DEANB:
Mid Development DAF from Worcester.9
John Pearce DAF.
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Arden MAN.
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Loosemore’s Volvo.
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Walton Scania.
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Austin Wilkinson MAN.Cant remember if we have had one on before,anyone know where they are from ■■
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David Hathaway Scania.
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Maritime Scania.
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Anyone recognise the Foden ■■
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Anyone recognise the DAF ■■?
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Hello Dean ,…love that action shot of John Pearse …great stuff form the pair of you …lol …Geraint
Think it says Coulston Freight on the Merc ?
Dreaded “white” ERF. Someone may recognise it ■■
Owens Volvo.
T.D.Williams Volvo.
Managh DAF from Ireland.
Parle Mercedes 1820 skip truck.
R.H.Morgan tidy Foden. Ayone know whats in those large sacks ■■
Hanson Volvo.
Wyvern Scania with roll on roll off bodies.
Nice to see Sparks with there traditional colour scheme.
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
No that is one of Reg Coopers from Wednesbury, he traded as Cooper Roadways, But looking at the colours it could be Coopers from Coven who morphed in to K Transport?
Smith’s of Bedford were always Foden’s and yellow in colour, that is Smith’s from Gloucester, too many bloody Smith’s around Dean!!
Coopers Metals was the same colour as in this pic,
Yes you’re right Pete they were canary yellow to be exact with red chassis and mudguards and were indeed Fodens though they did have one Volvo four wheeler skip lorry when I started but I replaced that with a six wheeler Foden, I did buy a Volvo long wheelbase four wheeler curtain sider which was predominantly for plastic recycling which they also went into. I’ve found my photos now so I’ll have to try and persuade the missus to scan them and download them so I can post them, they’re not brilliant though I will say. 
Dean could the R.H.Morgan truck been carrying large sacks of wool, just a thought, chairs Buzzer
Kempston:
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
No that is one of Reg Coopers from Wednesbury, he traded as Cooper Roadways, But looking at the colours it could be Coopers from Coven who morphed in to K Transport?
Smith’s of Bedford were always Foden’s and yellow in colour, that is Smith’s from Gloucester, too many bloody Smith’s around Dean!!
Coopers Metals was the same colour as in this pic,Yes you’re right Pete they were canary yellow to be exact with red chassis and mudguards and were indeed Fodens though they did have one Volvo four wheeler skip lorry when I started but I replaced that with a six wheeler Foden, I did buy a Volvo long wheelbase four wheeler curtain sider which was predominantly for plastic recycling which they also went into. I’ve found my photos now so I’ll have to try and persuade the missus to scan them and download them so I can post them, they’re not brilliant though I will say.
This is some of them, three missing from the photo though, one was based in Stoke on Trent.
Some odds and sods.
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I dont remember ever seeing one of these cow catcher bumpers from 1972 ?
Fridge trailers on show in 1983.
A1 Waste Services Bedford from 1983.
Daz, Routeman from 1979.
J.Cutts Foden from Barnsley in 1984.
Pitt & Scott MAN from London in 1978.
Anyone recognise the reg on the ERF ■■
Anyone recognise the reg on the Transcon ■■
Hill Crusader,what makes the car on the right ■■
Forbeys Transpor Saviem from Poole. Dont remember this company.
Anyone recognise the car transporter heading into Poole dock’s ■■
Sayers Bulk Haulage Volvo F88.
JWQ Mercedes.
Vallance Foden.
Heavy Transport (ECC) Foden tipper.
Westbrick ERF from Exeter.
Hi Dean,
I don’t know what that Foden is carrying but I bet it has a hi-ab fitted, hook lift equipment and lives in the Peak District!!
kmills:
Another scrap yard -ahem, metal recycling facility that you would probably know Pete would be Concorde Metals in West Brom - I used to load out of there, and from their other sites at Charlton, and Trafford Park around about 30 yrs ago, usually with scrap copper.Concorde were, and are still owned by a Belgian company - Metallo-Chemique from Beerse - between Antwerp & Turnhout.
And, another one you might know - I can’t remember the name, but it was a scrap yard in Aldridge - it was only a street or so away from S.Jones yard, just off the Lichfield road. That again, was copper for export.
Cheers all,
Keith
Hi Keith,
I think Concorde were up by the old Gulf Terminal in Oldbury, I never used to shift much non ferrous always light iron and demolition scrap.
Aldridge was off my patch sorry! Cheer’s Pete
Kempston:
Kempston:
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
No that is one of Reg Coopers from Wednesbury, he traded as Cooper Roadways, But looking at the colours it could be Coopers from Coven who morphed in to K Transport?
Smith’s of Bedford were always Foden’s and yellow in colour, that is Smith’s from Gloucester, too many bloody Smith’s around Dean!!
Coopers Metals was the same colour as in this pic,Yes you’re right Pete they were canary yellow to be exact with red chassis and mudguards and were indeed Fodens though they did have one Volvo four wheeler skip lorry when I started but I replaced that with a six wheeler Foden, I did buy a Volvo long wheelbase four wheeler curtain sider which was predominantly for plastic recycling which they also went into. I’ve found my photos now so I’ll have to try and persuade the missus to scan them and download them so I can post them, they’re not brilliant though I will say.
This is some of them, three missing from the photo though, one was based in Stoke on Trent.
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Great pics Kempston, the one based in Stoke would it have been on the Creda job in Blythe Bridge?
pete smith:
Kempston:
Kempston:
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
No that is one of Reg Coopers from Wednesbury, he traded as Cooper Roadways, But looking at the colours it could be Coopers from Coven who morphed in to K Transport?
