PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[deanb]

AEC Mammoth Major bulker of Christopher Hills heading back to there mill in Poole.

No idea who the DAF 2800 belonged to,pic was taken in Poole.

Hall & Co Freighter.

“Dorset-Steam” Any idea who operated this F7 seen here heading down Sterte road. No doubt working
on the Holes Bay road.Also any ideas on the red Foden below ?

Looks like David Cooper on the headboard of the Foden.

Anyone recognise the Saviem ■■

Safeway Volvo F7.

Tankfreight / Texaco Mercedes seen here heading towards Poole and there depot which was on Poole docks.

Look like hes not hanging around in the 401. Cant remember what the initials on the tar truck stand for ■■

[buzzer]

Dean S W T D stand for South Western Tar Distilleries who were based a Totton on the Western side of Southampton, cheers Buzzer

[troberts0]

DEANB:
AEC Mammoth Major bulker of Christopher Hills heading back to there mill in Poole.

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No idea who the DAF 2800 belonged to,pic was taken in Poole.

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Hall & Co Freighter.

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“Dorset-Steam” Any idea who operated this F7 seen here heading down Sterte road. No doubt working
on the Holes Bay road.Also any ideas on the red Foden below ?

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Looks like David Cooper on the headboard of the Foden.

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Anyone recognise the Saviem ■■

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Safeway Volvo F7.

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Tankfreight / Texaco Mercedes seen here heading towards Poole and there depot which was on Poole docks.

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Look like hes not hanging around in the 401. Cant remember what the initials on the tar truck stand for ■■

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I reckon the blue X reg F7 belonged to Wool Transport which was something to do with D. J Hedgeman and Portland Plant Hire I believe■■?

[suedehead]

DEANB:
Hall & Co Freighter.

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Looks like its got a clamshell but that crane should be stowed better than that, would be even higher if it was loaded

[dorset]

troberts0 good shout on the Wool Transport F7 forgot all about them

[j_f_g]

DEANB:

Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.
Transcare were distributors for Marks and Spencer,maybe part of Tibbet and Britten or National Carriers but not certain about that.The Sed Atki 300 tanker looks like it carries “Genklene” which was a dry cleaning agent made by ICI.It has a Leeds reg so maybe Tankfreight.

Thanks for the info/comments Chris. Heres one of Tibbet & Britten’s motors.

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Ray Smyth:
“DEANB”

Anyone know what BTS stands for on the Mercedes ■■ Were Monarch a tyre manufacturer ■■

Hi Dean, Perhaps the BTS on the Mercedes-Benz 4 wheeler Monarch van means British Tyre Service ■■ . Cheers, Ray.

Sounds like a winner Ray.

Heres an old advert for The North British Rubber Company from 1956.

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Dorset:
Hi Dean
Nice lot of pictures,not sure if macbar had a bit of a yard on Nuffield ind estate
Think the Daf may of been on marks and spencer or st Michael (as it was known) contract and probably based at Thatcham.
Don’t think the blue Volvo was one of Eatons for a change unless steam can correct me!

Thanks for the comments “Dorset”. Your spot on about Macbar having a place on the Nuffield Estate found this pic after i posted
that one with the address on the door. Its amazing how many unsignwritten blue tippers were running around the Poole/Bournemouth
area back in the 70s/80s.

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Mrsteel:
Dean B,
Hi Dean, I think AJT Recycling are based in Swansea, possibly Neath
Regards ,Allan

Thanks for the info Allan.

Being an ex steel driver this pic may intrest you. A crane operating in a South Wales steel works,which i assume is Port Talbot ■■

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Geordielad:
Thanks for the comments Franky. i take it you were in the Tank Regiment ? Were you based at Bovington Camp our of interest ?
Will pop some Army stuff on over the next few days. I think this is another Abbot.

That one is the Scimitar, a light Recce tank, these would be forward of the heavier Tank Regiments, very fast and nippy. I was in the Royal Artillery, we did use Tanks but they were known as OP Tanks for Observation Post, reporting back targets to the Guns for them to fire on, known as Indirect Fire as the enemy would not be in view of the Guns and Direct Fire the term used when engaging enemy positions Tanks or Armour when they could be seen. The Self Propelled Guns such as the Abbot gave artillery support to Infantry and Armoured units in a Battlegroup. The Guns needed to be Self Propelled basically meaning mechanised as opposed to towed Artillery, to keep up with our Armoured units, these were always used in Germany as part of the NATO defences. Lighter towed artillery tended to be based in the UK and available to be air transported anywhere in the world if needed, hence the Latin motto of the Royal Artillery Ubique, meaning Everywhere. I was based in Germany, Catterick and Aldershot where my unit did a Parachute support role and was involved in the Falklands War although I had left about a year before this but my older Brother who was in the same Regiment went. The 40th Anniversary of that conflict will be in April this year. Franky.

