Kempston the Mortimer (eat more chips) trucks are now run under the name Broughton transport solutions, dont know how that came about but the colour scheme is the same as shown in the picture below with two of our own abroad yesterday, chairs Buzzer.
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“I dont know but imagine he had delivered there. When papers dont sell at newsagents etc they are returned.
I wonder if he has a load of old papers that he is taking back to possibly be recycled ■■”
Years ago, when I was working in Paris, I knew a local newsagent who specialised in the foreign press. Every night he would have a whole stack- a whole load filling a 3-axle Citroen CX estate specially constructed for the job by the newspaper distributors-of British papers delivered to him in Paris. They arrived before 6am each day. He actually over-ordered every day and I eventually asked why he did so. As stated above he said the unsold newspapers would be refunded. But, those from Paris did not actually have to be returned, just the title and date off the front page. This guy had his kids cut them off each day to be returned. As you will have realised he ended up with several tons of waste paper to sell every month at no cost to him!
Those blue & orange Scanias of Broughtons (Melksham ) look the business.
The lads on here were right the little scania was D mortimer from Hemel Hempstead , they went into administration july1996 , with quite a large fleet of 100 + vehicles at the time …
JAKEY:
sorry
I thought that was quite funny when i saw the pics JAKEY. 
Dipster:
“DEANB”“I dont know but imagine he had delivered there. When papers dont sell at newsagents etc they are returned.
I wonder if he has a load of old papers that he is taking back to possibly be recycled ■■”Years ago, when I was working in Paris, I knew a local newsagent who specialised in the foreign press. Every night he would have a whole stack- a whole load filling a 3-axle Citroen CX estate specially constructed for the job by the newspaper distributors-of British papers delivered to him in Paris. They arrived before 6am each day. He actually over-ordered every day and I eventually asked why he did so. As stated above he said the unsold newspapers would be refunded. But, those from Paris did not actually have to be returned, just the title and date off the front page. This guy had his kids cut them off each day to be returned. As you will have realised he ended up with several tons of waste paper to sell every month at no cost to him!
Thats a cracking story “Dipster” he was obviously a shrewd character !
Kempston:
D.Mortimer Scania. Anyone know where they are from ■■If its the same D Mortimer that has eat more chips on the side of they’re fridges, there from Melksham, but looking at that little scanny its probably not ?
Think this may be the mortimers you’re thinking of Rob.
Buzzer:
Kempston the Mortimer (eat more chips) trucks are now run under the name Broughton transport solutions, dont know how that came about but the colour scheme is the same as shown in the picture below with two of our own abroad yesterday, chairs Buzzer.
roadcruiser:
Those blue & orange Scanias of Broughtons (Melksham ) look the business.The lads on here were right the little scania was D mortimer from Hemel Hempstead , they went into administration july1996 , with quite a large fleet of 100 + vehicles at the time …
Thanks for the comments “Kempston” “Buzzer” and “roadcruiser” 
What were the odds on your boys being
parked up with them after talking about them the same day Buzzer ! 
Heres a bit more about Mortimers “eat more chips”
Click on pages twice to read.
Mortimer’s mighty Scania’s.
Viridor Scania.
Somerfield Volvo.
Cleanaway Volvo.
W & S Recycling Volvo roll on roll off.
Welsh DAF.
Wyvern Scania draw-bar.
Anyone recognise the Renault bulker ■■
CYMRU Metals ERF.
Dont remember having a Terranova motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■
Anyone recognise the DAF bulker ■■
We have had a few Atkinson Black Knight 8 wheelers on here.
I expect a few of these will be wrong so will wait for a bollocking of “240gardner”
Looks like a spring has gone looking at the back end ■■
That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain! Could well be a spring broken, they seemed to be made from case hardened cheddar and ours did well to last more than a month or two without at least one breaking. 
Pete.
roadcruiser wrote:
Those blue & orange Scanias of Broughtons (Melksham ) look the business.
The lads on here were right the little scania was D mortimer from Hemel Hempstead , they went into administration july1996 , with quite a large fleet of 100 + vehicles at the time …
Yes I remember seeing them around all the time just surprised there isn’t more photos of them anywhere, I’ve looked in my usual sources but haven’t been able to find anything.
windrush:
That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain!Pete.
They didn’t fit that body to run around half empty Pete . A good cure for breaking springs was to make the driver help changing them . On an overloading note , I once saw a coal bodied tk come into Topley Pike and fill the body with hot mix , that was fun , chassis snapped while under the bin .
windrush:
That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain!Pete.
I wonder if Dean or Paul could date that photo ? 
DEANB:
Atkinson Black Knight brochure.Click on pages twice to read.
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Hi Dean,
I have really enjoyed reading the Atky specs ! absolutely great Mate thanks ! Those Atkys were before my time although I did run a couple of MK1 units and one rigid which were seconhand but never the less all three were ulta reliable and of course Atkinsons were my favourite UK marque closely followed by ERF ! But I was 23 years old when I bought my first new Borderer a moment in time I will never forget ! Happy days and thanks ! Regards Dennis.
ArcDaz:
ArcDaz:
DEANB:
“steam” Do you recognise the F7 Volvo ■■9
Anyone recognise the DAF ■■
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Dave Corbin’s Volvo F7. Had a scrapyard just outside Wimborne.
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Anyone recognise the Volvo,think we have had one on before ■■
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Daz, One of your favourites,McArdle Routeman.
