PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[troberts0]

“Dorset-Steam” Any idea who operated this F7 seen here heading down Sterte road. No doubt working
on the Holes Bay road.

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■■?
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“troberts0” Re the blue Volvo F7 that you thought was Wool transport,can confirm you were 100% correct,heres another pic

of the same truck.

New pic arrived yesterday which you can clearly see Wool on the door.

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I think Wool Transport had two of those F7s, then again most of the memories are childhood ones so may be a bit sketchy.
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[dieselcowboy]

DEANB:
Posted this F12 ages ago coming through Dorchester and wondered if it was one of Hedgeman’s as i think it says Wool
on the door. Assume it carried the traction engine “Princess Mary” ?

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Dean, that was the name of the truck, he also had an FL7 8 wheeled tipper called Princess of York. Princess Mary always led the Weymouth carnival procession and carried the carnival queen. She normally pulled a low loader trailer, and went through several livery changes, ending up in a maroon with Portland Plant Hire wording on her. She was quite a machine and worked well into the 90’s on heavy haulage with my old mate Dave at the wheel. Most of the trucks carried Hedgeman’s design of a flying Mallard on the side, earning the fleet in the CB days the nickname of The Flying Duck Squad.

[deanb]

oiltreader:
M6 at Keele Services September 2016 three came by while I was there, can’t find the other one.
Oily

Thanks for the pics Oily,they run some very tidy motor’s.

tastrucker:
“DEANB”

Think it says Trevor Morris on the Seddon Atkinson ■■

Hello DEAN ,yes that is Trevor Morris from Oswestry ,he a couple of those Seddon Atkinsons with Rolls 320 engines ,thank you Trevor

Thanks for confirming Trevor.

Ray Smyth:
Hi Dean, The Armada Tube trailer has a Launceston telephone code, 01566,
and the M.A.N. unit has a Truro registration plate WK. Cornish Pasties eh ?.

Cheers, Ray Smyth.

Cheers Ray.

Dorset:
Hi Dean
The TM of Saits which I’m sure was brand new at the time was more demonstrating the multi lift skip system. I’m not sure what the first one was Dave had. He had a 6 wheel F86 ex Meon Valley Metals which is pictured somewhere on here STR 96N, the 6 wheel F88 MYG 216P a 1974 Super Mastiff can’t remember the reg,a 6 wheel Guy and 2 8 wheel F7s UKC 402 and 403V which are pictured also.
The 2800 I think came from Furnell,it either rolled or had a smack on the continent and Dave put it back on the road. I went with him in it to Wadebridge to take back the Iron Maiden showman’s engine which he had borrowed whilst he was converting a road loco into a showman’s,he was using it as a pattern. The engine on the back is the Fowler Candy Floss. Another bit of boring info there was a F88 which sold in the Derek Cooper auction which belonged to Dave VHO 103R which sold for about 43k and apparently only had around 60k on the clock,I know for a fact that whilst Dave had it it did Corfe Mullen to Sittingborne and back every day for about 3 years plus what it had done before he got it,think the cable must of been broken for a few years

Great info “Dorset” You certainly know alot about Corbins i use to go there a bit but after you as i dont remember his Guy or
the the F86. He seemed to get rid of the artics and tended to use rigids from what i can remember seeing on the roads in the 80s/90s.
I wondered why he had the DAF ,must have been cheap !!! I can remember his traction engines,must have had about 4 from
memory ? Thats a cracker about the 60,000 kms F88 doing roundtrips to Sittingbourne for 3 years !

One of the drivers was Graham ■■? who drove one of the F88’s.

Heres another pic of Sait’s TM.

Heres the Meon Valley Metals F86.

Heres one of his Volvo F7’s.

Dont have a pic of VHO 103R but here’s OTK 59J.

dave docwra:
“DEANB”

G.L.Baker Guy from Faversham i think. Looks like he normally pulls a flat bed looking at all the sheet’s on the roof sheet rack.

Possibly a Silvertown based vehicle.

Cheers Dave.