Thanks for the comments Franky,intresting stuff chap. Dont know much about military vehicles but will pop some stuff on.

Heres a Mighty Antar that you will be familiar with. Used to see loads of these going back and forth to Bovington camp when i was
a kid. Now alot of the tanks are moved by contractors vehicles or the Oshkosh. If you are intrested in the Antar theres stuff about
them on pages 273,409 and 437.

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kmills:
That’s Roger Gool- Aka Roger Rabbit.
I made the fuel tanks for Roger on that FH, as pictured on the inside cover of Long Haul Pioneers.
I also made tanks for a 143 that he ran too - I think Ro might have done a trip to the gulf in that one…

Cheers all,

Keith

Thanks for the input Keith.

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diggerdb:
BP ERF tanker.

Thanks Dean, that is a picture of my Dad, who was based at Hamble until 1993. Prior to this he was at both Gloucester and Bridgewater depots, which both closed down. Another picture of same lorry.

Always nice when someone see’s a motor they know,and nice that your dad was driving it !

BP used Trunkers at one time.

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ERF-NGC-European:
“kmills”

That’s Roger Gool- Aka Roger Rabbit.
I made the fuel tanks for Roger on that FH, as pictured on the inside cover of Long Haul Pioneers.
I also made tanks for a 143 that he ran too - I think Ro might have done a trip to the gulf in that one…

Cheers all,

Keith

Yes! I did run with one of Rabbit’s FHs; and on another trip I encountered Roger driving (I think) the 143. We were queueing to get into Syria from Turkey.

Hope you’re keeping well Keith

Heres a bit about Astrans first trip.

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MANTRONIC:
“DEANB”

Tidy Volvo of Mansel Davies.Great shot Dean !thanx MT

Dont think we have had a Simec Transport motor on before.Hey Dean they are based at the former Birdport in Newport ,they have DAFs as well , MT

Thanks for the info MT heres another Manel Davies which i imagine was before they became a Volvo dealer.

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Good Morning

A bit of useless information on the North British Rubber Co Ltd, they were an American company who set up in Cast Mills Edinburgh in 1856, they were the original maker of the " Hunter " green wellington , originally made at a factory in Dumfries they also made conveyor belts, golf balls and hot water bottles, after various buy outs, the " Hunter " wellington is still being made today but in China !

Regards

John

[deanb]

Buzzer:
Dean S W T D stand for South Western Tar Distilleries who were based a Totton on the Western side of Southampton, cheers Buzzer

Thanks for the name Buzzer.

troberts0:
“DEANB”

“Dorset-Steam” Any idea who operated this F7 seen here heading down Sterte road. No doubt working
on the Holes Bay road.Also any ideas on the red Foden below ?

I reckon the blue X reg F7 belonged to Wool Transport which was something to do with D. J Hedgeman and Portland Plant Hire I believe■■?

Reckon your right ,never heard of Wool Transport but very short name on door. Heres a pic of Hedgeman’s mighty F89 seen here
loaded with a Caterpillar Excavator at Fleetsbridge,Poole.Do you know where Hedgeman’s yard was ? Says Bindon Abbey on door
but someone told me it was in Wareham.

Suedehead:
“DEANB”

Hall & Co Freighter.

Looks like its got a clamshell but that crane should be stowed better than that, would be even higher if it was loaded

I meant to mention that when i posted it,but your right i thought it looked high.

Dorset:
troberts0 good shout on the Wool Transport F7 forgot all about them

J.F.G:
“DEANB”

Heres an old advert for The North British Rubber Company from 1956.

Good Morning

A bit of useless information on the North British Rubber Co Ltd, they were an American company who set up in Cast Mills Edinburgh in 1856, they were the original maker of the " Hunter " green wellington , originally made at a factory in Dumfries they also made conveyor belts, golf balls and hot water bottles, after various buy outs, the " Hunter " wellington is still being made today but in China !

Regards

John

Thanks for the comments John ! Not useless information at all i like reading replies like this when i post old adverts,articles etc.
I find some of these old companies very intresting.
You would imagine that they must have made a fortune with the green wellington.

Heres another company that made Conveyors and Cranes that are an intresting company to read about.

[deanb]

Pentons mighty 143 Scania. Always liked there colour scheme.

Mansel Davies Volvo.

Anyone know where the Kenmac Volvo is based ■■

Whittens tidy Scania from Ireland.

