This Seddon Atkinson is in Shamrock Express livery which was operated by Currie Contracts in Heywood.
They went under the Shamrock Express name for all of their Irish work.
The BigJ has an Isle of Man reg plate,MAN and MN are both Manx.
I canāt see the name on the door which is a shame.However a friend of mine thinks it is one of A Craines from Ronague near the Round Table,up int tāhills,which is the rough equivalent of Stoney Middleton and Eyam in Derbyshire,being a quarrying area and an ex lead mining area.
moomooland:
1This Seddon Atkinson is in Shamrock Express livery which was operated by Currie Contracts in Heywood.
They went under the Shamrock Express name for all of their Irish work.0
They had seven new 200 series S/A on the Irish route all having problems with the International engines, LIA1618,1619,1620,1621,1623,1624 & the most troubled one MIA399, which I think had at least three engines under warranty in its first year. The breakdowns & engine failures I believe led the parent company H.Currie & Sons of Heywood to put Shamrock Express into voluntary liquidation around 1979/80.
Daveā¦
dave docwra:
They had seven new 200 series S/A on the Irish route all having problems with the International engines, LIA1618,1619,1620,1621,1623,1624 & the most troubled one MIA399, which I think had at least three engines under warranty in its first year. The breakdowns & engine failures I believe led the parent company H.Currie & Sons of Heywood to put Shamrock Express into voluntary liquidation around 1979/80.Daveā¦
Iām surprised at that Dave, we had four āTā reg ones on tipper work (three 200ās and one 300) and the engines were never touched. Didnāt rate the rest of the vehicle much though despite it winning Truck of the Year but they were reliable! 
Pete.
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Iām surprised at that Dave, we had four āTā reg ones on tipper work (three 200ās and one 300) and the engines were never touched. Didnāt rate the rest of the vehicle much though despite it winning Truck of the Year but they were reliable!
Pete.
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Hi Pete,
I was very young and green back then, the green bit has never changed, the cause of the International engine failures come clearer to me much later in my working life, looking back at the way the
engines had failed I believe they must have been allowed to over rev to cause such destruction, all the drivers were on job and finish and it always seemed to be the rush on merchants who had the
major problems.
I went out to a broken down vehicle one night just over the summit of Shap on the M6, the driver had reported a knock and a total loss of power, when the cab was tilted I could see right through the block, the
engine had six holes down both sides of the block & a load of scrap in the sump area, I left that job for Scotts to sort out, I think the engines must have had a small window of tolerance from their goverened rev
limit setting to self/aided destruction.
I can not remember doing any repairs apart from injection pumps which would pressurise the fuel tank & force fuel out of the vent in the filler cap after a couple hours of trunking, never had to do a head gasket but
changed loads of engines under warranty, even when the vehicles were in their second year, S/A were very good at supplying engines direct to the Heywood depot so they could be trunked up at worst the
next night after a failure had occurred, the old units went back to S/A as complete & untouched for investigation.
Dave
rigsby:
The Barnetās Marathon looks like Barnetās of Buglawton , Congleton . Possibly a subbie , they always use them . Dave
Thanks for the comments Dave. 
moomooland:
This Seddon Atkinson is in Shamrock Express livery which was operated by Currie Contracts in Heywood.They went under the Shamrock Express name for all of their Irish work.
Thanks for the name and photo Paul. 
Chris Webb:
The BigJ has an Isle of Man reg plate,MAN and MN are both Manx.
I canāt see the name on the door which is a shame.However a friend of mine thinks it is one of A Craines from Ronague near the Round Table,up int tāhills,which is the rough equivalent of Stoney Middleton and Eyam in Derbyshire,being a quarrying area and an ex lead mining area.
Thanks for the info Chris.
dave docwra:
This Seddon Atkinson is in Shamrock Express livery which was operated by Currie Contracts in Heywood.They went under the Shamrock Express name for all of their Irish work.They had seven new 200 series S/A on the Irish route all having problems with the International engines, LIA1618,1619,1620,1621,1623,1624 & the most troubled one MIA399, which I think had at least three engines under warranty in its first year. The breakdowns & engine failures I believe led the parent company H.Currie & Sons of Heywood to put Shamrock Express into voluntary liquidation around 1979/80. Daveā¦
Thanks for the input Dave, 3 engines in a year !!! 
windrush:
They had seven new 200 series S/A on the Irish route all having problems with the International engines, LIA1618,1619,1620,1621,1623,1624 & the most troubled one MIA399, which I think had at least three engines under warranty in its first year. The breakdowns & engine failures I believe led the parent company H.Currie & Sons of Heywood to put Shamrock Express into voluntary liquidation around 1979/80. Daveā¦
Iām surprised at that Dave, we had four āTā reg ones on tipper work (three 200ās and one 300) and the engines were never touched. Didnāt rate the rest of the vehicle much though despite it winning Truck of the Year but they were reliable! Pete.
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Were they the same engines Pete 
Evans Transport Scania.
