loaded out of maltby pit for caulden low–alan
then sand to beatson clarke Barnsley
Stanfield:
Just bringing this thread forward with a few more pics as we haven’t had any on since January.654321And last one for tonight 0
Nice photo of JWY668D. this was ex. Hanson the photo I think is Smiles depot at Blucher and im sure the driver was the late Jimmy Trotter a very long serviceman there Cheers Larry
Just looking at those B and W photos and wondering what happened to K and M and Jeffreys tippers,big outfits in their day. Did K and M go into Midland Storage at Ilkeston? All to do with pits closing I suppose. 
my first driving job for peter greggains of maryport ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ loaded at wimpey minings potatopot site workington ■■■■■■■ 1988
late 50’s early 60’s Peter Slaters men had “reputation” round these parts. A job requirement for drivers was that “you must have NO fear, the brakes will hold”. Brakes were relined on a nightly basis. To see those lads going down Blackstone Edge, loaded, was frightening to watch. If a man got a week out of a set of bake linings he wasn’t up to the job.
victor thompson, flimby,maryport,■■■■■■■ dont know where pic was taken. anybody know which colliery it is ?
Found this excellent picture on flickr by Cairavon hope he wont mind sharing it with us.
A couple of Peter Slater photos sent to me by RAY MORRIS off his flickr site.Do any of you lads know the place that they are delivering too.
flickr.com/mr.mond50 if you go to this page just type in mr.mond50 in the search box and it brings up his photos
One here belonging to british gas- Foden albiet not an haulier as such they ran quite a sizeable fleet of these at one time (when all these type of companys were British) 
I remember Slaters ran into Stockport Gas Works a lot John but I’m not sure if that’s where that pic was taken.
slaters ran into a lot of things chris , walls , houses , fields etc , usually when the brakes gave up under the strain . anyroad , where the 'ell you been hiding , what with harry gone missing (pc trouble ) and you on the quiet side we’ve just had to manage the best we could . cheers , dave
In one of Bob Tuck’s books it mentions Slaters running to Rochdale Gas Works from Methley Colliery, three loads a day plus two on a saturday. He also mentions that brakes were relined on a monthly basis on some of the AEC eight leggers!
Pete.
rigsby:
slaters ran into a lot of things chris , walls , houses , fields etc , usually when the brakes gave up under the strain . anyroad , where the 'ell you been hiding , what with harry gone missing (pc trouble ) and you on the quiet side we’ve just had to manage the best we could . cheers , dave
Eyup Dave.Aye,they were the equivalent of Mullans out of Chesterfield were Slaters. 
Glad you have managed without me,been to France for a week.Didn’t see any Big Js with 8 pots in 'em though,in fact didn’t see any Big Js at all.Didn’t even see a Lomas.
Ex Peter Slater Truck Leyland Steer HHL 492
