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I finally got round to making a start last night, afraid that the guys that previously had a go have disconnected and dismantled just about everything and left...
Hi Paul, £95 isn't bad, I paid £50 plus to hire a transporter trailer, I had to hire for the full weekend as I was doing it on the Saturday and couldn't get...
... A man after my own heart! I bypassed the contactor in my charger and it is still bypassed to this day! Just have to be a bit careful not to let it ...
Back in October this year, "The One Show" on BBC One ran a series of items lamenting the disappearance of things we didn't know we would miss until they were...
... wrote: found the ... If that's the case then I suspect the cells have all but destroyed themselves and you're about to discover the economic reality of ...
I've installed a voltmeter and an ammeter in the cab of my milk float - see attached (rather poor) photo. The photo shows the batteries are a bit down - must...
If your batteries are dead and you like to live life on the dangerous side i can recommend giving each cell a good stir and kick back into life AT YOUR OWN...
Hi - That's the one from Force cars near Didcot isn't it?? (I work at the power plant) I wanted it, but didn't have space for it. Go easy on the batteries,...
J Bright & Son (Bakers), Poole: HLJ 714. I've just been scanning a photo for posting to another group, and in the background was this 3-wheel electric...
It is a Brush Pony built by brush engineering of loughborough. I have worked on many of these vehicles over the years and although it has been some time since...
As an aside the massive Brush neon sign still glows clearly and is clearly visible as the train pulls out of Loughborough station. ... From: nicholas maskell...
They are a similar looking vehicle. Infact casting my mind back they used to have 2 Brush and 3 Brook Victors at Sellars in Huddersfield but the Brush ones...
www.keith-deering.com converts old floats especially Brush and renamed them Market Traders.There are several in New Covent Garden.1 day I thought I try one...
Hi all I worked for Woodgates Dairy 89/90 Nr East Grinstead West Sussex, for 18 months. Had alot of fun, so much so everyone said I should write a book.Drove...
Hi - this was covered by local radio, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7782264.stm Three guys called 'Away with the Dairies' take to the road in a...
When I was a milkman, I saw a commuter running for his train about a mile away so I took pity on him and gave him a lift. He looked a sight, standing on the...
Hi Good to hear your stories of your time at various dairies, do you have any photo's of the various floats etc other those which presumably you have already...
Hi my name is Dave Benham and I worked originally for the L.C.S. (London Co-operative Service) from 1966 till we became C.R.S. ( Co- operative Retail Services)...
Finally found the pics i was looking for Andy and Julie ... From: Auntiemarys Canary <auntiemaryscanary@...> Subject: Re: [milko] Bright, Poole HLJ 714 ...
Unfortunately the one with the cab on is no more. But the one with out and 2 more the same still work hard in a factory produce carpet manufacturing machinery....
Noticed this article in the January 2009 issue of BT Today (BT's internal staff newspaper). The vehicle pictured looks like a modified Ford Transit. ...
Hi there Tim. Yes your correct it is a modified Transit, it is actually a Smith edison. Built by Smith Electric Vehicles Andy and Julie ... From: Tim Fardell...
Hi Dave, I was With the LCS from 1979 as a yard boy until being sacked in 82 by the CRS for the terrible offence of having a roundsboy. (Do you remember when...
Hi Kevin  I worked for Woodgates Farm Dairy wand often took my family with me, son of 6 and daughter of 1 and wife. Never had any bothers. I worked for...
Kevin, Â I was originally at Southfields as a roundsman, later becoming a Rotor (Rounds Inspector). Later I transferred to North Kensington as an Assistant...