Gullivers hire MAN. Are these still going i cant remember seeing one for years ā ā They used to
also run transport and send trucks abroad.
Heltor DAF.
Andrews Volvo.
Ginsters Scania.
So many plain white motors about these days. I miss all the colour schemes and sign writing of
the older companies.
Gregory Scania.
Anyone recognise the Mercedes ā ā ?
Ibstock bricks MAN.
Cant make the full name out on the DAF pulling the Armoric trailer. Dave ā ā ?
Caswell F88.
Heskeths DAF 2800 bulker.
Bugle Transport Scania 110.
Chilton F10. This fella certainly run a tidy fleet of trucks.
Anyone recognise the Dodge ā ā ?
Transfleet Scania 111.
Smith & Robson Mercedes.
Anyone recognise the FIAT ā ā ?
Crusader from Newport. Was it Clevedon ā ā ? Bumper has had a clout.
D & M Cargrill ERF. I see Ford Capris are making serious money now.
Chilton F10. This fella certainly run a tidy fleet of trucks.
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The Chilton livery reminds me of Sweetings.
DEANB:
Caswell F88.6
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Bugle Transport Scania 110.
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Chilton F10. This fella certainly run a tidy fleet of trucks.
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Anyone recognise the Dodge ā ā ?
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Transfleet Scania 111.
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Smith & Robson Mercedes.
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Anyone recognise the FIAT ā ā ?
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Crusader from Newport. Was it Clevedon ā ā ? Bumper has had a clout.
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D & M Cargrill ERF. I see Ford Capris are making serious money now.
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Hello DEAN ,ā¦some super Welsh shots ā¦the Crusader is Kelvedon from Rogerstone Newport ā¦they had a big fleet of them hauling out of Alcan ā¦the Caswell F88 would haul out of Coopers filters ā¦the factory in Llanfoist not far from Roys depot .
Dunlopilla had afew Spanish Dodges think they finished up with Ford Cargos ā¦just keep them coming Dean ā¦Geraint
Dean
Mercedes is 21st Century Transport.
Daf pulling the Amoric trailer looks like Dave Robbins.
Dodge looks to be a Dunlopillo unit as you can just see the logo on the door. Whether in those days it was run by Dunlop or a logistics company as we now know them as i donāt know.
tankerian:
[Dean the scammel looks like a subbie from around the Garstang area,the name escapes me at the moment.
You werenāt thinking of Nugentās of Brock? They ran Crusaders, but I donāt think that this is one of them though
DEANB:
Foden half cab at Sandwich.
we know you meant Sandbach really
But are you sure itās a Foden? Isnāt a temporary structure on an M Series ERF test chassis, looking at the front bumper?
I don;t know enough about ERFs to recognise whatās beneath the ski, but it doesnāt look very Foden-ish to me
DEANB:
Caswell F88.6
Heskeths DAF 2800 bulker.
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Bugle Transport Scania 110.
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Chilton F10. This fella certainly run a tidy fleet of trucks.
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Anyone recognise the Dodge ā ā ?
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Transfleet Scania 111.
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Smith & Robson Mercedes.
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Anyone recognise the FIAT ā ā ?
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Crusader from Newport. Was it Clevedon ā ā ? Bumper has had a clout.
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D & M Cargrill ERF. I see Ford Capris are making serious money now.
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Hi DEAN ,the FIAT could well be Taylors of Martley very similar colours and they did have that sort of thing .
If so it would have been hauling out of Metal box Neath (they did most of the work out of Eaglesbush) and thier was aMetal box plant in Worcester .
Excellent shot of Caswells F88 ! regards Keith
240 Gardner:
DEANB:
Foden half cab at Sandwich.0
we know you meant Sandbach really
But are you sure itās a Foden? Isnāt a temporary structure on an M Series ERF test chassis, looking at the front bumper?
I don;t know enough about ERFs to recognise whatās beneath the ski, but it doesnāt look very Foden-ish to me
Iāll second your opinion Mr 240 - I bet some old sweat on here will recognise that trade plate too
240 Gardner:
DEANB:
Foden half cab at Sandwich.0
we know you meant Sandbach really
But are you sure itās a Foden? Isnāt a temporary structure on an M Series ERF test chassis, looking at the front bumper?
I don;t know enough about ERFs to recognise whatās beneath the ski, but it doesnāt look very Foden-ish to me
Looks like they have cobbled it together to move long lengths of steel around the works.
DEANB:
Caswell F88.I see Ford Capris are making serious money now.
www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C999461
It makes no sense when the Granada handles better and will happily take 302
Carryfast:
DEANB:
Caswell F88.I see Ford Capris are making serious money now.
carandclassic.co.uk/car/C999461
It makes no sense when the Granada handles better and will happily take 302
Bewick:
Carryfast:
DEANB:
Caswell F88.I see Ford Capris are making serious money now.
carandclassic.co.uk/car/C999461
It makes no sense when the Granada handles better and will happily take 302
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Hi Dennis,
A big Sweeney fan then judging by that Granada! One of the most comfortable cars Iāve travelled in to be fair,