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Fraz13 wrote:Was is Mother's Pride or something? A neighbour used to drive a bread van around '79-80 that was rounded at the front like a Commer but I dont think it was, it had a wider box on the back and suicide doors that opened flush with the box....
robertpool wrote:I remember when there was a bread strike on and you were very lucky if you could get a loaf anywhere. My brother worked as a van driver for Bisland Bakery in Cheapside Street at the time and at every shop delivery he would ask the owner for a loaf and every shopkeeper gave him one for free. Before long we had a 13cu/ft freezer full of bread and my mother would sell it, at normal shop prices, to all the neighbours. My brother claimed the money made was his as the shop keeper had given him the loaf, my mother told to f**k off as the freezer they were kept was hers and she paid the electricity to run it, and how the hell was he going to eat 40 f***ing loafs. My brother just shrugged his shoulders knowing there was no way of winning any argument with my mother.
neilmc wrote:Those vans were built on 'FG' series chassis/cabs, originally badged as Morris/Austin, they later became BMCs then, inevitably, Leylands. The cab was 'angle-planned', with front corner glazing for ease of parking and, as you say Fraz, 'suicide doors' which opened flush with the body sides; very handy for stop/start delivery work.
The Mother's Pride vans were creamy yellow and red; here's a wee photo of a Leyland 'FG' Sunblest van, as mentioned by cybers:-
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