ERF-NGC-European:

dave docwra:

DEANB:
G.L.Baker Guy from Faversham i think. Looks like he normally pulls a flat bed looking at all the sheet’s on the roof sheet rack.

Possibly a Silvertown based vehicle.

Yes Dave, Silvertown units pulled containers and Faversham units tended to pull boxes and fridges.

And yes Dean, I did drive Westermann’s drawbars for a while.

Cheers Ro.

robthedog:
J & W Tipper Hire Hino from Sandy Lane,Upton. Dont remember seeing them around.

Hi Dean j&W tipper hire were from sandy lane Fair Oak, near Eastleigh Hants

Thats why i did not recognise them Rob,wrong Sandy Lane.

tyneside:
Hi Dean. I think the KW Agriblends ERF will be what used to be Kenneth Wilson Grain. Based at Wetherby and now owned by Associated British Foods.
Tyneside

Cheers “tyneside” Heres one of there tidy Foden’s. Article about them on page 302.

troberts0:
“DEANB”

I think Wool Transport had two of those F7s, then again most of the memories are childhood ones so may be a bit sketchy.
I’ll attach a few old photos below starting with ARC, the old premix plant at Chickerell.

ARC premix at the construction of the Blandford bypass, presumably supplying from Todber plant

Great pics “troberts0” thanks for posting them.

Heres an ARC article that you may find intresting.Will pop something on about the Bison in the next few days.

Click on pages twice to read.

Dieselcowboy:
“DEANB”

Posted this F12 ages ago coming through Dorchester and wondered if it was one of Hedgeman’s as i think it says Wool
on the door. Assume it carried the traction engine “Princess Mary” ?

Dean, that was the name of the truck, he also had an FL7 8 wheeled tipper called Princess of York. Princess Mary always led the Weymouth carnival procession and carried the carnival queen. She normally pulled a low loader trailer, and went through several livery changes, ending up in a maroon with Portland Plant Hire wording on her. She was quite a machine and worked well into the 90’s on heavy haulage with my old mate Dave at the wheel. Most of the trucks carried Hedgeman’s design of a flying Mallard on the side, earning the fleet in the CB days the nickname of The Flying Duck Squad.

Thanks for the info “Dieselcowboy” good stuff chap.

[dorset]

Hi Dean
Thanks for finding those pictures
Yes Graham Gillingham drove VHO 103R he went on to do continental with Kelvin Holloway,real nice bloke. Did spend a lot of time at Corbins from about 1973-85,only a kid though. I think Deans did quite a lot of the bulk work in the end with the fragmantised scrap,I can remember ings from fordingbridge and CTS from Tamworth doing loads out of there too. Would be nice to have the old days back!! Also some more useless info the F88 OTK 59J was driven by a chap called Jack,can’t remember his surname he left Corbin to go and drive one of EF Phillips Roman skip loaders.
Yes he did have a few engines,the one he converted was called monarch of the road,my job at weekends was to wind the handle on the furnace to heat the rivets for the firebox and boiler,so much noise with the air hammers no wonder I’m partially deaf now!

[buzzer]

Hi Dean just to confirm J & W tipper hire were from Sandy lane, Fairoak as stated by RTD, formerly owned by a friend of mine Chris Collins, they worked out of the old sand pit in Sandy lane and an interesting story there after that a mate of us both want the level of a ten acre field to be raised so they worked together, J &W took hundreds of tons of waste in there then capped it off with half decent topsoil, the locals did not like the extra lorry traffic and complained all the time. Now the best bit, my mate who owned the field had some chap approach him in the pub to do some metal detecting with his group, well the tenner a head swayed my mate and so it took place but after three hours one of the group came out and asked my mate if there had ever been a tip there, well he replied I been here 35 years and not to my knowledge so he drove off with his rusty old fork his only treasure he found. My mate gad 250 quid for the pleasure and so ends my tale, Buzzer

PS. every time J&W got fined for overweight the next ten loads were loaded over to pay the fine

[5thwheel]

DEANB:
Dont think we have had a Armada Tube motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■

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Remix Dry Mortar DAF.

