Kircaldy Lorry Fire 1965

[crazyjock999]

*cunt

[crazyjock999]

@CommanderD007 cheeky cut!!!

[exttremegolers]

fantastic work thats out side my house

to think how times change

[wulfrunian100]

The haulage contractor was AC Horton Transport ltd Based in Dudley Port Tipton Staffs now West Midlands. They were a Subsidiary of Andrew Wishart of Dysart Kirkaldy.

They usually carried linolium for Nairn floorings

[train672]

Many thanks for posting this very interesting vid. As others have said, perhaps stopping traffic to protect the crew would have been a good idea. No such animal as Health & Safety in those days, today H&S has gone totaly nuts !

Look foreward to your other vids :)

[nylonTS]

It Just goes to show the cars are passing the burning Truck just get the job done and keep the road open

Today the place would be sealed off Yellow Jackets every where and Health and safety gone mad

We over do it now

[blobby1972]

I am sure thats norman wisdom .

[wotasod]

1,21 leyland

[spentacle]

I remember Bruce Lindsay Waldie in Edinburgh in the '60s, as their maintenance depot was behind our flat. A lot of their motors were bulk coal-hoppers, self unloading.

[InteriorCommando]

Nice!!! No air masks and the officer helps hump hose with the company,, just like it was when I started back in 1976.... my how things have changed

[pcardman]

Excellent footage , could you please tell me who the haulage contractor was , also another lorry ( Commer ? ) passes the front of the camera - Bruce Lindsay ? , was this a local contractor . Remember the Leyland Octopus well , road transport has come on a long way since then , thanks for sharing this with everybody .

[bluebus270]

This is nostalgic. Nowadays the good old police traffic division would close the road completely for 3 weeks to "investigate", then re open it after they forgot what they were investigating.

[Xsportjim]

We stayed in the flats you see there !!!

[kawa7900]

yeh fantastic footage , mental the way the scots just pass that burning truck ,

[Bevoin1970]

What an absolutely priceless piece of footage this is, simply brilliant !!! In todays world that same situation would course so much chaos, it would be a nightmare. Loved the way people just carried on driving past burning truck all normal like... and all within a couple of feet of the lorry. Classic. 5*

[reversecone]

Excellent, if that was today the road would have been closed, probably 100 m exclusion zone in case the diesel tank went up!

[paulines784]

That would be really good thankyou

[paulines784]

A meant to ask who filmed it? my mums over the moon wi it. x

[clarkgore]

The man with the cam was my brother. I will put some more clips on soon.

[paulines784]

Hey no thankyou for uploaading it, my grandad passed away in 1995, my gran stayed in leslie street all her days my mum would prob remember your auntie, ive still got cousins in leslie street. x

[paulines784]

Aww thats my grandad Andrew gourlay standing with my uncle Wullie in the green jumper with the braw braces on lol!!! x

[mnic1234]

Excellent video!

[WULBERDEE]

aw my wifes family stayed in LESLIE STREET at that time and still do.i wonder if any were caught on this film.

[G1Trains]

Nice To See Some Early Colour Cine With All Them Classic Lorries

[mickeymoose76]

yeah thats right my anglia van . park right next to a burning truck!!

[landmarker]

I bet he'd only nipped indoors for a cup 'o tea befor eheading south.

I bet his gaffer wozni pleased.

[tonylufc7]

the bruce lindsey lorry is a commer not a leyland

[clarkgore]

Yes you are correct it is a commer.Thanks for watching.

[scotsfire]

a31 in attendance now thats how it should be done lol no h&s sayin no

[CommanderD007]

You wouldn't dare hang around the Links nowadays with a video camera!