Sharps used to run milk into Bamber Bridge, usually two wagon and drags a day in Milk Marque livery.
Cheers Wrighty.
‘When I were a lad’ Sharps 4 wheelers were a common sight in South ■■■■■■■■■■ collecting churns from the concrete stands at the end of every farm lane.
John
Hiya John, Carrying on the South ■■■■■■■ thread there used to be quite a number of hauliers from around the Millom area when the Iron works were in full swing in the 50’s and 60’s such as Clarks, Edward Fye ? ,Milligans, Eric Pegg and of course W.Keith and Syd Preston and M Woodhouse.Can you recall anymore ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Hiya John, Carrying on the South ■■■■■■■ thread there used to be quite a number of hauliers from around the Millom area when the Iron works were in full swing in the 50’s and 60’s such as Clarks, Edward Fye ? ,Milligans, Eric Pegg and of course W.Keith and Syd Preston and M Woodhouse.Can you recall anymore ? Cheers Dennis.
Who was that large fleet of black volvos from Millom?
wrighty:
Sharps used to run milk into Bamber Bridge, usually two wagon and drags a day in Milk Marque livery.Cheers Wrighty.
did they not also run to the chocolate factory at Egremont
John West:
‘When I were a lad’ Sharps 4 wheelers were a common sight in South ■■■■■■■■■■ collecting churns from the concrete stands at the end of every farm lane.John
I thought that Ulpha Dairy Transport did most of the South ■■■■■■■ milk transport.
Bewick:
Hiya John, Carrying on the South ■■■■■■■ thread there used to be quite a number of hauliers from around the Millom area when the Iron works were in full swing in the 50’s and 60’s such as Clarks, Edward Fye ? ,Milligans, Eric Pegg and of course W.Keith and Syd Preston and M Woodhouse.Can you recall anymore ? Cheers Dennis.
Hiya Dennis, from that lot, obviously W. Keith, and Malcolm Woodhouse, but with the mention of Clarks you nudged a memory. I can’t remember why, but I was desperate for an empty trailer for loading at Bowaters on Saturday morning for delivery in the Kings Lynn area Monday, with a backload already arranged out of Donald Cookes.
This would be about 1974.
The wagon of Clarks that I remember was a ribbed fibreglass cab Scammell unit, which looked smart in two tone green, although they had others. Someone suggested I give them a ring.
I can’t remember the name of the guy I spoke to, but he couldn’t have been more helpful. ‘There’s a 33 foot flat in Ghyll Scaur, if that’s any good to you’ he said.
I replied that that would be perfect for the job. How about payment?
‘Ah, you’re alright, just fix any punctures and leave it where you find it.’
I did just that and the trip went fine. I took the trailer back and rang him to thank him. He just said it was nice to help me out. Definitely old school!
John.
Ingmire:
Who was that large fleet of black volvos from Millom?
Hi,
That would be Ashburners, who ran F10s or F12s for a lot of years, I think they had F88s before that. I think they ran tipping trailers out of Ghyll Scaur quarry and also vans out of Bowater Scott at Barrow. They also did some loads to the Middle East, subbed from Mike Conlong, who ran Nodag.
John
I’ve come across Nodag on a few occasions on this forum John. I’ve been unable to figure out what it could stand for. Maybe you could explain.
Cheers. Eddie.
John West:
Bewick:
Hiya John, Carrying on the South ■■■■■■■ thread there used to be quite a number of hauliers from around the Millom area when the Iron works were in full swing in the 50’s and 60’s such as Clarks, Edward Fye ? ,Milligans, Eric Pegg and of course W.Keith and Syd Preston and M Woodhouse.Can you recall anymore ? Cheers Dennis.Hiya Dennis, from that lot, obviously W. Keith, and Malcolm Woodhouse, but with the mention of Clarks you nudged a memory. I can’t remember why, but I was desperate for an empty trailer for loading at Bowaters on Saturday morning for delivery in the Kings Lynn area Monday, with a backload already arranged out of Donald Cookes.
This would be about 1974.
The wagon of Clarks that I remember was a ribbed fibreglass cab Scammell unit, which looked smart in two tone green, although they had others. Someone suggested I give them a ring.
I can’t remember the name of the guy I spoke to, but he couldn’t have been more helpful. ‘There’s a 33 foot flat in Ghyll Scaur, if that’s any good to you’ he said.
I replied that that would be perfect for the job. How about payment?
‘Ah, you’re alright, just fix any punctures and leave it where you find it.’
I did just that and the trip went fine. I took the trailer back and rang him to thank him. He just said it was nice to help me out. Definitely old school!
John.
Do you remember a single vehicle firm called Furness Road Services John ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
John West:
Bewick:
Hiya John, Carrying on the South ■■■■■■■ thread there used to be quite a number of hauliers from around the Millom area when the Iron works were in full swing in the 50’s and 60’s such as Clarks, Edward Fye ? ,Milligans, Eric Pegg and of course W.Keith and Syd Preston and M Woodhouse.Can you recall anymore ? Cheers Dennis.Hiya Dennis, from that lot, obviously W. Keith, and Malcolm Woodhouse, but with the mention of Clarks you nudged a memory. I can’t remember why, but I was desperate for an empty trailer for loading at Bowaters on Saturday morning for delivery in the Kings Lynn area Monday, with a backload already arranged out of Donald Cookes.
This would be about 1974.
The wagon of Clarks that I remember was a ribbed fibreglass cab Scammell unit, which looked smart in two tone green, although they had others. Someone suggested I give them a ring.
