DEANB:
0Here’s another shot of HRF 578N when operated by A Barlow.
Notice it is minus it’s middle windscreen wiper.
Good pic,i see it has had a different body put on as well. Funny enough the European model ERF
suffered problems with having 3 wipers,so i wonder if the B series also suffered the same problem.
Probably the same part used on the early B series and no doubt upgraded in later models. However
Robert will know.
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Yes, you’re right: the very early Europeans had problems but ERF beefed up the mechanism after complaints from abroad. That B-series is an early one, and as they only came out a year after the Europeans, it is quite likely that they suffered too, to begin with. Robert
moomooland:
Midway Haulage of Wigan were bought out by Hills transport of Cardiff, note the Hills logo on the sheets.
Midway Haulage did vast amounts of work out of the Heinz factory at Kitt Green Wigan.
In later years Hills themselves were taken over by Rhys Davies
Midway Haulage were running AEC MK3 Mammoth Majors longer than A E Evans,and that’s saying summat.
Not my photo…
Glacia salt Foden. Were they part of British Salt does anyone know ■■
Not sure about Glacia salt but the vehicles were part of the Staveley Industries group hence the SI logo on the cab they also bought out Manchester tipper firm John Biesty Transport in 1973 and ran it from Buxton. .
BDs photo
Well I would hazard a guess at an ex Smith and Robinson wagon…
Possibly Chris,Rugby cement were a similar colour ?
5thwheel:
DEANB:
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Glacia salt Foden. Were they part of British Salt does anyone know ■■
Hi Dean,
Yes Glacia Salt is/was a name of food grade salt sold by British Salt,confirmed by the name on the side of the tank!!!
David
Thanks for confirming that David !
moomooland:
0Midway Haulage of Wigan were bought out by Hills transport of Cardiff, note the Hills logo on the sheets.
Midway did vast amounts of work out of the Heinz factory at Kitt Green Wigan at the same time as W.J. Riding.
In later years Hills themselves were taken over by Rhys Davies
Thanks for the info and link Paul !
ERF-NGC-European:
DEANB:
0Here’s another shot of HRF 578N when operated by A Barlow.
Notice it is minus it’s middle windscreen wiper.
Good pic,i see it has had a different body put on as well. Funny enough the European model ERF
suffered problems with having 3 wipers,so i wonder if the B series also suffered the same problem.
Probably the same part used on the early B series and no doubt upgraded in later models. However
Robert will know.
:
Yes, you’re right: the very early Europeans had problems but ERF beefed up the mechanism after complaints from abroad. That B-series is an early one, and as they only came out a year after the Europeans, it is quite likely that they suffered too, to begin with. Robert
Cheers Robert !
Chris Webb:
moomooland:
1Midway Haulage of Wigan were bought out by Hills transport of Cardiff, note the Hills logo on the sheets.
Midway Haulage did vast amounts of work out of the Heinz factory at Kitt Green Wigan.
In later years Hills themselves were taken over by Rhys Davies
Midway Haulage were running AEC MK3 Mammoth Majors longer than A E Evans,and that’s saying summat.
Not my photo…
Chris Webb:
Here’s a photo taken at MFS depot at Ross,I believe it was Winter 1981.I can’t remember who sent me the photo though…I remember I was on nights shunting and our TM Don Simpson, TSM Paul Stone and regular shunter Paul Goodhind trunked down that night and used the Midlands bound side of the M50 to get to Ross from Strensham as the other side was impassable.They didn’t meet another vehicle until the end of the M50,only to be greeted by the police. I meant to ask where they changed sides…
I know they got a bollocking but no further action was taken.
Great Shot that CW, Its Called Gerrin In"t Job Dun LoL""
moomooland:
We had this shot of one of their other motors back in August on page 45.
Harry Campey started the business in the 1930s with just one truck.
His youngest son married the daughter of Stan Robson, the founder of Robson’s Border Transport.
Campeys of Selby Ltd, still very much in business today, is now owned and run by Harrys Grandson Paul Campey, the third generation of the Selby based haulier.
moomooland:
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3We had this shot of one of their other motors back in August on page 45.
2Harry Campey started the business in the 1930s with just one truck.
His youngest son married the daughter of Stan Robson, the founder of Robson’s Border Transport.
1Campeys of Selby Ltd, still very much in business today, is now owned and run by Harrys Grandson Paul Campey, the third generation of the Selby based haulier.
Stanfield:
Glacia salt Foden. Were they part of British Salt does anyone know ■■
Not sure about Glacia salt but the vehicles were part of the Staveley Industries group hence the SI logo on the cab they also bought out Manchester tipper firm John Biesty Transport in 1973 and ran it from Buxton. .
BDs photo
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When I was a trainee with RHM and based at Almond’s Bakery Wythenshawe we suspected that the salt silo had got contaminated. As a quite new bakery Almonds was virtually unique in having bulk salt deliveries as the product was so cheap there were minimal cost savings in bulk buying, but it was more convenient. Anyway, I was given the job of emtpying the salt silo, which took a couple of days or so to bag up 10 tons of salt into paper sacks. A Ken Elsby Foden FG came to collect the salt and after I’d loaded the lorry I said to the driver “are you going to dispose of this contaminated salt at a tannery or somewhere similar?” He replied “no, I’m taking it to the Walls sausage factory at Godley”.
Chris Webb:
Here’s a photo taken at MFS depot at Ross,I believe it was Winter 1981.I can’t remember who sent me the photo though…I remember I was on nights shunting and our TM Don Simpson, TSM Paul Stone and regular shunter Paul Goodhind trunked down that night and used the Midlands bound side of the M50 to get to Ross from Strensham as the other side was impassable.They didn’t meet another vehicle until the end of the M50,only to be greeted by the police. I meant to ask where they changed sides…
I know they got a bollocking but no further action was taken.
