good pic Jamie, brings back memories. In the late 80’s I worked on the Wytch Farm oilfield as a construction worker, and RMC D Series were regular visitors. I remember one owner driver getting a brand new Leyland Constructor, and religiously washing it down after every concrete delivery, didn’t last long though, he got bored of that! If only we were allowed cameras on site (no camera phones then!) I would have a wealth of pictures in my archive now.
Hello again,the book “Views from the north” is an excellent read,I once had the pleasure of meeting the author Roger Kenney,a real nice chap who was passionate about lorries…a sad loss when he passed away,anyway as stated I cant put his work on here,but as suggested look on Pauls Northwest trucks site cos theres loads of Rogers pics on it 
Ok heres todays stuff.
Cheers Bubbs, 
Just to ensure we are not confused, we are not used to seeing them alone 
240 Gardner:
retriever:
matt watson:
thanks retreiver ,it is a great book and if anyone can get a copy buy it as it shows all about driving many years ago ,some long gone companies as well .matt.There will be more books on the photographs of Roger Kenney coming once Roundoak / Nynehead have finished scanning. Then captions will need to be written.
Try looking here: paulanderson.pikfu.net/getMediasetList.php
Why? Virtually all of those images taken by Roger Kenney we have already the original negatives. Paul knows who owns them and acknowledges this fact on his home page together with our ownership of the Philip Hine and Arthur Ingram negative collection. However, there are some Roger Kenney negs. we do not have - these, I presume, being ‘borrowed’ from him and never returned before he died.
Good grief - was there any need for the condescending retort??
It was a helpful link to where there are some of Roger’s pictures.
Some people 
Wheel Nut:
Just to ensure we are not confused, we are not used to seeing them alone
Log sheets were even better Malc,no serial numbers like the books had.
I used to fill my log book out on kitchen table on a saturday - for the previous week - so I could start again on a sunday with a clean bill of health.It was that having to have a day off that started in 1970 that confused some drivers and even more office staff.
Husband to wife " Was I away on tuesday night if so whereabouts"?
Answer was always "If you don’t know how the hell would I know - you’ll get locked up one day after getting “silent checked”.(remember them days?) or getting stopped in a lay-by by "the ministry man ".
At least when I went on nights regular things weren’t so confusing. 
Wheel Nut:
Just to ensure we are not confused, we are not used to seeing them alone
I wonder how many handed the min man the wrong one though 
I had to retreive a log book from a rubbish bin once after a German official threw it in after telling me I should be using a tachograph, I said I didn’t have a key for it…he did and opened it to find it full of confetti. 
marky:
Good grief - was there any need for the condescending retort??It was a helpful link to where there are some of Roger’s pictures.
Some people
I do not agree with your viewpoint. Please read your pm.
Hi again,heres todays stuff…1st pic is for my old mate Harry
Cheers Bubbs,
bubbleman:
Hi again,heres todays stuff…1st pic is for my old mate Harry
Hiya,
Marc you sure know how to make an old fellow happy I could just about manage to drive this so long as I didn’t have to load/unload it and you could have found a curtainsider my R&S days are long gone I suppose if I was pushed I could manage a load of glider engines. I’ll be ready for the off later tonight, I’m going to the “Geordies Drivers do” at the Labour club in Newcastle and I’ll need a few single malts to give me the incentive to get behind the wheel again on second thoughts I think I’ll let the bus take the strain.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Marc,
Good to see one of Herefords main hauliers of old on your thread.H L Robinson had a fair sized fleet in their day.
Cheers Dave.
stuart broughton:
can you help have you got any pictures of bells transport bradford wool men i drove for jack bell in the 60s 70s up and down from devon and cornwall returning 4 high of wool for the clearing houses arownd bradford or even crows of bradford jack ashworths g c morleys any thing to do with the woll industry thanks stuart broughton now retierd …
Hi stuart, sorry mate no pictures of bells, my dad used to drive for jack bell his name was jack leake happy days, i remember him coming home at all hours loaded with 4 high of wool ( gunshot n roll) in his leyland super comet. i kept the tradition going by driving for bower green doing wool, i have still got my hand hook in garage although it is a bit rusty now. chris leake still driving now at T Riley transport.
Hello again,heres a treat…Retriever has sent me some of Roger Kenneys pictures for us to enjoy…lets hope old Harry has sobered up from last nights booze up at the Geordie Drivers do. Heres one of his old firms to start with.
Lets hope we get some more oldies like these.
The pics came in at a different file size to what I’m used to…thats why they’re a bit small.
Cheers Bubbs,
that blue circle s21 looks like it is at the top of mam tor , near hope works . it was called locally " the shivering mountain " and eventually shivered too hard and the road slid down the hillside and was abandoned . it is a 10 mile detour round to hope works now . cheers , dave
bubbleman:
Hello again,heres a treat…Retriever has sent me some of Roger Kenneys pictures for us to enjoy…
Lets hope we get some more oldies like these.
Cheers Bubbs,
Could’nt agree more Bubbs Superb stuff
rigsby:
that blue circle s21 looks like it is at the top of mam tor , near hope works . it was called locally " the shivering mountain " and eventually shivered too hard and the road slid down the hillside and was abandoned . it is a 10 mile detour round to hope works now . cheers , dave
I reckon you are spot on there Dave,the old A625 Mam Tor. It were a hard slog either way but saved some miles. Needed a periscope in Castleton to see round t’corners but I loved using that road.(Especially running flexible to avoid silent check on Woodhead).
hi marcus ! that tree harvesting f10 VUX435S ended it days at Evans , that was our yard shunter . landed up with no foot throttle just the cable , a clutch that came out 2 mins later you had to be ready with the throttle!!! the exhaust was straight from the turbo no lights great fun in the dark. then to top it all we had abit of elastic to fasten the door shut . we all learnt to drive in this lorry great memories. Remains of it was still there when i left sadly theyve gone to the great big scrap yard in the sky. 
i’ve had some fun up mam tor chris , an s type bedford with 10 tons on , had to whip the bonnet up and pull the cold start to get up the steep bit after the big left hander . i came back up taddington one night to give it a rest and the ungrateful cow chucked a leg out of bed , good riddance !! cheers , dave
hiya,
Yes Marc I remember the Bowker Atki very well have most likely moved it if not driven it to work,I seem to recollect it was always shiny unlike mine which would have looked tatty by comparison it was certainly my era and it was possibly a night motor hence the shiny cab they had to be kept canny for the spoilt trunkers they did tend to think that manual labour was a Spaniard, did enjoy last nights “do” a bit of a wobble on the way home but didn’t get thrown off the bus so I must have behaved myself, spent most of the evening talking with Larry Dunbar very nice chap and very interesting to listen to a little bit senior to me but what an amazing memory he’s got and he’s still doing the odd day’s driving big stuff I wouldn’t be able to climb in the bleeding things now.
thanks harry long retired. .
Hi again,Harry it sounds like you had a great time with Larry…heres some more of Rogers old pics thats just come in…good ol’days
Good aint they …more tomorrow
Cheers Bubbs,