PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[kempston]

robthedog:

Chris Webb:
Morning Dean.
Knights of Old are still going,saw one tother day in Northallerton,a real old established company.

One from today

They are indeed still around, they have a few. Depots, one in Luton, Kettering , I did a couple of night runs for them a few years ago whilst doing some agency work, it was out of their Kettering depot beside the A14, to far for me to travel on a regular basis though just to drive a lorry, agency had someone let them down so paid my extra to do it.

[deanb]

pete smith:
“DEANB”

Thanks again Pete for the info,we have had a fair few of Elliott Blackmore’s on here. They liked there ERF’s and Fodens.

Heres another one.

Hi Dean,
I think that Foden may be ex Birmingham City Council as well, think they had Allinson Auto boxes fitted, Cheer’s Pete

pete smith:
R E Bache were from Alveley between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth on the A442, not sure if they are still operating as there are houses built on the yard now,

Thanks for the info Pete.

pete smith:
The only TWS I know of is Technical Waste Services and they operate around the Telford area,

Sounds like a winner Pete !

oiltreader:
Hi Dean, Steves of Egham Surrey.
Oily

Cheers Oily.

Chris Webb:
Morning Dean.
Knights of Old are still going,saw one tother day in Northallerton,a real old established company.

Glad to hear they are still going Chris ,always liked there motor’s.

tyneside:
Hi Dean
AFAIK Woodhead Bros is owned by Morrisons. They have a large abbatoir at Colne and are the main suppliers of fresh meat to the supermarket chain.
Their livestock buyer was a regular visitor to NE marts, they have quite a few double deck livestock trailers and usually did their own transport.

Tyneside

Thanks for the info “tyneside” can remember seeing Woodhouse motors and they were smart.

vwvanman0:
Tyneside you are correct about morrisons owning woodheads, there is a constant arrival of pigs from a variety of mostly Yorkshire hauliers as well as their own fleet, last week i saw a plain white scania with blue woodhead writing which may signal the end of the livery, time will tell.

Steve

Its a shame so many are white now Steve,much nicer to see the company colours. Mind you not cheap if you are spraying a trailer as well
as the cab.

5thwheel:
“DEANB”

Christian Salvesen Mercedes.

Christian Salvesen unit is a DAF CF Dean,although it has to be said all basically white trucks are clones,but then you knew that,you just like to keep us on our toes!

David

As a kid i always thought they were the largest company in the land used to see loads of them running around
and they were all Mercedes back then,cant remember them using Volvos but i expect i did see them.No idea why i put DAF David !

elsa Lad:
Bletsoe-Brown is from Kettering, I think they have now packed in haulage side of the business and doing van hire and self storage.

Cheers “Elsa-Lad”

robthedog:
“Chris Webb” Morning Dean.
Knights of Old are still going,saw one tother day in Northallerton,a real old established company.

One from today

Fairly certain i have an article about them somewhere but its not scanned,thanks for the pic Rob.

tastrucker:

pete smith:
R E Bache were from Alveley between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth on the A442, not sure if they are still operating as there are houses built on the yard now,

Hello pete ,yes they moved from Alveley ,out to a farm towards Claverley ,have not seen them lately ,but remember them at Banbury market years back ,thank you Trevor

240 Gardner:
“DEANB”

Anyone know anything about Moy park ■■

They’re a Northern Irish food company, mainly poultry, I think

Cheers Chris.

240 Gardner:
“DEANB”

Anyone recognise the Foden wrecker ■■

It’s from JSM, which was originally, I think, James Street Motors. I thought that were from Bury, but Companies House tells me they were from Stockport. However, the directors’ home addresses are Bury, so perhaps I was right the first time!

They used to pop up at lots of motorway contraflows, parked next to a caravan for the chaps to live in between towing jobs. The business failed in 2012

Thanks for the details Chris. The old Foden is a cracker.

240 Gardner:
“DEANB”

Thanks for the comments Chris. Heres a bit more about the recovery side of the business.

Marvellous, thank you Dean!

Here’s another of the businesses that was merged into Arcade as a part of the evolution of what is now Ontime Automotive:

Thought you might like that !

pig pen:
https://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/download/file.php?id=326920&t=1

Bryn Thomas crane hire are from Flint, North Wales.

Cheers “pig pen”

You have been watching Convoy too much !

Kempston:
They are indeed still around, they have a few. Depots, one in Luton, Kettering , I did a couple of night runs for them a few years ago whilst doing some agency work, it was out of their Kettering depot beside the A14, to far for me to travel on a regular basis though just to drive a lorry, agency had someone let them down so paid my extra to do it.

Glad they are still going Kempston !

[deanb]

Ryders Transport ERF.

Holmere Transport’s Volvo. Always liked there colour scheme.

