Fairwood Garage’s,mighty Foden wrecker.
It looks like the old fire headquarters at Lanelay hall Talbot Green ,my neighbour was working there for many years , I will ask him when I get home from holidays.
The Saunders truck takes me back, I used to travell a lot to west wales in the late sixties, and one of my drops used to be a slaughter house in Pembroke Dock ,I think owned by David Saunders they ran One four wheeler commer and the drivers name was Tommy , Be interesting if anyone has any info here .
Clive.
pete 359:
Am I right in thinking,this is a Thorneycroft? Owned by Glamorgan Fire Service.
Defo a old Thorney, Plus its a double drive bogie, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete 359:
Am I right in thinking,this is a Thorneycroft? Owned by Glamorgan Fire Service.Defo a old Thorney, Plus its a double drive bogie, Regards Larry.
Thanks Larry,unusual machine,I’m guessing ex army or army spec.If that makes sense?
Regards Andrew.
pete 359:
Another 1 of Saunders Andrew taken in 1985 at Pembroke Dock.They backloaded a lot of caravans from Hull.
Their depot was off to the left on the London Road into the dock on a farm.
Dai
scania81:
pete 359:
Another 1 of Saunders Andrew taken in 1985 at Pembroke Dock.They backloaded a lot of caravans from Hull.
Their depot was off to the left on the London Road into the dock on a farm.
Dai
Hello Dai,
Thanks for the Saunders photos.As a kid I went on many caravan collection trips to Hull,in those days in my home town of Porthcawl we had the largest static caravan park in Europe.Some trips were in a long,no make that a very long wheelbase beaver tail rigid Bedford TK with the late Jim Blaney from Happy valley caravan park or other times with the late Tony Williams in his Seddon Atki 400 artic,later converted to a rigid for J.C.Theodore in Trecco bay,used to sleep in the caravan on nights out.The Saunders B series were on that work regularly,there’s lots and lots of caravan,s in West Wales.
Here’s a couple more courtesy of Bryndon Evans,the first was taken near Tenby in the winter of 1963.The second is Bryndon,s father standing in front of his DODGE.
windrush:
Paul John:
Tremendous photo’s Andrew. The older lorries seem to have character and the guys that drove them tough as old boots.
Can anyone put a model type to the van in the photo with the BRS Dodge, J4s were square, that one is rounder, possibly J2? The JU250 which came much later seemed to be a mix of both!Regards Paul
The van is an Austin or Morris (can’t see the grille!) J2 Paul.
Pete.
Thanks Pete (windrush). I new you would have the answer. It wasn’t the best looking of vans was it! Commer had one which was also round at the front.
I enjoy watching the old British Pathe films on you tube. Very few foreign vehicles in them days.
Regards Paul
Courtesy of Martin Watkins from Newport and the Evans family.Some old photos of John Evans International…
Bit from 1973. C Slade from Cardiff.
pete 359:
Hi all,
Courtesy of Chris Richards,Scammell’s at Pontyberem.
Great shots there Pete, The old Scammells were a & still are a fave of mine, Thanks for posting them, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Courtesy of Chris Richards,Scammell’s at Pontyberem.Great shots there Pete, The old Scammells were a & still are a fave of mine, Thanks for posting them, Regards Larry.
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete 359:
Hi all,
Courtesy of Chris Richards,Scammell’s at Pontyberem.Great shots there Pete, The old Scammells were a & still are a fave of mine, Thanks for posting them, Regards Larry.
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A certain Mr Sleddon pointed out where this was taken - northbound on the old A6 by the Bluebell Hotel. I used to think that this fibreglass Scammell was the ‘prettiest’ truck ever built. Brady’s were also one of the few companies that managed to move from the closed shop ‘A’ licence era of the fifties and sixties to the operator’s licence of the seventies and beyond.
I’ve told this story before, but some may have missed it. I had a 4 wheel Leyland Comet in 1969. Heading South, loaded with timber for Riding and Anderton’s Seven Stars Sawmill in Wigan - I called in at Hudson’s at Sandside. This was before the M6, when we all still went over Shap and ‘meandered’ down the A6 into Milnthorpe - past a tiny Haulage company’s depot… Berwick? Something like that…
I had a problem with the compressor. Air brakes! How modern can you get! The compressor seemed to be pushing out nearly a gallon of oil every day and I wanted Hudson’s to look at it.
While I waited I went to the Lorry Park round the back. There was one of my favourite trucks! A Scammell. Unlocked, I climbed in. Oh dear. The interior was raw fibreglass! I quickly realised that this would be a fridge in winter and a boiler room in Summer! This was at the time when Volvo were introducing the F88 and Scania the 110…
Gardner or ■■■■■■■ - either way, this was not the future! I was disappointed and realised that the driver would become more important in the years to come.
John.