RECENTLY, YOUR EDITOR BOUGHT AN ANCIENT B.H. ADVERT FROM AN AUSSIE SOURCE THRU EBAY, AND IT WAS DULY DELIVERED, AFTER HAVING INFORMED THE VENDOR THAT IT WOULD BE POSTED ON B.H.M.
WELL, SHOWS YOU WHAT A GENEROUS MOB THE AUSSIES CAN BE, BECAUSE THE VENDOR, KEITH WEINEL HAS SINCE SENT A FURTHER SIX OR SEVEN OLD B.H. ADVERTS, FROM PERIODICALS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, FREE OF CHARGE & FREE POST, BECAUSE HE JUST LOVES OUR WEBSITE.
We would like to thank Keith publicly for his very kind gesture, and hope he likes his name in lights on the site !!
Without more ado, the adverts are laid out below, and the meaning of the title of this article is because we hadn`t heard of some of these Aussie agencies before, so we learn something new yet again.
We are also posting some of the reverse pages, because they also have interest.
Firstly, something we know well, from Contracting and Construction Equipment, January 1962……..
….and on the back, quite pertinent because it has just been widened again…..
…….then the first of the obscure items, from October 1960…..
…..and a much more recognisable name on the reverse, yet another Northampton legendary site now under housing……
….and again, we know Lima excavators, but whats this Lima from December 1958…
……and again, from April 1955……
……..with some site chat on the back, which is pure Alan Hadwin…..
……..and once more, in May 1958`s issue of C&CE……
…..then to finish off with a couple of known & loved items…..
….wonder if any descendants of Max Currie are still in the business….
….and finally this one, and please note in a land now dominated by giant trucks upto 400 ton capacity, these were the biggest trucks in Australia in July 1960, R40`s !!
Once again many thanks to Keith Weinel for his contributions, and in case anyone wants to contact him direct to buy something, please find his business card below.
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