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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Mike PMike P Date: Sep 19, 2008 02:17
Clive wrote:
>> My Grans live in the same village, 300yds apart. Between them is a
>> transport yard .... it spoils the whole area. It's been there for 60
>> years though, so everyone's used to it. I wouldn't like to live
>> there that's for sure. Though when I was a kid, the struggling idle
>> of the big engines at 6am on a winter morning was comforting oddly
>> enough.
> 60 years ago, was it BRS then?
No, I was a bit out with the dates. It didn't become a haulage yard until
the mid-fifties. It took me a while to find out because 3 out of 4
grandparents are now dead, and the other one is a little loopy :-) I checked
with my dad who was born nearby, and it was in fact a pen for goats and
chickens until 1952, when it was bought by a local haulage company (Rileys)
and has been like that ever since. BB4 9LQ on google maps has it in the
centre of the picture.
MIke P
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