John Henderson---Biglorryblog's man 'North 'o' The Border' has responded to the quiz set by that yound whipper snapper Will Shiers on BLB earlier today. and he seends me this picture and message too: "Hi Brian,here's an old photo as promised earlier, re my comments from the Elmia truck show blog.You can always trust 'The Brochure King' to identify a Saurer D330 and it's no surprise to learn that he is in possession of the original Shelvoke & Drewery 'Pakamatic' pamphlet (how about a posting Richard?)"
John goes on to say: "Sadly I've no original pictures of Midlothian Council's S&Ds I saw as a lad, Films and developing were too expensive then to bother with bin motors when there was many a good haulage lorry to capture on the old A1 trunk road!" And he asks: "Was the high roof, fibre glass cab on these the inspiration for Volvo's first F12 Globetrotter? - Eh, probably not, but the four door cab was ahead of the game for crew space. This TZB shot is gleaned from the pages of the 1971 edition of The Observer's Book of Commercial Vehicles and the fore and aft tipping mechanism was essential for packing the rubbish in, with the help of gravity, to maximise the 25 cubic yard capacity."
Now click through here for some of John's S&D recollections as a young lad...
John says: "I remember fixing a few as an apprentice mechanic, as they used various adaptations of Perkin's 6.354 engine and James Bowen, my employers held a franchise for the Peterborough motors. Are there any of these fine British S&D's in preservation now? I hope someone has saved one.Cheers, John...."
Well anorak army---where are there Shelvoke and Drewerys?
Looking at ccmv.fotopic.net there are about nine S and D s of various types in preservation including a Freighter dating back to the 1930s. There also appear to be a reasonable number of refuse trucks still in service in Malta along with Dennis, seddon and Seddon-Atkinson refuse trucks so perhaps Ashley L could be requested to provide some photographs.