WAW019406 WALES (1948). View of Gibbs Brothers vehicle scrap yard at Blackwood, Mynyddislwyn. Oblique aerial photograph, 5½" cut roll film.
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| Title | [WAW019406] View of Gibbs Brothers vehicle scrap yard at Blackwood, Mynyddislwyn. Oblique aerial photograph, 5½" cut roll film. |
| Reference | WAW019406 |
| Date | 30-September-1948 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6423231 |
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| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 317063, 197061 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.1993281478008, 51.665734569917 |
| National Grid Reference | ST171971 |
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 Cefn Fforest Junior Mixed School |
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| Pencoed Avenue, Cefn Fforest |
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| The Barn Hill leading from Cefn Fforest to Pengam. |
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| The 'Basin' football field |
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| Gilfach Colliery |
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| Britannia Colliery |
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| Aberbargoed Tip |
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 Bedford QL D variant.
General service cargo truck and was the most numerous version in the series
At the outbreak of WW II, Bedford was contracted by the British War Office to produce a 3 tons 4 x 4 general service truck. A pilot model was ready in February 1940 and quantity production started in March 1941.The Bedford QL was in production from 1941 to 1945 and was Bedford's first vehicle series built for the military.
There are quite a few of them in this yard. |
Billy Turner |
Thursday 14th of January 2016 03:39:12 PM |