PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[chris_webb]

MaggieD:
Morning.
Black and White coaches from Cheltenham were regulars in Sheffield bus station in summer.

Hi Chris,

Hope you are enjoying life in Thirsk even without your furniture !

Did any Black & Whites stop to pick you up when you were on a dodgy ?

Regards
Richard
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Thirsk is fine Richard thanks,even without furniture.
Never tried waving log book at coaches.
How are you?

[mantronic]

ERF-NGC-European:
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I say, don’t those rhododendrons look pretty along the hedge behind that ERF! Ro

and hey they were from Lampeter ,MT

[kingswinford_kit]

Hi Dean and a big hello and welcome to Paul,
As usual some great material gents ,those Welsh Fodens a few pages back were just stunning .
Sam Bowkett ,was a big player at the former Orb steelworks in Newport ,he had a liking for ex Bulmers cider Fodens and purchased several .
W G Davies Morriston Swansea ,another big Foden user,i can just remember 2 ex Roy Caswell examples they had purchased ,long standing and well respected Davies driver Dickie Darroll from Leominster ,told me they had 2 strokers as well as Gardners ,i think he may have drove a S 40 with the big steel cab ,great stuff gents ,regards Keith

[deanb]

pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Don’t know whose the mixer is but the “bit” at the front is a hydraulic pump driven off the front of the crankshaft to power the drum, Cheer’s Pete

Thanks for the info Pete !

Suedehead:
“DEANB”

Anyone know anything about S.L.Transport ■■? Seen here going through Christchurch.

The SL transport Renault is one of Steve Lakes from Royal Wootton Bassett

Thanks for the name chap.

neversweat1:
“Suedehead” The SL transport Renault is one of Steve Lakes from Royal Wootton Bassett

That was originally our Demo at Renault Trucks Reading.P176CRD was an 18 ton yellow rigid demonstrator & P174CRD was a red demonstrator tractor unit - The demo fleet were yellow for distribution and red for long distance.

Thanks for the input chap,good stuff.

graham-A:
Peter Carter are from Shouldham Thorpe just off the A134 south of Kings Lynn

Cheers Graham.

Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.

RSL are from Chesterfield,

Cheers Chris.

ERF-NGC-European:
I say, don’t those rhododendrons look pretty along the hedge behind that ERF! Ro

KNS64:

Buzzer:
The DAF is a British International based in the old PBC yard in Sholing Southampton, owned by Franky Allen who ran PBC in the early days then he sold out on a dodgy set of accounts allegedly to a firm in Kent Cables Montague aka Cabmont then it was BI from then on doing mainly runs to Portugal, Buzzer

Hi Buzzer a couple more pics of the same truck.

Regards Kev

Thanks for the pics Kev,that took a hard impact and has ripped the drive axle out.

MaggieD:
Great pic Richard. Thanks to everyone else for there comments on this pic about the coach.

Out of intrest Richard was that photo taken on the Christchurch A35 bypass as that road still has similar railing and a layby which i think is what
you can see in the distance behind the vehicles ■■?

Hi Dean,

Well spotted Dean it was indeed the A35,hope you are staying safe.

Regards
Richard

Worries me sometimes Richard !

MANTRONIC:
and hey they were from Lampeter ,MT

Thanks “MT”

kingswinford kit:
Hi Dean and a big hello and welcome to Paul,
As usual some great material gents ,those Welsh Fodens a few pages back were just stunning .
Sam Bowkett ,was a big player at the former Orb steelworks in Newport ,he had a liking for ex Bulmers cider Fodens and purchased several .
W G Davies Morriston Swansea ,another big Foden user,i can just remember 2 ex Roy Caswell examples they had purchased ,long standing and well respected Davies driver Dickie Darroll from Leominster ,told me they had 2 strokers as well as Gardners ,i think he may have drove a S 40 with the big steel cab ,great stuff gents ,regards Keith

Thanks for the comments Keith.

There are articles on pages 122,191 and 344 about Bulmers for anyone intrested.

Heres a bit more on Bulmer’s Fodens from 1966.

Click on page once/twice.

[deanb]

Something a bit different today.

Many of you will have heard of the Tank Museum at Bovington. When i was a kid they used to do a mock battle that was
great fun. Paul also visited during one of the mock battles and heres some pics back in the 1970’s. I will spread them out
over a week.

I expect a few of you may be able to name the tanks/vehicles involved ?

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[deanb]

Tanks need moving and you need one of these !

Posted a fair bit on page 409 about the Mighty Antar but since then Paul has sent me these 2 cracking pics of a Mighty Antar
loaded with a tank.

Press pic.

Antar brochure.

Click on pages twice to read.

Mine clearing tank seen here being unloaded as to high to clear bridge.

[deanb]

M.G.Transport Magnum.

“tastrucker” Trevor you were right ! Mona Precast from Anglesey.

Think it says Jones & Son on the ERF ■■

N.R.Evans Volvo.

Suffolk Foods Mercedes.

Martyn Handley & Son Volvo ipper.

Owens Volvo.

Frank Wright Mercedes.

Anyone recognise the Welsh 113 Scania ■■?

Anyone recognise the Welsh Volvo tanker ■■?

[gazsa401]

Good morning Dean
Here’s 2 pictures from the Truck magazine I’m trying to trace regarding the Osbournes Scammells
I found this picture on Facebook
Thanks Gary

[paul_c_gee]

DEANB:
Material Movements Leyland Constructor.

Still going strong - a couple of more recent shots

Coming out of the dark and damp!!! on the Salisbury Road

[paul_c_gee]

DEANB:
RSL Distribution DAF. Anyone know where they are from ■■?

RSL Distribution - a couple I have taken more recently

Another cold wet day sat under a motorway bridge!!! What I would not give to be there now!!! Can you tell Cabin Fever has kicked in■■?

[paul_c_gee]

DEANB:
Meachers ERF from Southampton.

M3 heading South - nice to see a bit of colour still in their livery - although they do have a few now that are mostly white!!!

[vwvanman0]

Think the Harrison article was in a 1984 truck, think its the one with the white volvo f10 volvo livery on cover. I may be horribly wrong tho.

The handyman is untaxed since 1984

[paul_c_gee]

DEANB:
Bloody car ! P & C Hamilton tidy DAF from Scoland.

Very good looking fleet

It’s that car again!!! I have a distinct hate of cars and street furniture that just seem to pop up at the wrong time!!!

[vwvanman0]

Harrisons article

[vwvanman0]

For some reason i cant upload the rest as the files too large!!?!

Here is the cover, oct 83 truck

Sorry, Steve

[vwvanman0]

Managed it, hope you can read it.

Steve

[jonmea]

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[jonmea]

Think it says Jones & Son on the ERF ■■

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The ERF is EW & H Williams & son from Caernarfon

[froggy55]

vwvanman0:
Managed it, hope you can read it.

Steve

I’m surprised to see that the Gardner 180 powered Highwayman achieves a consumption of 30 litres per 100 kms (54 gallons for 500 miles). That’s what does a modern artic on flat roads!

[kingswinford_kit]

Hi Dean ,and thanks for the Bulmers clippings
Quite a few of thier Fodens ended up in south Wales , Sam Bowkett also had a few Robsons of Carlisle examples as well ,regards Keith