Some Thames Trader pics courtesy of Dave Sheppard of Romsey near Southampton
Regards Pat
When I can get in the loft and dig them out got some good photos of T/Trader muckaway tippers on the Western Ave extension &Tibbets Cnr underpass London 1966-68? also tipping asphalt Kingston By Pass & Sutton By Pass (TKs&Jtypes as well)when I find them■■? will put them on 
haddy:
I don’t know what year they were first produced, I know I was biking home from school when I first saw one, but here’s an early one. Cheers Haddy.
IIRC “haddy” the Trader came out in 1957 and remained in production until 1965 when it was replaced with the D800.Cheers Bewick.
I know its not a full size Trader but thought you all might like to see the 1/24 scale model im building of the above truck
All measurements were taken from the original Truck by kind permission of the owner ( of which one of these models is for, 3 are been built in total )
One from a good way back,stockcars at Aycliffe
![stx[1].jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trucknetuk/original/3X/6/0/6088fdcf5dcb7d82377fd9a8d6fc47c7e2eef24c.jpeg)
There a site for sore eyes Eh, The Mighty Midgets, Norman Fitch I think was one of the drivers from Fishburn ■■?, Plus the Yellow Cab Lot, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
There a site for sore eyes Eh, The Mighty Midgets, Norman Fitch I think was one of the drivers from Fishburn ■■?, Plus the Yellow Cab Lot, Regards Larry.
Aye Larry,i thought you’d enjoy this one,it an old Northern Echo photo the trader belonged to John Neasham the local Ford dealer in Darlington and Richmond and N/Allerton .Vic.
v7victor:
Lawrence Dunbar:
There a site for sore eyes Eh, The Mighty Midgets, Norman Fitch I think was one of the drivers from Fishburn ■■?, Plus the Yellow Cab Lot, Regards Larry.Aye Larry,i thought you’d enjoy this one,it an old Northern Echo photo the trader belonged to John Neasham the local Ford dealer in Darlington and Richmond and N/Allerton .Vic.
First lorry my dad let me loose in, I was ten years old and told over in that corner of a field in sussex back up and tip, don’t get stuck.
Finishing its life in a farm in south of France.
Tried to zoom in on the tare and the gross . . eyesight aint what it used too be.
Any ideas?
Heres one taken at the LDOY at Ruislip in 1963 it was run by the Murphy Chemical Co Ltd,cheers Buzzer.
Preserved in Normandy.
This would be one of the first shots I ever took with a new Box Brownie camera I got when I would have been about 14(1961),I shot up the A6 Shap road out of Kendal on my bike and was determined to get a shot of a Trader so this was lucky or what ! It is a Perthshire reg so he’s well down the road on a late afternoon into England with a load of sawn timber,IIRC I also took one of an Oswald of Ayr Beaver loaded with Scottish Stampings.I think there was only about 12 shots or so on a film so I had to be careful not to waste any,plus it cost to have the film developed at the chemist !!Happy days,Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
This would be one of the first shots I ever took with a new Box Brownie camera I got when I would have been about 14(1961),I shot up the A6 Shap road out of Kendal on my bike and was determined to get a shot of a Trader so this was lucky or what ! It is a Perthshire reg so he’s well down the road on a late afternoon into England with a load of sawn timber,IIRC I also took one of an Oswald of Ayr Beaver loaded with Scottish Stampings.I think there was only about 12 shots or so on a film so I had to be careful not to waste any,plus it cost to have the film developed at the chemist !!Happy days,Cheers Bewick.
You have a very good quality Scanner mr Bewick, that’s a great photo.
I know it’s not a Trader but still a shot of a popular motor in it’s day,taken with the same camera,same Kodak film, around the same date but IIRC this shot was taken on a saturday afternoon whereas the Trader was taken on a weekday.Same HP scanner as well,50 years after the shots were taken ! Cheers Bewick.
Oops a daisey , It must be too much malt causing the extra pictures, O r I may be having a senior moment between top ups , Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Oops a daisey , It must be too much malt causing the extra pictures, O r I may be having a senior moment between top ups , Regards Larry.
Looks like you had a quadruple instead of a “large” double Larry 
Wey hey the lads !! 
cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Oops a daisey , It must be too much malt causing the extra pictures, O r I may be having a senior moment between top ups , Regards Larry.Looks like you had a quadruple instead of a “large” double Larry
Aye ya reet Dennis, I have had more than my quota to-night, My grandson is here on leave from Lossie RAF, He is 23 & doing very well for himself & of course he likes a Single Malt or two, I have enjoyed the night & Im off to bed now, Regards Larry.
Bewick:
I know it’s not a Trader but still a shot of a popular motor in it’s day,taken with the same camera,same Kodak film, around the same date but IIRC this shot was taken on a saturday afternoon whereas the Trader was taken on a weekday.Same HP scanner as well,50 years after the shots were taken ! Cheers Bewick.
The drivers of those lorries were privileged . . radio aerials!!
Also like the bit of rag as a wide load marker 