Great pics Norfolktrucker, i know a few lads from Wenhaston that worked for hammonds and N.T Wright, will let them know the pics are on here. Spooky though! i am going to Wenhaston at lunchtime!!!
Daz
norfolktrucker:
Found a few others, felt it’d be rude not to share them.
Nice one - here’s the Volvo now:
download/file.php?id=74877&t=1
Yon young fella will need a ladder to get into the saddle.
VALKYRIE:
But before this Atkinson lorry was operated by Bulmers Cider,it was operated by Brylcreem:-
na3t.org/road/photo/HuM0675VALKYRIE
This was a Beecham Group motor from new - I don’t believe it was ever operated by Bulmers. I do vaguely recall that it was owned by a Bulmers employee, and that they had contributed to it wearing their livery. This would have been the early 90s, perhaps. Prior to that it was on the fairgrounds. I also met someone else who had a genuine ex-Bulmers motor (can’t remember now who or what) and was miffed that they weren’t interested in his machine!
240 Gardner:
VALKYRIE:
But before this Atkinson lorry was operated by Bulmers Cider,it was operated by Brylcreem:-
na3t.org/road/photo/HuM0675VALKYRIE
This was a Beecham Group motor from new - I don’t believe it was ever operated by Bulmers. I do vaguely recall that it was owned by a Bulmers employee, and that they had contributed to it wearing their livery. This would have been the early 90s, perhaps. Prior to that it was on the fairgrounds. I also met someone else who had a genuine ex-Bulmers motor (can’t remember now who or what) and was miffed that they weren’t interested in his machine!
I don’t recall Bulmers buying second hand motors,as 240 says probably a subbie ran it.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
240 Gardner:
VALKYRIE:
But before this Atkinson lorry was operated by Bulmers Cider,it was operated by Brylcreem:-
na3t.org/road/photo/HuM0675VALKYRIE
This was a Beecham Group motor from new - I don’t believe it was ever operated by Bulmers. I do vaguely recall that it was owned by a Bulmers employee, and that they had contributed to it wearing their livery. This would have been the early 90s, perhaps. Prior to that it was on the fairgrounds. I also met someone else who had a genuine ex-Bulmers motor (can’t remember now who or what) and was miffed that they weren’t interested in his machine!
I don’t recall Bulmers buying second hand motors,as 240 says probably a subbie ran it.
Cheers Dave.
Atkinson Black Knight L2486X,Mk1 Panoramic-cabbed,Flat 8x2,or 8x4 Lorry,LGK 398D.
Thanks for the information 
An Atkinson Black Knight 8-Wheeler Lorry,registered LGK 396D,was operated by travelling showman,Tom
Rowland. But I wonder if it was LGK 398D since it’s easy to confuse an 8 for a 6 and vice versa 
…especially in relatively unclear photographs.
VALKYRIE
mrken:
yanto36:
I thought Leonard Fairclough was just a small time jobbing builder from Coronation Street!, did’nt realise he ran 6 wheeler Guy Big J mixers aswell!
Was he a friend of Jim’ll mix it .
l.fairclough of adlington, lancs. are as big as mcalpine in motorway and construction work both in u.k. and abroad,i,m sure that a thread on them would fill many pages and create much interest. 
regards john.
Suedehead:
harry_gill:
Suedehead:
Ciceley comercials , re the Tarmac tipper.Was/are they from Blackburn?
Think i went in there place late 80s with a wiper motor malfunction,workshops backed onto a canal iirchiya,
Ciceley Commercials,
Ciceley Bridge,
Eanam,
Blackburn.
Don’t know if they’re still going though. Right on the canal bank.
thanks harry, long retired.Cheers H,sounds like the place.Can remember the phone call to the yard from a phone box in Horwich.
