Harvey you must have dealt with John Weaver from Poole now at Holton Heath ?
F88 Volvo. Used to do industrial removals and transport boats etc.
One of Fodens own trucks.
Pochin Foden tipper.
H.J.Lea & Sons ERF. Anyone know where they were from ■■
Little Canford Haulage GUY from Wimborne. Looks like the pic was taken in Westbourne which is between
Poole and Bournemouth.
Volvo F86 tipper ■■ It looks like Whites who had the quarry on Canford Heath and thats definately
Canford Heath in the background and its driving through the Canford Heath housing estate.
Corralls Mercedes tanker.
Texaco Marathon which i am sure was taken in Poole,but i cant think where. They had a depot on Poole docks.
Abbey Hill Group DAF. Whats the car on the back Fiat ■■?
Anyone recognise the DAF ■■ That pic was taken for anyone who knows Poole docks just as you go over the railway line
heading into the ferry terminal and then turn left. My uncle used to work in the place with the storage tanks.Chris Webb
probably either loaded or unloaded there at sometime. Those tanks are long gone and its now a large warehouse which
Sunseeker use for there luxury boats.How things have changed from when that pic was taken.
Morning Dean,
H J Lea’s original mill was in Wheelock Sandbach, they have since bought out other companies, Oakes from Congleton and Waterhouse Feeds near Malpas Shropshire, I think they also have a place on Pree’s Airfield Whitchurch as well, Cheer’s Pete
pete smith:
Morning Dean,
H J Lea’s original mill was in Wheelock Sandbach, they have since bought out other companies, Oakes from Congleton and Waterhouse Feeds near Malpas Shropshire, I think they also have a place on Pree’s Airfield Whitchurch as well, Cheer’s Pete
Possibly ex Suttons with that DJ St Helens reg Pete?
pete smith:
Morning Dean,
H J Lea’s original mill was in Wheelock Sandbach, they have since bought out other companies, Oakes from Congleton and Waterhouse Feeds near Malpas Shropshire, I think they also have a place on Pree’s Airfield Whitchurch as well, Cheer’s Pete
Possibly ex Suttons with that DJ St Helens reg Pete?
Hello again Dean and Pete,yes Waterhouse have a base at Prees ,many of the Foden own fleet ended up with Ken Elsby ,thank you Trevor
DEANB:
Abbey Hill Group DAF. Whats the car on the back Fiat ■■?
Fiat 132. Most came with 2 litre twin cam engines/5 speed boxes. Not very popular in the UK but really nice cars ( I recall they had a neat slide-down-out-of-the-headlining side window sun visor!).
DEANB:
Abbey Hill Group DAF. Whats the car on the back Fiat ■■?
Fiat 132. Most came with 2 litre twin cam engines/5 speed boxes. Not very popular in the UK but really nice cars ( I recall they had a neat slide-down-out-of-the-headlining side window sun visor!).
But rust took its toll …
The front visor was the same- tinted perspex, they were. Superb design. I think of them every time I use the stupid folding padded things you get in other vehicles.
The other thing about 132’s was the back axle. It took a hell of an effort to unstick it, followed by the reactions of a coffee’d-up cat to bring it back into line. I guess a limited slip diff would have helped.
pete smith:
Morning Dean,
H J Lea’s original mill was in Wheelock Sandbach, they have since bought out other companies, Oakes from Congleton and Waterhouse Feeds near Malpas Shropshire, I think they also have a place on Pree’s Airfield Whitchurch as well, Cheer’s Pete
The Lea family had quite a few smaller mills around the area, one of which was at Smithy Green, nr. Peover. One of the family, John, took on a farm a couple of miles to the East at the junction of Holmes Chapel Road and Seven Sisters Lane, for anyone familiar with the area and in later years wrote a fascinating book about his early years in East Cheshire.
DEANB:
“tastrucker”"pete smith"Hi Dean,
The Guy could be a Baggeridge Brick from Sedgley? Cheer’s Pete
Hello Dean and Pete ,thier was a chap from Llay Wrexham ,who had a similar one in dark blue colours ,but not signwritten ,he hauled out of the block works at Llay , Trevor
Thanks for the names Pete and Trevor.
kingswinford kit:
“Retired Old ■■■■”]Doubtful, in those colours, Keith. More likely to be John Norman of Holme Lacy although the lack of sign writing would argue against it. Stumped again!
