Scope and Content
Sheet 1: Clay Trucks
Sheet 2: Hoffman Kilns
Sheet 3: Hoffman Kilns cont'd
Sheet 4: Old Style Method of Drawing Bricks
Sheet 5: Men at work
(i) Claude Irons aka Paddy loading bricks
(ii) Claude Irons
(iii) Unnamed man (possibly the same man as Sheet 6 (iv)
(iv) George Beal, tyre fitter
(v) Barry Armstrong (tyre shop?)
Sheet 6: Men at work
(i) Poperwell? standing on hill with chimneys and works in background
(ii) Unnamed man in yard with chimneys behind
(iii) 'MVB nightshift' unnamed man taken from same position as (ii)
(iv) 'MVB nightshift' unnamed man possibly same man as in 5 (iii) taken from same position as (ii)
(v) Men as in (ii) and (iii) outside the office
(vi) Man as in (iii) working in the office
Sheet 7: Men at work
(i) Titch and man, possibly Hugh Evans, in front of bricks in a kiln
(ii) Titch and man, possibly Hugh Evans, but not the same man as in (i)
(iii) Titch being lifted by man as in (ii)
(iv) Titch driving fork lift truck
(v) Man as in (i) driving fork lift truck
Sheet 8: Fleet views
Black and White views of MVB truck fleet
(i) View of fleet with SNM 588 in foreground, c.1958-62
(ii) View of fleet as above UBM 860 and UBM 413 visible, c.1958-62
(iii) View of fleet as above but looking to the left, TTM 181 visible
(iv) As above but looking to the right.
Sheet 9: Colour views of truck fleet
(i) View of Marston and London Brick trucks
(ii) Closer view of Marston trucks nos. 438, 87, 436, 414 and 440
(iii) View of Marston trucks nos. 124 (107 KBM) and 276 (956 JTM) with a London Brick truck in background. Unnamed man standing by 124 and Stan Walker in its cab.
(iv) Large group of drivers with the London Brick fleet (F240 in foreground) 35mm neg.
(v) Unnamed man with camera with drivers and works behind
(vi) Driver in bobble hat leaning against a London Brick cab
Sheet 10: Colour views of London Brick truck fleet (35mm negs)
(i-ii) Identical view of London Brick fleet
(iii-iv) 2 near identical views of fleet
(v-vi) 2 near identical views of fleet with drivers
(viii) View of fleet
Sheets 11 - 15: NB the photographs on these sheets are arranged by vehicle number with additional photos of drivers interspersed as appropriate i.e. when the same man appears with a lorry and then on his own.
Sheet 11: Vehicles and drivers.
(i) No. 90 JMJ 956, Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought in 1951, sold in 1963. Standing beside the cab are two men, the one to the right may be Den Cheeseman.
(ii) No. 93 LNM 696, Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought in 1953, sold 1963.Les Rawlson and Mark Ansty stand in front
(iii) Mark Ansty
(iv) No. 99 KTM 919, Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought in 1952 sold 1963. Don Clarke stands beside.
(v) Don Clarke in his cab
(vi) Don Clarke with 'Young' in his cab
Sheet 12: Vehicles and drivers.
(i) No. 101 LNM 13, Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought in 1952, sold 1963. The same two men who appeared in Sheet 11 (i) stand beside the cab.
(ii) No. 132 FTM 155, AEG Mammoth 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought 1947 sold 1954. Unnamed man stands beside the truck. (copy of an old photo).
(iii) No. 138 LNM 709, AEG Mammoth bought 1953, with Tanner Briton leaning against it.
(iv-v) Tanner Briton
(vi) No. 174, NNM 545 ERF 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought 1954 sold 1963. 'Jim Seddon's lorry'.
Sheet 13: Vehicles and drivers.
(i) No. 176 OBM 747, ERF 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought 1953 'Tom Allen's'
(ii) Cab of No. 232 LBM 391, AEG Mammoth, 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought 1952.Derek Cain leans against the cab
(iii) No. 232 full view with Derek Cain
(iv) Derek Cain and another leaning against the cab
(v) No. 235 JNM 943 AEG Mammoth 8 wheeler 15 ton truck bought 1951, parked in street with a milk lorry behind. 'Gulliver' stands beside.
