PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

lance_biscomb · 2 February 2018 22:16

F88 fuel tank looks like a Foden or big J

punchy_dan · 2 February 2018 22:24

Dean the freeberne f88 is Ronnie Freeberne from Derby he is I belive a distant relative and worked along side my dad and uncle carrying scrap .

arcdaz · 2 February 2018 22:48

DEANB:
R.F.Freeberne tidy F88. That tipper trailer looks short ■■? Looks like it has had a replacement
fuel tank.

5

Roger Marshall from South Wales Maggie.

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Think it says D.F.Hill ■■ on the door of the MAN.

8

DRG Ford with sleeper conversion.

7

Manchester Tankers Seddon Atkinson.

6

Hansons Foden.

4

John Raymond Atkinson.

3

ARC Routeman.

2

Anyone recognise the Marathon ■■?

1

W.T.Allen Transport ERF.

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Hello Dean hope you are well and keeping ok just having a brails through the photos on this site which you run and just spotted the ARC Routeman tipper what a great shot it is just turnning the corner Paul just got snap nice that truck was based at Chipping Sudbury depot in Bristol could you please send me a copy of it Kind Regards Darren

piston_broke · 3 February 2018 07:25

DEANB:
ARC Routeman.

2

Hi Dean

Great pic
That looks like Alfie Scammell at the wheel - yes, his real name!! A lovely old chap, he had a twitch which was involuntary jerks of the head. He always used to wear a beret so, strangely enough, ended up with the nickname of Chuck Berry…
Those old Routemans were well loved by all their drivers. They had a long service life too - some of them must have been 15 years or more old when they were finally retired. They were well looked after by the in house maintenance gang. Each area had their own dedicated workshop, looking after the fleet from surrounding quarries and pits. It was a crying shame when they were all shut down and the fleet pensioned off. In Sodbury’s case, the transport yard was sold off to a neighbouring business, who immediately knocked the workshop down and rebuilt to suit their own needs. Most of the surrounding land was sold off and is now covered with 21st century rabbit hutches. The last time I went by Frome transport yard, it was derelict but not built on…

smallcoal · 3 February 2018 08:32

Piston broke:

DEANB:
ARC Routeman.

2

Hi Dean

Great pic
That looks like Alfie Scammell at the wheel - yes, his real name!! A lovely old chap, he had a twitch which was involuntary jerks of the head. He always used to wear a beret so, strangely enough, ended up with the nickname of Chuck Berry…
Those old Routemans were well loved by all their drivers. They had a long service life too - some of them must have been 15 years or more old when they were finally retired. They were well looked after by the in house maintenance gang. Each area had their own dedicated workshop, looking after the fleet from surrounding quarries and pits. It was a crying shame when they were all shut down and the fleet pensioned off. In Sodbury’s case, the transport yard was sold off to a neighbouring business, who immediately knocked the workshop down and rebuilt to suit their own needs. Most of the surrounding land was sold off and is now covered with 21st century rabbit hutches. The last time I went by Frome transport yard, it was derelict but not built on…

hi piston broke,I deliver admixture to all the hansons including chipping sod bury,frome, and others if you go to avonmouth on the a49 there’s a firm b&a they do tippers and plant they got a routeman in the yard which they use internal ,the frome we go to is Whatly quarry it was featured in a programme called super truckers kings had 2 trucks hauling dumpers out of there with smiths Bridgend in the convoy cheers John

piston_broke · 3 February 2018 09:06

hi piston broke,I deliver admixture to all the hansons including chipping sod bury,frome, and others if you go to avonmouth on the a49 there’s a firm b&a they do tippers and plant they got a routeman in the yard which they use internal ,the frome we go to is Whatly quarry it was featured in a programme called super truckers kings had 2 trucks hauling dumpers out of there with smiths Bridgend in the convoy cheers John
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Hi John

I think I saw you in Sodbury just before Christmas delivering…I certainly saw the lorry… I guess you deliver to all the concrete plants? Sodbury and, I think, Whatley have concrete plants on the quarry sites but there are lots of stand alone plants around.

