pixrobin
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Fri 4th Apr 2014 10:13pm
On 7th Nov 2013 7:57pm, mickw said:
Hi Mick I wonder if the vehicle you remember was a Scammell Scarab which was a small three wheel lorry, I can recall Astleys using them many years ago but these were tractor units pulling trailers, could have been converted to a short flat bed though?
This is a photograph of a model Scammel Scarab in British Railways livery for those who cannot place the vehicle
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TonyS
Coventry
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Sat 5th Apr 2014 7:44am
I was always fascinated by these lorries, having only a single wheel at the front |
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pixrobin
Canley
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Sat 5th Apr 2014 11:48am
Then you'd like Reliant Robins then. I owned a Robin for few years because I could drive it on my motorcycle licence. Because of their light weight (bodyshell of fibre-glass rather than metal) they were tricky in cross-winds. Snow was a problem too. 4-wheeled vehicles tend to create two tracks and leave a pile of snow between. In a Robin you had to plough your own furrow.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Sat 5th Apr 2014 12:15pm
Hi all
There are several of these Scammell lorries running around Hall Brooks most days.
The one here is being loaded at Bramble Lane, with boxes of cycle parts from Nottingham. |
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Benthall-kid
Nuneaton
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Tue 2nd Jun 2015 3:01pm
I remember a pop lorry with crates at an angle along both sides: the brand name was Alpine.
They sold dandelion and burdock, and pineapple, as well as standard lemonade.
Never lasted two minutes in our house since we all had a big glassful! |
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Not Local
Bedworth
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Tue 2nd Jun 2015 8:26pm
Benthall-kid, Alpine Soft Drinks were delivered from a base in Chelmsley Wood on the edge of Birmingham - the pop came in various technicolor colours and flavours - just what kids wanted. |
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paulsadler
hillfields
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 7:03am
Does anyone remember the Davenport's home deliveries in Coventry in the late 60s, early 70s as we had a delivery once a fortnight of 2 crates of Macky, and all of a sudden they stopped
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oldmoney
Leicester
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 10:21am
"Beer at home means Davenport" Wasn't that the advertising slogan? |
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Roger T
Torksey
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 10:45am
On 11th Nov 2011 7:51pm, DBC said:
British Railways (and the the private companies before the war) had three-wheel lorries for parcel deliveries. They always looked very unstable.
Mechanical Horses?
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 10:45am
Hi all
End of the road for Davenports beer - 2010
We are able to include this Birmingham brewery in our Coventry forum section as it was very much a part of Coventry. The safety curtain that fronted in our now demolished Hippodrome, proudly advertised Davenports Beer at home, right next to the advert for P Blamire motor cars. Besides, my parents had Davenports delivered to their home, as indeed I did to mine right up until they stopped deliveries. |
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Roger T
Torksey
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 11:03am
Oh well, since somebody dug out this ancient thread, here goes,
Does anybody remember "Alpine Pop" that we had delivered to the doorstep in Bassett Rd, seem to remember we took four bottles of garishly coloured fizzy concoction at a time - early 1970`s.
Then we moved to Scotland and my wife made enquiries and contacted the depot there and discussed the resumption of the service to our new address.
"Oh yes, nice to hear from you, no trouble at all madam, but it won`t be the same recipe as you got in Coventry - we have to make it sweeter for the Scottish tooth" |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 11:45am
Hi all
Like one of these.
Also, Ted, our dairy man refurbished a BR Scammel for his commercial use.
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Norman Conquest
Allesley
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Thu 13th Aug 2015 12:58pm
Beer at home means Davenports,
That's beer, lots of cheer,
Straight from brewery to your home,
Why collect, we'll deliver.
Soon you'll know why folks all say,
Beer at home means Davenports.
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dutchman
Spon End
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Binkey11
Wyken
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Tue 16th Feb 2016 6:57pm
TOOGOODS seamed to be the life blood for a lot of families in Tile Hill and Canley. There were not a lot of car owning families in the early 50's and he was certainty appreciated by a lot of mums. I used to be fascinated by the brass weights he used to weigh out the spuds on the large scales he had. If he was in a good mood he would drop an extra one in.
The photo was taken in Page Road Canley. |
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