Fearns were from Barnsley Pete,heres another one. I see your comment about British Salt regarding
Leylands. It would appear that they operated a more mixed fleet than i thought. 
DEANB:
Fearns were from Barnsley Pete,heres another one. I see your comment about British Salt regarding
Leylands. It would appear that they operated a more mixed fleet than i thought.0
Thank you Dean
pete smith:
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Hello Pete ,that Atkinson could have been Telford based ,thier was a garage in Dawley forgotten the name ,coould have been thiers ,thank you Trevor
tastrucker:
pete smith:
.Hello Pete ,that Atkinson could have been Telford based ,thier was a garage in Dawley forgotten the name ,coould have been thiers ,thank you Trevor
Hi Trevor,
Thank you for the reply, only 2 yards I can remember was R H P and just past that lane on the right was a coach companies yard, sorry I cannot remember the name! Cheer’s Pete
I remember pulling a lot of these curtain-sided fridges in the eighties. Weren’t the Boalloy ones called Fridgeliners? They were relatively short-lived and seemed to disappear altogether by the turn of the 21st century. Robert
pete smith:
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Morning pete,
Not being picky but John,(J C Dean) fell out with Princes, the Volvo dealer and started buying ERF to show he was not “stuck with Volvo” and to get Volvo to sharpen up the pencil when next quoting.
How do I know this ■■? I was selling ERF !!! Harvey
ERF-NGC-European:
I remember pulling a lot of these curtain-sided fridges in the eighties. Weren’t the Boalloy ones called Fridgeliners? They were relatively short-lived and seemed to disappear altogether by the turn of the 21st century. Robert0
They were popular on wholesale market produce deliveries for a time, we had some at Turners, and I remember that the thicker than normal curtains made them hard work to slide along the trailer sides.
gingerfold:
ERF-NGC-European:
I remember pulling a lot of these curtain-sided fridges in the eighties. Weren’t the Boalloy ones called Fridgeliners? They were relatively short-lived and seemed to disappear altogether by the turn of the 21st century. Robert0
They were popular on wholesale market produce deliveries for a time, we had some at Turners, and I remember that the thicker than normal curtains made them hard work to slide along the trailer sides.
Yes Graham,A E Lenton from Boston area had some early 80s,old Maurice used to come into Maltby every day with veg and was always complaining about the heavy curtains.
Pretty sure this is 275 AVV. I think it was operated out of Gilbert Lawrenson’s yard in Merton Road, Bootle in the late 80s, but I’m not sure whether it belonged to Lawrenson’s or not.
Lawrenson’ ran an elderly Atkinson fleet at that time, principally on contract to Bibby Edible Oils in Liverpool
Nice capture of the C & G Neve ERF, Pete, thank you - I remember them when I worked in Fleetwood in the late 70s
HRS:
pete smith:
.Morning pete,
Not being picky but John,(J C Dean) fell out with Princes, the Volvo dealer and started buying ERF to show he was not “stuck with Volvo” and to get Volvo to sharpen up the pencil when next quoting.
How do I know this ■■? I was selling ERF !!! Harvey
Hi Harvey,
No problem mate, should have remembered as it has been on another thread about Deans early Volvo’s! Cheer’s Pete
Chris Webb:
gingerfold:
ERF-NGC-European:
I remember pulling a lot of these curtain-sided fridges in the eighties. Weren’t the Boalloy ones called Fridgeliners? They were relatively short-lived and seemed to disappear altogether by the turn of the 21st century. Robert0
They were popular on wholesale market produce deliveries for a time, we had some at Turners, and I remember that the thicker than normal curtains made them hard work to slide along the trailer sides.
Yes Graham,A E Lenton from Boston area had some early 80s,old Maurice used to come into Maltby every day with veg and was always complaining about the heavy curtains.
Afternoon All,
Thank you for all the comments,
I think Dairy Crest or Unigate had these insulated curtainsiders for the distribution of milk, from memory they opened vertically by cables powered by electric motor, Cheer’s Pete
240 Gardner:
0Pretty sure this is 275 AVV. I think it was operated out of Gilbert Lawrenson’s yard in Merton Road, Bootle in the late 80s, but I’m not sure whether it belonged to Lawrenson’s or not.
Lawrenson’ ran an elderly Atkinson fleet at that time, principally on contract to Bibby Edible Oils in Liverpool
Hi Chris G,
The Atki is heading south on Keele bank I think, and thanks for the thanks concerning the Neve photo, Pete
Thanks again for the Riding picture Pete.
D880 SHG seen heading South a mile past Junction 15 on the M6 near Stoke on Trent.
Seddon Atkinson 401 Series 4x2 tractor unit Reg No D880 SHG Fleet No 90 ‘■■■■ o’The North’ was registered new
to Riding’s on the 1st of September 1986 at a cost of £30,023 plus vat.
Tom Riding continues below…
“I seem to remember this was the first Gardner 6LXDT we operated and it covered a massive amount of mileage with no problems.
This engine had been built at Patricroft before they decided to have them built by London Transport workshops an act of folly which
caused many problems with subsequent engines until production reverted back to Patricroft.
This particular tractor unit spent years on the Bainbridge contract running to Enfield and back on nights and Birmingham and back on days.
Paul Spearriett drove it from new on nights and Neil Jackson was it’s day man.
Another very interesting fact is that the Bridgestone M711 pattern tyres fitted when new on the drive axle did a massive 262.000 miles with just a regroove.”
moomooland:
Thanks again for the Riding picture Pete.D880 SHG seen heading South a mile past Junction 15 on the M6 near Stoke on Trent.
1Seddon Atkinson 401 Series 4x2 tractor unit Reg No D880 SHG Fleet No 90 ‘■■■■ o’The North’ was registered new
to Riding’s on the 1st of September 1986 at a cost of £30,023 plus vat.Tom Riding continues below…
“I seem to remember this was the first Gardner 6LXDT we operated and it covered a massive amount of mileage with no problems.
This engine had been built at Patricroft before they decided to have them built by London Transport workshops an act of folly which
caused many problems with subsequent engines until production reverted back to Patricroft.
This particular tractor unit spent years on the Bainbridge contract running to Enfield and back on nights and Birmingham and back on days.
Paul Spearriett drove it from new on nights and Neil Jackson was it’s day man.
Another very interesting fact is that the Bridgestone M711 pattern tyres fitted when new on the drive axle did a massive 262.000 miles with just a regroove.”0
No problem Paul, nothing wrong with repeats…ask the BBC!
“Looks like a Scottish operator, cannot make name out _ _ Garrie”
Hi Pete, could there be a connection here mcgarrietransportltd.com if you scroll down to the fleet, sameish livery a few years on.
Cheers
Oily
oiltreader:
“Looks like a Scottish operator, cannot make name out _ _ Garrie”
Hi Pete, could there be a connection here mcgarrietransportltd.com if you scroll down to the fleet, sameish livery a few years on.
Cheers
Oily
Morning Oily,
Thank you for that link, yes I think it is the same company, on there web site they claim " we would be nowhere with out our Scania fleet" should remember the motor’s what paved the way for the Scania’s… or perhaps they would rather forget!! Cheer’s Pete