I can’t remember the name of the guy I spoke to, but he couldn’t have been more helpful. ‘There’s a 33 foot flat in Ghyll Scaur, if that’s any good to you’ he said.
I replied that that would be perfect for the job. How about payment?
‘Ah, you’re alright, just fix any punctures and leave it where you find it.’
I did just that and the trip went fine. I took the trailer back and rang him to thank him. He just said it was nice to help me out. Definitely old school!
John.
Do you remember a single vehicle firm called Furness Road Services John ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis, did they run a Leyland Comet? If so there is a pic of one of there coming out of the arch in Barrow Steel works in one of the Vintage mags this month,Cheer’s Pete
No Pete! that would Brady’s Comet and they also bought out Furness Transport Ltd. the firm I was talking about was Furness Road Services who ran one Guy Warrior Light 8. I was just posing a question to “The Sage of Barrow” aka John West! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
No Pete! that would Brady’s Comet and they also bought out Furness Transport Ltd. the firm I was talking about was Furness Road Services who ran one Guy Warrior Light 8. Cheers Dennis.
I only remember photo Dennis because i thought of you and the Octopus, put a dolly under that single axle couple up and away down to South Wales 
pete smith:
Bewick:
No Pete! that would Brady’s Comet and they also bought out Furness Transport Ltd. the firm I was talking about was Furness Road Services who ran one Guy Warrior Light 8. Cheers Dennis.I only remember photo Dennis because i thought of you and the Octopus, put a dolly under that single axle couple up and away down to South Wales
Bloody hell Pete if they’d had dollies in use during my time at Bradys they would have had us hauling 30ton payloads !! Well we got close to that mark regularly with the single wheeled turntable trailer 
Happy days ! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
pete smith:
Bewick:
No Pete! that would Brady’s Comet and they also bought out Furness Transport Ltd. the firm I was talking about was Furness Road Services who ran one Guy Warrior Light 8. Cheers Dennis.I only remember photo Dennis because i thought of you and the Octopus, put a dolly under that single axle couple up and away down to South Wales
Bloody hell Pete if they’d had dollies in use during my time at Bradys they would have had us hauling 30ton payloads !! Well we got close to that mark regularly with the single wheeled turntable trailer
It would of took it Dennis, mind you ROF would of met you and took a couple of ton off on a cafe car park whilst waiting for a “painter”!
Bewick:
pete smith:
Bewick:
No Pete! that would Brady’s Comet and they also bought out Furness Transport Ltd. the firm I was talking about was Furness Road Services who ran one Guy Warrior Light 8. Cheers Dennis.I only remember photo Dennis because i thought of you and the Octopus, put a dolly under that single axle couple up and away down to South Wales
Bloody hell Pete if they’d had dollies in use during my time at Bradys they would have had us hauling 30ton payloads !! Well we got close to that mark regularly with the single wheeled turntable trailer
Sorry Dennis, the sage has withered and died - there’s the odd brain cell still working, but definitely not the full herb! I can’t conjure up any images of that one at all I’m afraid. I may start skimming through all the classic mags at the Shell garage to have a look for the Furness Transport Comet.
John
Eddie Heaton:
I’ve come across Nodag on a few occasions on this forum John. I’ve been unable to figure out what it could stand for. Maybe you could explain.Cheers. Eddie.
Hi Eddie,
NODAG was Northern Owner Drivers’ Associated Group. Started by Mike Conlong, with an office originally in Barrow and later at either Atherton or Walkden I can’t remember which. It included several owner drivers as directors and one or two with two or three motors each. It wasn’t a bad idea. Mike was a good salesman and very quickly got a lot of Middle East work. Pete Robbins, who had 2 motors was a member & I did my first trip for him to Damascus. There were a couple of guys from Wakefield and I ran down to Baghdad in their Daf with Paul Kerr from Chorley. Paul was a subby, not a member.
Mike reckoned that one of the biggest problems was that the ODs would go down to Saudi, but then do internals for months, with the trailers still on hire to NODAG. John McGuffie, whose original business Dennis bought, was involved at some point, but how exactly I can’t remember. I think Mike closed it down and went back to running his own trucks in the end.
John
We are defo veering way off piste this afternoon John I don’t think there was ever a Comet lettered as Furness Transport Ltd. There was a couple of Scammell 8 wheelers and a Handyman tractor unit and also an AEC MM. The single vehicle firm of Furness Road Services was an 8 wheeler Guy painted light blue with white roof,it belonged to a chap from Kendal (a Gentleman) called Jim Tolfrey who’s father was the Company Sec of Provincial Insurance. However, Gentleman Jim also had a full time job as Chauffer for the Chairman of Lakeland Laundries and he had a driver on the Guy which was on “A” licence and ran out of Barrow Steel. Jim bought the motor new in 1959 and I think it was reg’d FEC or FJM,can’t just remember! The driver was a great chap who I knew called Ernie Edwards who lived in Natland which is where the motor was parked up for good in late 1966 when Jim decided to cease operating at a moments notice. As it wasn’t far off Christmas apparently Mr. Tolfrey snr. had Ernie doing some decorating for him at his home over looking the river in town just to get him some wages over the period. In the event Ernie got a start at IBIS engineers and was there until he retired. Jim finally ended up driving an ERF 4 wheeler for Brailsfords on turf and rock for the years up to his retirement,he was very well spoken and always wore a cravat. He had a girlfriend from Esher or Ascot way who was apparently “loaded” and Jim spent his retirement years living down there prior to his passing.Phew Cheers Dennis.