Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[cattle_wagon_man]

I was kindly given this photograph last year by a former Saunders driver. It is one of many photos taken at Ulverston Auction Mart of M.E. Saunders & Sons then new Leyland Retriever.

Sadly , J.A. Pickthall & Sons are no longer in haulage , and M.E. Saunders & Sons ceased livestock haulage in 1989.
They still operate a fleet of artic tippers , plus a couple of smaller rigid flatbeds.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[leyland600]

Good to see a photo of Pickthalls Albion cwm they had quite a large fleet at one time not only livestock but pantechnicons carrying shoes etc from the factories of West ■■■■■■■■■■■ A family decendant Barry Pickthall runs a fleet of coaches from a yard at Rowrah.

Cheers Leyland 600.

[leyland_680]

Didn’t realise it’s that long since M E Saunders packed up cattle wagon’s here is an other phote of same wagon different day open top
Deck something that you cannot do today.Hope you like this photo cattle wagon man.regards Frank

[cattle_wagon_man]

Thanks Leyland 680 for the photograph.
Quite a few photos of the Leyland Retriever were taken on the same day , as Leyland Motors used some for publicity
of one of the first Ergomatic-cabbed range to be sold. RTD 123 C was the reg. no.

Heres another , this time with a L.A.D. cabbed Leyland Comet 4 wheeler parked alongside. I was kindly given this photograph. John Stable had sold-out to M.E. Saunders & Sons , and his Bardsea telephone is shown on the Retrievers
cattle body`s front nameboard .

Aye, the open-top 3rd. deck was outlawed in the mid- 1990`s, ( 1994 , I think ) - another of the ever-increasing
animal welfare regulations forced upon livestock hauliers.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[oiltreader]

Cheers to adr, Leyland 680 and cattle wagon man cracking pics

in the the adr pic whose going to tell me what the drawbar unit DXL795 is
Cheers
Oily.

[oiltreader]

Three livestock wagons with thanks to Ronnie Cameron.
Oily

[leyland_680]

Here’s some old stuff 2 different Scammell out side vickers armstrong Barrow in Furness
Think they are cement kiln’s .My have been going to Whitehaven when they had a cement
Plant there.

[lurpak]

a couple more from the East Anglian Transport Museum
Armstrong Whitworth 1924

Aveling & Porter 1926

R.O.F this is why its flat out there lol
cheers Ade

[leyland600]

Hi oily, I think the drawbar unit belonged to Union Cartage Company who specialised pulling drawbar trailer around the docks and markets of London and Liverpool. The unit could possibly be an ERF heavily modified by the company a skill they were well known for. However this is only an educated guess, it would be painted green with white lettering.

Cheers Leyland 600.

[tyneside]

Saw this Daf yesterday. Is this the future for the domestic heating market ■■?

[ubym344]

adr:
Let’s have some old stuff, got more character

adr these pics of smithfield really brought back some great memories for me , I grew up just up the road at the angel and I recall those tugs and trailers outside the “met cold store” that is now I beleive a fancy restaurant called “smiths of smithfield” I worked in the market when I wasa a youngster fantastic place to work for the crak . Its all changed now the market is still there but all round is posh restaurants and aprtments, if you have any more pics like them put them up. cheers mate fredm

[albion1938]

oiltreader:
Cheers to adr, Leyland 680 and cattle wagon man cracking pics

in the the adr pic whose going to tell me what the drawbar unit DXL795 is
Cheers
Oily.

From that angle it could be anything, but it’s a Union Cartage outfit, and they built a lot of their tractors in house, called them Union, so it could well be one of those. My sis-in-law’s late dad used to drive one.
Bernard

[retired_old_fart]

lurpak:
a couple more from the East Anglian Transport Museum
Armstrong Whitworth 1924

Aveling & Porter 1926

R.O.F this is why its flat out there lol
cheers Ade

Now I understand- too many roller manufacturers flattening out the terrain with road tests

[oiltreader]

Cheers to Leyland 680 and lurpak for the pics

Leyland 600 and albion1938 you’re spot on with Union Cartage, couple of links here commercialmotor.com/big-lorr … -to-your-o
and ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p1041917302

Cheers for the pics tyneside being aware of the Invergordon Plant, but not clued up, so checked and found info here forever-fuels.com/content/ca … n-delivery

Cheers
Oily

[altitude]

oiltreader:
Cheers to Leyland 680 and lurpak for the pics

Leyland 600 and albion1938 you’re spot on with Union Cartage, couple of links here commercialmotor.com/big-lorr … -to-your-o
and ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p1041917302

Cheers for the pics tyneside being aware of the Invergordon Plant, but not clued up, so checked and found info here forever-fuels.com/content/ca … n-delivery

Cheers
Oily

Like the Union Cartage Dodge, looks like it’s crossed with a BMC.

[tyneside]

oiltreader:
Cheers to Leyland 680 and lurpak for the pics

Leyland 600 and albion1938 you’re spot on with Union Cartage, couple of links here commercialmotor.com/big-lorr … -to-your-o
and ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p1041917302

Cheers for the pics tyneside being aware of the Invergordon Plant, but not clued up, so checked and found info here forever-fuels.com/content/ca … n-delivery

Cheers
Oily

Thanks for that Oily Like many ex coal merchants, our business suffered badly in the late seventies early eighties with the onset of natural gas. But the market seems to be turning full circle.

[oiltreader]

Grateful thanks to John Wakely for these 70s pics.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Hi tyneside, you mention the fossil fuel resurgence, well earlier this year I took these pics in the Hebrides where, it appears that “digging the peats” is also on the increase again, a lot of of it by hand, but also mechanised, the cost by hand is one’s own labour, but you do get two heats from them , digging and burning There are some on here who also have the experience of the peat but its from their favourite malt.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Another pic from South Uist.
Oily

[oiltreader]

The business end.
Oily