PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[deanb]

Smith & Robinson ERF tanker.

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[mark_r]

Those Kendrick tippers look rough. Bet they looked nice when they were new though. Big Foden user apparently back in the day.

[chris_webb]

DEANB:
Smith & Robinson ERF tanker.

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Smith and Robinson had depot at Barton Dock Estate Trafford Park.I use to wash out there int 70s,I think it was a Polish feller in charge?? Good canteen as well,grand place to go,no snotty chuffs to deal with. They also ran two 40ft containers to BRS Sheffield depot loaded with Proctor and Gamble products,first one was through Hyde about 1630,caught it many times when on a dodgy to Sheffield… .Scania 110s they had on that job.They were big AEC users at one time…

[piston_broke]

DEANB:
G.H.Wintle F88 bulker.

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Cracking pic of Wintles Lovely colours and a really smart fleet, sadly no longer trading - I cannot remember exactly when they closed but it must be at least 20 years ago now… They used to haul a lot of coal amongst other things - the load home for a couple of artics everyday was to their own coal yard, ready to be bagged and delivered the next day on their small fleet of Bedford TK coal lorries

As always, great pics Dean and Paul. Thank you both

[pete_359]

Piston broke:

DEANB:
G.H.Wintle F88 bulker.

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Cracking pic of Wintles Lovely colours and a really smart fleet, sadly no longer trading - I cannot remember exactly when they closed but it must be at least 20 years ago now… They used to haul a lot of coal amongst other things - the load home for a couple of artics everyday was to their own coal yard, ready to be bagged and delivered the next day on their small fleet of Bedford TK coal lorries

As always, great pics Dean and Paul. Thank you both

Hi piston broke,
Every day this threads photos just get better than the last.I went to the G.H.Wintle sale,back in February 2000.A very old established company,ran steamers.Robin Wintle is a friend of mine,he married a Welsh girl and lives locally.
Regards Andrew.

[deanb]

Mark R:
Those Kendrick tippers look rough. Bet they looked nice when they were new though. Big Foden user apparently back in the day.

I think most tippers had rough lifes normally “Mark R” to be fair !

Chris Webb:

DEANB:
Smith & Robinson ERF tanker.

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Smith and Robinson had depot at Barton Dock Estate Trafford Park.I use to wash out there int 70s,I think it was a Polish feller in charge?? Good canteen as well,grand place to go,no snotty chuffs to deal with. They also ran two 40ft containers to BRS Sheffield depot loaded with Proctor and Gamble products,first one was through Hyde about 1630,caught it many times when on a dodgy to Sheffield… .Scania 110s they had on that job.They were big AEC users at one time…

Thanks for the comments Chris ! Nice pic.

Piston broke:

DEANB:
G.H.Wintle F88 bulker.

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Cracking pic of Wintles Lovely colours and a really smart fleet, sadly no longer trading - I cannot remember exactly when they closed but it must be at least 20 years ago now… They used to haul a lot of coal amongst other things - the load home for a couple of artics everyday was to their own coal yard, ready to be bagged and delivered the next day on their small fleet of Bedford TK coal lorries

As always, great pics Dean and Paul. Thank you both

Thanks “Piston broke” Paul will be happy so many people are still enjoying the pics !

pete 359:

Piston broke:

DEANB:
G.H.Wintle F88 bulker.

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Cracking pic of Wintles Lovely colours and a really smart fleet, sadly no longer trading - I cannot remember exactly when they closed but it must be at least 20 years ago now… They used to haul a lot of coal amongst other things - the load home for a couple of artics everyday was to their own coal yard, ready to be bagged and delivered the next day on their small fleet of Bedford TK coal lorries

As always, great pics Dean and Paul. Thank you both

Hi piston broke,
Every day this threads photos just get better than the last.I went to the G.H.Wintle sale,back in February 2000.A very old established company,ran steamers.Robin Wintle is a friend of mine,he married a Welsh girl and lives locally.
Regards Andrew.

Thanks Andrew, there are some gems to come for the Welsh chaps on here !

[piston_broke]

pete 359:

Piston broke:

DEANB:
G.H.Wintle F88 bulker.

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Cracking pic of Wintles Lovely colours and a really smart fleet, sadly no longer trading - I cannot remember exactly when they closed but it must be at least 20 years ago now… They used to haul a lot of coal amongst other things - the load home for a couple of artics everyday was to their own coal yard, ready to be bagged and delivered the next day on their small fleet of Bedford TK coal lorries

As always, great pics Dean and Paul. Thank you both

Hi piston broke,
Every day this threads photos just get better than the last.I went to the G.H.Wintle sale,back in February 2000.A very old established company,ran steamers.Robin Wintle is a friend of mine,he married a Welsh girl and lives locally.
Regards Andrew.

Hi Andrew
I completely agree with you, it is an amazing collection of photos. A really enjoyable wander down Memory Lane… Not quite as long ago as I thought then - thank you for that. What a small world we live in, I never realised Robin moved across the bridge but often wondered where he was now… I never really knew him personally - we always moved in slightly different circles - but always knew, and admired, their smart fleet of lorries. I only live a mile or so from both of their former yards now…
Regards
Paul

[deanb]

Well chaps that’s the end of the second batch of pics apart from some that i have kept back that will
be posted with articles / adverts.

Talking of adverts i was surprised there were no comments on the 20 i posted on page 81 from 1970 ■■?

