coca cola kid:
Hi to you all, I worked for Fearns Tankers, late seventy’s early eighty’s Before joining Lambson Group, Worked with some great characters at both places, Then in 83 I fell for the DREAM with Norman Lewis, left a lot of mates at Fearns & Lambsons but made many more working at NLT Many Thanks to all staff & drivers of all three, for my memories. The coca cola kid ( Mel Haynes )
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Do i remember FEARNS showing a K1OO Kenworth in the late 80’s early 90’s?? sure it was a cream coloured 6x4.
now where is mr hawke !!! prob in bed after working for a full 5 days “lol” with out a day off,lee is a good mate of richard/ steven fearn, richard is running the scania 580 and his dad is running a T cab scania, lee has the magnum at the moment on a contract job he has, and he laff"d at me when i bought a wobble box reno 
tobytyke:
Can anyone else recall Fearns Tankers of Barnsley ? they used too run chemicals allover the UK with predominantly green & red livery, they seemed too have loads of tractor units based just off J37 M1 plus a little haulage yard nearby too. I can remember them having Dafs, Scania & Mans in there fleet mainly, and the owner steven used too have a 1930s Leyland tanker to shows etc…i know him and his son richard still attend Truckfests etc …I can’t recall the name of the company that bought them out now but they ran after in all white liverys.
they any good.
globby 480:
now where is mr hawke !!! prob in bed after working for a full 5 days “lol” with out a day off,lee is a good mate of richard/ steven fearn, richard is running the scania 580 and his dad is running a T cab scania, lee has the magnum at the moment on a contract job he has, and he laff"d at me when i bought a wobble box reno
i belive… but i dont know if it true that he works a full 5 days and 4 nights out ■■?
road-ranger:
tobytyke:
Can anyone else recall Fearns Tankers of Barnsley ? they used too run chemicals allover the UK with predominantly green & red livery, they seemed too have loads of tractor units based just off J37 M1 plus a little haulage yard nearby too. I can remember them having Dafs, Scania & Mans in there fleet mainly, and the owner steven used too have a 1930s Leyland tanker to shows etc…i know him and his son richard still attend Truckfests etc …I can’t recall the name of the company that bought them out now but they ran after in all white liverys.
they any good.
Nice photo of the Atkis RR,I remember Fearns well when they were at Dodworth. 
Wincanton bought them in the 90s and I may be wrong,but dropped the “A” out of the name and running as Fern Transport.Anybody know if they are still going under that name or is it Lambson Transport now?
Was along time ago,in the 60s and 70s when I was running with them.They did a lot for Hickson and Welch,Castleford and Staveley Chemicals.
Hi Road Ranger, First of all there were two parts to Fearns, Fearns Tankers & Fearns Transport which was the Flat beds, As i remember the Atkinson in the first picture is HWB 216 N when it was new, I drove this for a short time after it was repainted later in life with yellow flashes up the sides, do you remember them, HWB 216N was the second truck to be painted white & blue with the parent company name of Lambson, More on this if your interested let me know.
Back to the fleet: 2 Atkinson, 1 Seddon-Atkinson, 3 Volvo F88, 1 Daf, 1 Roman, 1 Fiat 170NT 2 Scania 111, & loads of Man’s
I moved on to Lambson Group, after that Stephen Fearn was left with part of the Transport side & the tankers were bought out by Wincanton, they closed Dodworth & moved to Morley, After that Wincanton sold out to Suttons. Cheers Mel
coca cola kid:
Hi Road Ranger, First of all there were two parts to Fearns, Fearns Tankers & Fearns Transport which was the Flat beds, As i remember the Atkinson in the first picture is HWB 216 N when it was new, I drove this for a short time after it was repainted later in life with yellow flashes up the sides, do you remember them, HWB 216N was the second truck to be painted white & blue with the parent company name of Lambson, More on this if your interested let me know.Back to the fleet: 2 Atkinson, 1 Seddon-Atkinson, 3 Volvo F88, 1 Daf, 1 Roman, 1 Fiat 170NT 2 Scania 111, & loads of Man’s
I moved on to Lambson Group, after that Stephen Fearn was left with part of the Transport side & the tankers were bought out by Wincanton, they closed Dodworth & moved to Morley, After that Wincanton sold out to Suttons. Cheers Mel
thanks for that about the atki. i will put it on the back of the photo. its a good pic to see what atkis had when new when it comes to restoring them. i dont remember them myself bit before my time. my dad dose tho, do you recall a chap called Frank Beevers from wath? dad says he think that chap used to work for fearns? then moved to the ncb at manvers. he seems to think they used to have more atki’s too? or Brit trucks?