(vi) No. 242 KNM 529 AEG Mammoth 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought 1951.Unnamed man in military style clothing standing alongside.
Sheet 14: Vehicles and drivers.
(i) No. 245 OTM 31 ERF 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought 1955 with unnamed man
(ii) No. 273 with Den Cheeseman, Lew Daley and another.
(iii) Unnamed man as in (ii) see also sheet 11 (I) and sheet 12 (I)
(iv-v) No. 316 DBM 860 Commer bought 1958, sold 1964 with Jock Buist standing in front
(vi) No. 328 TBM 283 Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck bought in 1957. Unnamed man leaning against it.
Sheet 15: Vehicles and drivers.
(i)No. 328 with left man holding out his false teeth towards the camera, 2nd left man possibly the same one as in Sheet 14 (vi) and 15 (vi), 3rd left, man as in Sheet 19 (ii-iii) and right unnamed man.
(ii) No. 329 TBM 446 Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck with Bill Stimpson
(iii) Bill Stimpson
(iv) Bill Stimpson with No. 329.
(v) No. 330 HTM 319 Foden 8 wheeler, 15 ton truck with unnamed man
(vi) Close up of the man who appears in Sheet 14 (vi) with No. 330 behind him.
Sheet 16: Driver's Strike
(i) Police at gate
(ii) Men and 3 lorries at gate
(iii) Larger group of men with lorries at gate
(iv) Large group of men at gate with about 9 lorries
(v) Men milling about at gate
(vi) Men and lorries at gate, lorries moved to block road
Sheet 17: Driver's Strike
(i) Men at gate
(ii-v) Men and their cars on the grass verge
Sheet 18: Pictures possibly taken during the Driver's Strike
(i) 4 men playing cards among the brick piles
(ii-iii) Close up of 2 of the card players John Hardy and 'Don Cheeseman'? (not the same man as in Sheets 11-12)
(iv) John E Hardy as 'Rommel'
(v) Dave B [?]
(vi) Man in glasses and flat cap seated on brick pile
Sheet 19: Pictures possibly taken during the Driver's Strike
(i) Group of men seated around a lorry and bricks
(ii) Bill Rogers, Dave B and another seated among bricks
(iii) Unnamed man from (ii) in mid air
(iv) Bill Rogers
(v) Bill Rogers, Titch and another
Sheet 20: Pictures possibly taken during the Driver's Strike
(i) Dick Pulley? and unnamed man from 19 (ii-iii)
(ii) Dick Pulley and man from 15 (I) 2nd left.
(iii) Lew Daley
(iv) Four men: John, Mac, Thompson and Daley
(v) As above but with 2 more men
(vi) Daley being hugged by Thompson
Sheet 21: Various photographs of men
(i-iv) Lew Daley and another in his cab
(v-vi) 'Stony'
Sheet 22: Various photographs of men
(i) Long John and Mac Macreate
(ii-iii) Mac Macreate
(iv) Long John
(v-vi) Dick Pulley? (not the same man as in Sheet 20)
Sheet 23: Various photographs of men
(i) Man and Fred Holmes
(ii-iv) Fred Holmes
(v-vi) Phil Nichols
Sheet 24: Various photographs of men
(i) Unnamed man
(ii) Jock
(iii) Long John? (doesn't seem to be the same man as in Sheet 22)
(iv) Mac asleep in his cab
(v-vi) Drivers around the tea urn with PNM 169 in background
Sheet 25: Various photographs of men
(i) Bob Barnell
(ii) Harold Denton, Foreman chargehand
(iii) Mitch
(iv) Taffy Smith outside a cafe with a pint
(v) Mr Halliday and car (HWM 539)
(vi) Lew Daley and Thompson with car (UMJ 671)
Sheet 26: Dinner Dances
(i-iii) Setting up the bar
(iv-vi) Tables set out
Sheet 27: Dinner Dances
(i-vi) People at tables
Sheet 28: Dinner Dances
(i) Couple at table
(ii) Danny
(iii) Couple
(iv) The band
(v-vi) Presentations
Sheet 29: Dancing
Sheet 30: More Dancing
Sheet 31: The Dancing gets more modern (with additional negatives)
Sheet 32: Dancing
(i)The Hokey Cokey (with additional negatives)
(ii) Photo of a man and woman each holding a baby 'Abasaylum'.