PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

mantronic · 31 January 2019 22:35

Hello Paul John ,
I have spoken to my uncle and he drove a Leyland Tiger Cub for Morlais ,taking kids to Longleat Safari Park ,and day trips up to Hereford .
He says that R I Davies had one of the first Bedford twinsteer coaches in the area and was fitted with a television and named Davies Telerama ! ,his best mate drove for Hills and he too had a Leyland but a 36 footer on contract to ICI at Mamhilad Pontypool , happy days MT

deanb · 1 February 2019 06:37

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”
Anyone recognise the DAF ■■?
Dean i am sure the green cab artic with white trailer is John Lewis Daz

Cheers Daz.

tribsa:
Hi Dean
Great work must be a full time job putting all these pictures
See if you can get a Lottery grant & an EU hand out
but reason for the post is the white 1900 DAF is Mr Westmore from the New Forest & he still has it.
Cheers Rich

Thanks for the comments chap ! Is the 1900 still on the road Rich ■■

BonkeyDollocks:
What a brilliant pic of the ARC Routeman loaded with coated. Proper working wagon

Bloody hell “BonkeyDollocks” long time no hear ! Where you been ? Stick something on for you over the weekend
you will like.

FLOURPOWER:
Not sure who the Scania belongs to as the unit is a different colour scheme to the trailer.
Looks like D.J Ponsonby

Anyone recognise the DAF ■■?
Hovis bread I reckon.

Thanks for the two names “FLOURPOWER”

FLOURPOWER:
“DEANB”
Hovis Foden.
Are you trying to give me heart failure what a gem!!!

Thought you would like that one chap ! Pic was taken at St Leonards between Ferndown and Ringwood.

steelboyf10:
Yellow Scania tank, is an ex Sayers of Newbury, bought out by DeRijke , the firm not the truck.

Cheers “steelboyf10”

windrush:
Looking at the two Foden Haulmaster pics it makes me wonder just how many operators specced them with only a single drive back end? I know that Horace Kendrick and British Salt had a few as well.
Pete.

Pete, i suppose the likes of British Salt would have never gone off road like the tipper boys.

Retired Old ■■■■:

Chris Webb:

budley:

DEANB:
No one recognise Trent Wharfage ■■ I reckon they must have been a fair size as have a few pics
of there motors ? Not sure where they were based ?

Coming late to the party again! Trent Wharfage’s Gloucestershire depot was at Sharpness Dock. They ran quite a few Dennis artics with Perkins V8 motors.

Thanks for the info “ROF”

colinwallace1:
The Scania car transporter is Tim Hansford. The super structure is built by Transporter Engineering, Gosfield, Essex.

Thanks for the name Colin.

Buzzer:
Hi Dean confirm the yellow Scania is De Rijke who indeed bought out Sayers of Thatcham near Newbury, after this one of the boys ran a wrecker, the F86 is one of Sibley’s (Material Movements) and the J.Alford Scania was indeed from Nursling, Southampton now retired Jimmy &Jo Alford ran the company, think he still owns the yard but may be wrong on that one, cheers Buzzer.

Thanks for all the info “Buzzer”

Sayers were a smart outfit.

pete smith:
Morning Dean,
The Guy looks like one of Fredrick Allens from Coventry,

Nice one Pete ! Sent you a PM chap.

ArcDaz:
ARC Routeman Daz.
Excellent photo Dean of the ARC Routeman tipper thanks for thats mate appreciated Daz.

Ray Smyth:
This could be Ray Smyth !

Hi Dean, Yes, I had 2 Mercedes Benz 1820 box vans, They were perfect for my operation.
Although they were 17 tons G.V.W., they seldom carried more than 3 tons, because of the
nature of the stuff that was on board. They regularly returned between 15 & 17 M.P.G.
Both of them are seen here on Abington Services on the M74 in Scotland. Ray Smyth.

Yeah i remember you run some of those 1820’s chap.Thanks for the pics chap.
They were a good,reliable and comfortable motor.

tastrucker:
Material Movements early Volvo F86.

The Material movements F86 ,looks like it is near Vauxhalls Luton ,Trevor

Thanks Trevor.

tankerian:
http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/download/file.php?id=270004&mode=view
Dean B

Mansells Volvo F88, this was Sterling Mansell from Horwich Nr Bolton, manufacturers of toilet rolls, the yard / warehousing was demolished and there now stands a Tesco…

Thanks for that “tankerian” a fine looking machine.

