OLD LORRIES at the Grocott Heritage Centre, Shropshire

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@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

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@stevepearce1913 Ай бұрын

Richard - thanks again for yet another wonderful video. This one's close to my heart as my first ever job at the age of 16 was as a weekend grease monkey cum yard sweeper at RJ Henderson Transport Contractors at Lemington near Newcastle. I remember lying on a thin cardboard sheet on icy puddles heaving away on a giant grease gun attending the 28 greasing points on their Atkinson tractor units. I packed it in when I paid off my top Mod suit that I had made at Newcastle's famous Jackson The Tailors. The old Bedford brought back memories as well. During the brutal winter of 1963 a fleet of SWB tippers worked 24/7 dumping snow into the River Tyne that was loaded by fleets of diggers to keep our roads clear. It kept small boys very happy and as soon as got home I was playing with my friends putting handfuls of snow into our Matchbox Bedford tippers!

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting, always fun to read these "back in the day" recollections

@stewartallan1440 Ай бұрын

What a greeting,indeed! The Austin! Much love from Canada! I love seeing vehicles that I haven't seen (unless I owned the Dinky toy back in the 50s)

@johndavey72 Ай бұрын

Richard . I'm sure l've mentioned that lorries , trucks don't do it for me but it didn't stop me watching . Great historical background with the family history. Thanks Richard

@geraldfunnell7932 Ай бұрын

A very interesting video thanks 👏🏻

@Squirel Ай бұрын

What a fantastic way for a company to celebrate and share it's history. A great place too, to go for some light refreshment by the look of it. Thanks for sharing.☺

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

The cafe alongside is definitely a bonus, it'd make a good car club run out destination

@michaelkeen5010 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, my grandfather had a very similar square front Bedford 5 tonner, used for his greengrocery business up to the mid 50’s.

@jonathangriffin1120 Ай бұрын

Did he serve as an ARP warden during WWII?

@michaelkeen5010 Ай бұрын

@@jonathangriffin1120 actually he did, but not in Warmington-on-Sea.

@Fintoman Ай бұрын

I love to see the old sign writing, too. Always artfully executed by the sign writer. I've seen some very old films of haulage companies or just traders with their lorries from many decades ago. A quick Google, and I am often surprised to find that some are still in business.

@RobertGott-c3f Ай бұрын

Fantastic video😊😊 Thanks for visit really enjoyed this A friend as the mod Bedford truck great machine fully restored gets a lot of attention where ever it goes Thanks again😊😊😊

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@MartsGarage Ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit, Richard. I had an Austin (morry minor) pickup just like that in Teal blue the same colour. Mine was a K reg so must have been a very late one.

@Vince_uk Ай бұрын

Part of the reason I watch these lorry videos is to try and jog my memory which lorry my late Father used to drive in the early 1950's when I was very young. He worked for a company in South Shields which made large copper hot water tanks and he transported them all over the country. The company was called Elsy and Gibbons, I am not sure if they still function although they do have a website but the accounts haven't been filed for a very long time. This was long before the days of motorways etc.. I am now convinced it was a Bedford Type S. My family run a haulage company and I bet these trucks were more reliable than the ones we used today. Our single largest cost is truck maintenance, we run Volvo, Renault and MAN and they constantly have issues despite constant servicing etc. and one broke down yesterday in the south which is having to be recovered and towed back to our yard in Sunderland which ain't cheap. Good brekkie viewing,

@nickaxe771 Ай бұрын

Spent my life as a truck driver....my first driving job aged 17 in the 70s was driving a Minor Pick up same color as the one in this video. Worked at the Bee Motor Cycle Shop In Liverpool. delivering motor cycles and scooters with it....wasn't very suitable really.....had to have the rear wheel on the lowered tailgate. Happy days. Must have past within 300mts of this interesting looking place only yesterday on my Triumph Bonnie on my way home from a visit to Sleap Airfield....via Web and Tilstock. Its now on my to do list. Nick From Cheshire.

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Cool, don't forget to mention that you first heard of the place in this video!!! :)

@nickaxe771 Ай бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK Will Do....is there an admission fee.....and is the cafe open all the time the museum is open.

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

@@nickaxe771 Ta. No admission fee, I don't know that the cafe is always open when the collection is so you'd need to check. I think on the cafe's Facebook page it mentions their own opening hours (Old Piggery Cafe at Brookdale).

@nickaxe771 Ай бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK Thank you Sir.

@brianogrady7900 Ай бұрын

Hi glad to see you Jag in fine fettle now

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Wellll still in the testing phase but it appears to be on the right tracks, more on that soon ... thanks for watching

@tomday7309 Ай бұрын

Those lorries look fantastic. Lots of time and money went into those for sure. My favorite was probably the VW pickup. Very rare and that one looks perfect. The only thing I can say about performance is that I drove a van style VW of that vintage packed with furniture and it struggled to pull up the hills of Cincinnati. That large cover on the pickup makes it look more formidable than I think it really is!

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

The VW was certainly an eye-catching vehicle, and in amazing condition

@christophercharles3467 Ай бұрын

Thank you for a great review. Someware to visit now that the most af the vintage shows are done. Also someware new for coffee and cake.

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Yep definitely worth having a look at, iirc the cafe is closed certain days of the week but I'm not sure about the heritage centre itself

@colinp2238 Ай бұрын

Good morning Rick. It looks like a really interesting place to stop off and spend a while. The military version of the S series was the RL that provided the base for the Green Goddesss, as you pointed out. In 1972, I learned to drive in the standard truck version down at Bovingdon, at the RA Driver and Maintenance camp next to the tank museum.

@lawrence5117 Ай бұрын

A great little find.

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Thanks Lawrence, yes it was, something of a hidden gem really and we'll be back again

@jonathangriffin1120 Ай бұрын

Good to see BFE 911 surviving, especially with that tag! I'm guessing she's OWL, 'O' type, 'W' - 'war, 'L' - long wheel base, they were pretty common when I was a wee lad, one local company put Perkins P6s in theirs. I always thought that the 'WD' front end was for ease of production and maintenance access but I remember reading that it also allowed the fitting of larger air filters fo desert work. There's a good article on the restoration of a civvy spec. OWL in this months 'Old Glory' magazine.

@stephenricketts7764 Ай бұрын

That looks like an interesting place to visit. As you say when a company is bought out or lorries come to the end of their service they are pensioned off and never seen again so it is good that the family have preserved at least some. The VW single cab in blue does have what is called a 'treasure chest' located under the main load area, you may have missed it as it is not obvious at first sight. It is the long door on the passenger side. Thanks for the video Rick very nice. 👍👍

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

I'll have a look out for the treasure chest next time I see one of these, thanks for watching

@itsonlyme9938 Ай бұрын

The Bedford truck I can remember seeing one of these or other surplus truck on Blackpool beach ferrying passengers to the waters edge on to a pleasure boat in the 1960's. The last I saw one of these it was just a rusty wreck and I wonder how safe it was to drive. On You tube there is a clip of a Bren gun carrier also being used on Blackpool beach to ferry passengers.

@allanriches9381 Ай бұрын

what a great place, I wonder how many other places like this are about. That Austin pickup would be a perfect classic to have in the driveway, daily useable , cheap to purchase , use and maintain.

@oldclassiccarUK Ай бұрын

Yep small pickups are great, wish I still had one of my old A40 pickups (sigh)

@allanriches9381 Ай бұрын

@@oldclassiccarUK cannot keep them all