January 2023

Heritage Commercials

Capturing the spirit of vintage days

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Season’s Greetings
Welcome to the January 2023 issue ofHeritage Commercials. As the January issue of HC is printed in December, may I take this opportunity to wish all readers and contributors a very Happy Christmas and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year. And what an en
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Editor: Charles Waters Email: hc.ed@kelsey.co.uk Art Editor: AT Graphics Contributors: Ed Burrows, Mike and Julie Blenkinsop, Pip Dunn, Chris Newton, Michael Marshall, Brian Culpan, Mat Ireland and Timothy Byrne Russell Bedford – Talk Media Sales Tel
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Fallen Star Rises Again
Brett grow up in Morpeth, Nothumbria, with Cabstars. When older, he searched for years to find a suitable F20 Cabstar (like his dad had used) to restore. Eventually he found one in Newbury, Berkshire. Seeing the state of it he took a step back, swall
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Pembrey Show
Sunday 25th September. Location. Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire. The annual steam show took place with miniature steam locos running on the various size tracks to suit the gauge of the handbuilt models with some taking passengers for a run. Mi
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Sprat and Winkle Run
Sunday 16 October, saw the staging of the 13th Sprat and Winkle Run between Sevenoaks and Hastings. The event has over those years, earned a good reputation among enthusiasts who brought along a wide variety of commercial vehicles all trying to cram
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One Man Show
Alex Newcombe loves power. His day job is working on 3,100-bhp Electro-Motive two-stroke V12 diesel-electric freight locomotives that run on the UK railway network. A Chartered Engineer with a degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s in railwa
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Disused & Derelict
Following on from my ‘Disused & Derelict’ article in the December edition of Heritage Commercials, I thought I would follow it-up with a second helping of lorries that have come to an end of their working lives and have been abandoned and are seen in
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Boughton’s, In The Waste Business 1970s - 1990s
Boughton’s supplied their first skip loader unit in the mid 1950s in conjunction with Bennes Marrel of France. Since Boughton’s sold that first skip loader unit the company has developed a wide range of waste handling equipment to meet the UK waste m
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Eastern Counties Vintage Show
The Eastern Counties Vintage Show was held on the first weekend in October. This time of year could well be hit and miss with the weather gods, however, we were blessed with bright sunshine and warmth. Somehow, this has never been on my radar for sho
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LA Loco The Story
PART TWO We could have been transported back to the Nottingham Goose Fair or the Newcastle Town Moor, as centre stage in this French field sat an ERF eight-legger, its box body pumping out very loud organ music from a period Gavioli organ. La Loco is
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Steaming Ahead
As you will have read in Heritage Commercials last month, John Booth asked editor Charlie Waters if he could be put in touch with Ken and Ray Walsh. He wanted to know if they’d be up for restoring an Austin K8 Three Way van. He’d owned two – one for
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Restorations Q&A
Q I haven’t touched the cooling system of my 1950s Karrier since I acquired it. Now it’s started to run hot after driving a fairly short distance. What’s the verdict? KT, Preston A Overheating, there can be a myriad of causes. In general, it will not
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Back Issues
ONLY £4.40 PER ISSUE INCLUDING P&P! UK ONLY June 2022 • Chesire Run • Truckfest • Diamond T • Load Luggers May 2022 • Commercials at the NEC • The Latil • Mini Pickup • Workshop Tips • Letters April 2022 • The Jet set • City Slickers • Torbay memorie
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Swish Swiss specials
The morning of June 24 2016, and I was driving to Stansted for an early flight to Switzerland. And it wasn’t a pleasant drive as not only was it too damn early, but the news was filtering through that for some reason, more Brits had voted to leave th
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The last ERFs
When MAN took over ERF in 2000, it soon realised it needed to cut costs, and cut them rapidly. ERF was losing money and simply not selling enough vehicles to keep its unique identity. The easiest way for MAN to save money was to use its cabs. MAN’s i
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Staffordshire Vehicles
After reading your article in September’s Heritage Commercials on Staffordshire vehicles, I have found some old photos of commercial vehicles that I used to drive in our family business in Stafford. We were wholesale fruit, vegetable and potato merch
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Book Review
International Waste Management Consultant B.Sc. (Wastes Management), MCIWM, ISWA IWM Volume 2 In this second book of the series, Timothy charts further the development of UK national and regional private sector waste management companies and their ve
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Catch 22brings Back Memories
When reading my October Heritage Commercials – a good read as usual – I noticed a nice surprise on page 33, in the Catch 22 feature. The Foden S106 T, BPY 244Y, I remember it well. I worked for Cleanaway, Tottenham, North London depot, starting in 19
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Well Spotted!
Well look what I spotted in Guelph-Erimosa Ontario on my travels, I had to look twice, R 500 V8 sitting in a yard, looks to be ex Irish according to the sticker, no plates does anyone recognize it? I asked about buying it but it was not for sale, pit
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