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Old Haulage Firms.

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alan bartlett

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Does anybody remember Henry Joiners, of Short Heath Road. I used to stand by their gate watching the lorries going out and moving about in the yard. Probably accounts for my 40 years truck driving, but they were real lorries then. There was a firm down by Bromford Bridge, they took their trucks off the road and completely stripped then rebuit them like they do the buses. Not a "cat lick and a promise" like today.
 
alan bartlett said:
Does anybody remember Henry Joiners, of Short Heath Road. I used to stand by their gate watching the lorries going out and moving about in the yard. Probably accounts for my 40 years truck driving, but they were real lorries then. There was a firm down by Bromford Bridge, they took their trucks off the road and completely stripped then rebuit them like they do the buses. Not a "cat lick and a promise" like today.
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Hi Allan I remember Henry Joiners Firm it was by the 28 bus stop just down from the old tram term, I think they was dark blue with white writing

Ray
 
Chrs Ray, you are correct, they had some old trucks if I remember correctly. We used to call the 65 bus terminus "the trams", the trams terminated in the central reservation and ran down the middle of the road. But no doubt you know that. They turned them back at Stockland Green in the snow because the hill was dangerous coming down and they coul,nt make the climb going up. The buses were treated the same in later years.
 
alan bartlett said:
Does anybody remember Henry Joiners, of Short Heath Road. I used to stand by their gate watching the lorries going out and moving about in the yard. Probably accounts for my 40 years truck driving, but they were real lorries then. There was a firm down by Bromford Bridge, they took their trucks off the road and completely stripped then rebuit them like they do the buses. Not a "cat lick and a promise" like today.
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My dad was a lorry driver for many years. He worked for a company on the Tyburn Rd, called NMU, which I believe stood for Northern Motors Utilities. He later worked for A.J.Gupwell in the Bull Ring area.

Dave A
 
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