Dean this photo of the McArdle Routeman tipper is fantastic what a cracker she is i am very pleased these old pics seem to be turning up now after all these years ago Many Thanks for posting and sharing this one for me
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Very smart looking these Council Foden haulmasters
5F.G.F Southern Bedford. Not sure where they were from ■■
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“finbarot” ooking at the colour has to be an ex Drinkwater Sabey motor ■■
That Leyland six wheel Constructor tipper is definitely an ex Drinkwater Sabey motor
2Anyone know where the Harline DAF is from ■■
National fuels were rare fuel stations around here. Are they still going ■■
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Anyone recognise the Volvo F10 seen here at Poole ■■
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fgf had a depot just off newtown row birmingham.i’m guessing this bedford is based there with the reg
smallcoal:
Iveco fords are putting Atkinson badges on their truck to celebrate Atkinson 50th anniversary
Does the A stand for April by any chance?
windrush:
That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain!Pete.
Thanks for the comments Pete. Was the reason for so many broken springs due to the rough terrain in the quarry ?
I can remember seeing a couple of Routeman’s parked up and one of them had a big lump of wood jammed in a broken spring !
Kempston:
roadcruiser wrote:
Those blue & orange Scanias of Broughtons (Melksham ) look the business.The lads on here were right the little scania was D mortimer from Hemel Hempstead , they went into administration july1996 , with quite a large fleet of 100 + vehicles at the time …
Yes I remember seeing them around all the time just surprised there isn’t more photos of them anywhere, I’ve looked in my usual sources but haven’t been able to find anything.
They were a big old concern then “Kempston” running 100 motors,thanks for the info heres another one.
rigsby:
"windrush"That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain!Pete.
They didn’t fit that body to run around half empty Pete . A good cure for breaking springs was to make the driver help changing them . On an overloading note , I once saw a coal bodied tk come into Topley Pike and fill the body with hot mix , that was fun , chassis snapped while under the bin .
Thanks for the comments Dave,that Bedford accident must have been messy !
Talking about trucks being overweight i can remember one of Dave Corbins F88’s loading grain off a ship alongside Poole Quay.
The driver was not used to carrying grain and usually pulled scrap with a tall tipper,like the ones they use today on waste haulage.
Anyway he filled it up and popped along the Quay and on the weighbridge and it weighed 45 tons on 4 axles. !
Punchy Dan:
windrush:
That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain!Pete.
I wonder if Dean or Paul could date that photo ?
Spoke to Paul and he said it was either 1975 or 76. Out of intrest why did you want the date Dan ?
smallcoal:
Iveco fords are putting Atkinson badges on their truck to celebrate Atkinson 50th anniversary
Had no idea they were doing that John.
Bewick:
“DEANB”Atkinson Black Knight brochure.
Hi Dean,
I have really enjoyed reading the Atky specs ! absolutely great Mate thanks ! Those Atkys were before my time although I did run a couple of MK1 units and one rigid which were seconhand but never the less all three were ulta reliable and of course Atkinsons were my favourite UK marque closely followed by ERF ! But I was 23 years old when I bought my first new Borderer a moment in time I will never forget ! Happy days and thanks ! Regards Dennis.
Glad you liked it Dennis,nice brochure that one. I popped alot of stuff on about the Borderer on page 420 if you never
saw it. Heres another brochure you may like,bit of a bugger to scan as it opens out like a poster rather than a normal
brochure.
curnock:
“DEANB”F.G.F Southern Bedford. Not sure where they were from ■■
fgf had a depot just off newtown row birmingham.i’m guessing this bedford is based there with the reg
Thanks for the info “curnock”
robroy:
smallcoal:
Iveco fords are putting Atkinson badges on their truck to celebrate Atkinson 50th anniversaryDoes the A stand for April by any chance?
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Thanks for that Dean, a couple more here of another old firm from yesteryear.
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windrush wrote:
That Atki of W.H Phillips will have all of it’s weight on for certain! Could well be a spring broken, they seemed to be made from case hardened cheddar and ours did well to last more than a month or two without at least one breaking.
Pete.
Thanks for the comments Pete. Was the reason for so many broken springs due to the rough terrain in the quarry ?
I can remember seeing a couple of Routeman’s parked up and one of them had a big lump of wood jammed in a broken spring !
Not really the quarry Dean, admittedly the Fodens occasionally broke springs before they started using rubber suspension on the rear but the Sed Ak 400’s (Atkinson back end) almost always broke at the spring eyes which were very small in diameter compared to the large Foden eyes. I broke two second axle spring eyes drawing off of our weighbridge and a rear one broke going through the Queensway tunnel on the A38 in Brum. I managed to limp to the tipping point at the council yard in Northfield and two fitters came out from the quarry and changed it. I treated them to a tea at the cafe on Tyburn Road, then when we got back to the quarry they removed it again and refitted it the correct way round! One Sed Ak came in with the front axles out of line so we suspected a broken spring, however when the driver turned the steering we spotted that the chassis frame had broken in half behind the cab and opened up when turning on left lock. The driver said that the steering had felt strange for a day or so…
We had a couple of those Atkinson dumpers at the quarry, six wheeler ones though. They had ■■■■■■■ 220 engines and six speed ZF boxes but were smaller than the Foden dumpers so carried less.
Pete.
robroy:
smallcoal:
Iveco fords are putting Atkinson badges on their truck to celebrate Atkinson 50th anniversaryDoes the A stand for April by any chance?
Oh yes… and it would have been 104 years for Atkinson anyway