Retired Old ■■■■:

steelboyf10:
Yellow Scania tank, is an ex Sayers of Newbury, bought out by DeRijke , the firm not the truck.

That particular Scania, one of two, was bought secondhand by R H Stevens of Macclesfield. They were tidy machines even though they had had two former owners. If you look carefully you can just make out the name on the driver’s door.

Thanks for your comments “ROF”

MANTRONIC:
Hello Paul John ,
I have spoken to my uncle and he drove a Leyland Tiger Cub for Morlais ,taking kids to Longleat Safari Park ,and day trips up to Hereford .
He says that R I Davies had one of the first Bedford twinsteer coaches in the area and was fitted with a television and named Davies Telerama ! ,his best mate drove for Hills and he too had a Leyland but a 36 footer on contract to ICI at Mamhilad Pontypool , happy days MT

Good stuff MT.

deanb · 1 February 2019 06:40

Will pop some stuff on tonight,work beckons.

kingswinford_kit · 1 February 2019 09:58

MANTRONIC:

DEANB:

rigsby:
"Chris Webb"Morning Dean,another fine set of photos,thanks.
I like the Shepherd Volvo pic,quite a big firm in Sheffield at one time and even bigger now after taking over RDB Freightlines.

I can’t remember what the “M” stood for in MRS but they were commonly known as Muppet Road Services,having a depot in Chesterfield but based somewhere in Scotland.I heard one or two stories about them,whether true or not I don’t know.

Iirc , they started with a fleet of vans , Morning Roll Supplies up in Scotland . Could be wrong due to decayed brain cells .

Thanks for the comments Chris and Dave.

tastrucker:
"steelboyf10"“tastrucker”"steelboyf10]Springfield, are quite a player out of Shotton now, used to run this motor when they had a yard near the football ground

Hello steelboy ,is that the same Springfield from Broxton ?,thought they finished years ago ,thank you Trevor

Hi trev,

Sort of, you mean Diesel ■■■■, from Broxton, in the picture, joined forces with keith ■■, an OD on with George Mayes at the time, they I think (and some one on here will know / put us right), used to get into Shotton under Springfield, and the gang grew with a few ODs, into (maybe ) what it is today??, they used to park at a garage on the Common in Buckley, near Shones yard in the 90’s, not 100% sure on how they got to the business they are today. The F10 did a bit over sea’s I seem to remember, cant recall the OD who had it, remember doing it for MOT one year in Shones workshop, in 1985
Good to Hargreaves on the tread, another Shotton haulier, have 8 leggers and units with 240 , 8 pot Gardners in them

Keep it going boys!..Barry Waddy will maybe know a bit on this topic■■?
hello steelboy ,thank you for that,im getting out of touch !!! ,yes Hargreaves good to see them they did a lot out of Shelton as well ,Trevor

Thanks for the comments and info Trevor,Steelboyf10.

budley:
"DEANB"No one recognise Trent Wharfage ■■ I reckon they must have been a fair size as have a few pics
of there motors ? Not sure where they were based ?

Yes i remember them, i think they were from Gainsborough ■■

Thanks Budley.

graham-A:
The red Scania is one of KTC of Wednesbury

Thanks for the name Graham.

davepenn54:
MRS = Morning Roll Service, strange but true
Regards
Dave Penn;

Thanks Dave and robroy.

oiltreader:
“Any ideas Oily ■■” not a clue Dean a fancy wagon like that was well after my time on transporters with Leyland Comets, Commers(TS3 & PerkinsR6), BMC FJ, BedfordTK, and an early Ergo Mercury.
Oily

No worries Oily.

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”

Cant make the name out on the DAF tipper ■■
Hi Dean the brown 8 wheel grab tipper DAF 85CF the company is MC Nicholas they did a lot of work for the water board and GPO work Daz

Thanks for the name Daz.

kingswinford kit:

DEANB:
Chryler Dodge.

Hi Dean ,the Chrysler Dodge looks to be hauling export crates of ckd parts for shipment through Newport docks ,they handled quite a lot of that sort of thing ,regards Keith

Thanks keith for your comments. They must have had a fair few of those Dodges as we have had alot of pics of them.

