Stelrad was the company that made domestic / household steel radiators - I just googled ‘Stelrad Vulcan’, apparently they were the hot water heater side of the business.
I remember Stelrad having a manufacturing site somewhere in Thanet - Ramsgate I think, but could be wrong.
Cheers, Keith
K Mills
Hello, just reading your post on Stelrad . You are correct about the plant in Ramsgate, I used to deliver steel there from South Wales back in the day.
Cheers, Allan
There was a conversation about Hillman Imps a couple of pages back
Tyneside
Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.
The tank being pulled by a DHL unit would be for carrying acids,the shroud would lessen the spill risk - at least that’s what I reckon. The hazchem label has a flammable and a corrosive diamond but I can’t make out the UN code.
Reckon you are right Chris. 
Dont remember ever seeing one like that, but probably have and forgotten… 
ArcDaz:
“DEANB”Daz, Corrals Routeman whos yard was just as you entered Poole docks.
Hi Dean a few cracking photos tipppers and Corrals Routeman i love all these on this thread that you posted on here tonight
Remember seeing there Routeman’s Daz as most trucks weighed off in Corrals yard as they had a public weighbridge and were situated
on the road into the docks,so was often in there as a kid in my grandads motors.
tastrucker:
“Kempston”Don’t know if this is the same firm as the second photo (nmp) but if it is the telephone code on the side is from the Mold area.
Hello DEAN ,yes RJs are from Greenfield near Holywell ,they haul out of the Kingspan ,their yard is next to it ,thank you Trevor
Thanks for the info Trevor.
coomsey:
Same builder?Can’t say as I’d fancy an heated depository, but each to their own
Stroll on “coomsey” looks like all my years of training have finally paid off on you,good pic chap. 
Kempston:
“coomsey”Same builder?
That is one smart looking bit of kit and years ahead of aerodynamics on a big scale.
Indeed “Kempston” I have mentioned before that most sizeble tons had a body builder in them back in the 1950s/60s.There were
hundreds of small body builders that people have never heard of. We had one in Wimborne called Bundy’s and they would be building a tipper body one week and a pantecnicon the following week. Unbelievable skill,workmanship and those fellas could do literally anything. Unfortunately all
that skill has long one. 
albion1938:
I came across the unit later in it’s life when I was on holiday in the Lakes, late '70s IIRC. It was part of a travelling theatre. Later still it went into preservation as a recovery.Bernard
Good pic Bernard,nice when you can tie up an advert with a pic. I wonder if its still about ?
Mrsteel:
Dean B
Good afternoon, the Seddon with the short tandem behind it looks to be loaded with steel so it could belong to Claytons of Rogerstone nr: Newport who used to work out of Llanwern , but I may be wrong.
Regards, Allan
Yes i think you are right looking at it again Allan,nice one.
MANTRONIC:
“DEANB”MDW DAF tipper. Hey Dean ,good to see you back ,MDW have some new Volvos but no graffiti !! Looking forward to Pauls efforts down Usk way ,thanx MT
Thanks for the comments “MANTRONIC” You obviously have not been paying attention chap ! Paul has been in Newport all this week
sat on his favourite rock taking photos. He tells me he snapped 1700 photos !! Mind you will be a while before we see those as we are still posting pics from the 2000’s.
kmills:
Stelrad was the company that made domestic / household steel radiators - I just googled ‘Stelrad Vulcan’, apparently they were the hot water heater side of the business.
I remember Stelrad having a manufacturing site somewhere in Thanet - Ramsgate I think, but could be wrong.Cheers, Keith
Thanks for the info Keith,good stuff chap.
Mrsteel:
K Mills
Hello, just reading your post on Stelrad . You are correct about the plant in Ramsgate, I used to deliver steel there from South Wales back in the day.