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Dont think we have had a R.S.Bugler motor on before,anyone know where they are based ■■

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Meachers Iveco from Southampton.

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Tidy DAF tipper of New Milton Sand & Ballast.

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K.W.Agriblends ERF from ■■

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T.D.Williams Volvo.

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Anyone know what TTX stands for on the Renault ■■

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Possibly a Council Foden queing on the Dorchester bypass.

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Must have cost a fortune to put the Boarhunt Volvo wrecker on the road.

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Hi Dean,

TTX,TT Express Ltd from Oldham,packed it in December 2019.

David

[smallcoal]

Ttx were bought out by tdw or owens as I recall or may be nolans

[deanb]

Charles Footman ERF

R.N.Roberts & Sons Volvo from North Wales.

A couple of Owens Volvo’s.

Smiths Scania will be working hard as going up hill.

Gerry Jones DAF. Thats the first one i can remember seeing thats not a MAN and was taken in 2010. Did he change to DAF’s ■■

CYMRU Metals ERF bulker.

Jack Trans tidy Volvo from Welshpool.

Trevor, one of your favourites A.E.Jones smart Scania bulker.

Anyone recognise the tidy DAF ■■

Tidy Foden bulker of Jones Transport from ■■ We have had these on before but cant remember where they are based ?

[froggy55]

Buzzer:
Hi Dean just to confirm J & W tipper hire were from Sandy lane, Fairoak as stated by RTD, formerly owned by a friend of mine Chris Collins, they worked out of the old sand pit in Sandy lane and an interesting story there after that a mate of us both want the level of a ten acre field to be raised so they worked together, J &W took hundreds of tons of waste in there then capped it off with half decent topsoil, the locals did not like the extra lorry traffic and complained all the time. Now the best bit, my mate who owned the field had some chap approach him in the pub to do some metal detecting with his group, well the tenner a head swayed my mate and so it took place but after three hours one of the group came out and asked my mate if there had ever been a tip there, well he replied I been here 35 years and not to my knowledge so he drove off with his rusty old fork his only treasure he found. My mate gad 250 quid for the pleasure and so ends my tale, Buzzer

PS. every time J&W got fined for overweight the next ten loads were loaded over to pay the fine

I probably missed something in the conversation, but what exactly is this truck? The surrounding looks definitely British, but the truck Japanese. Thanks…

[deanb]

“troberts0” Lee you popped a pic of the K series Dodge on yesterday that ended up with Polley’s.

The Kew Dodge was launched in 1965,and heres a bit about it.

Click on pages twice to read.

[deanb]

Froggy55:
I probably missed something in the conversation, but what exactly is this truck? The surrounding looks definitely British, but the truck Japanese. Thanks…

Its a Hino “Froggy55”

[deanb]

New pics posted at the bottom of the last page.

[deanb]

Dorset:
Hi Dean
Thanks for finding those pictures
Yes Graham Gillingham drove VHO 103R he went on to do continental with Kelvin Holloway,real nice bloke. Did spend a lot of time at Corbins from about 1973-85,only a kid though. I think Deans did quite a lot of the bulk work in the end with the fragmantised scrap,I can remember ings from fordingbridge and CTS from Tamworth doing loads out of there too. Would be nice to have the old days back!! Also some more useless info the F88 OTK 59J was driven by a chap called Jack,can’t remember his surname he left Corbin to go and drive one of EF Phillips Roman skip loaders.
Yes he did have a few engines,the one he converted was called monarch of the road,my job at weekends was to wind the handle on the furnace to heat the rivets for the firebox and boiler,so much noise with the air hammers no wonder I’m partially deaf now!

I am enjoying your comments about Corbins but never spent anywhere near as much time as you did there,but your comments bring
back alot of memories and also about the other local hauliers,good stuff chap.

Thats the fella Graham Gillingham,really nice bloke. I can remember Dave telling me that he had been upto a large scrap yard in
Liverpool to do a deal. May have been when he bought the second hand fragmentiser cant remember but he left in his Range Rover
and Graham was driving a loaded F88 back. Anyway Dave told me that he got back to Wimborne and said he had been doing 70/80mph
all the way. He said he popped in the weighbridge and was having a cup of tea when 20 minutes later Graham pulled in !!