Bristol and Avon did have a really smart Routeman, not so long ago. I believe it had a fortune spent on it but it certainly looked the part. It would be a shame if it’s the same lorry…

I don’t watch the programme but I am aware of it. Kings have got some really nice kit now We do get Smiths in now and again delivering a dumper or loading shovel. Their kit is really smart, especially the Scania eight wheeler. All nice blokes too

Paul

smallcoal · 3 February 2018 09:19

Piston broke:
hi piston broke,I deliver admixture to all the hansons including chipping sod bury,frome, and others if you go to avonmouth on the a49 there’s a firm b&a they do tippers and plant they got a routeman in the yard which they use internal ,the frome we go to is Whatly quarry it was featured in a programme called super truckers kings had 2 trucks hauling dumpers out of there with smiths Bridgend in the convoy cheers John

Hi John

I think I saw you in Sodbury just before Christmas delivering…I certainly saw the lorry… I guess you deliver to all the concrete plants? Sodbury and, I think, Whatley have concrete plants on the quarry sites but there are lots of stand alone plants around.

Bristol and Avon did have a really smart Routeman, not so long ago. I believe it had a fortune spent on it but it certainly looked the part. It would be a shame if it’s the same lorry…

I don’t watch the programme but I am aware of it. Kings have got some really nice kit now We do get Smiths in now and again delivering a dumper or loading shovel. Their kit is really smart, especially the Scania eight wheeler. All nice blokes too

Paul
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If you see me in there come over say hello there’s two of us on the contract I got beacons on top of mine the other hasn’t here’s some scammelltrucks

smallcoal · 3 February 2018 09:21

This is mine if you see it

piston_broke · 3 February 2018 09:29

smallcoal:
This is mine if you see it

I will do John

That’s certainly the lorry (or sister lorry) I saw. Definitely a six but have no idea about beacons… I will keep an eye out now though… Thanks for that

spud1960 · 3 February 2018 10:34

Wheel Nut:
I admire Mr Fiddle [emoji12] I know it was in a different era but that fiddling home wasn’t for me. I have stood at too many bloody roundabouts to enjoy myself. I used to pick a couple of tanker men up who based themselves at Woodside or Mayphil overnight. Sorry Chris it wasn’t for me [emoji14]

Ah yes Woodside café, often had more John Forman and Bulk Storage lorries there than both their home depots put together, it was a bit naughty when some drivers would drive past Woodside along the A63 to the Humberbridge roundabout go all the way round and back down the A63 to Woodside, just to run their hours out, good jobs ruined

arcdaz · 3 February 2018 13:11

y

smallcoal:

Piston broke:
hi piston broke,I deliver admixture to all the hansons including chipping sod bury,frome, and others if you go to avonmouth on the a49 there’s a firm b&a they do tippers and plant they got a routeman in the yard which they use internal ,the frome we go to is Whatly quarry it was featured in a programme called super truckers kings had 2 trucks hauling dumpers out of there with smiths Bridgend in the convoy cheers John

Hi John

I think I saw you in Sodbury just before Christmas delivering…I certainly saw the lorry… I guess you deliver to all the concrete plants? Sodbury and, I think, Whatley have concrete plants on the quarry sites but there are lots of stand alone plants around.

Bristol and Avon did have a really smart Routeman, not so long ago. I believe it had a fortune spent on it but it certainly looked the part. It would be a shame if it’s the same lorry…

I don’t watch the programme but I am aware of it. Kings have got some really nice kit now We do get Smiths in now and again delivering a dumper or loading shovel. Their kit is really smart, especially the Scania eight wheeler. All nice blokes too

Paul

If you see me in there come over say hello there’s two of us on the contract I got beacons on top of mine the other hasn’t here’s some scammelltrucks
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Hi Guys the Blue Circle Cement Scammell Routeman tankerv JYM 149W did belong to Dave Person who saved it from a scrap yard and had it restored back to its livery he had it for few yrs and then sold it off to a company called Bristol and Avon to which they had turned it into a tipper

smallcoal · 3 February 2018 14:42

ArcDaz:
y

smallcoal:

