The story of Shap part4
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Before the M6 motorway there were only two major roads linking England and Scotland - the A1 and the A6.
This series of videos covers stories from one of the most hazardous roads, The A6 over Shap fell in what is now known as Cumbria.
Fantastic films. Thank you... 😀
Glad you enjoyed it
Wonderful old lorries.Takes me back to the fifties and sixties when my father was a lorry driver and I used it go with him as a child.
I remember as a kid ,my dad telling me of the hardships of Shap . You had to be a real man to drive lorries in that era.
Oh the little A35 van :)
I do remember the Leyland clock on Shap, and have seen it many times at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal, where it now lives and where I worked during my student holidays in the 1970's.
Fantastic the clock Lady was so nice.
Wonderful nostalgia
I like very much to listen to older HGV drivers. I'm myself a driver, but the conditions are not comparable. Therefore I got a 6x6 tipper lorry from the early sixties to have at least a hint of what driving was back then.
I'm guessing the older wagons are no where near as powerful but they sound better.
What is your 6x6 ? Ex army?
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It's a Henschel, nonmilitary type, I bought from an old carter. Henschel was a well-liked maker from Kassel (Germany), unfortunately taken over by Daimler-Benz in the early seventies. When driving her in the summer one doesn't need to go to the sauna. I'm a member of a small group of enthusiasts who like to keep the old iron running.
To tell the truth, I keep telling the mates that we should participate in the "Trans Pennine Run". But you know, driving on the "wrong" side and speaking English is not every one's cup of tea, unfortunately...
regards
Brilliant stories!!.good old days..😂
I remember the Leyland clock. Glimpsed briefly from the MGB back in the 60s. I dont think I was the target audience.
down shap withe a gardener engine, nock her out of gear (aberdeen booster)or (silent seventh) for more speed as you could not over run a gardener engine, she would drop a valve.a the good old days.
Aberdeen booster I like it.
@@walt-sh7ju HI, WE COULD ALWAYS TELL IF DRIVER HAD STICK OUT ON A GARDENER, WHEN HE PUT IT BACK IN AT BOTTOM OF HILL GREAT CLOUD OF SMOKE.
Missed a "cog" an that was it! You had to start all over again! Something you really didn't want to do!
Not many of Anderson’s flying down shap