Recent content by Dave Lindup

The only lady on the switchboard that I can remember was Carol, she went on to run a great big AB Dick printing/copier machine. I think her boss was a lady called Dinah Brown.

My memory is playing tricks on me, the caliper was hydraulic but air actuated.

This retarder operated the same as any air disc brake but only bigger. Double disc with copper post and cooling fins. The object was to slow the vehicle down without using the service brake. Because the bus was rear engined and very light at the front axle the front brakes were restricted to...

Hi John, I worked on HDBS at Tyseley from 1977 until it closed in 1983 when I moved to Fen End, and left when it all moved to South Wales in 1989. I volunteered for a few years to take the photographs of the children's Christmas parties at West Brom hotel with the help of Josie Queenan and...

I worked at Girling from 1974 until 1990, I started as a mechanic working for Bob Morgan at the Proving ground at Fen End looking after the test fleet. In 1975 I went onto experimental fitting working on commercials with Chris Long. One of the first jobs was fitting a huge disc brake retarder...