Piston broke:
hi piston broke,I deliver admixture to all the hansons including chipping sod bury,frome, and others if you go to avonmouth on the a49 there’s a firm b&a they do tippers and plant they got a routeman in the yard which they use internal ,the frome we go to is Whatly quarry it was featured in a programme called super truckers kings had 2 trucks hauling dumpers out of there with smiths Bridgend in the convoy cheers John

Hi John

I think I saw you in Sodbury just before Christmas delivering…I certainly saw the lorry… I guess you deliver to all the concrete plants? Sodbury and, I think, Whatley have concrete plants on the quarry sites but there are lots of stand alone plants around.

Bristol and Avon did have a really smart Routeman, not so long ago. I believe it had a fortune spent on it but it certainly looked the part. It would be a shame if it’s the same lorry…

I don’t watch the programme but I am aware of it. Kings have got some really nice kit now We do get Smiths in now and again delivering a dumper or loading shovel. Their kit is really smart, especially the Scania eight wheeler. All nice blokes too

Paul

If you see me in there come over say hello there’s two of us on the contract I got beacons on top of mine the other hasn’t here’s some scammelltrucks

Hi Guys the Blue Circle Cement Scammell Routeman tankerv JYM 149W did belong to Dave Person who saved it from a scrap yard and had it restored back to its livery he had it for few yrs and then sold it off to a company called Bristol and Avon to which they had turned it into a tipper
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hi arc daz thanks for that I didn’t notice the reg till you said it is still in b&a yard cheers John

smallcoal · 3 February 2018 14:56

Some more b&a first a bullnose scania then a commercial motor article

me_paul_101 · 3 February 2018 18:45

smallcoal:
Some more b&a first a bullnose scania then a commercial motor article

On my way back from Southmead Hospital Bristol in September 2016 I saw this at a distance in my rear view mirror. I pulled over and snapped this as it went by. Not seen too many of these about since…

arcdaz · 3 February 2018 19:05

Me.Paul.101:

smallcoal:
Some more b&a first a bullnose scania then a commercial motor article

On my way back from Southmead Hospital Bristol in September 2016 I saw this at a distance in my rear view mirror. I pulled over and snapped this as it went by. Not seen too many of these about since…0

Hello Paul what other Scammell Routeman photos have you got Daz

smallcoal · 3 February 2018 19:37

Me.Paul.101:

smallcoal:
Some more b&a first a bullnose scania then a commercial motor article

On my way back from Southmead Hospital Bristol in September 2016 I saw this at a distance in my rear view mirror. I pulled over and snapped this as it went by. Not seen too many of these about since…0

Hi that bullnose is parked up in a yard which you can see from the m5 between almonds bury and j14 there is also a Thames trader and scammells up there cheers John

deanb · 4 February 2018 08:40

ramone:
I remember delivering a load of absorbing oil or summat similar to SWTD Totton from BSC Chemicals Orgreave Sheffield.It was early 1970 and I had my mate’s AEC Mammoth Major MK5 with 5-speed box. He didn’t want the job so I swapped him.It was a long day Sheffield - Totton and back to Leicester Forest for a dodgy night out at 38 mph.Those days it was down M1,then off to Towcester and the A43 to Oxford,then A34 Newbury and A33 Winchester to S’oton.
You never had to worry about getting done for speeding in that motor then “Chris”
No speeding not a problem,only going over hours a bit was a problem.
Ha ha my dad had one of those with a drawbar trailer running at 32 tons ,mind numbing
Just made me think there Chris, i bet you would struggle to get a lift in these modern times alot of newer drivers wouldn`t understand getting home on a fiddle

Thanks Chris and Ramone for your input. What BHP would that motor have been out of intrest ■■

Dieseldog66:
Good article on Abbey Hill, Roger taking liberties with his boast ‘‘the first to run tri decks’’.

