mushroomman:
flishflunk:
Looks like a Kencast (remember them) TK in the LaybyI certainly do Ray, they had a depot on The East Lancs Road at Haydock.
Beg to differ but Kencast depot was at Astley, main entrance was off Chaddock Lane and could be seen clearly on the East lancs Rd across from the Little Chef originally
LeeJ:
i think he meant the one on the right of the picture
Just wait while I run to Specsavers.
The pic of Nobles london depot took me back, I drove for them back in the 60’s 
Retired Old ■■■■:
LeeJ:
i think he meant the one on the right of the pictureJust wait while I run to Specsavers.
Guess who I bumped into in Specsavers the other day?
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Everybody !!!
Hi lads,yesterday I found these old pics,I’d thought they were lost forever so I was so pleased to find them.The reason I’m so pleased is although they aren’t in the best taste these pics are the only ones of any of the lorries my Grandad ran.He was at the wheel when this happened and thankfully he got out alive and only had cuts and bruises.
This happened in 1963…50 years ago,I was 10 years old at the time and loved having a ride in the old “S” type Bedford…briefly what happened was Grandad was hauling a load of sawn timber and was using one of the timber merchants trailers,this was a little too short for the job and a fair bit of the load was hanging over the ■■■ end,he had to anchor up on the hurry up and it started to jackknife…he managed to keep it straight…yeah straight into the bleeding wall!!
Some of you may know the location of the accident,its on the A4 near Keynsham,these were the days before the by pass and all traffic went up the hill in the background and through the High street.
Plod doesn’t look too happy picking up a plank ,the Bedford was obviously written off and a L.A.D cabbed Albion replaced it,this didn’t last too long as it was dreadfully slow and that was replaced by a Leyland engined TK Bedford which was wonderfully fast!.
Grandad lived well into his 90’s and loved to reminisce the old days going right back to his “Hoss and cart” days…a little piece of drivel to go with this,anyone remember the 20 mile per hour plate that was bolted on the back of 8 wheelers etc,a black round disc with the number 20 on it,well Grandads house number was 20 so he screwed one of these plates by the front door…its still on the house to this day with the present owner oblivious of the piece of lorry memorbeilia that’s there
Cheers Bubbs, 
Lucky fella walking out of that with cuts and bruises.
bubbleman:
Hi lads,yeterday I found these old pics,I’d thought they were lost forever so I was so pleased to find them.The reason I’m so pleased is although they aren’t in the best taste these pics are the only ones of any of the lorries my Grandad ran.He was at the wheel when this happened and thankfully he got out alive and only had cuts and bruises.
This happened in 1963…50 years ago,I was 10 years old at the time and loved having a ride in the old “S” type Bedford…briefly what happened was Grandad was hauling a load of sawn timber and was using one of the timber merchants trailers,this was a little too short for the job and a fair bit of the load was hanging over the ■■■ end,he had to anchor up on the hurry up and it started to jackknife…he managed to keep it straight…yeah straight into the bleeding wall!!
Some of you may know the location of the accident,its on the A4 near Keynsham,these were the days before the by pass and all traffic went up the hill in the background and through the High street.
Plod doesn’t look too happy picking up a plank ,the Bedford was obviously written off and a L.A.D cabbed Albion replaced it,this didn’t last too long as it was dreadfully slow and that was replaced by a Leyland engined TK Bedford which was wonderfully fast!.
Grandad lived well into his 90’s and loved to reminisce the old days going right back to his “Hoss and cart” days…a little piece of drivel to go with this,anyone remember the 20 mile per hour plate that was bolted on the back of 8 wheelers etc,a black round disc with the number 20 on it,well Grandads house number was 20 so he screwed one of these plates by the front door…its still on the house to this day with the present owner oblivious of the piece of lorry memorbeilia that’s there
Cheers Bubbs,
Excellent pics of what looks a nasty smash Marc. Your Grandad was very lucky to get out of that without being injured as Brian says. Good to see you still posting stuff.
Cheers Dave.
fair play to your grandad marcus and thankfully he was ok, although I might be tempted after a few jars to nick back the number 20 sign in the dead of night if it was my grandads, ps thanks for keeping this thread going it has brought so many memories back to me and made me smile on many occasions, just wish my old man was alive to read it all keep up the good work mate. fredm
Looking at the front of that cab, Bubbs, I got a bit of a shiver thinking about what could have happened if a young lad had been riding shotgun!
I see that “Supersparrow” came to the rescue. Remember their adverts in the transport press in the early '60s?
moomooland:
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JRE from wigan lovely old fleet ,did a lot out of Heinz at kitt green thank you Trevor
Plod doesn’t look too happy picking up a plank
Looks more like hes helping himself . . “that will come in handy”
Carl:
cheers for this one bm as kid growing up near tamworth id see cts,s tippers everyday and remember these F7,s aswell as their sk merc artics
C B Morgan of Shaftesbury, Dorset bought, MRE 529L, an Atkinson tractor unit from CTS at Tamworth. It was about mid 70s, and used it with a bathtub tipper trailer. I always thought it was a Borderer but I have seen photos of it since, in Smith’s livery, as an 8 wheeler, so perhaps it was a cut down job. Does anyone know any history.
bubbleman:
Hi lads,yesterday I found these old pics,I’d thought they were lost forever so I was so pleased to find them.The reason I’m so pleased is although they aren’t in the best taste these pics are the only ones of any of the lorries my Grandad ran.He was at the wheel when this happened and thankfully he got out alive and only had cuts and bruises.
This happened in 1963…50 years ago,I was 10 years old at the time and loved having a ride in the old “S” type Bedford…briefly what happened was Grandad was hauling a load of sawn timber and was using one of the timber merchants trailers,this was a little too short for the job and a fair bit of the load was hanging over the ■■■ end,he had to anchor up on the hurry up and it started to jackknife…he managed to keep it straight…yeah straight into the bleeding wall!!
Some of you may know the location of the accident,its on the A4 near Keynsham,these were the days before the by pass and all traffic went up the hill in the background and through the High street.
Plod doesn’t look too happy picking up a plank ,the Bedford was obviously written off and a L.A.D cabbed Albion replaced it,this didn’t last too long as it was dreadfully slow and that was replaced by a Leyland engined TK Bedford which was wonderfully fast!.
Grandad lived well into his 90’s and loved to reminisce the old days going right back to his “Hoss and cart” days…a little piece of drivel to go with this,anyone remember the 20 mile per hour plate that was bolted on the back of 8 wheelers etc,a black round disc with the number 20 on it,well Grandads house number was 20 so he screwed one of these plates by the front door…its still on the house to this day with the present owner oblivious of the piece of lorry memorbeilia that’s there
Cheers Bubbs,
nice story glad it had a happy ending marc !! can you remember a crossfields/dalgety flat bed which crashed on the portway in the late 60’s nearly at the top of the hill past the lights on the way to avonmouth he hit a lampost and says if it wasnt for the lampost he would of ended up in the avon and i wouldnt be here typing this !!!
Hello lads,heres a few more cuttings.
Cheers Bubbs,
wonder what became of the gas turbine , I know in the late 60’s early 70’s Leyland or AEC experimented with them running some with tanker firms but the fuel consumption & reliability was poor , but I seem to remember a Truck mag article about the engines some company had fitted them to a couple of Macks & due to the development of ceramics their reliabilaty was better & thermal efficiancy was as good as a diesel , oil co’s killed them off i expect 
, great pics , keep 'em coming
moomooland:
A full episode of the 1958 TV series ‘CANNONBALL’210
always wanted a hat like his
John Scholey has run some rare kit in his time
