WE HAVE A SHORT STORY & A FEW PHOTOS FROM MR IVAN BARBER, ABOUT HIS FATHER ROY BARBER, & HIMSELF, WHO BOTH DROVE TEREX`S OVER IN EASTERN REGION AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
Roy Barber worked for H&S Contractors from 1974 to 1982, during which time he drove the Terex R-25 shown below. The site was Littlebrook Power Station, Dartford, Kent, and was obviously a good summer,being taken in 1976........
....Roy worked on a variety of sites during this time, including BCI at Swanscombe, running flu dust onto the marshes, at BCI Eastern Quarry from the grit hopper to the tip, and the odd chalk run thrown in for good measure, even onto the M25 for Laings, before returning to BCI for various other duties, and the next image shows his R-25 on such a task......
......apologies to Mr Barber for this photo, but when we tried to blow it up to full size, it became un-viewable, so we had to leave it as it is....
Mr Ivan Barber followed his father into the plant hire line, and spent time driving Terex 23-66`s for FCG Plant from Erith, Kent, and worked on the construction of Thamesport, on the Isle of Grain, one of six units Ivan thinks were delivered new for that job.......
....Ivan has also worked for C J Prior, but only drove the Cat 637`s there, and never had the chance to drive Cec`s TS-14`s.
One last image, nothing to do with either of the Barber`s, but one that Ivan has sent, showing the demise of an H&S driver at Northfleet called "Biggles", so named we assume because he thought he could fly, although this time, his R-25 "wing" appears to have fouled a conveyor on take-off !!