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Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:20 pm
by glencairn
Another interest of mine is Road haulage. Today I got the big toys out.
A bit bigger than 00 Gauge
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All three vehicles are in Siddle Cook of Consett livery
Glencairn
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:48 pm
by Walkingthedog
They are magnificent. If I go to a Country Fair I always head to the lorries. Perhaps I could get a nice big O gauge one for my slowly developing layout.
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 7:59 pm
by Mr Bones
Very impressive especially the last one. You could almost convert me
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:20 pm
by glencairn
They are 1-50 scale.
I believe there is only one vehicle now in Siddle C Cook livery. It belongs to Elddis Caravans. (Siddle backwards). Whenever we have seen it, it is off again before we can take a photograph of it.
Glencairn
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:36 pm
by RAF96
Is this the one...
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Picture credit - The Northern Echo.
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:08 am
by glencairn
That's the one. See the registration on the unit - Y100 SCC. Over 100 years since the birth of the original Company. SCC - Siddle C Cook off course.
Thanks RAF96 for posting.
Glencairn
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:10 pm
by RAF96
The livery was resurrected by a grandson in honour of the old fella and the anniversary according to the Northern Echo article.
Edit - didn’t the two brothers have a falling out and the one set up Elddis and the other ERF. I seem to remember reading about in a caravan magazine many decades of moons ago.
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:39 pm
by IanS
For those interested in the 'official' story, try scrolling down this page;
https://www.elddis.net/about-us.php
to the 'History' section.
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 11:58 am
by glencairn
RAF96 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:10 pm
The livery was resurrected by a grandson in honour of the old fella and the anniversary according to the Northern Echo article.
Edit - didn’t the two brothers have a falling out and the one set up Elddis and the other ERF. I seem to remember reading about in a caravan magazine many decades of moons ago.
Regarding ERF. The name ERF derives from Edwin Richard Foden. A separate Company altogether.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERF_(truck_manufacturer)
Glencairn
Re: Road Haulage -- The Big Toys
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 1:18 pm
by cheshire lines
The ERF factory was only a few miles away from the Fodens factory in Sandbach, which I had a tour of when I was a Business Studies student back in the 1970s. Decades earlier they were well known for having Ladies football team.