Kempston:
“pete smith” Hi Dean,
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. 
Thanks for your comments “Kempston” ,dont think we have any of Smith’s chap… 
Buzzer:
Dean could the R.H.Morgan truck been carrying large sacks of wool, just a thought, chairs Buzzer
Yeah i reckon you are right Buzzer.
Kempston:
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.
Thanks for the photos “Kempston” good stuff chap. 
The Foden’s seemed very popular on that waste work as alot of the Council’s around the company operated them
including Dorset council.
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!!
When i posted that pic Pete i thought it looked similar to Dan’s. 
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
Thanks for the pics and comments Terry. Always intrested in any old pics if you want to pop them on.
Punchy Dan:
“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 .
Just run in Dan,loads more life in it yet. You changed the reg ■■
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.
Thanks for the comments “ROF”
oiltreader:
“Hill Crusader,what makes the car on the right ■■”
Simca 1301/1501 Dean loaded a few from Soton docks in the '60s.
Oily
Thanks Oily,remember seeing them about.
Kempston:
“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.
Good stuff “Kempson” i like that clipping of the F10,thanks for popping it on.
Ray Smyth:
“DEANB”
Anyone recognise the car transporter heading into Poole dock’s ■■
Hi Dean, The car next to the Scammell looks like a Simca, A French maker. Cheers, Ray Smyth.
Thanks for confirming the car Ray.
smallcoal:
“Punchy Dan” “smallcoal” “Punchy Dan”
Close but not enough,388 & 386 ? Magnifying glass needed
Hi Dan nice pic mate is that a young you in that pic and is that your dads truck
Hi John Doug is my uncle I’am not sure who is in the pic m8
Hi Dan,seems trucking is a life long family thing which is rare nowadays ,seen loads of your boys heading south by Taunton Deane on the m5 today
Doug had taste as i seem to remember he had a F88 and did he have a N10 or am i thinking of someone else Dan ■■
You seem to be manic John,these days.
Kempston:
Hello “Kempton” the fragmentizer was an amazing piece of equipment in the way it seperated all the different metals
into seperate piles. I can remember in about 1985 Dave Corbin was telling me that he was sending 600 ton’s out a week
and was getting a thousand pounds a ton !! Cant remember which metal it was maybe copper. He was very shrewd
in business and would sit on metal for months if the price dropped and the yard would be overflowing with scrap,then
the market price would change and he would sell.
Sounds like Joseph Holloways were a good company with the service they gave you,heres a few of there motor’s.
Yes Dean that probably happens with every dealer, Smiths certainly used to do it, I would get a loading sheet every Friday telling me how many tons of each individual type of scrap to dispatch and where to. If prices dropped my managing director would contact me and put on hold whatever the type of scrap it was but when the price went up I was expected to get it out and delivered immediately.
On a similar note it was also the case of the scrap they bought in, one such incident was with a well known large demolition company we worked with. This particular job was a large factory being demolished and we had three eight wheeler rollonoffs on turn around to the site. I was told to cut the lorry loads to one lorry on turn around as the price we were paying for the scrap was a high price and the value had suddenly dropped. The demolition contractor phoned me up ranting because we weren’t keeping up with his machines, the contract price was up for renegotiation at the end of every week and he guessed what the reason was, he had around 10 rollonoff containers on site so told me I could tell Paul Smith if we didn’t get the containers emptied he would cut 9 of them up and put the bits in the tenth!
Classic story “Kempston” about the containers… You dont see many poor scrap men around.
all credit to SCP for the photo.
