Forum: Say Hello
30th September 2008, 10:30
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Replies: 7
Views: 22,712
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Forum: Drivers Discussion Forum
30th September 2008, 10:03
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Replies: 7
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One job that I had was for the Sealy Bed Co...
One job that I had was for the Sealy Bed Co delivering beds nation wide with a 42ft twin axle box trailer which had an overhang at the rear of 15ft which was a ***** if to had tight corners to turn...
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Forum: Drivers Discussion Forum
28th September 2008, 22:14
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Replies: 7
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Artic test 1960 STYLE!!!!!!!!!
Worked for a bloke who operated 3 four wheelers and a 6 wheeler Albion trucks which I drove for him, now this employer got matey with a guy who was mad at cutting HGVs down and converting them into...
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Forum: Vintage Truck Discussion
27th September 2008, 15:18
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Replies: 47
Views: 105,789
Commer 2 stroke
First driving job that I had,long before HGV licences came into being,as long as you had a car full licence you were allowed to drive all types of HGVs, well my first was on an old Commer 2 stroke...
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Forum: Vintage Truck Discussion
27th September 2008, 10:08
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Replies: 26
Views: 68,452
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Forum: Say Hello
27th September 2008, 09:52
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,303
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Forum: Vintage Truck Discussion
25th September 2008, 20:39
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Replies: 26
Views: 68,452
When the days of the British Road Service (BRS)...
When the days of the British Road Service (BRS) were in operation here in West Cumberland, they travelled in convoy -5 wagons-going thro the Lakes,south, we would meet up with them at Cockermouth and...
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Forum: Transport Cafes - Past & Present
24th September 2008, 18:10
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Replies: 33
Views: 153,472
Well I`m surprised that none of you old timers...
Well I`m surprised that none of you old timers have`nt mentioned the one that use to be on the old A6 Penrith-Kendal now a caravan sales park situated at Shap called the "Jungle Cafe", those were the...
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Forum: Vintage Bus & Coach Discussion
24th September 2008, 17:58
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Replies: 6
Views: 15,110
Thanks Ian, the trailer is the type CMS would...
Thanks Ian, the trailer is the type CMS would run, pity there was`nt a photo of a bus pulling the trailer and showing the gas bag on the roof, wife keeps saying after I`ve showed her these on the...
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Forum: Drivers Discussion Forum
24th September 2008, 17:20
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Replies: 10
Views: 35,178
Anyone remember "HARDEN HOUSE" near Liverpool,...
Anyone remember "HARDEN HOUSE" near Liverpool, when ever we were picking stuff from the docks our local drivers would make for there,£1:10s a night,probably like everything else its dissappeared,...
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Forum: Vintage Truck Discussion
24th September 2008, 17:09
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Replies: 26
Views: 68,452
The old type Albion wagon
Albion Clydesdales, the truck with the wooden joisted cabs,drove one of these in the early 60s, the joists would move about when travelling,no sleeper cabs then, had to sleep across the seats on a...
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Forum: Vintage Bus & Coach Discussion
24th September 2008, 16:53
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Replies: 6
Views: 15,110
Cumberland Motor Service in WW2
I began this thread yesterday but somehow it got deleted before I had a chance to submit it :mad::mad:but here we go again.
During the war years fuel was rationed,this hit everyone including the...
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Forum: Say Hello
24th September 2008, 16:22
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,303
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Forum: Say Hello
23rd September 2008, 20:44
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,303
New boy to the site
Hi, my name is Dave and I live on the coast in West Cumbria, I held a HGV 1 for a few years and had my own haulage business along with my son, now retired but my son continues driving but hauls out...
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