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correct ben did have an old schammel lorrey out side hanger door running the power for hanger then built the offices and mess room.good old days when I started for ben on Washington bypass in 60s the plant 5 dw21 2 657 aec 8 wheelers no 5-951-2 d6-1 19a I 18a 2 22as and onionsboxes cat grader 38rb -...

correct ben did have an old schammel lorrey out side hanger door running the power for hanger then built the offices and mess room.good old days

bens family didn't move from Scotland they moved from devon to Norfolk all cattle where moved by train. ben operated under several name ie diss plant and trading-fridge freight/j wyatt junior-diss construction=wyatts of snetterton was the last when he sold out to phellan plant I stayed there for six...

jim I misplaced all my old photos when we moved to Cumbria 7years ago.we had a local lad worked at lee moor for us his name was brian he had ginger hair he had a smallholding.we dug out the old winding house and used it as workshop.we had our caravans at rosemount guest house in plymstock.lee moor w...

crazey horsey roger jones 26 years with ben.the last job I worked on for ben was thrapsdon by pass.i was the first person to know ben hsd sold out to phellans.he came on site and said he would see me in the pub that night.when I got to the pub ben bought me a pint and we talked about old time.then h...

crazey horse worked for ben for 26 and a half years the best years i had in muck shifting,has any one got any photoes of 657s.i operated the 3rd 657 ben bought,it was at westfield in scotland.for costains.we moved to bath gate to costains open cast.we where the first motor scrapers to cross forth br...

Hi I m Bob Page's daughter he worked for Ben Wyatt till 1972, He is 87 now and still live in Bungay, we ae still in touch with John Bailey and he visit Bungay quitre regularly.... hi judy bob should remember me i was at washington with dick plesants arther charlton eric day harrey hopwood george pe...

crazey horse again me and my brother in law john peacock tramped merrimans 657 from merrimans yard to stokenchurch one of merrimans drivers on first 657 draft arm caught side of paper carring wagon ripped out side paper every when when police came the driver never had licence.it was the last time me...

roger jones i was the forman at lee moor.i was on the second 657 to cross forth road bridge in 1968 on way to westfeild open cast site when contract finished tramped to armadale costains open cast finished there then tramped to castle donnington air field. allso from snetterton to m90 in 1971.me and...