Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Anyone care to work out what is going on here-your clue-the year is 1954
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Brian Dixon
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a beer delivery by steam lorry,a left over from ww2.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Yes as A boy I would watch it coming up the hill to the Westbury pub, it did take some time but got there in the end.
Terry Nunn
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As a wee lad I would watch it (or similar) unloading outside the Globe and Friend In Need. A very distinctive smell I recall. Not at all like trains.
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I trust that the beer was supposed to come out of the front of the elephant.
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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Wasn't it always said that Sheps came out the back?
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Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Some boyhood memories for Vic and Terry!
The steam lorry is actually a Sentinel S4 built in 1934. They were quite advanced and could reach speeds of 50mph on the flat!
I mentioned 1954 as the bull nosed Morris is a bit of a red herring! The S4 pictured is about 1 year away from retirement and was one of a fleet owned by Wingham Engineering and leased to Fremlins for dray purposes. It was one of 2 survivors into preservation. It was purchased from 'Wingham' in 1956 by my grandfather Fred Pegden of Pegden Bros, Elham who intended to use it for snowploughing and general haulage duties. However with the advent of the Suez Fuel Crisis in 1956/57 he hired it back to Fremlins who were doing their bit to counter the the international fuel shortage.
It appeared at the annual Elham Steam Rally and was used to great effect,fitted with a monster snowplough, in keeping the Elham Valley Road open between the A20 at Beechborough and the A2 at Bishopsbourne during the 1962/63 white out. Only trouble was at the height of the storm the A20 & A2 were both blocked for several days at each junction-probably because they were using diesels on that part of the job!
Picture below was taken on the 5th Dec 1956 in Fremlins yard at Faversham. Much to my grandfather's annoyance he painted out the Fremlins signage only the week before he had the request!
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Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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oops - getting in a state with me upoloading- here it is
That's Fred proudly standing next to his recent acquisition-polished to perfection as all his engines were...
The Sentinel now lives in Essex.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Brilliant bit of history, Richard, a shame that the Fremlins brewery is now Tesco and the name defunct.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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For those interested there is a strange army? type vehicle parked in Salisbury Road it was there yesterday and is still there this morning.
I must hunt out my camera do a Howard and learn to post pictures on here.
edit..... 12.20 still there.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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When did petrol rationing end? About 1955 or perhaps later?
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Been there some time now,it is one that can both go on water and land.
Guest 705- Registered: 23 Sep 2010
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Sounds like a WW2 US Army 'Duck'.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Lets not forget the great horses they had to,and still have,but only for show now. Photo of them please.
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Yes indeed Vic - would be great to see some local pics of horse drawn dray activity.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They were still about in the late 1940s,I would see them in the town centre.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Just out of interest as not Dover born, where was the Griffin Inn?
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Thank you for showing that to us.
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