This pair of beauties were a rare sight over here!
oiltreader:
Sentinel steam wagon with double bunks, a bit open to the elements, but hey they are kipping in front of a coal fire.
oiltreader
And there still @ Argos Bridgewater waiting to tip !! 
The first pic cant be the winter of 57, thats a plaxton panorama, they were’nt introduced untill 1968 …
Jerry
oiltreader:
Shap in the winter of 1957 and the Eagles Nest Cafe which was right on the top, anybody remember it?.
oiltreader
What year did the Eagles Nest cease trading & the Selside Cafe fired up ?, I well remember the Eagles Nest, in the 50s, hard winters to say the least, but we allways managed in the end, hard & bloody cold, But Im sure theres still a lot of drivers about that experienced those days like myself & lots more, including Harry Of The Glen, Regards Larry Of The Glen.
Lawrence Dunbar:
What year did the Eagles Nest cease trading & the Selside Cafe fired up ?, I well remember the Eagles Nest, in the 50s, hard winters to say the least, but we allways managed in the end, hard & bloody cold, But Im sure theres still a lot of drivers about that experienced those days like myself & lots more, including Harry Of The Glen, Regards Larry Of The Glen.
Certainly were Larry. Shap was not one of my regular routes, living in Nottingham, although I did know the Jungle from several visits.
My regular ‘welcome sight’ was Stainmore, the original one with the roaring fire in the front room. If you could make it through the snow, sometimes on foot leaving the wagon in the drifts, there was nothing better waiting for you. 
jerry truckartist:
The first pic cant be the winter of 57, thats a plaxton panorama, they were’nt introduced untill 1968 …
Jerryoiltreader:
Shap in the winter of 1957 and the Eagles Nest Cafe which was right on the top, anybody remember it?.
oiltreader
Thanks for that jerry, now edited, all three pics were from an article about Shap in winter, the Eagles Nest having the 1957 date.
oiltreader
Thats the trick of driving of driving in hard Winters ,knowing whats over hill. In Winter if it was raining at the Bakehouse then it was snowing on the Blanc & you made your plans accordingly. In France in blinding blizzards you knew all the Routiers & where to park up for the night.
Hello,sorry to ■■■■ in on the thread…I must admit to having a laugh at this pic
Cheers Bubbs,
Hiya…TOP MARKS…thats some photo bubbs…my first car was a reliant the same as that one XYF6 was the number
all that come for £10…there must be a slogan for that photo… like anything in your boot to declair sir
John
Hello 3300,yeah that was good…how about “dont ever park outside our yard gates again”
Cheers Bubbs,
3300John:
Hiya…TOP MARKS…thats some photo bubbs…my first car was a reliant the same as that one XYF6 was the number
all that come for £10…there must be a slogan for that photo… like anything in your boot to declair sir
John
I knew those Thames Traders were designed like that for a reason, much more fun than the slab fronted lorries of today
He backed into me officer!
Your bullets cannot hurt me , my wings are like a shield of steel
Didn’t mention anything about Thames Traders 
" You`re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off ! "
" Now I ll have to " trader " in for a new one ! "
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
“You’ve not quite got the hang of parallel parking yet have you?”
You can (rely)on a ford!!!
Spardo:
Lawrence Dunbar:
What year did the Eagles Nest cease trading & the Selside Cafe fired up ?, I well remember the Eagles Nest, in the 50s, hard winters to say the least, but we allways managed in the end, hard & bloody cold, But Im sure theres still a lot of drivers about that experienced those days like myself & lots more, including Harry Of The Glen, Regards Larry Of The Glen.Certainly were Larry. Shap was not one of my regular routes, living in Nottingham, although I did know the Jungle from several visits.
My regular ‘welcome sight’ was Stainmore, the original one with the roaring fire in the front room. If you could make it through the snow, sometimes on foot leaving the wagon in the drifts, there was nothing better waiting for you.
hiya,
Well remember the Eagles Nest and some drivers referred to it as “the Eerie” remember the old buses being replaced with something more substantial the only problem there wasn’t a lot of parking did prefer it to the Jungle though always a cracking cuppa and food cooked to order and the phone box in the layby was handy when you got snowed in so’s you could let the Guvnor know that you’d get there someday.
thanks harry long retired.
Joe Fish driver and his Thames Trader turbot trying to find a brill plaice to park, excuse back at the yard was “only trying a bit o’ bonding guv”. Any witnesses the gaffer asked, “Nah not a sole”, “that’s it I can’t be reliant on you, on your pike.”
oiltreader
the last time i went to rush green motors one of the scammell 100 toners was still there and been missed by a severe fire in the sheds.