Keith ,thats right ,as a kid i can remember them at the bottom of Pill !
Newport Haulage services did the same work when backloading from the Midlands , MT

Blimey ,MT ,thats a blast from the past ,Newport Haulage Services ,run by Jack Bromwich ,can remember his ERFs at the Orb ,regards Keith

bazztrucker · 1 February 2019 12:10

Hi dean, the green daf has David S Smith on the front, A A Griggs motor, who were wholely owned by DS Smith, formerly St Regis paper co

marathon1975 · 1 February 2019 18:26

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Cant make the name out on the Scania,anyone recognise it ■■?

Hi it ktc edibles friar Park Wednesbury

smallcoal · 1 February 2019 18:34

Breedon mixers

deanb · 1 February 2019 19:42

Typical more modern colour scheme. The dreaded,boring white.

BLM Building Products DAF

Anyone recognise the Scania tipper from Somerset ■■?

Youngs DAF.

Anyone recognise the Volvo bulker ■■?

Tarmac Mercedes concrete mixer.

DWS Freight Mercedes.

Asda Scania with a Holtor DAF behind.

Currys Iveco.

Viridor Scania.

deanb · 1 February 2019 19:42

The ERF looks a bit rough for a demonstrator ■■ Maybe ERF’s own truck ?

Gateway MAN.

Oakland MAN.

Meek’s Volvo F7.

Anyone recognise the Scania ■■?

MSF Midland ■■? Seddon Atkinson.

Harp larger Volvo F7.

Rugby Cement ERF

Anyone recognise the AEC ■■ Looks like the pic was taken in the one way bit near Ocean Village,Southampton.

Wincanton ERF.

chris_webb · 1 February 2019 20:51

Hi Dean,another grand set of photos.

MSF stood for Midland Shire Farmers I think.

retired_old_fart · 1 February 2019 21:22

Confirmed, Chris. Back in my mis-spent youth, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, a mate and I ran an ex-MSF Commer TS3 hauling mainly potatoes from Herefordshire to wholesalers and chip shops in South Wales. No tax, no goods licence, no insurance, red diesel and best of all, no battery. This meant either parking on a hill, leaving the engine running or grabbing a gang of youngsters out of the pub to give us a push!
We could have been- and probably SHOULD have been- locked up for life. Luckily, I came to my senses pretty soon and went about things in a more traditional way!

chris_webb · 1 February 2019 21:53

Retired Old ■■■■:
Confirmed, Chris. Back in my mis-spent youth, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, a mate and I ran an ex-MSF Commer TS3 hauling mainly potatoes from Herefordshire to wholesalers and chip shops in South Wales. No tax, no goods licence, no insurance, red diesel and best of all, no battery. This meant either parking on a hill, leaving the engine running or grabbing a gang of youngsters out of the pub to give us a push!
We could have been- and probably SHOULD have been- locked up for life. Luckily, I came to my senses pretty soon and went about things in a more traditional way!

Can’t fault yer.

tribsa · 2 February 2019 00:54

Hi Dean
The 1900 DAF has retired with its owner & his previous lorry which I think is an AEC I will chech

Cheers
Rich

cliff_luxton · 2 February 2019 09:55

Hi Dean I reckon the Scania belonged to Cobdens from Martock it looks like ya reg which is somerset.

tyreman · 2 February 2019 12:18

The green Daf 75 R891MKN with the white trailer was new to British Bakeries based at Erith

deanb · 2 February 2019 14:25

bazztrucker:
Hi dean, the green daf has David S Smith on the front, A A Griggs motor, who were wholely owned by DS Smith, formerly St Regis paper co

Cheers Bazz.

marathon1975:
Cant make the name out on the Scania,anyone recognise it ■■?

Hi it ktc edibles friar Park Wednesbury

Thanks for the name “marathon1975”

smallcoal:
Breedon mixers

Thanks for the pics John.

Chris Webb:
Hi Dean,another grand set of photos.

MSF stood for Midland Shire Farmers I think.

Thanks Chris.

Retired Old ■■■■:
Confirmed, Chris. Back in my mis-spent youth, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, a mate and I ran an ex-MSF Commer TS3 hauling mainly potatoes from Herefordshire to wholesalers and chip shops in South Wales. No tax, no goods licence, no insurance, red diesel and best of all, no battery. This meant either parking on a hill, leaving the engine running or grabbing a gang of youngsters out of the pub to give us a push!
We could have been- and probably SHOULD have been- locked up for life. Luckily, I came to my senses pretty soon and went about things in a more traditional way!