Buzzer
One of the regular ferries from The " Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company " at the Princes
Landing Stage in Liverpool, I reckon this image is from the mid 1970s.It is the "Manxman "
ferry which lasted for approx 20 years, I did a few trips on it with my Ford Transit and a
Mercedes Benz toward the end of its days, 3 hours, 45 minutes, Liverpool to Douglas.
Picture from Bootle History Forum.
Ray’
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Buzzer:
BuzzerRACING WITH A ■■■ ON THE GO, REALLY
My late brother used to do that in his youth, totally madness.
I am hoping the bloke on the little dumper is the crane driver as well, I wouldn’t want my head that close to a bucket with someone at the controls.
I like the shortarse Highwayman of Sankey’s, just like the one I drove for Ilkeston Haulage. The flat trailer was that close to the cab as well, which is why it was bow fronted, a nightmare to fit a square load on.
What diameter wheels are on that Scammel? They look rather large.
Hiya,
Wheel size 40x8s common size at one time
Ray Smyth:
One of the regular ferries from The " Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company " at the Princes
Landing Stage in Liverpool, I reckon this image is from the mid 1970s.It is the "Manxman "
ferry which lasted for approx 20 years, I did a few trips on it with my Ford Transit and a
Mercedes Benz toward the end of its days, 3 hours, 45 minutes, Liverpool to Douglas.
Picture from Bootle History Forum.Ray’
Question Ray, do you know the origin of the term ‘Packet’ when referring to ferries? Although an ex seafarer I have never known the answer. 
Spardo:
Ray Smyth:
One of the regular ferries from The " Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company " at the Princes
Landing Stage in Liverpool, I reckon this image is from the mid 1970s.It is the "Manxman "
ferry which lasted for approx 20 years, I did a few trips on it with my Ford Transit and a
Mercedes Benz toward the end of its days, 3 hours, 45 minutes, Liverpool to Douglas.
Picture from Bootle History Forum.Ray’
Question Ray, do you know the origin of the term ‘Packet’ when referring to ferries? Although an ex seafarer I have never known the answer.
David here are some details for you, The IOM steam packet company was formed as Mona’s Isle Co in 1828, a packet ship was a small boat designed for primarily carrying mail ( hence the name) and passengers came there after, the company commissioned building of a new boat at a cost of £7250 and renamed the company in 1830 and it is the longest serving continues passenger line in the world.
Hope this satisfies your enquiry, Buzzer
Ray Smyth:
One of the regular ferries from The " Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company " at the Princes
Landing Stage in Liverpool, I reckon this image is from the mid 1970s.It is the "Manxman "
ferry which lasted for approx 20 years, I did a few trips on it with my Ford Transit and a
Mercedes Benz toward the end of its days, 3 hours, 45 minutes, Liverpool to Douglas.
Picture from Bootle History Forum.Ray’
I’ve been on the later ro-ro Ben -My-Chree many times when I lived in the Isle of Man,she did Douglas-Heysham twice in 24 hours.I believe the word “packet” is from the french “paquet” which means mail I think,not 100% sure.
Looks like fun on the packet Chris, and thanks for the info from you and John, never thought it could be such a simple answer. And BTW, paquet does mean parcel or packet. They normally call mail mail these days or sometimes courrier. Mail is often used as short for e-mail. The postman is called le facteur, not unlike facture which is a bill or invoice. Logical really and is why the one is not always popular because he brings the other. 
Spardo:
Looks like fun on the packet Chris, and thanks for the info from you and John, never thought it could be such a simple answer. And BTW, paquet does mean parcel or packet. They normally call mail mail these days or sometimes courrier. Mail is often used as short for e-mail. The postman is called le facteur, not unlike facture which is a bill or invoice. Logical really and is why the one is not always popular because he brings the other.
Bill or invoice in these PT parts David is a factura!
Trust you and yours are doing OK.
David
Spardo:
Looks like fun on the packet Chris, and thanks for the info from you and John, never thought it could be such a simple answer. And BTW, paquet does mean parcel or packet. They normally call mail mail these days or sometimes courrier. Mail is often used as short for e-mail. The postman is called le facteur, not unlike facture which is a bill or invoice. Logical really and is why the one is not always popular because he brings the other.
Yes David, I was about to give you the info regarding " Packet ", but very kindly Chris and John have answered your question.
I went to the Isle of Man on 7 day school trips 3 times in the 1950s, 1954,1955, & 1957. Having arrived at Douglas, a Corporation bus took
us to the top end of Douglas Promenade, then we went on the Manx Electric Railway to Ramsey, then walked to Lezayre Road Grammar
school which was our accommodation for the week. We slept on classroom floors in sleeping bags. One of the lads with us from my Primary
School was Michael McCartney who became " The Scaffold " in later life, His famous song was " Lily the Pink ". His older brother Paul was
also at my school, Paul McCartney was part of " The Beatles ".
Cheers, Ray.
@David As well as can be expected, thank you, when you have a life filled 24/7 with beautiful younger women telling me what to do all the time. The various aides for my wife that is. 
@Ray Never been to the IoM myself but my wife’s Bolton based family used to go there every summer. But not her, she had to stay with an Auntie in Fleetwood because they didn’t trust her not to throw up everywhere on the ‘Packet’
Years later she proved them right when being seasick in Yarmouth harbour . So you can understand her worry when she eloped with me, courtesy of WhiteTrux, to Italy. I put her right though, a full English asap once on board at Dover and she has never been troubled since. There’s my anti seasick advice, formed when I shipped out from Dun Loaghaire to Fleetwood very early one stormy morning after being delayed without a bite in the docks. All the other drivers said that the chef always leaves plenty of bread, butter and marmalade out and the grillers left on and that was where they were all headed. Not me, knackered, I went straight to bed. Wrong decision, really really poorly, not helped by the sight of Blackpool Tower on the horizon as we were left to hang about on stormy waves for hours because Fleetwood wouldn’t let us in. 
Very embarrassing for an ex-seafarer. 
A Sentinel steam engine lorry at the Sentinel Service Depot on Vauxhall Road in Liverpool.
The steamer is from Rainford Pottery Ltd at Rainford and St Helens, Lancashire, which is
now classed as Merseyside…Its miles away from the River Mersey. 
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Ray.
Buzzer
Just seen this picture of an ERF C-series online. I drove it once when it was nearly new. It had a top-sleeper, double-drive and a ■■■■■■■ 320 with a 9sp Fuller in it. It was really nice to drive but I’m glad I didn’t have to sleep in it!
Quite by chance I happened on a YT video, a long interview with a retired driver for Buntine and many others called Peter Williams aka Lizard. He is a little behind me in years but has had a long career starting in Victoria and NSW but then migrating to the Territory. Long but fascinating if you are interested in the subject.
youtube.com/watch?v=g0XK13HMxuA
My favourite line was when he was introduced to a long time driver who was younger than him but he thought was 20 years older ‘because he had been working for Bunnine and had the creases’ .
BTW @Buzzer, if you think I have had a lot of jobs, this is for you.
Do you know how Lizard got his name, David?