Brooky

Hippos, great trucks!!!! A couple of pictures of preserved ones. The first was mine and went to somwhere around Heathrow in early 90's, the transfer box had been turned round so it had 5 overdrive gears!!! Could never get into top gear as it was too high!!!

Preserved Churchill seen at Duxford quite a few years ago

Nearly there...............just the ex Jersey one to go, modern technology!!!

Try again, this time with the pictures (I hope)!!!

Some more pictures of early MW's. I have included the Jersey one as this is now back in the north of England Sorry if some have been posted before, but then again you can never have too many pictures of early British stuff!!

Austin, welcome, always had a soft spot for K9's. A cargo version was the first lorry I drove (at the tender age of 10!!!) I live in Preston and can recommend the West Lancs section of the MVT for local meets. Look forward to seeing you in 2009

www.pearsonsofliverpool.co.uk Another link for details Good photos on here

Not very good at reviews!!! However the book is a landscape A4 production with the photos taken from wartime glass negatives and it tells the story of Pearsons of Liverpool. The pictures in the book are fantastic and cover the whole range of vehicles assembled by the company from kits supplied CKD (completely knocked down) from both America and Canada. These include CMP types, and American vehicles including Autocars, Diamond T and Mack. Trailers and forklifts are also included as are some British vehicles!!The story is completed by a look at the post war activities as suppliers and refurbishers of ex military vehilcles and also their post war coach building activities. Follows is a synopsis taken from the Transpennine website. Author: Alan Earnshaw & David Hayward Format: A4, Hardback Pages: 148pp Price: £29.00 UK December '08 Release! [/url] When preordering select PRE-ORDER as Shipping Method! Synopsis: This beautifully illustrated book uses hitherto classified photographs of outstanding quality to present a view of the 'secret' goings-on around Wavertree and Edge Hill. Here, in bombed-out factories and on waste ground around Smithdown Lane, Overbury Street, Crown Street, Queensland Road and Falkner Street, a vast fleet of military vehicles were erected in great secrecy. The 148-page hard-back book will be produced entirely in black and white, with a sepia tone dust jacket, and is A4 landscape format. It will only have a limited edition of 1,500 UK copies, each of which will be individually numbered and signed by the authors. To reserve your copy for a December release please pre-order now. Price: £25.00 plus first class post and packaging of £4 to UK addresses (Overseas at cost).

Web site address is www.transpenninepublishing.co.uk

I dont think you will be disapointed!!!!

For those of you who do not take the magazine Vintage Roadscene, you may be unaware of the newly published book by them. It is a pictorial record of Pearsons of Liverpool war work assembling vehicles from both Canada and America that were supplied CKD. It is a large landscape format book and made up mainly of photos of their work. These photos were taken during the war and the quality is superb. Mine arrived this morning and all I can say is FANTASTIC!!!! (The publishers can be contacted on 017683 51053 but be quick as the production run is limited to 1500 copies) Please note this is not intended as an advert as I have no connection with the publishers but believe that members of the forum may be interested in it.

My point exactly!!!!!! history distorted

Perhaps they had as much trouble getting 900x16 tyres as we do!!!!

The film with the Morris Commercial was also shown the other night as part of a programme celebrating 90 years of the RAF

Welcome Where abouts in the fens did the Explorer come from? Have you any piccies

Well done From the info I have managed to get hold of you did very well getting a copy of the book. I spoke to the publishers to see if they had any record of the author (the book was self published) and they said that all their records had been destroyed in a flood and in any case all the manuscript etc would have been returned after publication. They did say however that the print run would probably have not exceeded a thousand copies and probable much less than that. It is indeed a fantastic story and really brings to life the story of these two girls in Normandy. I did the research because I did have a thought that the book should be republished as both a historic account and a social account of that period. Who knows I may one day continue the search as I am sure that the author lived in my neck of the woods as it was published in Kendal and one quotation goes along the lines of "and for a moment I was back in my native Lancashire" (or something like that"!!! Enjoy the read and maybe leave it in the clubhouse for someone else to look at!!!!!

Another photo of the K3 this time with its crew

Some photos of Thornycroft Nubian on test

Good question, thought you might like to see the attached letter. It probably asks more questions than it answers!! ward la france 1.pdf

The Mack is in east Yorkshire at the moment.

Kid brother has started a web site, piccies of Mack are there, try following this link http://rustytrucks.tripod.com/id4.html

Am interested if you have any parts for a 1920's Mack AC (Bulldog) Especially engine parts or solid wheels. My brother has just imported one from the States, nearly complete but missing bits and pieces

There seem to be a few Austins on the scene at the moment that portray themselves as war time when the chances are they were converted after the war for the NFS. Just for interest I thought that a picture of a "real" canteen would be of interest. Attached is a wartime picture of a 3 ton Austin Canteen that was used by the YMCA just after D Day. The picture came from a book called The Road From Normandy that tells the story of two YMCA volunteers Margaret Chettle and Marjorie Whiteside who landed in Normandy in August 1944 and followed the troops through to VE day. The book was published privately in November 1946 in Kendal. I have tried to find out more about the author but have drawn a blank, even though she was at the time of publishing an MBE.

That was one of the pictures I was looking for!!! I still must look for another photo that was taken when it was owned by someone called Smith (I think) in Milton Keynes