Always used to see these up and down the M6 during the 1970’s.
Based in St Helens and formed after WW2 in 1946 as Fibreglass Insulation the company had previously been known as Pilkington Insulation.
Today the company based on Stafford Road St Helens is known as Knauf Insulation.
Yes hands up !those self contained cab radios were Radiomobiles I had got Motorola on the old brain cell with looking at that Transportable cell phone of which we had a number in the day ! Sorry! Bewick. 
Bewick:
Yes hands up !those self contained cab radios were Radiomobiles I had got Motorola on the old brain cell with looking at that Transportable cell phone of which we had a number in the day ! Sorry! Bewick.
Hope you did a better job fitting them than this one Dennis. 
I once applied for a fitting job at Joseph Hoyles Darley Dale depot (Toft Brothers and Tomlinsons old yard) but because I didn’t have a class 1 licence wasn’t accepted so I stayed with Tilcon until they finished. Robin Allen was in charge at that time and a lot of their work was from Ambergate Wireworks. That was when they were changing over from Foden rigids to Atkinson artics so was pleased in one way that I didn’t get it. One of my friends and near neighbours, the Late Gordon Oliver, drove a Seddon 13.4 for them working from Friden brickworks until he retired.
Pete.
Mark R:
Love the George Taylor Marathon…what a lovely livery thay had. Great photo.
Nice people too - I was a George Taylor customer for several years
DEANB:
One for “240 Gardner”0
thank you 
gingerfold:
cav551:
I don’t know if it is just the angle but is that Taunton Cider trailer a bit unusual? It may be a 38ft widespread tandem because it looks a bit short, but also the bed seems rather high as well.What would the Foden’s Foden likely have carried with such low drop sides? presumably something very dense. The colour scheme possibly hints at China Clay? It looks possibly like a short wheelbase vehicle too with that rather old fashioned spare wheel mounting often seen on short tippers.
The Taunton Cider trailer could be a cut down special trailer of some sort, note the ladder on the front headboard that’s hindering a tidy sheeting job.
Perhaps an own account fleet was a little more diligent about maximum overall length compliance, especially with a sleeper-cabbed tractor?
I dont think the Scammell is actually ‘brand new’ at all. Looks more like an old one thats been tidied up to me.
tonyj105:
DEANB:
R.J.Hughes Volvo F884
Fibreglass tidy Seddon Atkinson draw-bar.
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Kirkby Fleetham haulage Marathon.
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Anyone recognise the brand new Routeman ■■? I cant see anything securing the bricks ■■?
Is that Hills of Cardiff Marathon over taking ■■7
Kim Transport Seddon Atkinson.
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Crokerton haulage DAF
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D.Hulme ERF
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Industrial Latex Volvo F10
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Joseph Hoyle Atkinson.
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B.Thompson & Son bulk powder DAF
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never used to secure the bricks on mine either , never had any of those shrunk wrapped packs move, mostly out of Accrington brick and tile for London and south east deliveries. wouldn’t get away with it these days.
tony
Netted n roped mine but banded packs, two chaps with sister lorries didn’t n said never lost a brick. I lost brick forks on an island in Nuneaton when the rope snapped mind, strapped after that
moomooland:
2Always used to see these up and down the M6 during the 1970’s.1
0Based in St Helens and formed after WW2 in 1946 as Fibreglass Insulation the company had previously been known as Pilkington Insulation.
Today the company based on Stafford Road St Helens is known as Knauf Insulation.
We used to load out of fibreglass St Helens, when brother Andy and I were subbing off Pritchett’s, early seventies (Eddie Heaton will remember well.) Great loads, probably 2 or 3 tons in a 40’ van. But… you weren’t given any protective mask when loading, and of course in those days the driver did the loading, with occasional reluctant help. If it was a sunny day, as you looked outwards, the whole interior of the van was a snowstorm of tiny glass fibres, beautiful in the sun, but even in those non H&S days, I knew that they were not going to be good for me. I would breathe in, collect a roll and run to the far end of the trailer, holding my breath. Breathing out on the way back.
Surely anyone that worked there must be suffering from mesothelioma in their old age?
John.
HRS:
Hi All, I have mastered the art of picking a photo and posting a reply but am yet to advance to actually showing that photo in the reply.
