ERF-NGC-European:
I think it’s one of Lenham Storage’s (Kent) Mercs, Dean. Robert
I reckon you might be right Robert ! 
coomsey:
Don’t suppose you know who had the S70s moomooland I only ask cos in my head Redland Mountsorrel ran some but with so few beginning to doubt. N while I’m at it would they have been one of the first 240s?
Don’t know were they all went i know Bass Charrington had one and so did Marley’s pictured below.
kenfig bill:
DEAN …thanks very much …really looking forward more S Wales motors , …Dad can not wait …he invites his former fellow drivers around for veiwings …those pics reach a very wide audience down here …thanks again for providing them …Geraint .
Hello Geraint, glad dad is enjoying Paul’s pics here’s one for him ! 
Glyn John Transport,Cardiff Volvo F86
moomooland:
coomsey:
Don’t suppose you know who had the S70s moomooland I only ask cos in my head Redland Mountsorrel ran some but with so few beginning to doubt. N while I’m at it would they have been one of the first 240s?Don’t know were they all went i know Bass Charrington had one and so did Marley’s pictured below.
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Good pics again Paul,thanks for posting !
One for “moomooland”
DEANB:
ramone:
DEANB:
Some AEC’s for “gingerfold”Some great Spiers motors there Dean , TGU 205M was owned by Graham (Gingerfold) ,there
s a V8 amongst them too. The photo with the SAs in must have been near the end of Spiers existence , they moved to 38 tons and bought some ERFs too I think . They must have been the last firm to run AECs on a large scale , Im not sure how many they ran but I saw them regularly on the M65 heading towards Keighley in West Yorks. Always a great sight to see.
I did not know Graham drove for them but remember he liked them ! Thanks for the input, Ramone !
Just a correction DEAN, I never worked for Spiers but I knew them and William Spiers and his sister Jean Still asked me to write the history of the business. The Spiers family are lovely people and they had a very loyal and long serving workforce. They were a “proper” general haulage company and although the Mandators were still in service well past their sell by date they were in top mechanical condition. They had several containers full of AEC spares. When the business was sold to TDG I got hold of TGU 205M which they had bought out of service from Amoco and never put it into service. It had been dry stored for about 16 years and it had actually been re-cabbed with a brand new Ergomatic cab only about 4 months before Amoco sold it. I, with help from workshops staff restored TGU at Turners (Soham) Ltd. and that’s when I found information about when the new cab had been fitted on a panel inside the driver’s side door. To prove what a small world it is I bought the trailer behind it from John Hudson at Bawtry and when I went to collect the trailer with TGU they confirmed that not only had they done the servicing for Amoco but they had also fitted the new cab, claiming it was the last low datum cab that BL had in stock. The last bit is probably true because getting a new cab for an AEC in the early 1980s was all but impossible.
This picture was taken in September 2000 outside the then disused Spiers depot. I had taken TGU to Melksham to show it to the Spiers family and on the evening before this picture I had given an illustrated talk to the Melksham local history society about Spiers and the Warminster Motor Company. (Can it really be 17 years ago).
Thanks Dean much appreciated do you have any pictures of Riding’s Atkinson Borderers by any chance.
W & J Riding Seddon Atkinson 400 Series 4x2 tractor unit Reg No SFR 950P Fleet No 49 ‘Peerless’ was registered new by Riding’s on the 1st of July 1976 at a cost of £12,760 + vat
The tanker would later be fitted with complete new tri-axle running gear to operate at 38 Tons GVW.
After many years service with W & J Riding Reg No SFR 950P ‘Peerless’ was eventually sold on to Tom Riding’s close friend John Killingbeck of Blackburn for the sum of £3,500 + vat where it became Fleet No 25 in John’s mixed and varied fleet.
Worked out exactly were these motorway shots were taken.
The vehicles are pictured heading South on the M6 down Keele Bank about a mile before Junction 15.
Take a look at the location today here on Google Street View.
James.908:
DEANB:
James.908:
DEANB:
Wincanton transport Guy big JClick on page twice to magnify for reading.
Thanks for the Wincanton. …drove many a mile in those Big Js
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Hello “James.908” Wincanton transport Guys.
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Thanks dean, that’s great…I was based at unigate in london…NAM 179G never seen a pic of the Leyland badgers, we had 3 of those to pull the smaller tanks, not a patch on the AEC Mercury
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No worries !
gingerfold:
DEANB:
ramone:
DEANB:
Some AEC’s for “gingerfold”
Some great Spiers motors there Dean , TGU 205M was owned by Graham (Gingerfold) ,there
s a V8 amongst them too. The photo with the SAs in must have been near the end of Spiers existence , they moved to 38 tons and bought some ERFs too I think . They must have been the last firm to run AECs on a large scale , Im not sure how many they ran but I saw them regularly on the M65 heading towards Keighley in West Yorks. Always a great sight to see.I did not know Graham drove for them but remember he liked them ! Thanks for the input, Ramone !