Cheers, Allan
tyneside:
There was a conversation about Hillman Imps a couple of pages backTyneside
Thanks for the pic “tyneside”
Hillman Imp, Singer Chamois and Sunbeam Stiletto, I first saw this wagon at Earls Court 1967, put on the road specifically running Scottish from Coventry and Imps back from Linwood, a Scot the driver used to run all hours. Little did I know in '67 that would be the last motor I would drive on Progressive albeit not with that trailer. When new quite a posh red trimmed cab with ivory colour steering wheel gear knob etc slightly different shade by the time I had it. Low diff 38mph top whack pulled well. I had it on nights and Cowley Bridgewater via Swindon Devizes etc tip A38 to Birmingham (Kings Norton) load and back to Cowley was a very long night and a big difference from an ergo Mercury. Note the steep incline and no safety rail.
Oily
steam:
“DEANB”MAN 8 wheeler tipper. Drivers wearing a tie…
Yes thats a chap called Don driving one of FW Eatons trucks, he always wore a tie !
Thanks for the info “Steam” sounds like he was old school wearing a tie.
oiltreader:
Hillman Imp, Singer Chamois and Sunbeam Stiletto, I first saw this wagon at Earls Court 1967, put on the road specifically running Scottish from Coventry and Imps back from Linwood, a Scot the driver used to run all hours. Little did I know in '67 that would be the last motor I would drive on Progressive albeit not with that trailer. When new quite a posh red trimmed cab with ivory colour steering wheel gear knob etc slightly different shade by the time I had it. Low diff 38mph top whack pulled well. I had it on nights and Cowley Bridgewater via Swindon Devizes etc tip A38 to Birmingham (Kings Norton) load and back to Cowley was a very long night and a big difference from an ergo Mercury. Note the steep incline and no safety rail.
Oily
Thanks for the comments Oily, 38mph !!!
Heres a few more.
“Dieseldog” mentioned earlier in the thread that Progressive were taken over by James Car Delivery.
Heres one of there Guy’s.
Mansel Davies Volvo on a miserable day.
Dyfed Steels DAF. See there rigid motors around my area alot.
H & N Bounds Volvo bulker.
Griffiths Transport MAN.
B.J.Clarke Scania bulker looks brand new in this pic.
You dont see that many Volvo 8 wheelers with the larger cab apart from those on machinery removals etc with a crane on.
Alan Price one with 2 Michelin men which you dont see that often these days.
Anyone know where the Arthur Bros DAF is from ■■
Trevor, AE Gough & Sons plain but tidy Volvo bulker.
T.Richard Jones Volvo. Thats some achievement 75 years in business as of 2010,hope they are still going ■■
H.Morgan tidy DAF.
Some odds and sods.
Click on pages twice to read.
Volvo F88 advert 1975.
Guy 1959.
Pilot 1952.
Passenger trailer from 1960.
Another Passenger trailer from 1962.
York trailers advert featuring a tiny trailer in Hoveringham colours from 1959.
AEC dumptruck.
Taskers trailers 1967.
Duramin half cabs on AEC’s.
Greenhous 1973.
Anyone recognise the Leyland loaded with wheelbarrows ■■
Is this another one of Eaton’s Steam ■■
Whites MAN tipper seen here in Poole.They run fair few tippers from there quarry between Wimborne and Poole. It is now a large
landfill where all the dustcarts go.
Andrews Plant ERF tipper from Wareham.
Anyone recognise the DAF bulker ■■ Looks like an extra axle has been fitted to the trailer for 38 tons. IMP in the background.
Western BRS Scania.
Shell Roadtrain. Whats the car following ■■
Seddon Atkinson 401 of Charles Trent who had a scrap yard. The scrap business must have been quiet as it looks like they are doing
traction work here for Truckline containers on Poole docks.
British Salt Foden followed by a Leyland Bison of RMC and it looks like a Millers blue van in the background.
Marley Tiles Volvo F7 who had a depot in Poole.
Love the Brs Scania, i think that one was a Bridgend motor .
The car looks like a Vauxhall 101 Victor or 4/90. Regarding ties; Tilcon issued ties to to the workers although by the time I started there they had all gone. Some of the older drivers wore them though. There were also mugs, matches, ashtrays, those Lone Star Foden half cab models and other such regalia issued! 
Pete.
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British Salt Foden followed by a Leyland Bison of RMC and it looks like a Millers blue van in the background.