Dont think we have had a Kendall motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■

Anyone recognise the DAF wrecker ■■

“tyneside” Whittles did an awful lot of army contracts to an from Germany.

Looks like it says Sivyer ■■ on the DAF,anyon know where they are from ■■

Ralph Davies Volvo.

Not had a Leicester Heavy Haulage on for a long time.

Pulleyn Mercedes.

Mansell Davies Volvo.

[deanb]

Some odds and sods.

Click on pages twice to read.

William Sharp Foden.1960

Bedford’s 1964.

Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd from 1971. Anyone remember this company ?

Volvo 1967.

Midlands BRS Transcon from 1979.

ERF’s new Service Centre 1972.

[blue_estate]

Dean
Kendal’s are from Portsmouth and do bulk and bagged aggregates
Run out of Eastern road just down from the A27

Sent while from gods know where

[deanb]

Thamesdown Rescycling Mercedes.

Marshalls Transport Mercedes.

Neatford’s tidy Foden,anyone know where they are based ■■

Anyone know where the Primeline Volvo is from ■■

M.Woodhouse Mercedes bulker.

S.J.Bargh tidy Scania.

John Raymond Iveco.

P & O Mercedes.

Howell Richards ERF.

Stainers MAN.Think we have had one on before but no idea where they are from ■■

[mark_r]

H Sivyer are from South London. Still going strong today with a fleet of mainly 8 wheeler tippers.

[240_gardner]

DEANB:
Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd from 1971. Anyone remember this company ?

I recognise that article, Dean

Midland Storage were a part of TDG and I think they disappeared when TDG started to consolidate and rationalise all the various member companies which they had previously left alone. If I remember rightly, Mr Samuel had also worked at Flowers of York, another TDG business.

One of the motors still survives but I think it’s in a very poor state now - it’s the next number to one of the ones in the article and, presumably, the same spec. Here’s a photo I took of it in the Forest of Dean in 1994.

It later turned up at Kev Dennis first sale in 1997, and the last I heard was that it was near Ross, decaying slowly but surely along with some other Atkis

[gazsa401]

Some of the lorries my Dad drove in his time at Midlands Storage
The depot is still there under the guise of XPO
It was known as West Hallam Storage up until the early 90s when TDG started to rationalise on their horrid scarab green corporation colours and merge group companies into larger concerns
West Hallam became Pinnacle Storage
I worked out of there when TDG decided to close down it’s Stirlands depot at Willow Road Nottingham in 2002 and moved it’s transport operations to West Hallam where it still ran as the only general haulage company within TDG

[gazsa401]

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd from 1971. Anyone remember this company ?

I recognise that article, Dean

Midland Storage were a part of TDG and I think they disappeared when TDG started to consolidate and rationalise all the various member companies which they had previously left alone. If I remember rightly, Mr Samuel had also worked at Flowers of York, another TDG business.

One of the motors still survives but I think it’s in a very poor state now - it’s the next number to one of the ones in the article and, presumably, the same spec. Here’s a photo I took of it in the Forest of Dean in 1994.

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It later turned up at Kev Dennis first sale in 1997, and the last I heard was that it was near Ross, decaying slowly but surely along with some other Atkis

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Some Flowers of York

[windrush]

I knew a few lads who drove for Midland Storage at Cromford Wharf, Bernard Swain operated from there. My last ‘gaffer’ drove a Foden two stroke tanker for him and the owner always knew when he was setting off down the A6 as he could hear the engine from his house. He soon solved that problem: he parked at the quarry on Cromford Hill instead and went the back way to Derby through Wirksworth, he couldn’t hear it then!

Pete.

[deanb]

blue estate:
Dean
Kendal’s are from Portsmouth and do bulk and bagged aggregates
Run out of Eastern road just down from the A27

Sent while from gods know where

Thanks for the info chap.

Mark R:
H Sivyer are from South London. Still going strong today with a fleet of mainly 8 wheeler tippers.

Cheers Mark. Am i right in thinking you drove for Richard Lawson ■■

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd from 1971. Anyone remember this company ?

I recognise that article, Dean

Midland Storage were a part of TDG and I think they disappeared when TDG started to consolidate and rationalise all the various member companies which they had previously left alone. If I remember rightly, Mr Samuel had also worked at Flowers of York, another TDG business.

One of the motors still survives but I think it’s in a very poor state now - it’s the next number to one of the ones in the article and, presumably, the same spec. Here’s a photo I took of it in the Forest of Dean in 1994.

It later turned up at Kev Dennis first sale in 1997, and the last I heard was that it was near Ross, decaying slowly but surely along with some other Atkis

Thanks for the information and pics Chris. Shame to hear that the Atkis are rotting away.

Flowers Bedford from 1973.