Just a correction DEAN, I never worked for Spiers but I knew them and William Spiers and his sister Jean Still asked me to write the history of the business. The Spiers family are lovely people and they had a very loyal and long serving workforce. They were a “proper” general haulage company and although the Mandators were still in service well past their sell by date they were in top mechanical condition. They had several containers full of AEC spares. When the business was sold to TDG I got hold of TGU 205M which they had bought out of service from Amoco and never put it into service. It had been dry stored for about 16 years and it had actually been re-cabbed with a brand new Ergomatic cab only about 4 months before Amoco sold it. I, with help from workshops staff restored TGU at Turners (Soham) Ltd. and that’s when I found information about when the new cab had been fitted on a panel inside the driver’s side door. To prove what a small world it is I bought the trailer behind it from John Hudson at Bawtry and when I went to collect the trailer with TGU they confirmed that not only had they done the servicing for Amoco but they had also fitted the new cab, claiming it was the last low datum cab that BL had in stock. The last bit is probably true because getting a new cab for an AEC in the early 1980s was all but impossible.
This picture was taken in September 2000 outside the then disused Spiers depot. I had taken TGU to Melksham to show it to the Spiers family and on the evening before this picture I had given an illustrated talk to the Melksham local history society about Spiers and the Warminster Motor Company. (Can it really be 17 years ago).
Thanks for the information Graham !
moomooland:
Thanks Dean much appreciated do you have any pictures of Riding’s Atkinson Borderers by any chance.[attachment=0]45.jpgW & J Riding Seddon Atkinson 400 Series 4x2 tractor unit Reg No SFR 950P Fleet No 49 ‘Peerless’ was registered new by Riding’s on the 1st of July 1976.
The tanker would later be fitted with complete new tri-axle running gear to operate at 38 Tons GVW.
After many years service with W & J Riding Reg No SFR 950P ‘Peerless’ was eventually sold on to Tom Riding’s close friend John Killingbeck of Blackburn where it became Fleet No 25 in John’s mixed and varied fleet.
Thanks for the comment Paul ! Had a look and i dont think there are any borderers but may be some in
the future batches ? 
moomooland:
Worked out exactly were these motorway shots were taken.
The vehicles are pictured heading South on the M6 down Keele Bank about a mile before Junction 15.
Take a look at the location today here on Google Street View.
Thanks again Paul, i like that pic,its nice seeing one truck over taking another !
Some foreign companies today.
Spanish dodge coming through Parkstone heading for the Poole ferry.
Whats is the car going the other way ■■ Look at the size of the old mini ! 
Transport Mahe’s Saviem at Poole docks.
S.verdu Pegaso from Spain,going through Poole heading to ferry.
Scania 111 of San Transports of France. Think it may be Southampton ■■?
CNTR Saviem
Transport Mahe again at Poole. Oily who the transporter company ■■?
Transport Mahe at Poole.
And again.
French Maggie of Delta Route.
French Saviem leaving Poole docks.
More foreign companies.
French Unic.
French Saviem and Berliet at Poole, you can see the railway trucks behind that used to pull alot of steel.
French Unic.
French Saviem.
Spanish Pegaso. Doman were a big old company ,are they still going ■■?
Spanish Sava
Trans Bert DAF
Berliet draw-bar of Aux Produit Du Midi
Transportes Setabenses SA
Hi Dean, Autocar and Transporters of Wythall, your’e doing a sterling job, I know how time consuming it can be, especially to give the supply of excellent pics you are providing daily, and again thanks to Paul and Mark for sharing such a helping of nostalgia.
archive.commercialmotor.com/arti … eering1971
Cheers
Oily
is it my eyesight or is it a nun riding shotgun in that white Spanish sava ?
m.a.n rules:
is it my eyesight or is it a nun riding shotgun in that white Spanish sava ?
Hi, m.a.n rules, she’s the driver’s sister
Oily
This Paul Gee picture is most interesting to me, in that it appears to have a Trailor Savoyard tilt trailer, built in France. I notice that it has the tandem spread-axle bogie rather than the tandem close-axle bogie favoured by the French at the time ('70s). Can any of our French bretherin from the ‘Saviem’ thread shed any light on what possible legislation or preference might have led to this oddity?
Robert
oiltreader:
m.a.n rules:
is it my eyesight or is it a nun riding shotgun in that white Spanish sava ?Hi, m.a.n rules, she’s the driver’s sister
Oily
touche sir
Yet another fantastic thread, I particularly like the early continental trucks that we seldom saw over here
ERF-NGC-European:
This Paul Gee picture is most interesting to me, in that it appears to have a Trailor Savoyard tilt trailer, built in France. I notice that it has the tandem spread-axle bogie rather than the tandem close-axle bogie favoured by the French at the time ('70s). Can any of our French bretherin from the ‘Saviem’ thread shed any light on what possible legislation or preference might have led to this oddity?Robert
Silly me! To a certain extent I’ve just realised that I can answer my own question in that Trailor Savoyard tandem ‘spreadies’ were commoner than I thought (see examples below). You will note that they are nearly all exports to Britain so presumably Trailer made ‘spreadies’ for the UK market. However, it would still be interesting to know if there was legislation in France that steered the course of axle configuration differently from in Britain. Robert
great site deanb. just out of interest what year does the collection go up too.
DEANB:
Some foreign companies today.Spanish dodge coming through Parkstone heading for the Poole ferry.
Whats is the car going the other way ■■ Look at the size of the old mini !9
Transport Mahe’s Saviem at Poole docks.
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S.verdu Pegaso from Spain,going through Poole heading to ferry.
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1st pic Vauxhall viva
4th pic Canute rd Southampton with the itchen bridge in the background
Scania 111 of San Transports of France. Think it may be Southampton ■■?6
CNTR Saviem
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Transport Mahe again at Poole. Oily who the transporter company ■■?
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Transport Mahe at Poole.
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And again.
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French Maggie of Delta Route.
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French Saviem leaving Poole docks.
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