Has anybody got photos of the only Foden S40 that Robson ran the chap on it had chrome hub caps on the front wheels which was unusual for a Robsons motor. Eddie.
robroy:
little ha ba:
robroy:
hodgeturbo:
RBTIs the Foden parked on Aspatria car park? Anybody know who drove it was it a guy called Lee, can’t remember his surname.
That Volvo 86 behind looks like Colin Bateman’s.it was lee parker he moved onto onward transport
Yeh, that,s the guy, Cheers.
Colin Carruthers had a dark blue 86 rigid as far as I remember , don’t know if it had Solway on it though.
did
Batemans not put solway roamer on some lorries
hodgeturbo:
robroy:
little ha ba:
robroy:
hodgeturbo:
RBTIs the Foden parked on Aspatria car park? Anybody know who drove it was it a guy called Lee, can’t remember his surname.
That Volvo 86 behind looks like Colin Bateman’s.it was lee parker he moved onto onward transport
Yeh, that,s the guy, Cheers.
Colin Carruthers had a dark blue 86 rigid as far as I remember , don’t know if it had Solway on it though.did
Batemans not put solway roamed on some lorries
Has thoo been in’t Grasslot Club too-nite Hodge ■■ I think it was “Happy Wanderer” that was the name Colins dad had on the front of his(1933) ERF eh" ,I can’t rember what they had on’t font of’t Atki,could be wrang eh! but that was afor thoo was thowt of eh! 
Dennis.
cattle wagon man:
robroy:
hodgeturbo:
RBTIs the Foden parked on Aspatria car park? Anybody know who drove it was it a guy called Lee, can’t remember his surname.
That Volvo 86 behind looks like Colin Bateman’s.Hi “Robroy” ,
I thought the same as you about the Volvo F 86.However , on closer inspection , the pictured Volvo bears the name
Solway ......... Colins had the nameHappy Wanderer. Also , Colins Volvo had the later-style plastic front grille.Hope this helps,…but who had a Volvo F 86 with the name prefix
Solway?Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Hi “Robroy” ,
Errrrr,…I believe that I owe you an apology , mate !
I have just found a photograph of the Volvo F 86 “Solway ********” , and it was owned by Colin Bateman !! 
Although the photo is blurred , I think it is named “Solway Roamer” , I could not remember this earlier L reg. Volvo ,
thinking that he only owned the (later) one.
I hope this hiccup has not caused you to think you were losing your mind . 
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
cattle wagon man:
robroy:
hodgeturbo:
RBTIs the Foden parked on Aspatria car park? Anybody know who drove it was it a guy called Lee, can’t remember his surname.
That Volvo 86 behind looks like Colin Bateman’s.Hi “Robroy” ,
I thought the same as you about the Volvo F 86.However , on closer inspection , the pictured Volvo bears the name
Solway ......... Colins had the nameHappy Wanderer. Also , Colins Volvo had the later-style plastic front grille.Hope this helps,…but who had a Volvo F 86 with the name prefix
Solway?Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Hi “Robroy” ,
Errrrr,…I believe that I owe you an apology , mate !I have just found a photograph of the Volvo F 86 “Solway ********” , and it was owned by Colin Bateman !!
Although the photo is blurred , I think it is named “Solway Roamer” , I could not remember this earlierLreg. Volvo ,
thinking that he only owned the (later) one.I hope this hiccup has not caused you to think you were losing your mind .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
DENNIS
cattle wagon man:
cattle wagon man:
robroy:
hodgeturbo:
RBTIs the Foden parked on Aspatria car park? Anybody know who drove it was it a guy called Lee, can’t remember his surname.
That Volvo 86 behind looks like Colin Bateman’s.Hi “Robroy” ,
I thought the same as you about the Volvo F 86.However , on closer inspection , the pictured Volvo bears the name
Solway ......... Colins had the nameHappy Wanderer. Also , Colins Volvo had the later-style plastic front grille.Hope this helps,…but who had a Volvo F 86 with the name prefix
Solway?Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Hi “Robroy” ,
Errrrr,…I believe that I owe you an apology , mate !I have just found a photograph of the Volvo F 86 “Solway ********” , and it was owned by Colin Bateman !!
Although the photo is blurred , I think it is named “Solway Roamer” , I could not remember this earlierLreg. Volvo ,
thinking that he only owned the (later) one.I hope this hiccup has not caused you to think you were losing your mind .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
No probs CWM, I’ve been thinking I’m losing my mind long before this
O.K. Hodge I’ve had a think and JJ Batemans Atki was named " Happy Wanderer" and the driver was called Don ! with Colin sat in the passenger seat ! the ERF was named "Smiling Thru’ and was driven by JJB himself eh! Cheers Dennis.
FLOURPOWER:
ROBSONS ROADTRAIN
fworrrhhhh , memories used to get this motor nearly everytime mine went in for service or inspection , had its day by then i guess , hence it being spare , i only had a 2300 daf border warrior so to get this was errrrrhhhhhhh , lets say hated them both ,had the braking efficiency of an alabhama tic .so mr willie storey me old sparra , if ya out there yep the feelings were right , all the s***e ended up in the the north east , well not as bad as that really , lets rephrase that , i got the crap , until i was acepted as then i was a young driver .,no hard feelings intended . some decent tackle eventually came to birtley , it was too late , finito , redundant , shame eh .used to have borders saracen , then border bandit , last one i had was border sceptre … wait for it … a daf 95 never knew where she ended up , could ov been alloa , carlisle , castleford , flitwick , any where for that matter , the s40 foden by the way was called border castle and swiftly re named border eagle , think a tall fella by the name of geordie graham had it , maybe wrong like , regards jon , ps heres one of my baby at baileston ye old border bandit
erfguy:
Has anybody got photos of the only Foden S40 that Robson ran the chap on it had chrome hub caps on the front wheels which was unusual for a Robsons motor. Eddie.