Now i must pay homage to Paul Gee’s “shed” ! Sorry i mean marina van. Ever since i found out he used to
own one i have been giving him stick about it,as my uncle owned a saloon and it was horrible ! Anyway
Paul bought his at 4 years old for £ 400.00 and promptly hand painted it with a brush to protect it from
rust !!

It must have worked as the shed lasted him 13.5 years,so it cost him £ 29.63 per year ! To be fair that’s impressive and cheap motoring. (And he still has the brush ! )

It even had a go faster white stripe down it,that apparently did not work as he said you had to time
over taking maneuvers very carefully ! After about 5 minutes i am reliably informed by Paul that
a top speed of 70 miles per hour could be achieved on the flat,but slightly quicker if going down hill !

Heres a pic of the hand painted shed.

[carryfast]

DEANB:
Now i must pay homage to Paul Gee’s “shed” ! Sorry i mean marina van. Ever since i found out he used to
own one i have been giving him stick about it,as my uncle owned a saloon and it was horrible ! Anyway
Paul bought his at 4 years old for £ 400.00 and promptly hand painted it with a brush to protect it from
rust !!

It must have worked as the shed lasted him 13.5 years,so it cost him £ 29.63 per year ! To be fair that’s impressive and cheap motoring. (And he still has the brush ! )

It even had a go faster white stripe down it,that apparently did not work as he said you had to time
over taking maneuvers very carefully ! After about 5 minutes i am reliably informed by Paul that
a top speed of 70 miles per hour could be achieved on the flat,but slightly quicker if going down hill !

Heres a pic of the hand painted shed.

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It didn’t have to be that bad.The story goes that the government actually wanted ze Germans to win for geopolitical reasons.

That’s a proper Marina shed.

aronline.co.uk/blogs/blog-be … t-marinas/

youtube.com/watch?v=n26wmu9dU-M

[smallcoal]

Hi dean my father had a marina with South Wales electricity board ,he had numerous vans before that a Morris 1000’ a bmc,a mini van then the marina which was a p reg he retired after 33 years ,re Robbins you posted they were big they had general and removals they still on the removals they based in Swansea cheers John

[smallcoal]

Here’s some pics of Robbins their removal side is part of Britannia apologies if I put anyone’s pics on here please let me know and I will acknowledge you John

[rward]

Ray grant drove for Robbins small coal lovely bloke

[coomsey]

Mark R:
Those Kendrick tippers look rough. Bet they looked nice when they were new though. Big Foden user apparently back in the day.

Coal n scrap made old men of em. Kendrick kept a decent fleet

[mark_r]

Yeah i’m sure mate, nice colours though. Proper working motors. Does anyone know when they finished or if they had anything other than Fodens?

[gingerfold]

DEANB:
Glyn John transport Volvo F10

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Flynn Borderer.

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W Allport & Son Dodge.

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H.H.Williams Scania

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Fiat chassis

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Cringles Crusader.

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J.T.Hunt’s Borderer

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Keytrans Mercedes

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Chloride ERF,which looks new.

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That will be a contract vehicle, but I can’t remember who had the contract in the 1970s.

Standard Motor Transport Foden.

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[stevecook]

smallcoal:
Here’s some pics of Robbins their removal side is part of Britannia apologies if I put anyone’s pics on here please let me know and I will
acknowledge you John

I drove this motor once or twice in a previous life when it belonged to Sykes Bulk Liquids. As you can see the picture came from Bubbleman’s Scrapbook.

[gingerfold]

Bewick:

gingerfold:

Buzzer:
The Seddon looks like ex Bulwark to me, Buzzer.

There’s an article in the latest edition of the CVRTC’s newsletter about Bulwark and they bought a few Seddon 30/4 tractor units with the Rolls Royce Eagle engine, but found this engine option to be heavy on fuel usage and had high maintenance costs. Further Seddon 30/4 orders were for Gardner 6LXB 180 engines versions, including one order for 40 of them to beat the 6bhp / ton legislation.

I rest my case about those Seddon 32/4 with the RR engine being a total load of crap ! Cheers Dennis.

Sorry, my original post should have read 32/4 (not 30/4).

As to scanning the article it is part 4 of a series about Bulwark, so getting the continuation and sequence could be problematic.

[coomsey]

Mark R:
Yeah i’m sure mate, nice colours though. Proper working motors. Does anyone know when they finished or if they had anything other than Fodens?

Used to run with them, 70s, pits mostly I can’t remember seeing any but Foden so presume they finished before Foden did. When the pits closed it took a lot of hauliers with it.

[coomsey]

coomsey:

Mark R:
Yeah i’m sure mate, nice colours though. Proper working motors. Does anyone know when they finished or if they had anything other than Fodens?

Used to run with them, 70s, pits mostly I can’t remember seeing any but Foden so presume they finished before Foden did. When the pits closed it took a lot of hauliers with it.

[bewick]

coomsey:

Mark R:
Those Kendrick tippers look rough. Bet they looked nice when they were new though. Big Foden user apparently back in the day.

Coal n scrap made old men of em. Kendrick kept a decent fleet

Kendricks used to get up as far as Millom when the Iron Works were operating , probably brought a load of scrap up then they loaded back to the Midlands with Pig Iron it would have been a right old drag for them on the Road in and out of Millom !. Cheers Bewick.