Nice old picts les.
Where was thay based churcboy ?
Now then, What about Alfred Manchester ? Nice looking Motors, crap colour though, bit like an early Edwin Shirley. 
Cheers, Archie.
Yes rember a manchester from charlton when i was a kid being a charlton boy myself.
woodmanmichael:
Yes rember a manchester from charlton when i was a kid being a charlton boy myself.
Hullo,
Almost, just along by Rotherhithe Tunnel they were, Purple, Yellow and White,
A bit of useless information. When you were in Dover a few years ago and waiting to clear or go on the Bank, you had to keep on going back to the Office to check your progress. This could be a bit of a pain in the Bum, because if you’de had a long run up, or if you’de been out on the p*** down the Albion, then turned in, you could wake up and find that they’de been waiting for hours for you to get onto a bay, either to unload or a turnout. You could lose a lot of time and of course ( Money ) through this.
Well Graham Manchester, either the Son or Grandson ( I believe it was the latter ) hit on the idea of installing a few SW Telephones, so he opened an Office in the Clearance Hall and rented out telephones to the Drivers. What a brilliant idea because when either DFG or DCS needed you for any reason, clearance, seal check, turnout or unload, you would get a phone call. I don’t know what happened to him after that, I never saw him again but the phone service continued for a long time, probably still does. I should think that he earned a good few Bob from it though.
Cheers, Archie.
Cheers for that Archie. I thought thay were dark blue.When i started out for W C WOOTTENS E14 i worked with a guy called graham who left to work for mancheters. heard he had a heart attack at 24.never heard about him after that. cheers mick.
TRANSCON ANDY:
this is lovells wharf now
Not quite the same atmosphere! Isn’t progress a wonderfull thing (I don’t think!).
les freathy:
Here are a few old S.E London firms, Dawsons of Southwark street , W Boulter and sons 39 Clements road Bermondsey and Fred Cook who had a depot in Shand street and Toolet Street. The vehicles are AEC Mammoth Major, Semi forward control 6 wheel Ford and Armstrong Saurer
Hiya …that 8 legger JJ ?027…Tideswells at Kingsley S O T still have a AEC mammoth Major (special order 4 wheeler)
the reg is JJ9221 .It was new to Bowaters Paper and pulled a 4 wheel trailer
John
TRANSCON ANDY:
this is lovells wharf now
I see the pub is still there half way down on the left ,but cant remember the name of it,our boss used to treat all of us drivers with our wives ,every xmas, to a whole night in there 
Just seen nice pict of bedford km on bubs scrapbook. British ropes. anchor and hope lane iirc. cheers mick.
This is going back a while, but my dad was born/raised in Stainsby Road, Poplar. my Grandad worked for P.G. Abbotts Haulage in Stainsby Road from the early 40s up till he retired in the late 60s. My dad left school aged 14 in 1938 & went on as a van-boy for P & X Carriers, in either West/East India Dock Road, he was called up in 1942 & was de-mobbed in 1947, he returned to P & X until 1948, then he & mum moved to Oxfordshire, where mum was from. When on P & X as a van-boy dad said he was not allowed to sit in the cab with the driver, he had to sit in the back(summer & winter) ready to jump out to do each delivery when the wagon stopped, P & X work was mainly parcel deliveries all over London, dad had an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of London, if you gave him a postcode he’d tell you where it was, most of this came from his time on P & X.
Nice story Chris sounds like lorry drivers knowlage of the day. cheers mick.
woodmanmichael:
Where was thay based churcboy ?
Redriff Road or there about’s. I recall it vaguely back in about 1974-5 (I was 4-5 yrs old).
MOC:
TRANSCON ANDY:
this is lovells wharf now
I see the pub is still there half way down on the left ,but cant remember the name of it,our boss used to treat all of us drivers with our wives ,every xmas, to a whole night in there
MOC:
TRANSCON ANDY:
this is lovells wharf now
I see the pub is still there half way down on the left ,but cant remember the name of it,our boss used to treat all of us drivers with our wives ,every xmas, to a whole night in there
The pelton arms?
Oh well done churchboy. cheers mick.
Heres a Picture of it off google maps.
Does Convoys Wharf still exist, We used to take paper in there
If any one watched rock and chips the only fools and horses prequel this was the pub used as the nags head
Thanks KR79 and Stupot for the pic.Yea thats the place,cant belive how its all changed,havnt been back there now for
30 years ,since we moved away from the smoke Was happy days then