[Meridian - Bridge on Haydn Road]

I worked at Meridian in mid 60s  and i was driving the red van JAU 282D ,  It was a brand new chassis and cab and the luton body was off my old Thornicroft , the new Austin Clydesdale  came with what was call a motorway back axel and could do 85 mph easily . great motor . Three weeks after we had the motor i met a thames trader near Cockney cross roads, on my way back from Meridian factory at Clowne. the Thames Trader decided to brake on the bend in pouring rain , consiquently the backend of the Traderr slew round and chopped my cab almost in half , so it was fitted with another new cab .  Happy Days .   

[Meridian - Bridge on Haydn Road]

On 1/15/2016 at 10:04 AM, zab said:

I'm trying to remember when the bridge at Meridian on Haydn Road was demolished - the picture is a still from 1966.

I've got a feeling it was the late sixties but could have been early seventies, does anybody know for certain?

That was me driving that van , the only red one in the fleet, JAU 282D