poohbear 1,360 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 This old sixties picture jogged a memory...long time since I saw a chock under the front wheel of a bus.I remember as a kid the buses from Cinderhill way on Hanley Street Terminus used to use these Was it 'cause the handbrakes were unreliable?...Or some old Health & Safety rule? Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 It was the former (I think) because they didn't have air brakes to hold that great weight (if the driver was in the cab he could put his foot on the brakes) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Where was this taken? Looks like a Cinema? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Where was this taken?Looks like a Cinema? Dunno was thinking that myself...buses parked outside though?...and cars...Can't place it. Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Mount Street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Mount Street If the bus is on a forward slope that makes the background Derby Rd way...Is that Albert Hall then?? Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Carlton Cinema Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Carlton Cinema Makes sense if the bus is facing South towards Wilford Rd.Didn't realise there was such a slope. Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Ayup Poohbear, I remember them chocks being put under the wheels of the old trolly buses outside the town hall in Bulwell,thanks for the memory Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Another unrelated memory from the ad on the bus. When that picture was taken I was probably working at a Crawfords depot in the railway yard on Wilford St. The yard was full of dozens of those British Rail electric three wheel delivery vehicles...remember them? Can't remember the vehicle make. Funny looking things with articulated trailer. Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Found it..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 That is the Scammel 'Scarab' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Were they electric or is the old grey matter playing up again? Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 They were petrol driven ,Poobear. I remember when the old horse drawn wagons were replaced by them. The railways had the yards all along the canal and across wilford Rd. to where the horses were stabled. Huge beasts they were! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Seems to me the perfect design for working in small cluttered areas such as railway yards. I bet they turned on a sixpence. I would think that the only complaints about them could come from hedgehogs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 ...and the drivers! Very unstable, replaced by a more squat looking 4 wheeled version,? name? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 There y`go. Learn something new everyday! The railways used a wide range of two and four wheeled, one and two horse, delivery vehicles. Technically a cart has two wheels and a waggon has four (road waggons have two Gs in their name, railway wagons have only one). So the horses pulled`waggons' Prior to the Scarab was the Scammel mechanical horse in service to the 60`s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted August 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 Found this interesting.... http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:TSakX...;cd=6&gl=uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Found it..... BUMP. The above vehicle I remember,when i was a Van lad on leaving school in 1960,we didnt have any at Midland Station parcels depot,but the one i recall was at Victoria station and was possibly the last one used for parcels, I even recall the distinctive driver who was a very shall we say 'Wide chap' name of 'Vic' quite appropriatly i think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Scammell Scarab that is. Used to be a regular sight on Carrington St and London Rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Reversing with a small trailer like that one is a work of art, not easy ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Up hill and twisty even worse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 There were Jenson Motors Jen Tug petrol engine and Jen Helec battery powered. Also the Karrier Bantam. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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