good pics andy, the Selby erf looks like a load of waste paper, and those fellers on top must be on the crane otherwise they must be midgets 
oops I mean small people ,
royhebb2:
good pics andy, the Selby erf looks like a load of waste paper, and those fellers on top must be on the crane otherwise they must be midgets
HA HA is it Cleggy and Thumby
Might be right about the waste but i never put bottle sheet on 2 fly and ropes was enough 
I went past ackworth yard the other day its completely gone ,last time i went past there was a few firms in there and a few owner drivers ,i think saxon was one ,not anymore all houses ,very sad 
I went past ackworth yard the other day its completely gone ,last time i went past there was a few firms in there and a few owner drivers ,i think saxon was one ,not anymore all houses ,very sad
ooops double post sorry 
yes not much left now,to think there must have been hundreds of wagons passing through those gates everyday, all that history gone, 
all for what, more frigging houses,it stinks 
Steve Saxon and a few more owner drivers still park at Ackworth albeit near the big shed in the top yard behind the new houses
all i could see was new houses how would they get round the back ,theres no other way apart from going thru the houses ,that cant be right surely
royhebb2:
yes not much left now,to think there must have been hundreds of wagons passing through those gates everyday, all that history gone,
I bet over the years Roy it would have been in the thousands !!! but your right all that history gone all the good (and some tossers ) the night trunk men were the worst berwick to name a few only kidding Roy that have worked their over the years. In a few years people wont know it ever existed if i was still working their it would have been thirty years this june when i started ,wheres the time gone.
seth 70:
all i could see was new houses how would they get round the back ,theres no other way apart from going thru the houses ,that cant be right surely
I think they park up behind old spillers w/house but some have moved to kirkby we used to have trouble driving through the top yard when it was fully open so cant see people taking it even closer to the houses, years ago were the yards cross green lane the house on the left was owned by the local coal man who once came out with a shotgun to one off the lads.
funny thing is his wife worked in the ICI warehouse !!!
seth 70:
I went past ackworth yard the other day its completely gone ,last time i went past there was a few firms in there and a few owner drivers ,i think saxon was one ,not anymore all houses ,very sad
Didn’t the drinks factory at featherstone use some of this site as storage a fair few years ago I’m sure I remember pulling out of there when I worked for macfarlane…
yorkshire terrier:
seth 70:
I went past ackworth yard the other day its completely gone ,last time i went past there was a few firms in there and a few owner drivers ,i think saxon was one ,not anymore all houses ,very sadDidn’t the drinks factory at featherstone use some of this site as storage a fair few years ago I’m sure I remember pulling out of there when I worked for macfarlane…
Yes mate did the job for years it was Citra drinks then Crystal Drinks now thats gone its been raised to the ground.
I still call at the chippy at the across from the old entrance ,down the snicket if i can park then pull in at the layby on the lowbridge detour,its still spot on i bet their takings have gone down on fridays since the yard as shut down,all 3 chippys in ackworth are good 
blimey andy, 30 years, I didn’t think you were that old mind you just about ready for my 2 year visit to specsavers 
, macfarlane that’s who dez ended up working for, till they made him redundant,good old dez, 
your right though I bet its thousands and thousands of journeys, because they were the largest private haulier in the country by a mile during the 60s-70s-80s-90s-then all the so called logistic companies started up,mind you there all owned by shipping companies and banks etc, progress eh 
never mind it was nice to have been there when it was the best times 
good pics andy,where you getting them from, is it from neil storey,that chrome bumper looks the biz, I remember the stockport garage getting stuff like that for some of the drivers, don’t think the top bosses were to impressed though im off to scammell gathering sunday afternoon if it dosnt rain, might see alan Edwards and get in free .
Aye up Roy no mate the photos are mine just what ive picked up over the years the only pics Neil as let me use are the ones at the top of page,
going to match at dinner otherwise i would have gone to the scammell show,ive got some more pics to post will do them this week.
BIG AW
ok andy,just got back from that show, theres an ex ackworth erf on show newly painted very nice, so when I told the owner it was a great paint job he said thank you very much, but I said the only thing is the TA badge is wrong, I spoke to neil about it and theres none left so he as had to adapt one, nice looking thing , it was as though it was yesterday stood next to it, but its a w reg 33 years old cant believe it, we didn’t have to many w regs I know wurzel had one, it might have been his,
royhebb2:
ok andy,just got back from that show, theres an ex ackworth erf on show newly painted very nice, so when I told the owner it was a great paint job he said thank you very much, but I said the only thing is the TA badge is wrong, I spoke to neil about it and theres none left so he as had to adapt one, nice looking thing , it was as though it was yesterday stood next to it, but its a w reg 33 years old
I dont think it is ex Ack Roy the reg is wrong i think its from southhampton, could be wrong to find and an old Ack unit must be rare when they were un fit for purpose the were turned into yard bombers them lads at purfleet used to get through a dozen a year.
A few more oldies.
This was my first regular unit i got after passing my class one spent a few weeks spare ■■■■■■■ first, this was plated at 36 ton so i got the extra payment for the extra responsibility, that was a good deal by the union.
Didnt pull bad for a RR265 cant believe i used to tramp in this.
