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Edward Beck & Son Ltd S20 Foden 6x4 ballast tractor Reg No ODB 793,
Nicknamed 'The Big Bopper' S20 Foden heavy haulage 6x4 ballast tractor Reg No ODB 793, powered by a Rolls Royce 220 BHP engine in line with a 12-speed gearbox, makes its way through the streets of Ardwick Green Manchester in 1967 while hauling a long steel vessel that had been manufactured by Daniel Adamson and Co of Dukinfield.
The picture above shows the load after it had just negotiated the traffic island at the junction of the A57 Hyde Road and the A6 Ardwick Green South with the Mancester Appllo Theatre just out of shot to the right.
Photograph courtesy of Teddy Beck who used a 35mm Leica camera and had the picture processed on to a Kodachrome transparency slide.
You can view the Edward Beck & Son Ltd Collection here on Flickr.
Also there is now a dedicated Edward Beck & Son Ltd web site which you can view HERE
This site contains many unseen images which have been taken from 35mm colour slides kindly supplied by Teddy Beck
Edward Beck & Son Ltd S20 Foden 6x4 ballast tractor Reg No ODB 793,
Nicknamed 'The Big Bopper' S20 Foden heavy haulage 6x4 ballast tractor Reg No ODB 793, powered by a Rolls Royce 220 BHP engine in line with a 12-speed gearbox, makes its way through the streets of Ardwick Green Manchester in 1967 while hauling a long steel vessel that had been manufactured by Daniel Adamson and Co of Dukinfield.
The picture above shows the load after it had just negotiated the traffic island at the junction of the A57 Hyde Road and the A6 Ardwick Green South with the Mancester Appllo Theatre just out of shot to the right.
Photograph courtesy of Teddy Beck who used a 35mm Leica camera and had the picture processed on to a Kodachrome transparency slide.
You can view the Edward Beck & Son Ltd Collection here on Flickr.
Also there is now a dedicated Edward Beck & Son Ltd web site which you can view HERE
This site contains many unseen images which have been taken from 35mm colour slides kindly supplied by Teddy Beck