Great Shot that CW, Its Called Gerrin In"t Job Dun LoL""
moomooland:
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0In the 1960s and 1970s, Monsanto was a major producer of Agent Orange for United States Armed Forces operations in Vietnam.
Where did you find that bit of info Paul,well done !
artic monkey:
moomooland:
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3We had this shot of one of their other motors back in August on page 45.
2Harry Campey started the business in the 1930s with just one truck.
His youngest son married the daughter of Stan Robson, the founder of Robson’s Border Transport.
1Campeys of Selby Ltd, still very much in business today, is now owned and run by Harrys Grandson Paul Campey, the third generation of the Selby based haulier.
I am confused ?
artic monkey:
artic monkey:
moomooland:
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3We had this shot of one of their other motors back in August on page 45.
2Harry Campey started the business in the 1930s with just one truck.
His youngest son married the daughter of Stan Robson, the founder of Robson’s Border Transport.
1Campeys of Selby Ltd, still very much in business today, is now owned and run by Harrys Grandson Paul Campey, the third generation of the Selby based haulier.
moomooland:
0Click HERE to view Campeys of Selby website.
Definately confused Paul,did they sell there haulage and then start up again at a later date ■■?
gingerfold:
Stanfield:
Glacia salt Foden. Were they part of British Salt does anyone know ■■
Not sure about Glacia salt but the vehicles were part of the Staveley Industries group hence the SI logo on the cab they also bought out Manchester tipper firm John Biesty Transport in 1973 and ran it from Buxton. .
BDs photo
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When I was a trainee with RHM and based at Almond’s Bakery Wythenshawe we suspected that the salt silo had got contaminated. As a quite new bakery Almonds was virtually unique in having bulk salt deliveries as the product was so cheap there were minimal cost savings in bulk buying, but it was more convenient. Anyway, I was given the job of emtpying the salt silo, which took a couple of days or so to bag up 10 tons of salt into paper sacks. A Ken Elsby Foden FG came to collect the salt and after I’d loaded the lorry I said to the driver “are you going to dispose of this contaminated salt at a tannery or somewhere similar?” He replied “no, I’m taking it to the Walls sausage factory at Godley”.
Classic story Graham,mind you if you saw how food was produced we probably would not eat half of
what we do,mind you it must be alot better than 70’s !
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I can remember a service manager Ben George who worked at Ross Garage
Prior to that he was at Humber McVeigh he ended up at RHCVs in Nottingham as fleet engineer
Here’s a shot of another of their Leyland’s parked in Hadfield’s old yard in Ashton under Lyne were Remploy moved to when they closed the warehouse down in Oldham.
Yes, very true DEAN, when I worked for Spillers in the 1980s some of the flour customers’ bakeries I visited left much to be desired in terms of cleanliness. I was being shown around a bakery in Galway when a large mixing bowl of cake batter was knocked over onto the floor, which was, shall we say, none too clean. Without any hesitation the bakers scooped up the batter and put into the cake depositer, and then filled the cake tins. When we got back to the MD’s office he got his secretary to make a coffee and asked me if I’d like a cake to have with it… I politely declined his kind offer.
Anyway, going back to salt. On one of my day’s off I delivered an AEC Mercury load of paper sacks to the British Salt works at Middlewich for Ray Holden. I had to reverse into a shed up to a conveyor belt and the bundles of sacks were then fed onto the conveyor up to the floor above, where two men received them. At first I could easily keep the conveyor nicely full but as the load diminished I had to walk further and further with the bundles of sacks to the conveyor. The two men up above were telling me to hurry up as it was getting time for their tea break. The air was full of salt dust (and a few choice swear words as well). By the time I’d finished my lips and mouth were as salty as hell.
In the Winter of Discontent in 1979 I was at Mothers Pride bakery Chesterfield and because of the drivers’ strike salt stocks were getting low, so the Bakers Union Branch Secretary and the URTU (van salesmen and drivers union) Branch Secretary signed letters on their respective union’s headed notepaper saying that we needed salt to produce bread for supplying hospitals, schools, and care homes. Actually this was true in our case (unlike other letters that were produced) as we had supply contracts with the Derbyshire County Council and Health authority for the north of the county. So armed with said letters I went off to the Salt Works at Middlewich taking one of our Ford D Series 16 tonner box vans. The letters asked for 20 tonnes of salt because I had guessed what would happen. Sure enough at the salt works I was sent off to the local office of the TGWU to join a queue up a flight of stairs with about 30 over drivers, each of us having to submit our request to a panel of 3 or 4 TGWU officials seated at a table. Those without documents signed by union officials were turned away empty handed. When my turn came I pleaded my case and gave them the signed letter from our Chesterfield unions people and sure enough they halved my request for 20 tonnes to 10 tonnes of salt, which even so put me and the Ford a bit overweight, but I got over the weighbridge without any argument and 10 tonnes was enough for two week’s production. Incidentally when I was at the TGWU office a BBC TV News crew were just about to start filming and I was one of the drivers shown on the stairs. The film and report made the BBC North West edition of Look North that night.
JAKEY:
Had this a few years on my pc , not my photo though , I like as I was a drawbar man on Habitat .
Hi Jakey I used to deliver to the Habitat depot in Wellingborough on a regular run for Remploy with a draw-bar in 1979/80.
Used to stop overnight in Northampton and be there first thing in the morning.
I meant to ask where they changed sides…
