Lorry Collection (page 7)

Column of trucks on the Voie Sacree, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918
Column of trucks on the Voie Sacre e, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918. The Voie Sacre e (Sacred Way), connecting Bar-le-Duc to Verdun was given its name after the end of World War I because of

Soldiers and column of trucks on the Voie Sacree, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918
Soldiers and column of trucks on the Voie Sacre e, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918. The Voie Sacre e (Sacred Way), connecting Bar-le-Duc to Verdun was given its name after the end of World War I

Column of trucks, Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Truck and heavy artillery, Genicourt, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Firemen aboard a fire engine, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929. Firefighters with brass helmets pose on a turntable ladder vehicle

Firemen inside a fire engine, Kingsland Road Fire Station, London, 1935. Streamlined fire escape vehicle with crew in breathing apparatus

View of east end of St Pauls showing air raid damage in the vicinity, London, c1941

View of houses and shops in Aldersgate Street, 1879. Artist: Henry Dixon
View of houses and shops in Aldersgate Street, 1879. A busy street with domestic and commercial premises

Ford Day at Brooklands motor racing circuit, Surrey, 1930s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Brooklands. Ford Day

Example of the way that Okies travelled west, 1937. This family (from Missouri) reported, Broke-baby sick-car trouble. Okies was the name given to people from the American prairie states

Milk churns being delivered to Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike, 8 May 1926. The General Strike lasted ten days, from 3 to 13 May 1926

A long white line. A common sight in France, World War I, 1916. A line of British army trucks during the Somme campaign

SA troops climbing into trucks, Germany, c1926. Founded in c1919, the Sturmabteilung (SA) was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party

Rebuilding and modernising roads, 20th century. An old road surface being broken up with the help of pneumatic hammers, operated by a petrol driven air-compressor

Early morning, Covent Garden Market, London, 20th century
Early morning, Covent Garden Market, 20th century. Inigo Jones (1573-1652), regarded as the first significant British architect, and the first to bring Renaissance architecture to England

Labourers salute Hitler from packed trucks on a Nazi-built road, 1936
Labourers salute Hitler from packed trucks on a Nazi-built road, Germany, 1936. Hitler (1889-1945) ordered an ambitious programme of building the autobahn network soon after he came to power in 1933

A Bedford 7 ton tipper being loaded at Rossington Colliery, near Doncaster, 1963
Bedford 7 ton tipper being loaded at Rossington Colliery, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1963. The 6 and 7-ton trucks came with either petrol or diesel engines

ERF 66GSF lorry, Park Gate iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The ERF 66GSF had a 13ft 3in wheelbase and was powered by the Gardner power unit

Loading a Ford Thames Trader tipper lorry, Finningley, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1966. The lorry is being loaded at the Finningley Sand & Gravel Plant

Preparing to lift a fabricated section on the site of Coleshill Gas Works, Warwickshire, 1962

Commer Lorries at Spillers Foods Ltd, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. Drivers from J Bradshaw & Sons Hauliers stand beside their vehicles at the new Spillers Foods mill in Gainsborough

Road construction work, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, November 1955. Workers from Henry Boot & Sons at work on the construction of a new factory roadway

Early 1950s Bedford M Tipper delivering aggregates to a building site, South Yorkshire, July 1954. The site was the National Coal Boards (NCB)

Austin FE 1957 removal van, belonging to Walters Removals, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1957. Frank Walters was the uncle of the photographer

British Steel lorry at a Sheffield foundry, South Yorkshire, 1972. GUY Big J Lorry regostration no JWY 383K was in the service of British Steels Special Steels division in Rotherham

Draymen from Tetley & Walker, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1969. Artist: Michael Walters
Draymen from Tetley & Walker, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1969. Draymen unloading beer barrels during a delivery to a pub

Ford D Series tractor unit belonging to Mason Brothers of Rotherham, 1967. Artist
Ford D Series tractor unit belonging to Mason Brothers of Rotherham, 1967. TWA 470F had just been purchased from local dealers TC Harrison

Ruston-Bucyrus 110-RB face shovel loading a Euclid dumper, Steetley quarry, Nottinghamshire, 1967. Euclid trucks originated in the USA

A Bedford A3S tipper on the site of Manvers coal prep plant, South Yorkshire, 1955. The vehicle, registration number RLV 651

Henry Boot road roller and a Bedford A3S Tipper, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Road roller and Bedford A3S tipper, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. A photograph taken on the site of the Manvers coal preparation plant showing vehicles belonging to Henry Boot Construction of

Danish Bacon Company distribution depot, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Danish Bacon Company distribution depot, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1963. Danish Bacon opened their new distribution depot in the village of Kilnhurst in 1957

The exterior of Spillers Animal Foods mill, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. Artist
The exterior of Spillers Animal Foods mill, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1962. The Union Flag flies above the recently completed mill

An Austin FF K160 lorry belonging to the General Electric Co, Swinton, 1963. Artist
An Austin FF K160 lorry belonging to the General Electric Co, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. An Austin FF K160 truck beloning to the GEC (later to become Morphy Richards)

Home delivery of a cooker, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. To promote their home delivery service for large items such as cookers

ERF 66GSF tipper pulling a hot ingot transporter, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. The lorry had a 13ft 3in wheelbase and was powered by the Gardner power unit

Weighbridge office scene, Spillers foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1961. Artist
Weighbridge office scene, Spillers foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1961. In this photograph, a lorry driver reports to the enquiries window whilst his lorry sits on the weighbridge outside

Preparation for construction work, Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist
Preparation for construction work, Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, 1960. As the site is being prepared for the commencement of construction of part of Sheffield University

An AEC Mammoth Major on the building site for Sheffield University, 1960. Artist
AEC Mammoth Major on the building site for Sheffield University, South Yorkshire, 1960. An AEC Mammoth Major lorry delivering reinforcement bars on the building site for Sheffield University

Laycock Commercial Brake testing unit with a Commer 10 ton tractor unit Sheffield, 1969
Laycock commercial brake testing unit, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1969. Laycock engineering manufactured a wide range of vehicle testing equipment from their base in Sheffield

ERF 66GSF tipper at the Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The lorry had a 13ft 3in wheelbase and was powered by the Gardner power unit

Early 1940s Diamond T truck pulling a large load, South Yorkshire, 1962. The truck, bearing the unusual registration number of EGG 999 pulls the body of a 2400 Lima drag line unit on a low loader

Caravan site, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters
Caravan site in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. The Caravan site in Mexborough in South Yorkshire prior to it being cleaned up on the orders of the Health inspector in 1961

Thomas Smith Super 10 earth mover working at the Shell Plant, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Thomas Smith & Sons can trace their origins back to 1820 when the company was created by a group of

Lorry in front of the new Spillers Animal Food mill, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1960. A Thames Trader lorry from Teesdales in Louth stands in front of the factory

A heavy load stops the Manchester traffic, 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
A heavy load stops the Manchester traffic, 1962. A policeman stops traffic as a giant 85-foot absorption tower is pulled slowly through the streets of Dukinfield by a Foden lorry owned by Edward Beck

An absorption tower being transported by road, Dukenfield, Manchester, 1962. Artist
An absorption tower being transported by road, Dukinfield, Manchester, 1962. A man and his granddaughter look on as a giant 85 foot absorption tower slowly makes its way through the streets on a

Unloading and loading lorries, Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1961. A 1960 Leyland Super Comet tipper truck and a late 1950s Bedford SL flat back lorry being loaded

Line up of 1950s lorries at Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1961. In the photograph can be seen a Morris FFK 140 next to a Dodge truck which looks to be about a 1950 vintage

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