Gordon Gilder Scania.

Seddon Atkinson tipper,possibly a owner driver ■■

G.A.Sheppard ERF from ■■

Ralph Davies Volvo.

Phil Thompson & Son ERF.

Kempston, did you drive for Smith’s ■■

[kempston]

Was transport manager there Dean but not this Smiths, different company.

[piston_broke]

GA Shepherd from Marshfield near Chippenham. Now running 4 or 5 artics, all in the dreaded white… A couple of Volvo Fh’s and a couple of Renault T range I think. Geoff Shepherd started the company and it was based in Wick near Bristol. It’s now run by Geoffs nephew, Neill Sheppard, and is based in Andrewws of Marshfields old yard, where I started work in the garage. Neill also now lives in the house my grandmother was born in

Connections, connections

[steam]

DEANB:

steam:
“DEANB”

Heres a surprise,another blue tipper with no name on it ! Any ideas “steam - Dorset”

Hi Dean, It looks like its a Drinkwater Sabey Volvo as the right colour for them, maybe they sold it to an owner driver, definitely not one of Eatons.

Thanks “steam”, how many tippers did Eatons run roughly ?

Hi Dean, when I worked for Eatons 1984/5 there was my ERF 8 wheeler BJN 56 T, Dons MAN (the chap that always wore a tie) and a 6 wheeler Leyland Reiver with a rock body, that was all they had at that time but they also had about 6 or so rigid crane lorrys for brick work and had three artics which at that time was a DAF 2800, Ford Transcontinental and a day cab Leyland Marathon.

steam:
“DEANB”

Macbar Roadtrain low loader. Not sure where they were based but they may have had a depot in Poole as remember seeing
there trucks about.

Macbar yard was on Nuffield Road, just up from where Charlie Browns was if anyone is old enough to remember !!

Charlie Browns,that name rings a bell was that the car parts place just as you entered the estate from Fleetsbridge and they
were on the LHS ?

smallcoal:
Waiting to tip

Hope you have managed to get tipped John. Dont know why pics come out sideways when downloaded from a phone.

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[steam]

steam:

DEANB:

steam:
“DEANB”

Heres a surprise,another blue tipper with no name on it ! Any ideas “steam - Dorset”

Hi Dean, It looks like its a Drinkwater Sabey Volvo as the right colour for them, maybe they sold it to an owner driver, definitely not one of Eatons.

Thanks “steam”, how many tippers did Eatons run roughly ?

Hi Dean, when I worked for Eatons 1984/5 there was my ERF 8 wheeler BJN 56 T, Dons MAN (the chap that always wore a tie) and a 6 wheeler Leyland Reiver with a rock body, that was all they had at that time but they also had about 6 or so rigid crane lorrys for brick work and had three artics which at that time was a DAF 2800, Ford Transcontinental and a day cab Leyland Marathon.

steam:
“DEANB”

Macbar Roadtrain low loader. Not sure where they were based but they may have had a depot in Poole as remember seeing
there trucks about.

Macbar yard was on Nuffield Road, just up from where Charlie Browns was if anyone is old enough to remember !!

Charlie Browns,that name rings a bell was that the car parts place just as you entered the estate from Fleetsbridge and they
were on the LHS ?

Yes Charlie browns was on the left , Macbars was just past them and before what used to be Barlow Fastners

smallcoal:
Waiting to tip

Hope you have managed to get tipped John. Dont know why pics come out sideways when downloaded from a phone.

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[erf-ngc-european]

steam:

steam:

DEANB:

steam:
“DEANB”

Heres a surprise,another blue tipper with no name on it ! Any ideas “steam - Dorset”

Hi Dean, It looks like its a Drinkwater Sabey Volvo as the right colour for them, maybe they sold it to an owner driver, definitely not one of Eatons.

Thanks “steam”, how many tippers did Eatons run roughly ?

Hi Dean, when I worked for Eatons 1984/5 there was my ERF 8 wheeler BJN 56 T, Dons MAN (the chap that always wore a tie) and a 6 wheeler Leyland Reiver with a rock body, that was all they had at that time but they also had about 6 or so rigid crane lorrys for brick work and had three artics which at that time was a DAF 2800, Ford Transcontinental and a day cab Leyland Marathon.

steam:
“DEANB”

Macbar Roadtrain low loader. Not sure where they were based but they may have had a depot in Poole as remember seeing
there trucks about.

Macbar yard was on Nuffield Road, just up from where Charlie Browns was if anyone is old enough to remember !!

Charlie Browns,that name rings a bell was that the car parts place just as you entered the estate from Fleetsbridge and they
were on the LHS ?