Hi ROF ,reckon your right ,but how about Ivor Jay from Leominster,he had a few Seddons similar to that one ,regards Keith
Thanks for the comments “ROF” and Keith !
kenfig bill:
DEANB:
We have had a fair few of Wynns heavy haulage on here from South Wales.
Hey Dean…super shots again from South Wales ! …my father remembers Wynns hauling bitumem from Coates at Caerphilly …and Monsanto Newport with units and tanks in Monsanto livery …like the cheeky shot of the WG Marathon …lol … Geraint
Thanks for the comments Geraint ! Heres one for your dad !
Gerry Jones Maggie from South Wales.
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HRS:
McBurney Volvo. Think Harvey does a bit for these.
Morning Dean,
Yep, one of the old ones, did a few mile in that collecting booze from Levan, Diagio.
Once off tramping they go on to day work and I get a go. Harvey
Heres a newer one that Paul caught last week Harvey !
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HRS:
Morning all,
Sold this to a farm hand Borden way, many years ago now.
Whenever he had the spreader tank behind the tractor “posh” people would stop him and ak if he would empty there septic tanks and with the blessing of the farmer he did.
Over some 5 years I supplied him with over 8 vehicles for the contracts he signed up to with Thames water, you got it, he still carried on working for the farmer. Harvey
Tidy little F6 Harvey.
DISPATCHER:
HRS We had a 6x6 Mercedes artic from P.Bryant
Hey DEAN ,…cheers for that …the old man was chuffed with Gerry Jones Maggie ! …he had a few of them when he first started up …as did several Newport hauliers …at that date he was based down Corporation road …you really need to keep these super S Wales coming …thanks both …lol …Geraint
DISPATCHER:
HRS We had a 6x6 Mercedes artic from P.Bryant
Morning Dispatcher, Peter got very " brave" one day he bought his huge second hand tank trailer but to use it to spread on the land he neaded traction , to heavy and still no good in poor weather so it had to go.
Bought an F86 flatbed with crane and lifted a storage tank over the hedge into the fields so it could be toped up by road tanks, hence F6, and tractors would spread on fields, he got into that in a big way. Harvey
The Merc artic carrying steel is one of Consolidated Land Services from Scunthorpe,they had a big fleet at one time,running out of the steel works,as well as tankers under the Tanker Hire name. They bought out a haulier in South Wales - could have been S Protheroe but not 100% sure about that.CLS was formed by the amalgamation of H and L Transport Workington and North Lincs Haulage Scunthorpe.
The Merc artic carrying steel is one of Consolidated Land Services from Scunthorpe,they had a big fleet at one time,running out of the steel works,as well as tankers under the Tanker Hire name. They bought out a haulier in South Wales - could have been S Protheroe but not 100% sure about that.CLS was formed by the amalgamation of H and L Transport Workington and North Lincs Haulage Scunthorpe.
CLS also bought out the transport arm of Sellars and Batty in Peterborough Chris,dark blue ERF’s.
The Merc artic carrying steel is one of Consolidated Land Services from Scunthorpe,they had a big fleet at one time,running out of the steel works,as well as tankers under the Tanker Hire name. They bought out a haulier in South Wales - could have been S Protheroe but not 100% sure about that.CLS was formed by the amalgamation of H and L Transport Workington and North Lincs Haulage Scunthorpe.
CLS also bought out the transport arm of Sellars and Batty in Peterborough Chris,dark blue ERF’s.
David
Thanks David,that’s a name I remember from years ago. Did they have a place in Scunthorpe on recovery work and maybe AEC agents?
New Milton Sand & Ballast Scania still going strong.
My very first ‘official’ HGV driving job in 1965 was for a subby (E.Dennet&Sons) working for New Milton Sand and Ballast out of their Efford (Lymington) gravel pit, 8 loads a day to Mudeford Gravel at their washery at Hinton (by a pub called 'The Cat and Fiddle) the start of the slippery slope of nearly 50 years on the road.
