Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[stevejones]

just missed front of this 1 but quite a beast

[stevejones]

bleak as ever northern ontario

[lurpak]

A46 DIY Motorhomes

Ade

[albion1938]

oiltreader:
Not sure if this is original or not
Oily

It sure is. It’s an Allan Taylor groundsmans tractor. Based as you can see on Ford 8 underpinnings, but with an unsprung beam-axle rear end reduction-geared from a standard Ford diff. Allan Taylor were a big Ford dealer in Wandsworth, also built similar vehicles on the earlier Fords, model A/B. Another similar vehicle was the Pattison, similar principle but based on an E83W Ford. The groundsman at my school playing field used one to tow a gang mower and carry his tools around. A mate of mine bought one to restore in West London back in the early '70s, I towed it home to his place in Goodmayes, Essex on a rope behind my MK2 Zodiac! Sadly he died of a brain tumour soon after so never finished it, I don’t know where it went after that.
Bernard

[gingerfold]

grumpy old man:

Buzzer:
Get fire goin mother it’s cold enough outside to shram yu, remember this well. Buzzer.

Hell, I’ve done that amny times, brilliant invention, you could get a good draught going with a sheet of newspaper. Come to think of it, in the days gone by you could do many things with news paper…wrap your fish and chips, start a fire, radiator blind, tear it into squares.

It used to cause a bit of a panic when the newspaper caught fire.

Another use for burning newspaper is getting rid of the smell of fish from a reefer.

[windrush]

albion1938:

oiltreader:
Not sure if this is original or not
Oily

It sure is. It’s an Allan Taylor groundsmans tractor. Based as you can see on Ford 8 underpinnings, but with an unsprung beam-axle rear end reduction-geared from a standard Ford diff. Allan Taylor were a big Ford dealer in Wandsworth, also built similar vehicles on the earlier Fords, model A/B. y '70s,Another similar vehicle was the Pattison, similar principle but based on an E83W Ford. The groundsman at my school playing field used one to tow a gang mower and carry his tools around. A mate of mine bought one to restore in West London back in the earl I towed it home to his place in Goodmayes, Essex on a rope behind my MK2 Zodiac! Sadly he died of a brain tumour soon after so never finished it, I don’t know where it went after that.
Bernard

There are a few Pattison mowers and groundsman tractors ‘doing the rounds’ at vintage rallies, a chap from Bracknell has a nice one fitted with the Ford sidevalve engine which he usually exhibits at the Woodcote rally…

Pete.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to stevejones and lurpak for the pics also albion1938 for the info

Broxden Services, Perth.
Oily

[ste46]

Spotted in the village today: an elderly Pegaso - still in daily use and earning it’s keep

complete with sleeper cab!

Steve

[robert1952]

An unusual artic Thames Trader

And a Spanish Comet. Robert

[robert1952]

Lovely image of a Seddon-Atkinson 400 with a Euro-tilt. Robert

[robert1952]

Evocative of the time. Robert

[grumpy_old_man]

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[grumpy_old_man]

oiltreader:

Buzzer:
Get fire goin mother it’s cold enough outside to shram yu, remember this well. Buzzer.

You’ve got me going again Buzzer, right back to my early days and something similar to the sketch, all cooking done on the range, baking in the oven, father up at 5am every morning cleaning out the grate, getting the fire going with kindling that had been tinder dried on top of the oven, drying wellies with crunched up newspaper stuffed inside and laid by the fire, all spotlessly kept clean by mother polishing with black lead, emery paper and brasso. Not forgetting the companion set, brush, poker, small shovel and a toasting fork.
Oily

My late mother in law used to bake bread in one of those ranges, finest bread in all the land.

[gingerfold]

[gingerfold]

[ray_smyth]

Thanks to Robert for a great picture of the Thames Trader Artic in Scunthorpe.
Following Oilys picture of the Ford Thames van,and my comments of the various
types used by North Western Gas Board in Liverpool, the Gas Board started
buying Thames Traders, 4D diesels for the rigid vehicles, and 6D engines for
the artics,which also had Scammell Hitch trailer couplings.

Roberts picture of the bonneted Leyland Comet reminded me of the first lorry,
I drove to earn a living in June 1965. It was a Leyland Comet 90,belonging to
Jarvis Robinson Transport of Bootle. On Roberts picture of the Comet in Murcia
in Spain, it has the MU letters in a diamond on the door. I would think that some
decent signwriting has been spoilt in the past,by some Spanish Jobsworth just
sticking the province letters wherever was easiest.

Regards, Ray Smyth.

[robert1952]

Ray Smyth:
Thanks to Robert for a great picture of the Thames Trader Artic in Scunthorpe.
Following Oilys picture of the Ford Thames van,and my comments of the various
types used by North Western Gas Board in Liverpool, the Gas Board started
buying Thames Traders, 4D diesels for the rigid vehicles, and 6D engines for
the artics,which also had Scammell Hitch trailer couplings.

Roberts picture of the bonneted Leyland Comet reminded me of the first lorry,
I drove to earn a living in June 1965. It was a Leyland Comet 90,belonging to
Jarvis Robinson Transport of Bootle. On Roberts picture of the Comet in Murcia
in Spain, it has the MU letters in a diamond on the door. I would think that some
decent signwriting has been spoilt in the past,by some Spanish Jobsworth just
sticking the province letters wherever was easiest.

Regards, Ray Smyth.

Cheers Ray. IIRC, the diamond had to go on the doors, so I would imagine that local sign-writers would have been mindful of the need to leave sufficient space, especially as doors were so small in those days - unless, of course, they’d been on the vino collapso all afternoon! Robert

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Ste46, robert1952 and gingerfold for the pics

1953 Comet 90 in Spain.
Oily

[retired_old_fart]

Ste46:
Spotted in the village today: an elderly Pegaso - still in daily use and earning it’s keep

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complete with sleeper cab!

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Steve

Looks a darned sight more comfortable than Mr Jennings’ nest box on an Atki! Proper sprung mattress? Them Spanish lads were spoilt.

[oiltreader]

Bolivia 1951.
Oily