Big Al's Truck Stop

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="05f9edf0.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Arthur Hubbard</div> <div> Tribute to my mate Arthur a true Knight of the Road in every sense.Sadly Arthur passed away in 1994 but memories of a true gent and friend stay forever.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="190b1910.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brian Gale</div> <div> A good friend sadly missed Brian passed away 10th Nov 2002 and I lost a good and true friend. Brian truly was a King of The Road.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Big Al's Truck Stop</B></div> <div> <U>This site is a mix of Old Classic British Lorries and their newer counterparts</U></div> <div> <U>Dedicated to all Lorry Drivers and Truckers. Remember if you have bought it a lorry brought it</U></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="428f6360.jpg" border=0 width="502" height="310" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="42aa43b0.jpg" border=0 width="420" height="315" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Welcome to my Web Page  dedicated to British Classic and Vintage Lorries, now very much a thing of the past  R.I.P</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My History"><U>My History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U>Photo Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Classic Lorries"><U>Classic Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atkinson Lorries"><U>Atkinson Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mildred"><U>Mildred</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Page"><U>Guest Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Dubai"><U>More Dubai</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Links"><U>Picture Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leyland Rally Day"><U>Leyland Rally Day</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barnard Castle Truck Show"><U>Barnard Castle Truck Show</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old British Haulage Firms"><U>Old British Haulage Firms</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Brock Transport Cafe"><U>The Brock Transport Cafe</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lowloaders"><U>Lowloaders</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Work"><U>Work</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guests and Their Trucks"><U>Guests and Their Trucks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lorries Trucks"><U>Lorries & Trucks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old Lorries"><U>Old Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Demob Holmfirth"><U>Demob Holmfirth</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holmfirth 2"><U>Holmfirth 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holmfirth 3"><U>Holmfirth 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USA Trucks"><U>USA Trucks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thornycroft Lorries"><U>Thornycroft Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ex War Dept"><U>Ex War Dept</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERF"><U>ERF</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Lorries"><U>Model Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accidents will happen"><U>Accidents will happen</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Thornycroft"><U>More Thornycroft</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thornycroft Basingstoke"><U>Thornycroft Basingstoke</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Work 2"><U>Work 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clear out"><U>Clear out</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vintage Rally"><U>Vintage Rally</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="H.C Wilson Transport Ltd"><U>H.C Wilson Transport Ltd</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dubai"><U>Dubai</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foden"><U>Foden</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preston Trunk"><U>Preston Trunk</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Real Big Boys Toys"><U>Real Big Boys Toys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Showmans Wreckers"><U>Showmans & Wreckers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> <B>This site and content are the copyright of James Alan Sleight, you may use material from this site for non</B></div> <div> <B>commercial use if you credit this site as source. 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This was a well organised run with a great turn out,</B></div> <div> <B>there was plenty of interest from on lookers along the way. The weather stayed fine and the crowds came</B></div> <div> <B>to the Stray. I will put up an album on picturetrail at the bottom of this page. Have a look on the Accidents will</B></div> <div> <B>happen page to see Big Shiny  DAF breakdown lorry in a bit of a pickle rescued by an old lady.</B></div> <div> <B>Saturday March 7th another Atki saved for restoration. (Atkinson page)</B></div> <div> <B>Have a look at lowloaders page to see how Ted Jestin and Ted Walker solved a tricky problem.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aussiebigbangers.4t.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aussiebigbangers.4t.com"><U><B><IMG SRC="53027b90.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.vianet.ca/~bw" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.vianet.ca/~bw"><U><B><IMG SRC="53226b80.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/britishtrucks/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/britishtrucks/"><U><B><IMG SRC="538c4b50.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Follow the link on the old Leyland Hippo to my mate Bill Weatherstone's page.  Click on the Foden logo to</B></div> <div> <B>Bill drove this monster when it was new to BOC in Canada, Bill better known    visit a site dedicated to Classic</B></div> <div> <B>as The Diesel Gypsy tracked down the old Hippo to it's last resting place, his    and vintage British Lorries</B></div> <div> <B>site is a must for all Truckers.</B></div> <div> <B>Sorry anyone who emailed me pictures during the last month or so, laptop crashed and I am still trying to recover files  </B></div> <div> <B>Regards Big Al     Last updated March 22nd 2009</B></div> <div> <B> <div align="center" style="width:150px;text-align:center;"> <a href="http://www.midwestwatches.com" title="watches"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="150" height="150" id="watch3" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="movie" value="http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/swissarmypro/watch3.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/swissarmypro/watch3.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="transparent" width="150" height="150" name="watch3" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object></a> <br> <a style="font-family: Arial;font-size:10px;" href="http://www.midwestwatches.com">Midwest Watches</a> </div>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.cgi2you.com/counter/f-counter.php?user=lorryman"></script>    <script language=javascript src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j;y=thetyke;u=10029013"> </script><noscript><center> <table bgcolor=gray cellspacing=0 border=2 bordercolor=red><tr> <td><table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align=center> <font face=arial size=-1>This site is a member of WebRing. 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