Article about the TDG group from 1966.

Click on pages twice to read.

gazsa401:
Some of the lorries my Dad drove in his time at Midlands Storage
The depot is still there under the guise of XPO
It was known as West Hallam Storage up until the early 90s when TDG started to rationalise on their horrid scarab green corporation colours and merge group companies into larger concerns
West Hallam became Pinnacle Storage
I worked out of there when TDG decided to close down it’s Stirlands depot at Willow Road Nottingham in 2002 and moved it’s transport operations to West Hallam where it still ran as the only general haulage company within TDG

Great photos Gary thanks for posting and for the comments.

Flowers Foden.

windrush:
I knew a few lads who drove for Midland Storage at Cromford Wharf, Bernard Swain operated from there. My last ‘gaffer’ drove a Foden two stroke tanker for him and the owner always knew when he was setting off down the A6 as he could hear the engine from his house. He soon solved that problem: he parked at the quarry on Cromford Hill instead and went the back way to Derby through Wirksworth, he couldn’t hear it then!

Pete.

“Hear the engine from his house”

Thanks for the comments Pete, “coomsey” was getting worried about you …

[wheel_nut]

Flowers of York also had a huge fleet of rigid Bedford KM and TK although the article only mentions 20 artic units [emoji6]

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[kingswinford_kit]

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd from 1971. Anyone remember this company ?

I recognise that article, Dean

Midland Storage were a part of TDG and I think they disappeared when TDG started to consolidate and rationalise all the various member companies which they had previously left alone. If I remember rightly, Mr Samuel had also worked at Flowers of York, another TDG business.

One of the motors still survives but I think it’s in a very poor state now - it’s the next number to one of the ones in the article and, presumably, the same spec. Here’s a photo I took of it in the Forest of Dean in 1994.

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It later turned up at Kev Dennis first sale in 1997, and the last I heard was that it was near Ross, decaying slowly but surely along with some other Atkis

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Hi ,that was probably Graham Roberts (Ross Roadways) up at Whitchurch he had a number of Atkis over the years ,regards Keith

[deanb]

Wheel Nut:
Flowers of York also had a huge fleet of rigid Bedford KM and TK although the article only mentions 20 artic units [emoji6]

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kingswinford kit:
“240 Gardner” “DEANB”

Midlands Storage (Transport Services) Ltd from 1971. Anyone remember this company ?

I recognise that article, Dean

Midland Storage were a part of TDG and I think they disappeared when TDG started to consolidate and rationalise all the various member companies which they had previously left alone. If I remember rightly, Mr Samuel had also worked at Flowers of York, another TDG business.

One of the motors still survives but I think it’s in a very poor state now - it’s the next number to one of the ones in the article and, presumably, the same spec. Here’s a photo I took of it in the Forest of Dean in 1994.

It later turned up at Kev Dennis first sale in 1997, and the last I heard was that it was near Ross, decaying slowly but surely along with some other Atkis

Hi ,that was probably Graham Roberts (Ross Roadways) up at Whitchurch he had a number of Atkis over the years ,regards Keith

Thanks for the comments Keith.

[deanb]

Anyone recognise the Scania,looks like Weller on the roof ■■

Stan Robinson Foden.

Maritime Scania.

Anyone recognise the DAF car transporter ■■

Tripod Crest Scania from ■■

Eddolls DAF. Driver is not too impressed with the muppet behind being so close the way he is looking in the mirror.

Churchill Freight Services DAF bulker.

Smiths Foden with a Curnock Scania.

Gordon Gilder Scania with an airplane tug on the back.

Boughtons Volvo,not sure where they are from ■■

[deanb]

In the latest batch of pics, some 40 to 50 year old negatives have turned up. Paul has spent ages trying to get the best images he can
but obviously there is alot of deteriation in the original negatives. Overall he has done a great job even getting a picture when you
see what he had to work with.

United Dairies.

Click on pages twice to read.

Express Dairy 1964.

[windrush]

I think that Tripod Crest had several depots Dean, they were on many of the road surfacing jobs we delivered coated material to.

Pete.

[kempston]

Boughtons make skip loader equipment etc, they are from Wolverhampton, I have used they’re equipment but can’t for the life of me remember if it’s any good.

Edit: if I remember correctly a couple of our rollonoffs at Shanks had Boughtons ‘easy sheet’ equipment

[dave_docwra]

Kempston:
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Boughtons make skip loader equipment etc, they are from Wolverhampton, I have used they’re equipment but can’t for the life of me remember if it’s any good.

Edit: if I remember correctly a couple of our rollonoffs at Shanks had Boughtons ‘easy sheet’ equipment

I do a lot of work on Hyva, Multilift & Boughton, In my opinion Boughton is the most reliable and the toughest of these three big boys.