Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi gents, just to reassure the veterans that the young 'uns are still coming through…
Mini Muckaway loading at Southsea (right miserable git driving the 1-RB though 
)
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.
Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Nice one Marc.Tilcon used to own the Gore quarry the other side of the valley from here.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Nice one Marc.Tilcon used to own the Gore quarry the other side of the valley from here.
Cheers Dave.
We had one with that type of body, WNU 799K, yet another Gardner that I rebuilt!! Make a change from those TARM*C photos that keep appearing. 
Pete.
windrush:
Dave the Renegade:
Nice one Marc.Tilcon used to own the Gore quarry the other side of the valley from here.
Cheers Dave.We had one with that type of body, WNU 799K, yet another Gardner that I rebuilt!!
Pete.
They only had one of those for a short time at the Gore Pete,just after Tilcon bought out Mann-Abell.They had mostly Foden S80 cabbed eight leggers in those days.
Cheers Dave.
Bewick:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Looks to be about 27 ft dennis.
regards dave.
could this be the same lorry? Photo taken 1975 when it looked very new… 
/Stellan
Yes well spotted Stellan,some good stuff coming through,pleased we’ve had a Tilcon motor through. 
Here’s a few more MT cuttings nothing very exciting but wonder if anybody knew the sales duo with
allegedly the first TM.Cop those flairs,mind I’ve no need to talk,some still in my wardrobe,well you never know.
Mike.
dafdave:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Looks to be about 27 ft dennis.
regards dave.
hiya,
Seem to remember those trailers being referred to as eight metre
jobs and you’re right Dennis the driver would be one of the London
shunters who’s name I can’t remember but he worked there forever
the load most likely was destined for overnight trunk to the Lancs
fruit and veg markets, O’h how I hated Covent Garden.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
dafdave:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Looks to be about 27 ft dennis.
regards dave.hiya,
Seem to remember those trailers being referred to as eight metre
jobs and you’re right Dennis the driver would be one of the London
shunters who’s name I can’t remember but he worked there forever
the load most likely was destined for overnight trunk to the Lancs
fruit and veg markets, O’h how I hated Covent Garden.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hey Harry did measure in metric in those days 
,Vic
harry_gill:
dafdave:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Looks to be about 27 ft dennis.
regards dave.hiya,
Seem to remember those trailers being referred to as eight metre
jobs and you’re right Dennis the driver would be one of the London
shunters who’s name I can’t remember but he worked there forever
the load most likely was destined for overnight trunk to the Lancs
fruit and veg markets, O’h how I hated Covent Garden.
thanks harry, long retired.
Aye me as well Harry,fiddling bloody suvvern chuffs,hated it with a passion,nowhere to park,bloody traffic wardens and all the rest of the Smoke on yer back.And as for the Floral Hall I never saw Dame Nellie Melba.Worst place ever in my driving career. 
v7victor:
harry_gill:
dafdave:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Looks to be about 27 ft dennis.
regards dave.hiya,
Seem to remember those trailers being referred to as eight metre
jobs and you’re right Dennis the driver would be one of the London
shunters who’s name I can’t remember but he worked there forever
the load most likely was destined for overnight trunk to the Lancs
fruit and veg markets, O’h how I hated Covent Garden.
thanks harry, long retired.Hey Harry did measure in metric in those days
hiya,
Yes Vic Bowker did always refer to trailer length in metric possibly
because they had so many continental connections even in the 60s.
thanks harry, long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
windrush:
Dave the Renegade:
Nice one Marc.Tilcon used to own the Gore quarry the other side of the valley from here.
Cheers Dave.We had one with that type of body, WNU 799K, yet another Gardner that I rebuilt!!
Pete.
They only had one of those for a short time at the Gore Pete,just after Tilcon bought out Mann-Abell.They had mostly Foden S80 cabbed eight leggers in those days.
Cheers Dave.
The tipper body, looks like A Thynne design from Bolton wich if my mems serverves me right was patr of the Tipping Gear firm Edbro■■? Regards Larry, This Dodge has a similar desing tipper bodey.
Yes Laurence, they were Thynne bodies and a right load of rubbish ours were as well! That ‘open’ type wasnt too bad, but the insulated ones cracked everywhere after only a couple of years mostly due to the heat I imagine. I think that it was only the pop rivetted panels that stopped them falling apart, having said that other makes didnt fare much better until we went onto Cravens Tasker and they stood up quite well considering the battering they got from either asphalt or foundry stone. The trucks that were kept only on dry stone fared better, I think the extreme temperature of the later asphalts caused the floors and sides to buckle on the coated trucks and it wasnt long before the crossmembers started poking through.
Pete.
harry_gill:
v7victor:
harry_gill:
dafdave:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Well done to Marcus for passing the 700,000 mark. Let’s all push his Scrapbook Memories thread onwards to 8000,000 and beyond.
Here’s my contribution for today. These were taken by that great photographer, writer and historian Arthur Ingram and date from the 1960s. They have been scanned from negatives in the Ingram/Roundoak archive. I have all the dates and locations and will add these later.
hiya,
Remember this one very well, served Bowkers very well and regularly
carried a fair old whack, it was there when I was but never my motor.
thanks harry, long retired.Would that have been a load out of Covent Garden do you reckon “H”,it looks a bit like one! What length of trailer would it have been ? a bit short arsed but then the artics were only 24 tonners in them day’s I suppose.And it looks like it could be a “cockney” shunter at the wheel as no self respecting Blackburn driver would wear a white shirt and braces surely !!! Unless it really was you at wheel “H” and your keeping “stumm” !! Cheers Dennis
Looks to be about 27 ft dennis.
regards dave.hiya,
Seem to remember those trailers being referred to as eight metre
jobs and you’re right Dennis the driver would be one of the London
shunters who’s name I can’t remember but he worked there forever
the load most likely was destined for overnight trunk to the Lancs
fruit and veg markets, O’h how I hated Covent Garden.
thanks harry, long retired.Hey Harry did measure in metric in those days
hiya,
Yes Vic Bowker did always refer to trailer length in metric possibly
because they had so many continental connections even in the 60s.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yeah,Harry i see were you are comming from now.Vic.
Hello again lads,heres todays pics…pity the bloke who took the photo of the Scammell in the 1st pic didnt cut the tree down before taking the shot 
,Cheers Bubbs,
hiya bubbs …well done on the postings you,ve generated…the photo of the scammell was suposed to be for the tree
it was luck the scammell was there.nudge nudge wink wink
john
Muckaway:
Hi gents, just to reassure the veterans that the young 'uns are still coming through…
Mini Muckaway loading at Southsea (right miserable git driving the 1-RB though
Come on Muckaway yer not teaching that lad of yours right, where’s his hard hat and hi vis vest !
Regards Tony H.
