Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[900x20]

I agree.900x20

[gazsa401]

oiltreader:
Another three Bedfords.
oily

Another Bedford parked outside our house when I was a kid
It was my dads

[gazsa401]

Just a few more of the ones my dad drove over his 50 years in road transport
Apologies if I’ve posted these before

[gazsa401]

Some respect would be nice Shirtbox2003 and 900x20 there’s a few cars on here and there’s been no complaints there

[oiltreader]

Hi shirtbox2003,
I respect the fact you are a lorry driver, working or retired and more than competent in the skills to do the job.
This is the only thread I have ever started and owe a deep gratitude to the posters who keep it going, many going out of their way to take snaps
I note you have started a few threads, mostly asking others to satisfy your curiosity with photos and info, I’ve actually posted on some of them, tho’ to myself and others appreciation seems a bit thin on the ground.
I have no recollection of you posting on this thread until today and that is with a moan verging on derogatory to me personally with regard to a picture I responded to, I thought long and hard about my reply to the Commando Memorial pic, knowing that what I was about to write didn’t quite belong on here, anyway done now and appreciated by some.
Posters on here and other threads give a lot their time taking and sorting photos. keeping records of said photos and responding to the requests of like minded people.
My two pet hates in life have been lack of respect for one’s fellow man, the other being selfishness.
Oily

[kevmac47]

Oily, I think that’s the first time I’ve heard you censure any comment on your thread, and I agree with you whole heartedly. We owe a great debt to all those who have fought and given so much up to and including the final sacrifice. You are rightly proud of a very brave, and extremely young man. Just this morning I visited my dad’s grave, he survived six years conflict from 1939 til 1945 with The Seventh Armoured Div. His only surviving sister (aged 80) had left a card on his gravestone detailing his bravery and how proud she was of him. It really filled me up.Regards Kev.

[servo88]

Well put Oily, here,s some wagons to get us back on track regards servo

[servo88]

[andrew_morrison]

they’re behind you

[andrew_morrison]

now they’re in front of you

[andrew_morrison]

taken a few weeks ago in campo,Italy from Iran don’t see many of these about

[andrew_morrison]

also from Iran an old 142

[lurpak]

A couple from Rome last weekend, you have spoil the boss on her birthday.

Ade

[kevmac47]

It meets the wheel and transport criteria Oily I hope we get some clever captions from it. Regards Kev.

[lawrence_dunbar]

kevmac47:
It meets the wheel and transport criteria Oily I hope we get some clever captions from it. Regards Kev.

Hi Kev How are you getting on these days You’ve been a bit quiet on these threads, I hope you are keeping well & still enjoying good health, & Of course not to forget your fave Malts, It will soon be our gathering at the Labour Club in the Toon, Ive got some real Hi Voltage stuff for the hippie flasks for all present who enjoys a good Malt, Take care my friend, & See you there, Regards Larry.

[kevmac47]

Lawrence Dunbar:

kevmac47:
It meets the wheel and transport criteria Oily I hope we get some clever captions from it. Regards Kev.

Hi Kev How are you getting on these days You’ve been a bit quiet on these threads, I hope you are keeping well & still enjoying good health, & Of course not to forget your fave Malts, It will soon be our gathering at the Labour Club in the Toon, Ive got some real Hi Voltage stuff for the hippie flasks for all present who enjoys a good Malt, Take care my friend, & See you there, Regards Larry.

I’ve been having trouble with the laptop Larry, It’s taken a few attempts to sort out the problem.
Also I have been back to work for a couple of weeks helping a pal out. Purely out of the goodness
of my heart of course!!! Regards Kev

[robert1952]

[grumpy_old_man]

oiltreader:

servo88:
Hi Oily pleased i put that snap on, you & your parents must have been very proud of him , i salute him & thanks to you for sharing a part of you life history. The in script on the monument say,s it all. Regards Gordon

Yes Gordon, pride but a bit of personal shame inasmuch as I have never been to visit the Bayeux Memorial Gardens at Calvados, tho’ one of my daughters has been. also my late sister along with my nephew. There are annual organised trips which I considered signing up to but as yet haven’t got round to it
.
ALEXANDER McDONALD
b Aberdeenshire, KIA on D Day + 1)
Guardsman
2696459
Scots Guards., No 3 Commando
who died on
Wednesday 7 June 1944. Age 22.
Cemetery: BAYEUX MEMORIAL Calvados, France
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 12, Column 2.

The above reference I’ve looked at many times.
Oily

Whoa, we’ve been. When you do go, be prepared, it’s a very emotional experience. We’ve toured Normandy and The Somme, it gets very emotional.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to gazsa401, lurpak, servo88, Andrew Morrison and robert1952 for the pics and also my appreciation of the favourable comments posted.

A couple of trideck, mebbe double deck what do I know
Oily

[oiltreader]

Hi Kev,
Make no bones about it I won’t get involved in any type of skullduggery , seriously the first thing that came to mind was Brother Bones
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Bones I have a recording of his Sweet Georgia Brown, the theme tune of the Harlem Globetrotters
youtube.com/watch?v=opmwfRqdGsg. Great dance tune in my days of tripping the light fandango or whatever its called
Cheers
Oily