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Buzzer
Lawrence Dunbar:
Dennis Javelin:
Buzzer:
BuzzerA sizeable fleet in its day from what I can remember (F H LEE?). I think one of their contracts was delivering toilet rolls although why I remember that fact is beyond me. Could be a lot of crap though
. Well you could be very well correct, IIRC The had a factory in Trafford Park Manchester and we used to deliver reels of paper there.From The Port Of Blyth. Regards Larry.
Just checked, turns out that he started a company making kitchen and toilet rolls in the 60’s so it was their own products they were hauling. I assume they branched out into other haulage from that.
First two photos are cars built at the Armstrong Whitworth works Elswick, Newcastle. I have been told the third is Lord Armstrong and his driver but cannot be sure. The photo has been taken on the old Scotswood Bridge.
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Thanks to Buzzer, Suedehead and Tyneside for the photos Tyneside’s last pic early ANPR 
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At Rownhams earlier this year must’ve of done a few ks, credit to eastleighbusman for the photo.
Love the Trader sitting up and begging @Tyneside. When I came back from Oz I go a job on a tipper with Wimpey building the Sandiacre section of the M1.
The AECs there were pretty mod-con in that the tailgate release was on the front of the body, I just set it to go up and leaned out of the cab door, arm outstretched to hold the lever as it went past.
One day I forgot and up it went to do just that in the picture. Couldn’t drop the body because it was over the balance point so I gingerly climbed out and jumped down to the ground. A mate had a big hammer and set to work on the claws, meanwhile the dozy banksman, who had never seen the underside of a lorry before, walked almost underneath to peer upwards. At that moment, my mate finally released the gate and 10 tons of muck shot out of the back allowing the truck to return to earth with a bang, missing Mr. Dozy by exactly one inch. 
I will never forget that chalk white face as long as I live.
There should be a joke thread here, is there one? Never mind, I know we have at least one regularly posting farmer.
I was working on a farm a while ago. The farmer was chatting to me and said that he was breeding three legged chickens!
I said “Wow, really, why would you do that?”
He said that he liked a chicken leg for dinner. His wife liked a chicken leg for dinner, and so did his daughter.
A normal chicken only has two legs so that caused a bit of stress at dinner time. So the solution was to breed three legged chickens.
I said “So you have them now?”
“Yes” he said.
I asked “What do they taste like?”
He said “I don’t know, we haven’t caught one yet!"
tyneside:
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Google streetview?
Spardo:
There should be a joke thread here, is there one? Never mind, I know we have at least one regularly posting farmer.I was working on a farm a while ago. The farmer was chatting to me and said that he was breeding three legged chickens!
I said “Wow, really, why would you do that?”
He said that he liked a chicken leg for dinner. His wife liked a chicken leg for dinner, and so did his daughter.
A normal chicken only has two legs so that caused a bit of stress at dinner time. So the solution was to breed three legged chickens.
I said “So you have them now?”
“Yes” he said.
I asked “What do they taste like?”He said “I don’t know, we haven’t caught one yet!"
What’s the difference between a blind sniper and a constipated owl?
One shoots but can’t hit.
Quite a well known photo but worth reposting. Women carrying out ‘men’s work’ during the Great War, some interesting equipment around the workshop and probably all still in place for teens of years after. Click on it to enlarge.
Pete.
mushroomman:
MESSAGE FOR SPARDO.Bud Flanagan wants his joke back, but you can keep the fur coat.
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Don’t need it here mate, just as that wasn’t me in Sarina, never knowingly not in shorts.
mushroomman:
MESSAGE FOR SPARDO.Bud Flanagan wants his joke back, but you can keep the fur coat.
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Wow, not the Sarina I know, but then again I expect a couple of things may have changed a bit in the sixty-five years since the picture was taken.
The FC ute in the background of the first picture is interesting. It has the Holden Special chrome trim, only available on sedans and wagons. That would have been a very unique modification on a mundane work ute, back in 1958.
Fun fact: The old sugar mill and railway wagon workshop is now a tourist attraction, sarinasugarshed.com.au/ , there is a small distillery that makes rum liqueur, to die for. 
I love the last Sarina picture with the Comet lorry pushing the water aside and 2 light vehicles really closed up taking advantage of the wash. Not least too the bloke, and his mates further back, standing to indicate the edge of the road so they don’t go over it. Dangerous too for him on the edge.
I don’t think it is, but I do wonder if it could be the bridge over the river south of town where I nearly came to grief with my road roller. 