p.molloy still going ovlov called m.igoe in wincham northwich , wilmslow plant pt moore he had a tidy fleet of maggies two tone blue in bredbury , john stephens green motors at harwood rd heaton mersey nr to another player alan clarke excavations behind the petrol station on parrs wood lane , was pj stephens at the yard where giblin bros were at burnage cheers
bob-lad:
hia mushroomman not heard from etch for a bit , ive not got any pics of p.o’dwyer i do remember him tho he bought georgie bests state of the art house and he ran a fleet of tidy fords big into top soil , was his yard at the back of birch services , got a few pics of c & f at the duky base i used to move there plant , geo robinsons demolition of crane st pin mill brow , osullivan bro then windmill dem , pat m’guinness moved from holt town to ashton rd nr chatfields john kennedy of chartrange was in dalberg st ardwick nr pecks then wharf st , pp o’connor were in a big way at cornbrook and any one remember the duffys of hulme cheers bob
Hiya Bob lad, you are quite right about Patrick O’ Dwyers garage being behind Birch Services in the early 70’s, we were knocking down the old R.A.F. Heywood site at the time.
I remember Paddy buying George Best’s house with the swimming pool it was near Woodford 
, it was not far from that transport company who had the green motors, was it Fieldings ?. Apparently, Paddy invited all his friends and most of the drivers to his house warming party to meet George Best who was the guest of honour. Every body turned up, except George who had gone on a bender in Leeds for the weekend and had forgotten all about it .
If you do see etch give him my regards and wish him a happy Easter.
Regards Steve.
Some more pics courtesy of Tipits information
Evers
Robinson
Mc Guiness
Another big thank you to Tipit for his information as I found this picture also.The first wagon I drove after I passed my test on 26 November 1975 although this picture was taken after I had left Quickmix for Egertons
Many thanks to you Tipit 
hi lads newmember here you were talking about manchester tipper firms got loads of pictures of connell an finnegan . chartrange and some owner driver motors drove when i was on tippers . anyone like there heavys ? kaye goodfellow . edward beck etc . if i can suss out how to do this picture scanning thing or blag the kids to do it i will getthem posted .
Welcome to TruckNet foden s41.
Sounds like you’ll have some interesting pictures there, it took me ages to suss out how to download them. Untill I realised that after pasting the copied image code from photobucket back onto the TruckNet post. You dont actualy see the picture you have done untill you press PREVIEW then scroll upwards.
sounds like fun mate i havnt got a clue where computers are concerned give me a twin splitter any day . will also post some pics of my vintage motors . got some tasty fodens s80 6x4 . s41 6x4 . s36 6x4 a half cab 8 wheel tipper and a few old erfs also share my yard .
foden s41:
sounds like fun mate i havnt got a clue where computers are concerned give me a twin splitter any day . will also post some pics of my vintage motors . got some tasty fodens s80 6x4 . s41 6x4 . s36 6x4 a half cab 8 wheel tipper and a few old erfs also share my yard .
Sounds rather tasty, mate.
Do you know how to email pics ? If so, you could email tthem to me and I could post them up via PhotoBucket.
hi mate i will get there in the end . all the stuff i have 90% of it is photos . will have a look at my scanner and see if theres a letter box to shove em down . cheers paul
I would be interested in the Foden pics, especially if you have a half cab as I drove those for Tilcon (a proper company!).
Pete.
yes mate my half cab is ex tilcon the reg is dlm 320j i believe it spent its early life in london and then it was bought by a firm in droitwich from whom i bought it off . imust have been mad that day coz its rough as hell and was worked to death in its later years on a site job . i got it coz its so rare a lot of them were recabbed with s39 and s40 cabs plus they use to have them at pecks when my dad worked there . theres a guy in sandbach who does all the old foden spares and he rekons its the only one left buti cant confirm this . had it about 3yrs now an the cab has just been finished being welded as for the chassis its in such a bad state it may be a cheapr option to mount it on another chassis . i willget the photos on asap . cheers paul
foden s41:
sounds like fun mate i havnt got a clue where computers are concerned give me a twin splitter any day . will also post some pics of my vintage motors . got some tasty fodens s80 6x4 . s41 6x4 . s36 6x4 a half cab 8 wheel tipper and a few old erfs also share my yard .
I like that s41 
If you can handle a twin-split you can post pics on here - I did both.I’d like to see the Connell and Finnegan photos,regulars on Woodhead running to Stocksbridge BSC.
I know these come up as links mate, but if you click on the first one, it takes you directly to your PB account and then the lads on here can scan through the pics. 
i dont know what iv done with these pictures lad s half the stuff i wanted to put on has nt gone on . will get there soonhopefully . has anyone had a look at the kaye goodfellow pics yet ? have a close look at the mickey mouse foden with cable drums on .
Good pics S41 especially the two of the Connell & Finnegan low loaders
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Great photos there bob-lad, have you anymore of the old Manchester firms.?
Do you remember this place Bardsley’s, along side the Mancunian Way in the 70’s. (Their yard was close to where they filmed the opening crash scene for the Life on Mars, TV program.)
