Lawrence Dunbar:
0Yes Ive seen it that one was RJR348, The one I drove was RJR349. I have the photo myself. My cousin Diane Smiles gave it to me. Regards Larry.
Thats the 1 a great period photo
Smiles had 5 flats & 3 tippers. They worked them very hard in those days, the flats were sometimes OTT loadwise, but they coped no bother. Regards Larry.
This bloody lap top is playing up, sorry for the extra pictures, Regards Larry.
I thought the fleet was 19 strong, all strung out in one line and too wide for the camera. 
Nice pictures and fond memories. 
I have had this pic a while and a bit foggy about the location, I think the services under construction is Watford Gap, the thing that caught my eye was lorries in the third lane (before ban obviously).
oily
oiltreader:
I have had this pic a while and a bit foggy about the location, I think the services under construction is Watford Gap, the thing that caught my eye was lorries in the third lane (before ban obviously).
oily
Some years ago on here someone tried to tell me that lorries had never been allowed in the 3rd lane and never had a speed limit.
I well remember tearing down to London at 75mph in my Kew Dodge/Perkins 6.354/28ft Boden 4-in-line loaded with asphalt blocks from Matlock in the 3rd lane and never a single worry about being pulled over.
However, it has to be said that your picture doesn’t prove my point, those 2 wagons are in the 3rd lane because the other 2 are blocked off by the crane lifting something at the services. 
The most remarkable thing about the picture is not the lorries in the 3rd lane but the fact that there isn’t a 5 mile tail back before the obstruction.
A couple of the wagons I had on Progressive, bottom pic eldest daughter and son(went on to become a lorry driver).
oily
Spardo:
oiltreader:
I have had this pic a while and a bit foggy about the location, I think the services under construction is Watford Gap, the thing that caught my eye was lorries in the third lane (before ban obviously).
oilySome years ago on here someone tried to tell me that lorries had never been allowed in the 3rd lane and never had a speed limit.
I well remember tearing down to London at 75mph in my Kew Dodge/Perkins 6.354/28ft Boden 4-in-line loaded with asphalt blocks from Matlock in the 3rd lane and never a single worry about being pulled over.
However, it has to be said that your picture doesn’t prove my point, those 2 wagons are in the 3rd lane because the other 2 are blocked off by the crane lifting something at the services.
The most remarkable thing about the picture is not the lorries in the 3rd lane but the fact that there isn’t a 5 mile tail back before the obstruction.
Any connection?
oily
Here’s a photo of the M1 near Chesterfield looking north,can’t you just smell the Coalite Plant in the distance. 
Not sure of the date but it looks very much like one of Wilsons ERFs of Stockport and Ardwick fame in the n/s lane and they were still running them in the early 80s,and maybe one of Gloystarne’s Volvos,Sheffield,further back with a load out of British Tissues Oughtibridge.
One here taken in 1972 in BP Chemicals Baglan Bay of my mate’s Mandator loaded ready for the off to Doverstrand Stallingborough (via the Oakamoor or Derby )for dodgy )
Nowt left of BP Baglan Bay now,like Wilton and Billingham.
, Well im well past my sell by date, but Im still here, god knows why Im well pickled in the famous scotch malts, which in fact Im enjoying right now, but hers a picture of the the first wagon I invested my wifes money in, & I must say say it was a good bet to say the least, My wife is a gem when it comes to making a few bob.Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
0, Well im well past my sell by date, but Im still here, god knows why Im well pickled in the famous scotch malts, which in fact Im enjoying right now, but hers a picture of the the first wagon I invested my wifes money in, & I must say say it was a good bet to say the least, My wife is a gem when it comes to making a few bob.Regards Larry
London reg Larry,any idea who the original owner was?
Chris Webb:
One here taken in 1972 in BP Chemicals Baglan Bay of my mate’s Mandator loaded ready for the off to Doverstrand Stallingborough (via the Oakamoor or Derby )for dodgy
Nowt left of BP Baglan Bay now,like Wilton and Billingham.
Another fine photo Chris ,has Wilton closed now ?
oiltreader:
A couple of Adam Lythgoe pics.
oily
I got a nice email from David Lythgoe when I sent him a link to the Priestman Caribou crane grab, nowadays this job would be done with a Hiab.
At the time of the photo, we were probably the biggest supplier of agricultural lime in the country.
We quarried lime ourselves, we moved waste lime tips from the old munitions factories (left over from the war) such as Gateshead etc and we also shipped lime along the coast to Scotland and other areas.
This crane could have been used at any of these locations.
David Lythgoe
Lawrence Dunbar:
0, Well im well past my sell by date, but Im still here, god knows why Im well pickled in the famous scotch malts, which in fact Im enjoying right now, but hers a picture of the the first wagon I invested my wifes money in, & I must say say it was a good bet to say the least, My wife is a gem when it comes to making a few bob.Regards Larry
531 DXP, this was an ex William Hampton motor, But it came from Rush Green to my cousin then to me. Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0, Well im well past my sell by date, but Im still here, god knows why Im well pickled in the famous scotch malts, which in fact Im enjoying right now, but hers a picture of the the first wagon I invested my wifes money in, & I must say say it was a good bet to say the least, My wife is a gem when it comes to making a few bob.Regards Larry531 DXP, this was an ex William Hampton motor, But it came from Rush Green to my cousin then to me. Regards Larry.
in 70/71 my boss at the time bought a 760 aec mandator and it came from the tyne but not sure
if it was an ex shorts or a smiles, the reg no was MTN 464E, he used to deal alot with coates bros at
wardley so he may have bought it through them. can you recall the motor with your brilliant memory,
we also had a second mandator but not sure from where, reg no *** 222f, something to think about
lawrence
alan
Wheel Nut:
oiltreader:
A couple of Adam Lythgoe pics.
oilyI got a nice email from David Lythgoe when I sent him a link to the Priestman Caribou crane grab, nowadays this job would be done with a Hiab.
At the time of the photo, we were probably the biggest supplier of agricultural lime in the country.
We quarried lime ourselves, we moved waste lime tips from the old munitions factories (left over from the war) such as Gateshead etc and we also shipped lime along the coast to Scotland and other areas.
This crane could have been used at any of these locations.
David Lythgoe
Good pics, wheelnut and oiltreader, thats how as a lad in the 50s I remember the Adam Lythgoe name on Albert Sheldon’s lorries and spreaders running down Via Gellia through Cromford from Grangemill Quarry.I expect a lot of agricultural contractors worked through Lythgoes at that time. Good Days Long Gone. Mike.