I was saddened to hear yesterday that HGV Driver Ernie Barton had passed away.
I knew Ernie from the mid 1960s, and our paths crossed several times over the years.
Ernie was a bus driver with Wigan Corporation in the 1960s. He drove artics for G.L. Baker,
Walter Roby Transport, and TI Markland, formerly England Tubes. His funeral is on Monday May 11th,
a Graveside Ceremony at St Matthews Church at Highfield, Pemberton Wigan.
Ernie…Rest In Peace.
Ray Smyth.
pv83:
Froggy55:
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Just found what could be called a “Chinese 6x4”
forum-auto.caradisiac.com/automo … 1-8575.htmThe Americans really did came up with some odd designs and wacky ideas over the years didn’t they…?
Here’s some more…
This truck was converted to this by the owner…think it must have been early to mid 80’s in New south wales australia…
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7 May 1985
Seen on duty during the widening of the M5/J5
A rather neat looking Diamond T recovery truck
A38,Wychbold, Worcs, Eng
Photo of a Siddle C Cook Guy loading out of the then Dorman Long steelworks on Teesside, photo courtesy of Middlesbrough archives.
Thanks to DEANB, tyneside, Buzzer, pyewacket947v and jshepguis for the pics 
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Oily
Euro Truck Show, American spec 
Somewhere in Birmingham a while back, all credit to Ron Hann for the photo.
Oily
Dipster:
Froggy55:
tyneside:
Some more oldies and not so old TynesideThe Talbot Solara was known in France for its unreliability and ability to rust and fall to pieces.
As I recall they were a booted version of the car known as the 1307/1308 in Europe and Alpine in the UK. As you say Froggy they were rotboxes that used to irritate me simply because they always sounded so “rattly”-I presume they had quite big tappet gaps! But nice paint colours were offered… One of the less successful French cars.
I had a Company Alpine in 1980 new and not my choice of course and it like you say a very rattly engine it was the cam followers they said ,apart from that it covered 140,000 miles without excess expenditure,and glad when due for replacement , but they then gave me a new Solara which was better appointed with power steering, a quieter 1.6 engine with a 5 speed box , and a much better car all round i thought (for its day ) —toshboy
Punchy Dan:
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Is that the “works canteen” the other side of the draped curtain or the living accommodation maybe ?Can’t beat living on the job Dan’l ! 
Denzil.
Gateshead Leyland bodied PD2s 67 & 68 were acquired by T.D. Alexander (Greyhound Coaches) and operated out of their Arbroath depot on local services and contracts. Some other ex Northern Group buses were operated from the company’s Sheffield depot on construction workers services to various large civil engineering projects being built in the 1960s.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Bewick:
Punchy Dan:
0 work in progressIs that the “works canteen” the other side of the draped curtain or the living accommodation maybe ?Can’t beat living on the job Dan’l !
There is a Guy 8 pot in the other garage
Punchy Dan:
Bewick:
Punchy Dan:
0 work in progressIs that the “works canteen” the other side of the draped curtain or the living accommodation maybe ?Can’t beat living on the job Dan’l !
There is a Guy 8 pot in the other garage
I wouldn’t be surprised in the least Dan’l ! 
pyewacket947v:
7 May 1985
Seen on duty during the widening of the M5/J5
A rather neat looking Diamond T recovery truck
A38,Wychbold, Worcs, Eng
Nice pic, i wonder if that was saved or ended up scrapped.
Diamond T 1985.
Click on page twice.
DEANB:
pyewacket947v:
7 May 1985
Seen on duty during the widening of the M5/J5
A rather neat looking Diamond T recovery truck
A38,Wychbold, Worcs, EngNice pic, i wonder if that was saved or ended up scrapped.
Diamond T 1985.
Click on page twice.
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My first job was at BRS Team Valley in the workshop (1970-72) Just before I started they had acquired a Diamond T wrecker and it was the workshop managers’ ( “Big” Jim Alderson) pride and joy.
IIRC it was fitted with TFL lifting gear and had the Hercules engine. I drove it around the yard once or twice down to the fuel pumps to fill up etc.
Bit of a beast and it would it pull a block a flats down but I think the max speed was about 25MPH so took forever to get anywhere.
I have quite an amusing anecdote about a guy with a Land Rover trying to tow it !!!
Tyneside
tyneside:
DEANB:
pyewacket947v:
7 May 1985
Seen on duty during the widening of the M5/J5
A rather neat looking Diamond T recovery truck
A38,Wychbold, Worcs, EngNice pic, i wonder if that was saved or ended up scrapped.
Diamond T 1985.
Click on page twice.
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My first job was at BRS Team Valley in the workshop (1970-72) Just before I started they had acquired a Diamond T wrecker and it was the workshop managers’ ( “Big” Jim Alderson) pride and joy.
IIRC it was fitted with TFL lifting gear and had the Hercules engine. I drove it around the yard once or twice down to the fuel pumps to fill up etc.
Bit of a beast and it would it pull a block a flats down but I think the max speed was about 25MPH so took forever to get anywhere.
I have quite an amusing anecdote about a guy with a Land Rover trying to tow it !!!Tyneside
Put the story on then Tyneside, and check your private messages chap !
This picture is in the centre of Liverpool in the 1920s. From left to right is Victoria Street.
The lorry which appears to be carrying boxes of fruit has come down Great Crosshall Street
and is entering Crosshall Street, and probably on its way to the wholesale fruit & veg market
at Queen Square, just a few hundred yards ahead. This huge Midland Railway building is still
there today. Picture from Bootle History Forum.
