Companys from North Manchester in the 70's

b1_ggk · 23 October 2013 18:41

TIPIT:
Does anyone remember a general haulage firm called Garner’s ■■ they ran 4 wheeler ERF LV flats mainly I think, and were red, possibly from the Middleton area in the 80’s.

Based in Rhodes, In a yard down Boothroyden Road If I recall.

stanfield · 26 October 2013 23:27

H Clayton of Stockport (photo by Philip Smith)

chris_webb · 27 October 2013 19:07

Stanfield:
H Clayton of Stockport (photo by Philip Smith)0

Nice photo John. And whilst in the Stockport area are Booles for Tools still going? They were regulars on Woodhead.

5thwheel · 27 October 2013 19:27

Chris Webb:

Stanfield:
H Clayton of Stockport (photo by Philip Smith)0

Nice photo John. And whilst in the Stockport area are Booles for Tools still going? They were regulars on Woodhead.

Yes Chris,Booles still going,used to be from Stockport,near the Fire Station,not sure if they are still there though.

David

stanfield · 28 October 2013 13:40

This the outfit Chris

chris_webb · 28 October 2013 20:58

Stanfield:
This the outfit Chris0

Thanks John,they’ve been going a long time.

latique · 29 October 2013 21:15

Stanfield:
Just bringing this thread back into circulation.Found this on flickr.Barretts Seddon0

does anybody remember John Cartwright from Delph who used to drive for these ?

was at school with his son

sniffy · 6 November 2013 11:48

Does anyone remember Lorco oils in Clayton, in later years I think they were tied in with Gulf oils, I know they collected from Gulf in Silvertown

stanfield · 6 November 2013 17:12

Hi Steve. They were on Croft Street Clayton.All gone now due to the new tram system

sniffy · 6 November 2013 19:45

Stanfield:
Hi Steve. They were on Croft Street Clayton.All gone now due to the new tram system
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Cheers John, that was the place, spoke to a driver the other day that worked there mid 80’s who said the place was a dump but the people and the job was good. Back and forth to Silvertown one week and then local NW deliveries the next. Eddie Carter, one of the drivers, convinced me that I put a few new rigid ERF’s in there but i don’t remember em!!

ramone · 6 November 2013 22:04

Stanfield:
Is this the place ramone?0

Sorry for the late reply lol, yes that was the place , they weighed off there then out of the gate and into the next entrance to unload and or load,they put another weighbridge in eventually .Richard Nuttalls,Hinchcliffes ,Campeys,S and W Cartons (Morley) , East Riding Sacks ,BRS and Cleggs were regulars in there to name a few ,many more that i just cant remember at the moment.Its all gone now

telekonsteve · 13 November 2013 09:45

Here’s one I found while rooting through some old commercial motors over the weekend

ramone · 19 November 2013 21:09

Does anyone remember Cleggs Transport from Rochdale ,they ran light blue Mercurys?

gingerfold · 20 November 2013 06:48

ramone:
Does anyone remember Cleggs Transport from Rochdale ,they ran light blue Mercurys?

Yes they ran the Mercurys well past their sell-by date. There was also a connection between Cleggs and Yelloway coaches, another AEC stalwart with some of the very last Reliances to be built. I think it was a family connection between Cleggs and Yelloway

matamoros · 21 November 2013 08:19

gingerfold:

ramone:
Does anyone remember Cleggs Transport from Rochdale ,they ran light blue Mercurys?

Yes they ran the Mercurys well past their sell-by date. There was also a connection between Cleggs and Yelloway coaches, another AEC stalwart with some of the very last Reliances to be built. I think it was a family connection between Cleggs and Yelloway

I did some sub contracting for Cleggs in the mid to late80’s when I first became an O/D

The AEC’s were originally dark blue, light blue in the later years.

Not sure about the connection between them and Yelloway, the last owner was called Bill Burrell.He was one of the old school, always straight and fair with me, but then I didn’t work for him.

Andy Meek who founded Holroyd & Meek bought the firm after selling H&M which became 3663.

Cleggs then became Meek Transport which is(as far as I know) no longer trading but Andy Meek and his son are still involved in road transport.

gingerfold · 21 November 2013 10:16

Yes, I met Bill Burrell. A very decent sort of a man was my impression. He told me about the Yelloway connection, it went back a long time to the early days of both companies, but I can’t remember the exact details now.

b1_ggk · 21 November 2013 21:33

matamoros:

gingerfold:

ramone:
Does anyone remember Cleggs Transport from Rochdale ,they ran light blue Mercurys?

Yes they ran the Mercurys well past their sell-by date. There was also a connection between Cleggs and Yelloway coaches, another AEC stalwart with some of the very last Reliances to be built. I think it was a family connection between Cleggs and Yelloway

I did some sub contracting for Cleggs in the mid to late80’s when I first became an O/D

The AEC’s were originally dark blue, light blue in the later years.

Not sure about the connection between them and Yelloway, the last owner was called Bill Burrell.He was one of the old school, always straight and fair with me, but then I didn’t work for him.

Andy Meek who founded Holroyd & Meek bought the firm after selling H&M which became 3663.

Cleggs then became Meek Transport which is(as far as I know) no longer trading but Andy Meek and his son are still involved in road transport.

Is Andy TM at Buckley’s?

matamoros · 22 November 2013 07:57

B1 GGK:

matamoros:

gingerfold:

ramone:
Does anyone remember Cleggs Transport from Rochdale ,they ran light blue Mercurys?

Yes they ran the Mercurys well past their sell-by date. There was also a connection between Cleggs and Yelloway coaches, another AEC stalwart with some of the very last Reliances to be built. I think it was a family connection between Cleggs and Yelloway

I did some sub contracting for Cleggs in the mid to late80’s when I first became an O/D

The AEC’s were originally dark blue, light blue in the later years.

Not sure about the connection between them and Yelloway, the last owner was called Bill Burrell.He was one of the old school, always straight and fair with me, but then I didn’t work for him.

Andy Meek who founded Holroyd & Meek bought the firm after selling H&M which became 3663.

Cleggs then became Meek Transport which is(as far as I know) no longer trading but Andy Meek and his son are still involved in road transport.

Is Andy TM at Buckley’s?

I believe so but I have not had contact with him or Buckleys for a number of years.

sspros1965 · 8 December 2014 14:46

For Mr Beaumont

Hi there

These topics may help your quest :-

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=49743

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=41701

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=39470 ( i’ll bump this one up a bit )

Steve.

shake_hands · 14 January 2015 21:35

Hi I’ve just been
reading the topic on booles tools in stockport they are still going over 50 years now they’ve just got a new fleet of ivecos they’ve changed the colour of the trucks to blue with gold righting it’s hard to get used to after being there over 30 years I will put some pictures of booles trucks old and new