Peter Wells:
Ribble Valley Road Haulage Training Group.That the place I did my Class one, but there had just one veiw line on the fleet the rest where bedford Tms
Peter
Ah, but later on they had two, and a Borderer as well:
I had both the Viewlines, at separate times:
laybuy:
which reminds me what about titchener & brown blackpool clarendon scott road services park road motors keanys bull nosed scammell
Here’s an earlier Clarendon lorry:
I recocnise Mr. Binnie Standing in front of the viewline, lovely man, can’t remember his christian name but I do remember he was ex AF like myself.
240 Gardner:
Big Al:
240 Gardner:
marky:
I got that picture from Glyn Owen, who took it.Ah. so that’s where I got it! I did take one or two through the fence, but clearly that wasn’t one of them!
Hi Chris sorry a little off thread, I think I recalled to you ref meeting Mike Fountain of Fountain Bros Transport Aylsbury
I had left him my card and last week got a really nice letter from him with some pictures from his fleet including one of
HVD 376N with the 240 Gardner when she was in her hay day, I will send you a copy if you like.Hello Al
Yes, thanks, I’d certainly like to see that pic (or any others of Atkis!), thanks very much. I’m at Chris [at] HaulageAnswers.co.uk
thanks
Chris
johnmcvey:
I recocnise Mr. Binnie Standing in front of the viewline, lovely man, can’t remember his christian name but I do remember he was ex AF like myself.
John, I think it was Ian Binnie, but I’m not certain. I’ve heard many tales about him, although I never met him. I did buy that lorry though, and owned it for 19 years.
Yes Chris I think you are right he was called Ian, when I left the RAF I only had a class 2 license so as soon as I could I went for my class 1 and Ian Binney trained me on that very viewline I think it was about 1974, I remember quite vividly how pleased he was that I could handle the gearbox, Mr Binnie was a really nice guy and an excellent trainer.
Chris Miller heavy haulage, pictured here one of their Thornycroft Antar’s regards Big Al
Commercial vehicle road run starting from Leyland Commercial Museum on King Street Sunday 18th October depart about
1000 hrs I will post more details later. Also any one Preston / Lancs / ■■■■■■■ interested in joining The Long Haul Club
we will be holding the AGM on Saturday 21st November, the club was founded in 2005 by Road Transport Enthusiasts I will
post venue and times at a later date. regards Big Al
johnmcvey:
Yes Chris I think you are right he was called Ian, when I left the RAF I only had a class 2 license so as soon as I could I went for my class 1 and Ian Binney trained me on that very viewline I think it was about 1974, I remember quite vividly how pleased he was that I could handle the gearbox, Mr Binnie was a really nice guy and an excellent trainer.
It actually took a young enthusiast through test at Kirkham as late as 1996 - it was coupled to a beefy-looking Noteboom tri-axle trombone, and looked very impressive compared to the Ford Cargo and single-axle trailer parked next to it. Even better was that that the Cargo driver failed so miserably that he wasn’t even allowed out of the test centre, whilst my pupil passed with flying colours. (Most of his instruction was carried out by Reg Jones)
He was out for absolutely ages, and I had convinced myself that either he was doing very badly or that the wagon had given trouble. When they got back, the examiner made a beeline for me: I was rather nervous about what he was going to say, but what he actually said was, “Thank you very much for the privilege of riding in that lorry again - I’ve really enjoyed it! Oh, and by the way, he’s passed.”
She’s had a long and glorious career
Hi Al
Off topic I know but that’s one hell of a site you have there mate, don’t know why I haven’t looked at it before.
cheers
John.
240 Gardner:
Big Al:
Well known Preston Haulier Ainsworth & Martin who bought out another well known Haulier Alan Atkinson,
Alan now rents out trailers from is Midge Hall Depot ( I had a 65ft trombone off him this week)I think that the whole history of Atkinson/A&M is a bit more complicated than that, Al: the original company was R.Atkinson & Sons, and I think that they dated back to something like about 1919. When I first knew them in the late 1970s, there was the R Atkinson company, and then along came Atkinson Trailer Hire, Longton Haulage and Ainsworth & Martin. Each company seemed to be owned by different combinations of the directors of R Atkinson but working from different phones in the same office - all very confusing!
Anyway, here are some older motors from the Atkinson fleet, and the first shows a glimpse of an early Ditchfield Atki (ex-Pandoro Borderer HCW 130N), in the days when they, too, operated from Crossley House, Penwortham. In fact, it might perhaps have been Ditchfield & Kitchen in those days.
R Atkinson also maintained the vehicles of the Ribble Valley Road Haulage Training Group, also based at Crossley House. Later, they acquired the vehicles and contract-hired them back to Ribble Valley.
240 Gardner, having worked for Atkinsons many moons ago i remember the drivers of the the listed vehicles as on XED 982K a lad called Keith Atkinson from Kirkham, and on OCK338K Ken Chambers from around the Preston Area.
tankerian:
240 Gardner, having worked for Atkinsons many moons ago i remember the drivers of the the listed vehicles as on XED 982K a lad called Keith Atkinson from Kirkham, and on OCK338K Ken Chambers from around the Preston Area.
And I remember a chap called Chris Bateson (?) who drove a 400 Series that they bought new, CCK 121S
Big Al:
Chris Miller heavy haulage, pictured here one of their Thornycroft Antar’s regards Big Al
Their only Antar, I think, wasn’t it? Didn’t they buy it for helping out on the Dinorwic hydro-electric job?
And here are a couple of their more traditional machines:
Mk.2 ‘Silver Knight’, photographed in Ashworth Grove at Frenchwood, with the Atki factory directly across the river:
and a Seddon 301 seen in Bowker’s Bamber Bridge depot, loaded with Italian firebricks off the train, and for delivery to Pilkington’s at St Helens if my memory serves me right
An oldie fro m the Riding fleet, late 70’s
trucker.blackpool:
An oldie fro m the Riding fleet, late 70’s
Is that not how a proper haulage fleet hould be run and how a yard should luck, or am I just old fashioned
trucker.blackpool:
trucker.blackpool:
An oldie fro m the Riding fleet, late 70’s
Is that not how a proper haulage fleet hould be run and how a yard should luck, or am I just old fashioned
That is indeed a proper-looking yard!
240 Gardner:
tankerian:
240 Gardner, having worked for Atkinsons many moons ago i remember the drivers of the the listed vehicles as on XED 982K a lad called Keith Atkinson from Kirkham, and on OCK338K Ken Chambers from around the Preston Area.And I remember a chap called Chris Bateson (?) who drove a 400 Series that they bought new, CCK 121S
Chris had about 20 odd years when i worked there as did a bloke called George Fox who got a 401 series i believe.
Here is a blast from the past.
Who rembers Coaltons transport?
They where on Leyland Lane Leyland where the shell garage is now but that has closed and its fenced off.
Who rembers Canning transpot on Leyland Lane where the ATS is now?
So can anyone rember them.
Think back about 35yrs.
Peter
Peter Wells:
Here is a blast from the past.Who rembers Coaltons transport?
They where on Leyland Lane Leyland where the shell garage is now but that has closed and its fenced off.
Who rembers Canning transpot on Leyland Lane where the ATS is now?
So can anyone rember them.
Think back about 35yrs.
Peter
Ah, I think of Canning being on Tomlinson Road, both J Canning and the last gasp, Canning Distribution. Coalton is a new one on me, I’m afraid