Can anyone help please, thanks, Harvey
Harvey, i am not the best on computers but basically when you are typing your reply,click on upload
attachement which is at the bottom of the box you are typing in. Then below that you will see a box
with “Browse”. Click on browse and that should give you an option of where you have stored your pics
on your computer. Most people would store them under pictures so click on that and right click on the
photo you want to put in the message.The file name of the pic will then appear in the browse box,click
the “Add the file” button to the right hand side. It will then say place inline and the file will appear
under your text in the message. Then click the preview button and if you are happy with it click submit.
Hope that makes sense ! To be honest it sounds complicated but once you have done it a few times its
very quick and easy ! 
ramone:
DEANB:
Anyone recognise the brand new Routeman ■■? I cant see anything securing the bricks ■■?
Is that Hills of Cardiff Marathon over taking ■■The brand new Scammell Routeman bumper looks to be not straight
Yes “ramone” the bumper does look a bit on the ■■■■ !
moomooland:
Joseph Hoyle Transport Ltd were from Audenshaw Manchester.
They also had depots in Congleton, Darley Dale and Wakefield.
From their Manchester depot they used to carry a lot of steel out of the long gone wire works in Openshaw.
In 1988 Joseph Hoyle Transport was taken over by Maxi Haulage Ltd.
Thanks for the info and pics Paul. If it did not have a name on it you could think that the black and white
pic of the Atkinson was a Riding motor !
tonyj105:
never used to secure the bricks on mine either , never had any of those shrunk wrapped packs move, mostly out of Accrington brick and tile for London and south east deliveries. wouldn’t get away with it these days.tony
Thanks for your comments Tony ! I remember years ago often seeing bricks on the side of roundabouts
that had been lost !
moomooland:
Always used to see these up and down the M6 during the 1970’s.
Based in St Helens and formed after WW2 in 1946 as Fibreglass Insulation the company had previously been known as Pilkington Insulation.
Today the company based on Stafford Road St Helens is known as Knauf Insulation.
Will send the fire brigade around Paul,to put you out !!! Your on fire these last few days !
Bewick:
Yes hands up !those self contained cab radios were Radiomobiles I had got Motorola on the old brain cell with looking at that Transportable cell phone of which we had a number in the day ! Sorry! Bewick.
Dennis, me old mucker bit disappointed in you !!! I thought you would have had something to say about
the Shap article ■■?
moomooland:
Bewick:
Yes hands up !those self contained cab radios were Radiomobiles I had got Motorola on the old brain cell with looking at that Transportable cell phone of which we had a number in the day ! Sorry! Bewick.Hope you did a better job fitting them than this one Dennis.
0Imagine having that crackling away in your right ear all day.
Funny enough drove a new DAF last year and that had an alarm buzzer if you crossed the white line that
went off in your right ear,wondered what the hell was going on when it went off ! Poxy thing ! 
windrush:
I once applied for a fitting job at Joseph Hoyles Darley Dale depot (Toft Brothers and Tomlinsons old yard) but because I didn’t have a class 1 licence wasn’t accepted so I stayed with Tilcon until they finished. Robin Allen was in charge at that time and a lot of their work was from Ambergate Wireworks. That was when they were changing over from Foden rigids to Atkinson artics so was pleased in one way that I didn’t get it. One of my friends and near neighbours, the Late Gordon Oliver, drove a Seddon 13.4 for them working from Friden brickworks until he retired.Pete.
Thanks for your comments Pete.
240 Gardner:
Mark R:
Love the George Taylor Marathon…what a lovely livery thay had. Great photo.Nice people too - I was a George Taylor customer for several years
Mark R:
I dont think the Scammell is actually ‘brand new’ at all. Looks more like an old one thats been tidied up to me.
Could be “Mark R” as ramone said the bumper is not looking to straight ! Paul used to take alot of the
photos in the first 2 weeks of August to see the new regs !
coomsey:
Anyone recognise the brand new Routeman ■■? I cant see anything securing the bricks ■■?