I think we have had one of Kelvin’s on.

Heres one of Dean’s.

Remember Ings Transport very well from just outside Fordingbridge,but can only remember there DAF 2800’s but we have had a
Marathon and this F86 which i dont remember.

Heres one of CTS ERF’s tipping at Christopher Hill’s main mill on West Quay road and loading out of Corbin’s would have made
perfect sense.Spent hours at this Mill as a kid.

The other company i remember back then that use to load out of there alot was Prior’s with the blue F88’s from Steeple Aston
near Bicester. Used to see them often parked up in the lorry park in Wimborne at night,all now gone.

Heres a couple of E.F.Phillips Roman skip trucks you mentioned.

[deanb]

Buzzer:
Hi Dean just to confirm J & W tipper hire were from Sandy lane, Fairoak as stated by RTD, formerly owned by a friend of mine Chris Collins, they worked out of the old sand pit in Sandy lane and an interesting story there after that a mate of us both want the level of a ten acre field to be raised so they worked together, J &W took hundreds of tons of waste in there then capped it off with half decent topsoil, the locals did not like the extra lorry traffic and complained all the time. Now the best bit, my mate who owned the field had some chap approach him in the pub to do some metal detecting with his group, well the tenner a head swayed my mate and so it took place but after three hours one of the group came out and asked my mate if there had ever been a tip there, well he replied I been here 35 years and not to my knowledge so he drove off with his rusty old fork his only treasure he found. My mate gad 250 quid for the pleasure and so ends my tale, Buzzer

PS. every time J&W got fined for overweight the next ten loads were loaded over to pay the fine

Classic story Buzzer.
I image alot of the muck away tippers were over weight back then and if you are running around locally like in Poole/Bournemouth
the chances of being pulled on a weighbridge are very unlikely.

5thwheel:
“DEANB”

Anyone know what TTX stands for on the Renault ■■

Hi Dean,

TTX,TT Express Ltd from Oldham,packed it in December 2019.

David

Thanks for the info David.

smallcoal:
Ttx were bought out by tdw or owens as I recall or may be nolans

One of them has to be right John… Trust the job is still going well.

[deanb]

Some oldies at the steam fair.

[essexpete]

DEANB:
Some oldies at the steam fair.

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What is the 1920s looking tractor unit? I am guessing Leyland or Scammell?

[deanb]

essexpete:

DEANB:
Some oldies at the steam fair.

What is the 1920s looking tractor unit? I am guessing Leyland or Scammell?

Yes its a Scammell Pete,not sure what model.

[deanb]

Beresford ERF B series in JCB colours.

I reckon this is one of Mark Compton’s F12’s parked in his yard in Parkstone ?

English China Clay ERF B series.

Not sure who operated this K series Dodge seen here in Parkstone.

New Foden haulmaster chassis.

Old Foden dump truck,not sure what model it is ■■

Looks like one of Whites gravel pits old F86 which has been sold on. Whites had a fair few different colour schemes over the years.

Two of Greenwoods motors that will have dropped off empty trailer at Poole docks and collected these loaded ones that used to
be shipped unaccompanied loaded with Zanussi washing machines.

Anyone recognise the leyland Reiver seen here parked at Poole docks by Furnells garage.

Dont remember this Transcon of Broadbank from Poole. Anyone know where they were based in Poole ■■

[elsa_lad]

smallcoal:
Ttx were bought out by tdw or owens as I recall or may be nolans

Yes Nolan took it over when the firm went under. Not sure what TTX stood for but it was owned by the Taylor family and the x I think stood for express.

Probably got it totally wrong again
Simon

[casual_observer]

Looks like one of Whites gravel pits old F86 which has been sold on. Whites had a fair few different colour schemes over the years.

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Looks like another ex Sam Anderson F 86 .

XGB 530S, another F 86 with exact same style of body was posted earlier in thread, still bearing remnants of Anderson’s livery