Smith’s of Bedford were always Foden’s and yellow in colour, that is Smith’s from Gloucester, too many bloody Smith’s around Dean!!
Coopers Metals was the same colour as in this pic,Yes you’re right Pete they were canary yellow to be exact with red chassis and mudguards and were indeed Fodens though they did have one Volvo four wheeler skip lorry when I started but I replaced that with a six wheeler Foden, I did buy a Volvo long wheelbase four wheeler curtain sider which was predominantly for plastic recycling which they also went into. I’ve found my photos now so I’ll have to try and persuade the missus to scan them and download them so I can post them, they’re not brilliant though I will say.
This is some of them, three missing from the photo though, one was based in Stoke on Trent.
Great pics Kempston, the one based in Stoke would it have been on the Creda job in Blythe Bridge?
Yes that’s the one Pete, here’s a photo I found online of a Smiths lorry parked up there.
Hi Kempston.
I used to work for Mayer Parry and then for EMR at Tilbury Dock Depot for 25 years before I retired, I remember coming to your yard after we had tipped at Newmarket yard many times when you were Smiths and then EMR bought you out, they never stopped with just Smiths, I think their last big buyout was GD Metals group from Edmonton London a few years ago.
Terry
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
I don’t know what that Foden is carrying but I bet it has a hi-ab fitted, hook lift equipment and lives in the Peak District!!
Owned by RH Morgan from new until I bought it in 2013 ,Chris Morgan does look on here he used a curtain and a flat body moving wool in those bags .
It’s has now covered 950,000 kilometres there’s no place too far for it 
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pete smith:
Hi Dean,
No that is one of Reg Coopers from Wednesbury, he traded as Cooper Roadways, But looking at the colours it could be Coopers from Coven who morphed in to K Transport?
Smith’s of Bedford were always Foden’s and yellow in colour, that is Smith’s from Gloucester, too many bloody Smith’s around Dean!!
Coopers Metals was the same colour as in this pic,
Those of us who are motorcycle racing fans will know that Smiths o Gloucester run a very successful racing team in the same livery. I believe the daughter is the prime mover.
“Hill Crusader,what makes the car on the right ■■”
Simca 1301/1501 Dean loaded a few from Soton docks in the '60s.
Oily
Punchy Dan:
012pete smith:
Hi Dean,
I don’t know what that Foden is carrying but I bet it has a hi-ab fitted, hook lift equipment and lives in the Peak District!!Owned by RH Morgan from new until I bought it in 2013 ,Chris Morgan does look on here he used a curtain and a flat body moving wool in those bags .
It’s has now covered 950,000 kilometres there’s no place too far for it
I thought it was Dan, looks nearly new in Paul’s pic.
TerryM15:
Hi Kempston.
I used to work for Mayer Parry and then for EMR at Tilbury Dock Depot for 25 years before I retired, I remember coming to your yard after we had tipped at Newmarket yard many times when you were Smiths and then EMR bought you out, they never stopped with just Smiths, I think their last big buyout was GD Metals group from Edmonton London a few years ago.Terry
Yes used to send a lot of scrap down to Tilbury, Sheerness, Barking etc. Was never a problem getting bulkers as they would reload rubbish back from London to Shanks at Brogborough or stewartby then back into us to reload. I think EMR based a couple of artic bulkers at Smiths when they bought them out. Any idea what happened to Williams of Hitchin and Ampthill scrap? Smiths were big friends with Williams and wouldn’t quote on pricing on each other’s contracts but I don’t think there was much love lost between them and Ampthill scrap.
Couple of photos of Ampthill scrap lorries nmp.
Retired Old ■■■■:
pete smith:
Hi Dean,
No that is one of Reg Coopers from Wednesbury, he traded as Cooper Roadways, But looking at the colours it could be Coopers from Coven who morphed in to K Transport?
Smith’s of Bedford were always Foden’s and yellow in colour, that is Smith’s from Gloucester, too many bloody Smith’s around Dean!!
Coopers Metals was the same colour as in this pic,Those of us who are motorcycle racing fans will know that Smiths o Gloucester run a very successful racing team in the same livery. I believe the daughter is the prime mover.
Hi ROF,
What is the comment on the back of their cabs then?
Hi again Kempston.
I must have met you sometime at Bedford yard as we nearly always managed to arrive when it was tea break time and we would use your little canteen
Williams of Hitchen was bought out by GD Metals who was then bought by EMR or was it Mayer Parry first, I cant remember that far back
We at Tilbury used to do the waste from Newmarket EMR and Willesden frag dirt to Brogborough then come to load with Smiths to Tilbury Dock or the steel mill at Sheerness.
We at Tilbury had the pleasure of dismantling the Olympic Rings from Stratford after the games were finished, they brought them to the dock on barges and were cutup on our dock.
TerryM15:
Hi again Kempston.
I must have met you sometime at Bedford yard as we nearly always managed to arrive when it was tea break time and we would use your little canteen
Williams of Hitchen was bought out by GD Metals who was then bought by EMR or was it Mayer Parry first, I cant remember that far back
We at Tilbury used to do the waste from Newmarket EMR and Willesden frag dirt to Brogborough then come to load with Smiths to Tilbury Dock or the steel mill at Sheerness.
We at Tilbury had the pleasure of dismantling the Olympic Rings from Stratford after the games were finished, they brought them to the dock on barges and were cutup on our dock.
I was easy to recognise, I was the really good looking one