Yes Charlie browns was on the left , Macbars was just past them and before what used to be Barlow Fastners

smallcoal:
Waiting to tip

Hope you have managed to get tipped John. Dont know why pics come out sideways when downloaded from a phone.

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Steam: try entering your text AFTER the last quote each time; then we’ll know that you’ve written something and be able to see what you’ve put!

[deanb]

Kempston:
Was transport manager there Dean but not this Smiths, different company.

Think that Smith’s was from Gloucester thinking about it.

Piston broke:
GA Shepherd from Marshfield near Chippenham. Now running 4 or 5 artics, all in the dreaded white… A couple of Volvo Fh’s and a couple of Renault T range I think. Geoff Shepherd started the company and it was based in Wick near Bristol. It’s now run by Geoffs nephew, Neill Sheppard, and is based in Andrewws of Marshfields old yard, where I started work in the garage. Neill also now lives in the house my grandmother was born in

Connections, connections

Sounds like that one brought back some memories “Piston broke”

steam:
“DEANB” “steam” “DEANB”

Heres a surprise,another blue tipper with no name on it ! Any ideas “steam - Dorset”

Hi Dean, It looks like its a Drinkwater Sabey Volvo as the right colour for them, maybe they sold it to an owner driver, definitely not one of Eatons.

Thanks “steam”, how many tippers did Eatons run roughly ?

Hi Dean, when I worked for Eatons 1984/5 there was my ERF 8 wheeler BJN 56 T, Dons MAN (the chap that always wore a tie) and a 6 wheeler Leyland Reiver with a rock body, that was all they had at that time but they also had about 6 or so rigid crane lorrys for brick work and had three artics which at that time was a DAF 2800, Ford Transcontinental and a day cab Leyland Marathon.

Thanks for the info “steam”. My uncle used to load Fred Eaton brick trucks at Beacon Brick Company.

Heres one of there nice Fodens.

steam:
“DEANB”

Macbar yard was on Nuffield Road, just up from where Charlie Browns was if anyone is old enough to remember !!

Charlie Browns,that name rings a bell was that the car parts place just as you entered the estate from Fleetsbridge and they
were on the LHS ?

Yes Charlie browns was on the left , Macbars was just past them and before what used to be Barlow Fastners

Thanks for confirming,remember Charlie Browns well use to get car parts there. Mut admit i had totally forgotten about that
company but i suppose they have been gone for about 25/30 years.

[dorset]

Hi Dean
There is a couple of pictures of the Beacon Hill Foden on here one when Beacon Hill decided to paint everything brown and cream. When they sold the Foden I believe it went to tender and Fred Eaton lost out on it to Basil Hooper who shortened it and turned it into a wrecker. There’s a picture of that too somewhere

[deanb]

Dorset:
Hi Dean
There is a couple of pictures of the Beacon Hill Foden on here one when Beacon Hill decided to paint everything brown and cream. When they sold the Foden I believe it went to tender and Fred Eaton lost out on it to Basil Hooper who shortened it and turned it into a wrecker. There’s a picture of that too somewhere

Always thought the grey colour scheme was better than the brown personally.

Never heard of Basil Hooper,tell me more ?

[deanb]

“steam - Dorset”

Here’s Fred Eaton Marathon seen here between Branksome and Westbourne.

Ryvita ERF heading back to its Parkstone base about a mile away.

Berk Spencer Acids Mercedes tanker.

Tarmac Foden.

H.J.Cutler Mercedes & ERF from Poole.

M.E.Edwards DAF livestock truck.

Bale Volvo draw-bar. Think they have several depots and one in Holton Heath near Wareham where this one is probably based.

Wheelers Scania. I believe they are Cheltenham/Gloucester way and do alot of factory removals.

Kings Heavy Haulage Volvo from Bristol.

I imagine the ■■■■■■■ powered Foden is operated by a owner driver,anyone recognise it ■■

[dorset]

Hi Dean
Great picture of the Marathon,remember shunting trailers from Holton Heath to Glandels with that,bouncing off the verge which was the only way I managed to get it to go in a straight line.
Basil used to do a fair bit of engineering work at Beacon Hill and Glandel and had the garage at Upton with Nigel Palmer. There is a picture on here of the Foden in wrecker form painted red somewhere but being a new by I’ve not sussed how all this posting works yet!!

[dorset]

Kings heavy haulage being closely followed by one of JF Pearce’s Scanias from Frome. Very big fleet always look smart even though they are quite plain either black or white with a yellow and orange door stripe normally.

[stanfield]

A couple more of Bale Group sent to me by a mate of mine Driver John Jackson who drove for them a couple of yrs back