FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 LEYLAND, ALBION, FODEN, SCAMMELL, ERF, GUY. The backbone of the British transport industry for the best part of the 20th century. When the Russians built the Awsan dam in Africa, their own manufactured wagons were inferior to ours. They used Leylands, but removed all badges etc, and anything appertaining to Leyland. I cringe at some of the crap around today. Isuzu, Hino, Mitsubishi, Daf, Renault , Iveco, Mata ! All from recycled bean cans ! I hated some of the vehicles where I worked in the late 90's. Mitsubishi wagon engine blew up after only two years. Mazda van needed new drive shafts after only 48k miles. Utter rubbish. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Jill, you're not far off the mark with your last comment ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 You mean Chiggers, Jill. Said to be found in the Spanish moss on the trees found in places like Savanah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Savannah....... Love to live there. Brilliant name too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 I've only been there once. Nice place though. Close to the coast. Lots of historical old houses and good restaurants. It is a harbor city though with some of the problems that can bring. Potential for hurricanes, though they have been lucky the last few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 6 hours ago, FLY2 said: had mushy peas for starter, sweet & sour chicken and rice. Then a bag of doughnuts, and a bag of sickly mixed fudge. My Gran would have said "You'll be shitting over nine hedges" well I think she said something like that? 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 My late hero, Gregg Allman lived there until his untimely death last May. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Cripes ! This big bag of pick 'n' mix fudge is taking some getting through. It did cost me £11 though ! Yummy ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 How's the guts today FLY ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 2 hours ago, FLY2 said: LEYLAND, ALBION, FODEN, SCAMMELL, ERF, GUY. Go a long way to beat a Gardner 180 Rog 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Superb ! A long walk in Clumber Park this morning after breakfast. Coffee and scone there. Fudge this afternoon after digging out one of my compost bins in readiness for potting my new dwarf daffodil bulbs. Sawn up an old rotting bird house, then lit the chiminea. Been in as its raining, and got a beer. Pizza with my own toppings tonight..... Burp ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,303 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 7 hours ago, FLY2 said: 4 minutes ago, FLY2 said: got a beer. Pizza with my own toppings tonight..... Burp ! Gotta hand it to FLY, he knows how to live the high life! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Not quite the 'high life ' I had in mind when leaving FFGS at 16 Jill. I fancied being a playboy. Got my MG at 19, but that's as far as it got. My visions of a life of luxury rapidly plummeted ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,303 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 You're doing better than Hugh Hefner! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Fast cars & loose women that sadly killed a mate of mine ......................... couldn't get either so he shot himself 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Had plenty of jigga's in me time ................... tie them on the end of the line, throw them over the side and .....................lift em up and down as bait for sea fish.............................. and there were you thinking I was going to be naughty......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,303 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 The thought never entered my head, NBL, cos your name's not BEN....is it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 ^^^^^^^^ No and no fancy woolly underware either..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 19 hours ago, plantfit said: Go a long way to beat a Gardner 180 Rog Daimler Fleetlines (ETO 160 - 184L) we had at Bulwell were powered by Gardner 180s, built to last. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,405 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 I'm afraid Catfan that being 'built to last ' is partly the reason for the decline of so many British companies. Too many like Leyland, Foden, Norton, Herbert Morris, Raleigh etc. sat on their laurels and thought 'johnny foreigner' never made things that would last. Meanwhile the competition were catching up and rapidly passing them. I drove Atkinson Borderers with Gardner engines. They were slow, noisy and had brutal suspension. At the end of the day I was kn****d.They gave me a Volvo F86 demonstrator and had to get me out of the cab with a crowbar before I would let them have it back, brilliant machine in it's day. The same story goes for machine tools, motorbikes, cars and any number of British produced products. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,577 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Brew,you are quite right about "resting on their laurals",especially where Raleigh was concerned,I had a brief spell there in the mid 90's and a keen mountain bike fan,one day a supervisor called us all in the office to look at this "new frame they had developed" what a load of rubbish,the American frame builders had built one about three years previous and out of much lighter materials, it didn't go down too well when I mentioned this in the meeting Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Brew said: I'm afraid Catfan that being 'built to last ' is partly the reason for the decline of so many British companies. Too many like Leyland, Foden, Norton, Herbert Morris, Raleigh etc. sat on their laurels and thought 'johnny foreigner' never made things that would last. Meanwhile the competition were catching up and rapidly passing them. I drove Atkinson Borderers with Gardner engines. They were slow, noisy and had brutal suspension. At the end of the day I was kn****d.They gave me a Volvo F86 demonstrator and had to get me out of the cab with a crowbar before I would let them have it back, brilliant machine in it's day. The same story goes for machine tools, motorbikes, cars and any number of British produced products. I couldn't agree more, arrogance was the word.. Driver comfort never entered the equation. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 The new van I have just taken delivery off has every conceivable accessory going it like driving a very good car. I was only remarking to my lad "I can remember when the only accessory you got with a van was a lump of ........ rag to stuff in the hole round the gear stick." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I remember there always used to be a small fair on Wilford Rd during the sixties. Can't remember whether it was the week before or after Goose Fair. It was held on land by the railway lines, opposite side of the road to the Castle Inn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Can't see an appropriate thread to park this, but feel sure the lorry buffs will like it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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