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Unusual headlamp set up on the Foden they normally had single headlamps the size of dustbin lids on those.
Definatley a Millers pie delivery Merc
Hi Dean, The car behind the Shell Leyland Roadtrain is a Vauxhall Victor of the 101 or 4/90 range, mid sixties. Cheers, Ray Smyth.
Ray Smyth:
Hi Dean, The car behind the Shell Leyland Roadtrain is a Vauxhall Victor of the 101 or 4/90 range, mid sixties. Cheers, Ray Smyth.
Its an FC Victor which was sold as a 101, as apparently it had that many improvements over the previous FB series.
MaggieD:
Hi Dean,
I hope you are well, the Little Canford Mercedes in the photo I purchased new in 1975 for a round timber contract I had,I also met my wife at the same time as she worked for Spartrucks the Mercedes dealer,I’ve still got my wife but sold the truck when I started doing International transport.Regards
Richard
LPG Transport DAF tanker parked up at Poole lorry park. Little Canford Haulage Mercedes from Wimborne who are no longer in business.
Hello Richard,small world chap. “Still got the wife”
Nice pic of it on the timber. Can you remember how much that motor cost back then ? Heres another shot of it in Little Canford’s colours.
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Hi Dean,
From memory it was £6750,I was going to have another Leyland Super Mastiff from Sparshatts,John Sparshatt R.I.P. called round and said don’t do that we are just starting Spartrucks a Mercedes dealership and you can have the Mercedes for the same price as a Leyland,so the deal was done.
Regards
Richard
Stroll on “coomsey” looks like all my years of training have finally paid off on you,good pic chap
MaggieD:
MaggieD:
Hi Dean,
I hope you are well, the Little Canford Mercedes in the photo I purchased new in 1975 for a round timber contract I had,I also met my wife at the same time as she worked for Spartrucks the Mercedes dealer,I’ve still got my wife but sold the truck when I started doing International transport.Regards
Richard
LPG Transport DAF tanker parked up at Poole lorry park. Little Canford Haulage Mercedes from Wimborne who are no longer in business.Hello Richard,small world chap. “Still got the wife”
Nice pic of it on the timber. Can you remember how much that motor cost back then ? Heres another shot of it in Little Canford’s colours.
Hi Dean,
From memory it was £6750,I was going to have another Leyland Super Mastiff from Sparshatts,John Sparshatt R.I.P. called round and said don’t do that we are just starting Spartrucks a Mercedes dealership and you can have the Mercedes for the same price as a Leyland,so the deal was done.
Regards
Richard
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Hi Richard,didn’t you have this Renault,seen here at Jurby in Isle of Man?
Hi Dean,
From memory it was £6750,I was going to have another Leyland Super Mastiff from Sparshatts,John Sparshatt R.I.P. called round and said don’t do that we are just starting Spartrucks a Mercedes dealership and you can have the Mercedes for the same price as a Leyland,so the deal was done.
Regards
Richard
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Hi Richard,didn’t you have this Renault,seen here at Jurby in Isle of Man?
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Hi Chris,
Hope you are keeping well yes you are spot on, first trip before the sign writing was done.
Coming up to Thirsk shortly to see the father in law who lives there, maybe be able to buy you a pint whilst I’m visiting ?
Regards
Richard
MaggieD:
Hi Dean,From memory it was £6750,I was going to have another Leyland Super Mastiff from Sparshatts,John Sparshatt R.I.P. called round and said don’t do that we are just starting Spartrucks a Mercedes dealership and you can have the Mercedes for the same price as a Leyland,so the deal was done.
Regards
Richard
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Hi Richard,didn’t you have this Renault,seen here at Jurby in Isle of Man?
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Hi Chris,
Hope you are keeping well yes you are spot on, first trip before the sign writing was done.
Coming up to Thirsk shortly to see the father in law who lives there, maybe be able to buy you a pint whilst I’m visiting ?
Regards
Richard
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Hi Richard.
Let me know when you are coming and we’ll arrange a pint,no problem.You can email or pm me,look forward to it.
