in the face, through the closed window which shattered glass everywhere. True or not, it does sound like him, but, on the other hand I was with him in Liverpool when he requested a ham sandwich without butter. When it came with butter he refused it and explained he had had a tour round a butter factory and never touched the stuff again. Didnât bother him that it made him out a bit wimpy
Thanks to Lawrence Dunbar, ERF-NGC-European, Buzzer, Star down under, Ray Smyth, Tyneside, gazsa401 and lurpak for the photos
Oily
A few straw wagons. harvest a bit later up this part this year ripening weatherâs gone somewhere else . credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Sunday morning at Charnock Richard services, northbound on the M6. Apart from
the Montgomery lorry, the other artics were from several European coumtries.
I was on my way to a lorry show on the car park of Leyland Vehicle History Museum.
Ray.
