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My late Brothers old Ford Mk2 Zodiac low line ,maroon & grey ,parked in front of some of the old St Albans fleet Fishers Green ,Waltham Abbey ,Essex ,about 1970.
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Great old shot ,my late Brother took in 1965-66 ,his old Vauxhall E model Cresta-PYE 33 ,parked below a flat in Waltham Cross,Herts . This view has changed now .The Almshouses gone ,the white building ,the caravans ,M25 Holmsdale tunnel goes under here.
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A mate took this shot of me ,in front of my late Dads ,LEYLAND -CLYDESDALE ,now retired in 1978 at Fishers Green pit ,Waltham Abbey ,Essex .Dad had her for 5 years ,great old lorry. I prepared it for MOT the last 2 years when in the workshop .LAR 303L.
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I have put this up before ,my late Dad’s LEYLAND -CLYDESDALE -LAR 303L ,he had new on St Albans ,photo 1973 brand new in Cheshunt ,Head office -yard and workshop.
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Show find LEYLAND -Comet 90,4x2 bulk cement streamlined tanker ,BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT .In shot BYEFORD & CO .LTD. Bedford A type LWB dropside ,these had a connection with HALL & CO .LTD.
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Show find Foden S18 FG ,4x2 BULK TANKER ,BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT .The Bedford A type LWB dropsiders in shot ,are BYEFORD & CO.LTD. They had a connection with HALL & CO LTD .
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Show find Foden S18 FG 8x4 flat ,BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT . Unusual white on red trade plate .
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My Brothers old KM skip he drove outside our old house ,Cheshunt ,Herts ,mid 1970s,Edbro lifting gear ,JNK 988L was an ex Earls Court Motor show exhibit ,on the Edbro stand .
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Show find ,THAMES TRADER unit and tank trailer ,Berk Chemicals -part of the St. Albans sand & gravel -Hales Clinkers group .Nice old Hertfordshire registration -I think 1961.
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Show find ,BEDFORD A type ,unit and tank trailer ,Berk chemicals .Part of the St.Albans sand & gravel and Hales Clinkers group .
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Show find ,BEDFORD -SCAMMELL ,O type unit and tank trailer ,Berk Chemicals ,at this time -part of St .Albans sand & gravel and Hales Clinkers group .
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Screen shot ,SCAMMELL -Scarab at the Watford works ,nice old Hertfordshire trade plate .
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Show find -ONO 793D another DEARDS ,bonneted Mercedes ,L—LK 4x2 unit and Hoynor tipping trailer ,these had a light blue cab.
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Show find -ONO 792D -Mercedes L—LK ,4x2 unit and Hoynor tipping trailer ,there was nothing like this those days .I remember these ,light blue cab ,popular with the drivers .
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The old SIDLEY -East Sussex petrol station ,was demolished and this new petrol station built in 1971 -this shot BP.
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This was a former East Sussex -Railway station ,late 1930s converted to a club ,then petrol station -the Vauxhall Victor F type in shot ,has the large rear screen ,so this dates this photo post 1961.
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Screenshot from 1964 B/W film ,WATES construction site -I remember these stockpiles ,sharp sand and shingle 3/4 later 20mm,and cement silo and large mixer to do their own concrete .
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Screenshot from 1964 ,B/W film ,WATES tower block construction site .This is how I remember these sites ,with my late Dad and Brother .
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Screenshot from a 1964 B/W film. WATES tower block construction site,and tower crane ,London .WATES old head office was on the A23 in between Norbury and Thornton Heath.
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WATNEYS -BEST BITTER ,old pub bar ,advertising ,brass -weight design -roughly 5-6 inches high,I saved this years ago.
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Show find ,Lad Leyland comet tipper ,with Chinese six axle conversion ,HOWARD ,now taken over by the St.Albans sand & gravel -Hales Clinker group,Cheshunt ,Herts . But still Bucks registered ,at their Iver pit.
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I took this at a show ,this is just as I remember Thames Trader 6D -75 tippers when I was a kid ,correct rear light’s -Anthony body ,this was restored by BUTTON demolition ,Herts .