border eagle was the name , however a lot of robsons foden had the chrome caps , nowt unusual there like , did used to have white horse in the windscreen tho and a horseshoe on grill , , regards jon
Aye jonnyA The trims that were on Border Eagle were not the normal Foden ones they were the large ones like the coaches had. Eddie.
hello johnny A… how ya doin.? just browsing around and saw your post .you been busy postin some pictures i can see …i spent hours looking at those pictures you gave me and can say i think we spent most of our youth in or around those motors washing polishing and painting most of them
wouldnt swap any of those times for a gold pig…
as we used to say …,ten ten till then ,till then ten ten we gone bye bye
husky…
daibootsy:
hi dennis, is this right, stan robson wife & jos milligan wife are sisters ?
Two legends & two of the finest hauliers ever to come from the Borders, there was some connection between the two.
erfguy:
Aye jonnyA The trims that were on Border Eagle were not the normal Foden ones they were the large ones like the coaches had. Eddie.
hi eddie . sorry m8 a thort you were on about the standard rimms there . got talkin to my dad about this motor . remember seeing it for first time outside the paintshop at carlise depot when she was painted in the robsons colours. seem to remember it coming in second hand . reckons he got a pic somewhere. fingers crossed …both me nd dad worked for robsons dad from about 1974 to 1992 .and lil old me sadly only frm 1984 to 1990 . both made redundant based in north east … a classic firm like many others .sadly no more … cheers ed . always a pleasure when someone mentions hauliers of old … regards jon
paul ward:
hello johnny A… how ya doin.? just browsing around and saw your post .you been busy postin some pictures i can see …i spent hours looking at those pictures you gave me and can say i think we spent most of our youth in or around those motors washing polishing and painting most of them
wouldnt swap any of those times for a gold pig…
as we used to say …,ten ten till then ,till then ten ten we gone bye bye
husky…
hello there husky .hopes you are well . pleased you enjoyed the pics . many happy days there yet seems like yesterday .and certainly wouldnt change them .days maybe gone but we still got the memories. can ya remember the big sheets of card me dad used to get . ya done some belting drawings on them . timeless classics . also wonder how many cans of mr sheen we went thru .■■? . might gan t asda later in get some batteries if ya fancy gettin ya kenworth out .!!!. but if it rains hoy ya wellies on nd wa just play in the commy doorway … !!! . fworhh me shins a gettin worried . look after ya sel …amazing how times flown by … catch ya on the flip flop 10,10 we gone . a think am stuck in 1975 … best regards eskimo
robert1952:
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Crackin photo , classic photo , classic haulier…
Bewick:
lawrence2765:
0One of stans famous Daf day cabbed artics,Border Citadel MAO 568W.
I hope I don’t open up a can of worms regarding the sheeting of the load!This shot should have been placed on the “sheeting and roping” thread in order to receive well crafted comments
Hi bewick , lets just sumize it had been bucketing down with rain and the driver only got half tipped and had to make quick ammends to protect his faithful cargo ,… ahhhh b》》》》》》, well it sounds a canny excuse …
jonnyA:
Bewick:
lawrence2765:
0One of stans famous Daf day cabbed artics,Border Citadel MAO 568W.
I hope I don’t open up a can of worms regarding the sheeting of the load!This shot should have been placed on the “sheeting and roping” thread in order to receive well crafted comments
Hi bewick , lets just sumize it had been bucketing down with rain and the driver only got half tipped and had to make quick ammends to protect his faithful cargo ,… ahhhh b》》》》》》, well it sounds a canny excuse …
Aye it’s a reet canny excuse “jonnyA”,parked on what looks like a Motorway Services eh! I believe that once UG took Robsons over in 1979/80 ? their standards with regard to roping and sheeting declined considerably.Having become a subsiduary of a large manufacturer a lot of pride disappeared and the writing was firmly on the wall even though the pretence of the old firm was kept going for a while.I can speak from personal experience having had the misfortune to become involved with the WRM Group and having to witness a similar demise of Bewick Transport.Hard to explain unless you have experienced it but a fact never-the-less. Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
jonnyA:
Bewick:
lawrence2765:
0One of stans famous Daf day cabbed artics,Border Citadel MAO 568W.
I hope I don’t open up a can of worms regarding the sheeting of the load!This shot should have been placed on the “sheeting and roping” thread in order to receive well crafted comments
Hi bewick , lets just sumize it had been bucketing down with rain and the driver only got half tipped and had to make quick ammends to protect his faithful cargo ,… ahhhh b》》》》》》, well it sounds a canny excuse …
Aye it’s a reet canny excuse “jonnyA”,parked on what looks like a Motorway Services eh! I believe that once UG took Robsons over in 1979/80 ? their standards with regard to roping and sheeting declined considerably.Having become a subsiduary of a large manufacturer a lot of pride disappeared and the writing was firmly on the wall even though the pretence of the old firm was kept going for a while.I can speak from personal experience having had the misfortune to become involved with the WRM Group and having to witness a similar demise of Bewick Transport.Hard to explain unless you have experienced it but a fact never-the-less. Cheers Bewick.
Hi bewick , it hurts big time to say the least , I worked for robsons frm 1984 to 1990 until I was a casualty of the bunzl meltdown , used to see sum ov ya lads at leeds quite a bit , think it was reid pckaging , opp the tetley factory , obviously ours was tbm stuff , always helped folding sheets , drivers seemed more together then …all the best jon