Hi, I don’t recall Frank Beevers or never herd anyone mention him in my time there, but now we have the ball rolling who knows who’s names may crop up i am doing a list now of all the ones i can remember, the did have more Atkinsons but they also kept quite a modern fleet also in the last post i forgot to mention there was 1 Foden
I can recall Arnie worked at Fearns but not when, I worked with him At Pickfords, Sykes (Shaws) and Bill Brennans and Chris worked with him at Evans I think it was proberly in the 90s after we got made redundent at Brennans
SIMPLY THE BEST
Management Team: Jack Helliwell, Martin Slone, Stephen Fearn,
Receptionist, Sharon
Fearns Drivers, I remember seventy’s & eighty’s
Eric Lill, Eric Young, Des Waller, Norman Gurdlestone, Derek Williams,
Gordon Taylor, Brian Hoyland, Frank Mcshane, David Johnston, Ginger France,
Stuart Barry, Mick Makinson, Eddie Dounaghue, Chris Panther, Derek Horn,
Ron Savage, Denis Ibbotson, Ozwald Palmer, Denis Palmer, Geoff Utley,
Geoff Gregory , Geoff Darling,
Ray Middleton, Allan Goddard, Norman …, Stan Bray, Billy Graham, Phillip Grant ,
Mick F88, Bill Crawshaw, Mark Richardson
Tommy Mann, Allan Wright, Arthur Keeling, Warny Fearon, Eric Wilson,
Barry Milner, Allan Moor, Brian Taylor, Eric and Alan Bartholomew
& MR ALAN WOOD Mr Phil Geeson
Fitters: Geoff Ball, Jim Wilkinson, Peter Cunningham, Len Burgin, Sean Gregory ,
Peter Crawshaw.
And myself Melvyn Haynes
Fearns also ran coaches until the late '60’s, early '70’s from the small yard opposite Dodworth war memorial. Going back much further, I have a photo of an Albion Caledonian 8-legger dropside with a tilt rail down the middle. In the seventies, they had an assortment of Leyland 4-wheel flats and a Foden S80 tractor with the name “Yorkshire Rose” painted under the windscreen. They had a Volvo F88 painted red, grey and white which I think worked on the Hickson and Welch contract. A couple of drivers were the Bartholomew brothers, Eric and Alan. The main yard at Dodworth is now B&B Trucks (ERF/MAN and agricultural) and the smaller yard mentioned before is now the CO-OP supermarket.
sammyopisite:
I can recall Arnie worked at Fearns but not when, I worked with him At Pickfords, Sykes (Shaws) and Bill Brennans and Chris worked with him at Evans I think it was proberly in the 90s after we got made redundent at Brennans
Do you mean Arnie Green Sammie? If so,he was a great bloke and was shop steward at Evans for a while.He was a big pal of Billy Walker and used to live on Norfolk Park.He was still at Evans in 1979 when I left and I reckon he went to Fearns or Ferns in the early 90s before Cannotwin took them over.
HI to you All, Just had half hour on the phone with Stephen, he didn’t know about this great site we have here, i have arranged to meet with him to get some photos to upload for you all to see in the next two weeks Cheers Mel
Chris Webb:
sammyopisite:
I can recall Arnie worked at Fearns but not when, I worked with him At Pickfords, Sykes (Shaws) and Bill Brennans and Chris worked with him at Evans I think it was proberly in the 90s after we got made redundent at BrennansDo you mean Arnie Green Sammie? If so,he was a great bloke and was shop steward at Evans for a while.He was a big pal of Billy Walker and used to live on Norfolk Park.He was still at Evans in 1979 when I left and I reckon he went to Fearns or Ferns in the early 90s before Cannotwin took them over.
Thats right Chris he came to Sykes with Pancho then he was at Bill Brennans so it must have been after that as that was my last stint on tankers
coca cola kid:
HI to you All, Just had half hour on the phone with Stephen, he didn’t know about this great site we have here, i have arranged to meet with him to get some photos to upload for you all to see in the next two weeks Cheers Mel
Hi Mel.
Next time you speak to Stephen ask him if he’s any photos of the two LWB 8-leggers,Atkis IIRC,that were in Staveley Chemicals yellow livery running crude benzole into Staveley in the 60s and 70s.I can’t recall the driver’s names,can’t think why,I saw and spoke to them often enough whilst tipping in there.
Cheers,
Chris.
Hi Chris, At my time the three i remember most doing the crude was: Tommy Mann a small guy looked a bit like Charlie Drake
Arthur Keeling always had flat cap & scarf & Bill Crawshaw tall well made not much hair softly spoken. Hope this helps you remember. Cheers Mel
coca cola kid:
Hi Chris, At my time the three i remember most doing the crude was: Tommy Mann a small guy looked a bit like Charlie DrakeArthur Keeling always had flat cap & scarf & Bill Crawshaw tall well made not much hair softly spoken. Hope this helps you remember. Cheers Mel
Aye,thanks for that Mel.I remember Tommy and Arthur but Bill I’m not sure about.I can see 'em now tipping crude in Staveley 
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jody1980:
globby 480:
now where is mr hawke !!! prob in bed after working for a full 5 days “lol” with out a day off,lee is a good mate of richard/ steven fearn, richard is running the scania 580 and his dad is running a T cab scania, lee has the magnum at the moment on a contract job he has, and he laff"d at me when i bought a wobble box renoi belive… but i dont know if it true that he works a full 5 days and 4 nights out ■■?
jody stop it you are makeing me cry with lafffffftaaaaa, so much with those statments full 5 days
globby 480:
jody1980:
globby 480:
now where is mr hawke !!! prob in bed after working for a full 5 days “lol” with out a day off,lee is a good mate of richard/ steven fearn, richard is running the scania 580 and his dad is running a T cab scania, lee has the magnum at the moment on a contract job he has, and he laff"d at me when i bought a wobble box renoi belive… but i dont know if it true that he works a full 5 days and 4 nights out ■■?
jody stop it you are makeing me cry with lafffffftaaaaa, so much with those statments full 5 days
No jody am on 4 half days wi 4 nights out
And yes i can confirm i am gud pals with the fearns go on the continent with them
