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MORE FROM PAUL MYLEMANS, BH CANADA, 1966-1984.

A FEW WEEKS BACK, WE HAD CONTACT FROM PAUL MYLEMANS, WHO HAD WORKED OUT OF ONTARIO, CANADA, FOR THE HODGE FROM 1966-1984.

We asked Paul at the time if he had any photographs of those days, and he said he had.

Well, he has spent some time like many have in the last 4 years, trying to find anything and everything from those days, and although he hasn`t got exactly what he was looking for, what he has come up with is most interesting.

Some of the stuff is reproduced newspaper articles, and so have lost a little in "translation", but you will get the gist, and dont forget, double click on the photo or article and it magnifies for reading etc.

Lets leave it to Paul to introduce his collection, with minor comments from your Editors, and we hopefully have put the photos in the same order as Paul`s key.

MYLEMANS 1MYLEMANS 2

Firstly, 33-15B 1a, 2a, 3a, & 4a…..double page the first 2, split for publishing..

33-15B-1a

33-15B-2a

33-15B-3a

33-15B-4a

……Titan 1a, 2a, and 3a….never had these shots of the 33-19 beforeTitan-1a

Titan-2a

Titan-3a

…..Christmas 1a…..

Christmas-1a

…..Golf-1a

…hockey 1a, 2a……bit of a foreign game this  think, but the kit looks good !Hockey-1a

Hockey-2a

……Paul 1a, 2a, and 3a……Paul-1a

Paul-2a

……this has to be a Hanomag in Terex clothing, so in the IBH era (or was it error !!)Paul-3a

……and finally tcg 1a…something we didnt deal with, but mighty big busine

Tcg-1a

Many thanks to Paul for this contribution, and lets hope he finds the rest someday.

4 responses

  1. Paul Mylemans Avatar
    Paul Mylemans

    Thank you to Blackwood Hodge Memories for the posting of my memories photos. Re pic paul-3a Yours truly at the controls… I honestly don’t recall the circumstances and location of that event and that is certainly not an 82-30 of the time but it has the Terex labels affixed. And I also don’t recall that we had any of the other IBH branded dozers in our area. So it remains a mystery for now, and perhaps a memory loss due to the (too much) consumption of brown bottle contents.
    It is a sad and ironic turn of event that the former GM Diesel facility in London, where much of our beloved Terex machines were manufactured in past years, was split into General Dynamics and Electro-Motive divisions and then sold. While General Dynamics is still very active in the manufacturing of armored military vehicles at the plant, Electro-Motive Division which manufactures locomotives was acquired by Caterpillar and in a controversial decision was closed by them February 2012. The takeover by Caterpillar of our ‘cherished’ Terex facility and then their abrupt closing refuels the old Terex/Cat rivalry.
    In another sad note our friend and neighbour Cherry Flynn, spouse of Stirling who was a former BH Canada employee, passed away June 30 after a difficult illness. Another person we will miss dearly.
    Paul Mylemans

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  2. Keith Ward Avatar
    Keith Ward

    My name is Keith Ward. My father is Vern Ward and he was VP & GM of BH in the Toronto office through the 70’s & into the 80’s.
    I am posting to let anybody who worked there that Alvin Hemstock passed away on August 13, 2012. Al was the parts runner for over 30 years and a great guy. some of you may remeember him. I worked him, also Parts Mgr Karl Crowe, Dave Rivers, Frank Hearns, Adrian Kleywegt, Ross Anderson, Art Doherty and many others.

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  3. Frank Hearns Avatar
    Frank Hearns

    have one of the BH golf books, Titian Shot glass couple of BH glasses (from John Mahon)also quite a few Terex models Titian Truck JCB back hole Komatsu models and few other items.

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  4. Howie McKinley Avatar
    Howie McKinley

    I worked at BH for coule years
    Ross Anderson patrs dept shipping mgr
    Casey parts Mgr
    Dave Rivers nice guy
    I wirked with DannyTomilnsin
    Wolf Moxim
    Howie McKinley

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