Is that Hills of Cardiff Marathon over taking ■■never used to secure the bricks on mine either , never had any of those shrunk wrapped packs move, mostly out of Accrington brick and tile for London and south east deliveries. wouldn’t get away with it these days.
tony
Netted n roped mine but banded packs, two chaps with sister lorries didn’t n said never lost a brick. I lost brick forks on an island in Nuneaton when the rope snapped mind, strapped after that
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John West:
moomooland:
2Always used to see these up and down the M6 during the 1970’s.1
0Based in St Helens and formed after WW2 in 1946 as Fibreglass Insulation the company had previously been known as Pilkington Insulation.
Today the company based on Stafford Road St Helens is known as Knauf Insulation.We used to load out of fibreglass St Helens, when brother Andy and I were subbing off Pritchett’s, early seventies (Eddie Heaton will remember well.) Great loads, probably 2 or 3 tons in a 40’ van. But… you weren’t given any protective mask when loading, and of course in those days the driver did the loading, with occasional reluctant help. If it was a sunny day, as you looked outwards, the whole interior of the van was a snowstorm of tiny glass fibres, beautiful in the sun, but even in those non H&S days, I knew that they were not going to be good for me. I would breathe in, collect a roll and run to the far end of the trailer, holding my breath. Breathing out on the way back.
Surely anyone that worked there must be suffering from mesothelioma in their old age?John.
Thanks for your comments John !
Mr G Stillers 1st lorry
G Stiller-known has Peter (with the hat) who sadly passed away in 2002 and his good friend Harold Willans
Stanfield:
Mr G Stillers 1st lorry
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G Stiller (with the hat) who sadly passed away in 2002 and his good friend Harold Willans
Thanks John, looks like it had seen the life !
Anyone recognise the F88,heading for Poole docks.
Okells Ales ERF
F.Edmondson Scania
Anyone recognise the Scania ■■? Looks like the last name is Hill ■■?
May’s Seddon Atkinson.
F Edmondson & Sons operated from a depot next to Sadler Tankers on White Lund Ind Est Morecambe during the 70s/80s and I believe they are still operating to this day. They used to run quite a tidy fleet of Mercs at the time. If i remember correctly one of his sons was called Peter.
Hiya Dean, pleased to see the thread is still going strong ! I did see you had posted that article about Shap Fell this morning but I had to go into town so couldn’t respond ! I have read it on a previous occasion, it was out of a Truck Comic IIRC and some of it must be taken with a “pinch of salt” if I may say so I didn’t know any of the three Chaps in the article but I’ve heard of them. Fred Tuer and Jimmy Hayhurst were from the village of Morland between Penrith and Shap and they were both big Leyland men and dealt with salesman Tony Bingley of Hudson Engineers the Leyland/ERF Dealers from Sandside near Milnthorpe. I wasn’t a fan of Leylands as you may have guessed ( or the Hudson salesman ! ). If the Jack Wilson in the article was in fact J. R. Wilson of Penrith well I bought 3x 3 year old B reg. P cab 112’s via a dealer Pal which were from J. R. Wilson when they were packing in. I got them at the rate of one per month over 3 months and the first two were immaculate but the last one must have had a Rottweiler driving it ! I had agreed the same price for each of them but in the seconhand World you sometimes just have to “stand on” which I did. Our lads in the workshop did a fair job of bringing it up standard and it was allocated to a Driver who lets say wasn’t over fussy about his cab interior, good Lad but just not the cleanest or tidiest ! The 3 112’s had been well looked after servicewise and they did us a fine reliable job as I recall’ They had consecutive reg nos. B130/1/2 JAO IIRC. Happy Days Cheers Dennis.
DEANB:
Anyone recognise the F88,heading for Poole docks.3
Okells Ales ERF
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F.Edmondson Scania
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Anyone recognise the Scania ■■? Looks like the last name is Hill ■■?
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May’s Seddon Atkinson.
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The Scania 81 was operated by West ■■■■■■■■ Duncan Hill from Maryport and IIRC he mainly would have been a subby of BRS in the late 50’s early 60’s then when they closed he would run out of Albright & Wilson Whitehaven ( formerly Marchon Chemicals) that load on the trailer is probably an A&W load and I’ve got to say that is a “fly sheet and a half” but demonstrates the pride the W. ■■■■■■■ Lads took in their S & R craft ! The firm still trades as Duncan Hill but has been owned by the Nixon family for many years now and I think they are into tankers nowadays IIRC. Cheers Dennis.
