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    Richards and Wallingon plant hire

    does Anyone have any photos of Richards and Wallingtons vehicles or plant thanks ron
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    My days as a driver

    stitcher hi When you worked for overland did you know a bloke named Roy Rudd(my brother) he worked there for a while on a low loader shifting forklifts mostly think he drove a comet or a mandator regards ron
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    What sort of industry would moulders be employed in?

    One of the bigest in smethwick (just off oldbury road ) was birmid industries, companies owned included qualcast and dartmouth castings. My dad worked at the birmid for about 20 yrs he was a moulder. regards ron
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    My days as a driver

    I said in my thread it had a cummins 220 it was a s36 twin steer tractor 6x2(2 steering axles 1 drive axle)and a 40ft crane freuhauf trailer and yes it realy did 75 mph it also only did 4.1/2to the gallon,reg no pwr625e(I think the numbers are right way round letters are) bought 2nd hand from...
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    My days as a driver

    I remember one night coming out of Glasgow about 4 of us from the same firm running together, one of the lads flashed his lights and pulled onto the hard shoulder so we all stopped. He had a flat front tyre, we never carried spare wheels and no one had thought to invent mobile phones(I was born...
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    Engine fitter

    janeld you ask about an engine fitter in 2008 sorry about late reply but new to site. he would have been a very skilled man he would work on steam engines making parts fit togethe ie= rough castings for cylinders and piston rings have to be steam tight or the engine would not run also bearings...
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    My days as a driver

    the foden i drove had a fibreglass/wood cab s36 twin steer tractor 40 trailer 220 cummins engine do 75 and often did lol
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    My days as a driver

    we caried allsorts never knew what next,timber steel pallets scafolding used to do most of kwickforms work back loads you found yourself even carried loose sand once, put my sheets on the trailer bed loaded sand on top roolled sides of sheet over to make sausage put fly sheet on top ropped it up...
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    Commercial Vehicles

    in the garage at that time-cliff drake (motor insp)-allan chat- ken morgan jones-allan sreet-paul fenton-????in the office=andy vanderhook (terminal manager) williams?-jones?-malcolm brand-2 0thers??and a lady. Drivers-rambo-little rambo-billy can -pete jones- john cook-and many others.The bp...
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    What make is this?

    just got y book out and your right it is atilling
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    What make is this?

    ithink its a garner built in tysley
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    My days as a driver

    i drove a foden 12 speed for stannard transport rubery great days
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    Commercial Vehicles

    i worked in shell garage at kingsbury as a contractor 86ish-91ish
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    Commercial Vehicles

    oops seems i was looking at a very old post very sorry
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    Commercial Vehicles

    morris commercial were in foundry lane,if you travel from cornwall rd across rabone lane into foundry lane, as the road bends to the right the building on the left(3or4 storey old style glass windows) was morris commercial factory it streched right throught to anne rd.William morris was building...
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