Butlers quarry,Maltby

paul_motyka · 14 May 2014 11:53

Hi Gloves, having trouble sending a private message.I did see the Volvo when looking at Amberhill pics sorry I did not reply.A410 ETO belonged to Alan Gilberthorpe not sure if they had A409 ETO never seen a pics.Regards Paul.

chris_webb · 14 May 2014 12:05

I remember Butler’s wagons firing up late 70s when I was at MFS Maltby next door to their yard,bags of clag on a cold winter’s morning
Paul,did Kenny Barr have his own wagon do you know,I know he worked there at one time,he was a warehouse supervisor at MFS when I started in 1978.

paul_motyka · 15 May 2014 14:34

Hi Chris,Ken was driving this when I went with him.He left before Tarmac took over in 1978 all drivers before this date were company drivers.It was bloody red hot in summer & chuffin freezing in winter.

chris_webb · 15 May 2014 14:39

paul motyka:
Hi Chris,Ken was driving this when I went with him.He left before Tarmac took over in 1978 all drivers before this date were company drivers.It was bloody red hot in summer & chuffin freezing in winter. 0

That’s a cracking AEC Marshal Paul,I knew Ken very well as you know but I never knew he worked for Butlers never mind about driving an AEC.

paul_motyka · 16 May 2014 18:13

Chris,after the AEC Ken drove a 6 wheeler Albion Reiver from new HWT 886J when it was off the road he drove a Foden S36 8 legger with the black top as shown in this pic.The top was painted black because of all the tar from filling up with the blackstuff.Regards Paul.

bonkeydollocks · 16 May 2014 20:27

Paul, what was the history behind Amberhill? Were they a consortium that bought out Tarmac’s fleet after they decided to sell up? The livery is strikingly similar the last one used by Butlers before Tarmac took over.

paul_motyka · 18 May 2014 11:27

Hi Bonkey,I will try to find out for you this week.Regards Paul.

coca_cola_kid · 30 May 2014 19:44

paul_motyka · 9 June 2014 19:46

Laying the blackstuff at Doncaster Racecourse using Tarmac from Butler’s own plant at Holme Hall Quarry.

paul_motyka · 15 July 2014 18:47

Pictures Copyright of Neil Winstanley.All the following pictures are of Holme Hall Quarry that belonged to Butlers then Tarmac.

paul_motyka · 16 July 2014 11:23

phillybob71 · 17 July 2014 08:59

gloves:

paul motyka:
Hi Barry,thanks for the picture of Butlers Foden GTO 958V been looking for that for ages part of a batch of 6 I was told,here’s a couple of Tarmac Fodens based at HHQ.10

Few more from in and around quarry at Stainton

Barry/Gloves

Love the Holmes F7, Brings back memories.

paul_motyka · 17 July 2014 10:28

The following pics are of the storage bins collapsing,luckily the driver escaped without any injuries.

paul_motyka · 18 July 2014 10:03

This was taken in Mattersey sand quarry that Butlers also owned.

paul_motyka · 21 July 2014 19:51

Preparing for blasting.

paul_motyka · 22 July 2014 13:49

Butlers bought 3 of these second hand.

paul_motyka · 23 July 2014 11:18

paul_motyka · 24 July 2014 15:04

Shovels at rest after a hard day.

paul_motyka · 25 July 2014 16:39

Before onboard weighers, internal weighbridge to check weight, before getting to the main weighbridge.Hopefully saved on shovelling.

windrush · 25 July 2014 17:35

paul motyka:
Before onboard weighers, internal weighbridge to check weight, before getting to the main weighbridge.Hopefully saved on shovelling.0

It never seemed to be working properly whenever I used it Paul, which wasn’t often admittedly! A lot of those bridges needed regular cleaning out underneath the plate or accuracy wasn’t good, the one at Ballidon was the same. Handy when working OK though as both Holme Hall and Ballidon had a trek to the ‘proper’ weighbridge and when loading tarmac (at Ballidon) we often had to guess load it, as did the powder tankers of course.

Pete.