240 Gardner:

smallcoal:
Some old and new liveries 3663

Since the demerger of Bidvest’s worldwide food interests from the remainder of their businesses (they are now two separately-quoted businesses on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange), the food side in now seems to have moved on to branding as Bidfood. Bidvest Logistics and PCL Distribution fall under that banner, whilst Ontime Automotive and The Mansfield Group are now completely separated from them

Thanks Chris ! Its amazing the wealth of knowledge that these pics bring out on this thread.

kenfig bill:

DEANB:
Roger Marshall from South Wales Maggie.

Hello DEAN …great stuff as usual …Roger Marshall had a couple of Maggies …and most of his work was out of the old Bellport Newport …i can remember him loading at Hoovers Merthyr with an export load …after the Maggies he had Seddatkis …Geraint

Thanks Geraint for the information.

Thanks for your comments “toshboy”, “Wheel Nut” and “CJA1”

smallcoal:
Hi dean that Atki ended up as a shunter cheers John

Nice pic John !

Lance Biscomb:
F88 fuel tank looks like a Foden or big J

Must have damaged the original Lance !

Punchy Dan:
Dean the freeberne f88 is Ronnie Freeberne from Derby he is I belive a distant relative and worked along side my dad and uncle carrying scrap .

Cheers Dan,any pics ■■

ArcDaz:

DEANB:
ARC Routeman.

Hello Dean hope you are well and keeping ok just having a brails through the photos on this site which you run and just spotted the ARC Routeman tipper what a great shot it is just turnning the corner Paul just got snap nice that truck was based at Chipping Sudbury depot in Bristol could you please send me a copy of it Kind Regards Darren

I thought you would like that one Darren !

deanb · 4 February 2018 08:49

smallcoal:

Piston broke:
Hi Dean, Great pic
That looks like Alfie Scammell at the wheel - yes, his real name!! A lovely old chap, he had a twitch which was involuntary jerks of the head. He always used to wear a beret so, strangely enough, ended up with the nickname of Chuck Berry…
Those old Routemans were well loved by all their drivers. They had a long service life too - some of them must have been 15 years or more old when they were finally retired. They were well looked after by the in house maintenance gang. Each area had their own dedicated workshop, looking after the fleet from surrounding quarries and pits. It was a crying shame when they were all shut down and the fleet pensioned off. In Sodbury’s case, the transport yard was sold off to a neighbouring business, who immediately knocked the workshop down and rebuilt to suit their own needs. Most of the surrounding land was sold off and is now covered with 21st century rabbit hutches. The last time I went by Frome transport yard, it was derelict but not built on…

hi piston broke,I deliver admixture to all the hansons including chipping sod bury,frome, and others if you go to avonmouth on the a49 there’s a firm b&a they do tippers and plant they got a routeman in the yard which they use internal ,the frome we go to is Whatly quarry it was featured in a programme called super truckers kings had 2 trucks hauling dumpers out of there with smiths Bridgend in the convoy cheers John

Thanks for your comments John !
“he had a twitch” Classic “Piston broke” you could not make the name up !

Spud1960:

Wheel Nut:
I admire Mr Fiddle [emoji12] I know it was in a different era but that fiddling home wasn’t for me. I have stood at too many bloody roundabouts to enjoy myself. I used to pick a couple of tanker men up who based themselves at Woodside or Mayphil overnight. Sorry Chris it wasn’t for me [emoji14]

Ah yes Woodside café, often had more John Forman and Bulk Storage lorries there than both their home depots put together, it was a bit naughty when some drivers would drive past Woodside along the A63 to the Humberbridge roundabout go all the way round and back down the A63 to Woodside, just to run their hours out, good jobs ruined

smallcoal:
Some more b&a first a bullnose scania then a commercial motor article

Nice pic chap !

Me.Paul.101:

smallcoal:
Some more b&a first a bullnose scania then a commercial motor article

On my way back from Southmead Hospital Bristol in September 2016 I saw this at a distance in my rear view mirror. I pulled over and snapped this as it went by. Not seen too many of these about since…

Thanks for the pic Paul.