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Transformer Moving 1960

moving a 200 ton Crompton Parkinson Transformer from Hayes in Middlesex to Iver, Buckinghamshire a distance of about 40 miles - a days march apparently... using a specialist firm of Heavy Machine Movers with a custom Low-loader. Evocative scenes of yester-year abound in this vignette accompanied by a dry sardonic narrative from a rather jaded driver!

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Added: Oct-25-2012 Occurred On: Oct-25-1960
By: thecleaner001
In: History, Other
Tags: heavy lift, how it looked back then, full colour b&w, transformer
Location: Iver, England, United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
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  • Arrgh dont stop in Slough you will turn to stone

    Posted Oct-25-2012 By 
    notlandieman (112.58)  

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  • Based on the cars. I'm guessing early 60's.
    Contrast the clipped tones and careful enunciation of the BBC narrator with the informal and chatty slang of the driver. That's when the class divide was more like the Grand Canyon.

    Posted Oct-25-2012 By 
    whogoesthere (258.38)  

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  • Slough Town
    Please slow down

    I would likely crash from laughing at sign!!

    No worries of speeding minister, she only goes as fast as the wind blows..pip pip wat wat Cheers!

    Posted Oct-25-2012 By 
    mytwocents (2365.86)  
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  • Again, TC, you have put me in peace with yesterday - if only for 9 minutes. It ended too soon, and I am craving more "yesterday"

    Posted Oct-25-2012 By 
    RickBond (6506.70)  

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  • We'd do it little differently today. Nice vid.

    Posted Oct-25-2012 By 
    NotJim (1003.60)  

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  • I wonder if that transformer is still there? Looks like it went to the big substation off A4007 just east of M25, east of Iver Heath.

    Posted Oct-25-2012 By 
    moanranger (246.62)  

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  • Nice to see the old Scammells in action again!

    Your vids are really enjoyable, thanks.

    Posted Oct-26-2012 By 
    para782 (166.24)  

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  • Didn't work when they plugged it in...had to take it back again and get a refund

    Posted Oct-26-2012 By 
    toppo (611.46)  

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  • I wonder if it's still there?

    Posted Oct-26-2012 By 
    t4tvs (57.32)

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  • Hahaha Pickfords move everything!!
    Hayes is not that far from Iver (Slough) more like 10-12 miles. They came up through the M4, off at Slough Central, through the three tuns, up the Farnham Road (past me nans house) up Farnham Common to the M40 and east towards Iver.

    I have just spoken to my Nan and she remember this well. She was stood on the main road watching it go past, so there is a chance she was on this vid!!
    Thank you very much @thecleaner001!!! gonna show her later!

    Also bit of backgr More..

    Posted Oct-26-2012 By 
    Wan-chop (55.60)  

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  • fantastic!

    Posted Oct-26-2012 By 
    Ohforfoxache (973.08)  

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  • I got bout 43-48 seconds into this before I realized that I didnt understand about half the shit this guy was talkin about!

    >Would you please do so but this time drop the vernacular.
    >Its not a vernacular its a Derby!

    Posted Oct-26-2012 By 
    RandomName1812 (13.20)  

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