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Ron Smith and his rig.
Ron Smith and his rig.
Photo: Eddie.
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Item #: 27080
I believe the location of this photograph to be Foundry lane, Highfield. The date would be late 60's, early 70's at a guess. The S20 Foden was the nicest looking machine that ever came out of Sandbach ( in my opinion ) and with the possible exception of the steel cabbed S40, the nicest to drive. Note there are only two twist locks holding the container to the trailer. Try getting away with that nowadays.
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Comment by: Allan marshall on 23rd November 2015 at 04:39

I knew ron,i used to knock about with his son Tony and his daughter Jeanette,He used to park his wagon at the back of his house oppossite may Mill

Comment by: Alex on 23rd November 2015 at 06:49

Four locks on each corner of the container, never two.

Comment by: Eddie. on 23rd November 2015 at 11:22

Do you know if he's still knocking about Allan? I seem to recall he had a large scale live steam model of a railway locomotive.

Comment by: cindy on 23rd November 2015 at 12:31

Did Ron Live in the Pemberton area, Seem to recollect He was a member of Wigan & District Model Railway Society.

Comment by: Garry on 23rd November 2015 at 17:07

Looks like an Irish reg plate.

Comment by: Eddie. on 23rd November 2015 at 18:31

No, it's Liverpool Garry. KA, KB, KC, KD and KF were all Liverpool numbers as was LV. Cheers. Eddie.

Comment by: Alan H on 23rd November 2015 at 19:18

Garry, it,s a Lancashire County reg. I had a Ford Anglia 4522 TD

Comment by: Garry on 24th November 2015 at 09:55

Cheers Eddie and Alan H.

Comment by: Allan Marshall on 25th November 2015 at 03:59

I don't live in England anymore,but was told he died about 10 years ago,he lived on the estate at the bottom of foundry lane,and yes he was a member of wigan model club,

Comment by: Eddie. on 25th November 2015 at 10:32

Thanks for the reply Allan. I used to work with him in the mid 70's when we were pulling containers out of Garston dock for a company called Cawoods. I lost touch with him when I moved on to another job.

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