“my wipers have packed up”
“is that a problem”
“yes its ■■■■■■■ down”
. . . “its not here”
End of conversation and off to the nearest main dealers!!
they are still in blackburn but on an industrial estate near darwen.i worked as a fitter there in the late 60s.they where seddon agents then.paid crap wages and wanted more than a pound of flesh.signed my form for h.g.v. class 1 then after i left to start on my own sent a letter to ministry saying a mistake had been made and i only drove class 3.never forgave the m.d. brian morgan.i ■■■■■■ myself a few weeks ago when they were fined hundreds of thousands for price rigging merc trucks.should have closed the tossers down.best thing i ever did moving on. regards.jack preston.
E405SVF Was ex Turners of Soham They had 401-405
Dave the Renegade:
240 Gardner:
VALKYRIE:
But before this Atkinson lorry was operated by Bulmers Cider,it was operated by Brylcreem:-
na3t.org/road/photo/HuM0675VALKYRIE
This was a Beecham Group motor from new - I don’t believe it was ever operated by Bulmers. I do vaguely recall that it was owned by a Bulmers employee, and that they had contributed to it wearing their livery. This would have been the early 90s, perhaps. Prior to that it was on the fairgrounds. I also met someone else who had a genuine ex-Bulmers motor (can’t remember now who or what) and was miffed that they weren’t interested in his machine!
I don’t recall Bulmers buying second hand motors,as 240 says probably a subbie ran it.
Cheers Dave.
I think it was a Bulmers employee who’d bought it privately for restoration
timmyticket:
E405SVF Was ex Turners of Soham They had 401-405
That makes sense as Dales 2 twin steer E12 s were ex turners E regs E578PEX may be?
Maybe the photo is deceiving, the caption in the top shot said the Dodge is pulling a 34ft trailer, to me it looks like a 40ft spread axle ?
Trev_H:
Maybe the photo is deceiving, the caption in the top shot said the Dodge is pulling a 34ft trailer, to me it looks like a 40ft spread axle ?
It’s a York SL34 widespread alright Trev! I quite liked the SL chassis on a close coupled bogie but apparently the SL chassis was a nightmare on the widespread bogie,they started cracking after only a short while in operation.I never reckoned the widespead set up although some operators did because the bogie was rated at 20ton and allowed 32ton operation but I think they died a “death” when the spacing on the ordinary tandems was altered slightly in '72 (I think) which allowed 32ton operation.However,when I bought out a local haulier in '74 there was 5 C/F widespreads in the 7 trailer fleet,we ran them for a while but I gradually disposed of them,the tyre wear was horrendeous if you didn’t keep on top of them and swap the rubber around !Cheers Dennis.
fryske:
norfolktrucker:
Found a few others, felt it’d be rude not to share them.Nice one - here’s the Volvo now:
this one needs saving
Dennis
I can recall picking a brand new 40’ widespread up from the dealers, going straight to Grimsby Docks and loading a 20’ container with 20 ton in it Put the box on the twistlocks for centre loading and the chassis flexed enough to see a curve in the chockrail. That trailer never regained a level deck . On another occasion with the same trailer whilst screwing round in a customers yard almost pulled a tyre off it’s rim. IMO they wasn’t the best designed trailer to come from York.
Cheers Bassman
Bassman:
Dennis
I can recall picking a brand new 40’ widespread up from the dealers, going straight to Grimsby Docks and loading a 20’ container
with 20 ton in it Put the box on the twistlocks for centre loading and the chassis flexed enough to see a curve in the chockrail.
That trailer never regained a level deck . On another occasion with the same trailer whilst screwing round in a customers yard
almost pulled a tyre off it’s rim. IMO they wasn’t the best designed trailer to come from York.Hiya bassman…was it the trailer or■■?. i picked a 19 ton box up from Hull in 79.i was on 4 axles erf unit big cam 290,
13 speed fuller,i cralled along the m62 like i was in a percy 120… as i got to Manchester i knew of a wehigh bridge handy
to the drop…the needle on the weighbridge was a blur as it passed 46ton. thats when the weighbridge chap told me to sod off.
i thought it was odd getting a box that late at night.