hi lads not ofton you see the A1 great north road this colour 
took this photo just as the sun was setting on tuesday, bumper
Great shots there Bumper, It reminded me when I was a young boy we used to get the cellophane from a Lucosade bottle to look through , Eh , Got the same effect, Regards Larry.
Great review in Truck and Driver. Cheers guys.
Reviving an old thread…
Bought it for my Dad at Xmas who read it in 2 days then borrowed by me who did the same.
Coming from Stamford the A1 was (and still is) a big part if life.
Thanks for a great read Chris.
Trying to talk my Dad into writing a book of his trucking life. Watch this space!
What would make a good book is …anecdotes.
We’ve all got some stories to tell, pick any subject on lorry driving / road transport. Here’s a few suggestions,…loading / unloading, digs, breakdowns, customs, police checks, roping and sheeting, winter time, handball, etc
you get the picture, the list is endless…and l bet all you reading that list would have a story or two about some, or all, of those subjects.
All it wants is someone to compile it…whats Wolfie doing next ?.. 
Lawrence Dunbar:
Eddie the Windmill was before the turn off for the A19, It was an old house when it first opened in the 50s, Then in the 60s I was re-built and named Rainton Services, Plus the new one on the North bound side knicknamed the Pondarosa, Then the Happy Eater lot got hold of it then Little Chef, Now all gone, Happy days, Regards Larry.
Larry you are right I was thinking of Baldersby roundabout the one where the Ripon road goes off I should have had mind o it I got hit up the arse one foggy morning at that one I was on the way south and had stopped behind a Smiths of Bellshill he had stopped for traffic on the island when an Albion reiver tipper come down to fast and by the time he saw me in the fog it was too late he got the offside rear of mine and shoved me up the side o Smiths who had wide steel plate on it burst through the cab and door and luckily being a Commer I was able to dive across the cab had it been something with an engine hump things might have ended badly. Eddie.
Archie Paice:
night shift bri:
Archie Paice:
Hullo,
Dishford on the way south from Scotch Corner, had a Gate right in front of you as you approached the Roundabout. It was the Gatehouse to RAF Dishforth. It was removed though in the mid '70’s ( The Roundabout. ) If I recall correctly you sort of went off three parts round the Roundabout. There was a road off immediately left, to Catterick, then the Gatehouse, then there was the A1.
Cheers, Archie.I think it was the mid-eighties when Dishforth roundabout was done away with. I went on containers in 84 and remember leaving Felixstowe at the crack of dawn so we could get through the roadworks at Dishforthand and miss the tailbacks which were horrendous,then up to the Quernhow for breakfast. There was also another roundabout north of Dishforth with a BP filling station on the northbound side right on the roundabout.
I remember going through Felton on the old A1, you coudn’t get a run at the bank because of the sharp left hand bend at the bottom. Also Pendleton & Hare’s yard was in Felton and didn’t they have a transport cafe at the front of it?
When the A1 ran through Catterick there was a transport cafe called the Tudor Rose. I think the building is still there but Idon’t know what it is now.Hullo “night shift bri”,
Yes happen you could be right, I have probably got my dates all mixed up, I know it was a lot of years ago nowI do remember the Cafe out the front of Pendleton & Hares’ yard though. A good place that was to stop as well. That’s a company that has’nt been mentioned on here, ( got any photos of them, Mark
Cheers, Archie.
Hmmm anecdotes hmmmmmmm
OK gang, so after things hanging in the balance for a while, the publisher has been bought out and other stuff going on, I can finally announce…
Highways of Britain - Then and Now
(It may lose the ‘then and now’ bit)
Should be published in June 2022.
A general history of Britain’s roads!
Hoiya
Great to hear another book for my library is being published.
But found this picture of the A1 olde and new looking south at Conington just south of Norman Cross which if I remember had a garage on the south side of the roundabout opposite the hotel.
What was the memorial just north of Norman cross roundabout (I think)
Some sort of eagle on a plinth?? My hazey recollection is it was in a lay-by just after the roundabout but I could be wrong !
I remember something like this when I used to go to work with the old man when I was a child.
andrew.s:
What was the memorial just north of Norman cross roundabout (I think)
Some sort of eagle on a plinth?? My hazey recollection is it was in a lay-by just after the roundabout but I could be wrong !
I remember something like this when I used to go to work with the old man when I was a child.
Off the top of my head, it has something to do with a prisoner of war camp that was nearby.
Poikey:
andrew.s:
What was the memorial just north of Norman cross roundabout (I think)
Some sort of eagle on a plinth?? My hazey recollection is it was in a lay-by just after the roundabout but I could be wrong !
I remember something like this when I used to go to work with the old man when I was a child.Off the top of my head, it has something to do with a prisoner of war camp that was nearby.
You are both correct, here’s a photo of it.
French POWs maybe without checking…
Dieseldogsix:
mushroomman:
Hi Wolfie, it’s many a year that I have travelled up or down the A1, it was always one of my favourite roads and hopefully somebody will be able to help me with this query.
Somewhere near the Brampton or Alconbury area on the northbound lane there was an old stone monument set back in the field and every time that I passed it over the years I thought one day I shall stop and see what it’s for. About twenty years later I pulled into a layby which was about a quarter of a mile further on and I decided to walk back and have a look. It appears that during the Napolionic Wars there was a French prisoner of war camp on that site and if somebody can tell me exactly where it is I might be able to do a Google and find out something more about it.Regards Steve.
B.T.W. has anybody ever bothered to count just how many old airfields are within seeing distance of the A1, it you follow this Great Road on Google Earth you might be surprised just how many there are
I think Time Team did a prog on that last year, very interesting too.
If you lads look on one page one of this excellent thread then you can see that this was mentioned about eleven years ago.
Dieseldog6 mentioned about The Time Team program which I managed to find about four years ago on You Tube and I still find it interesting.
youtube.com/watch?v=27HI5HuDeLQ
After I had read the inscription on the monument I always wondered how those French soldiers had arrived at the camp and the only answer is that they must of walked from places like Dover, Portsmouth or London.
Now, can any of you old trunkers remember a B.B.C. program from the late sixties or maybe the early seventies called Arthur Negus On The Road. He travelled along The A1, A3, and The A4 in an old Rolls Royce stopping at some very interesting places which were then, right next to the old roads.
I remember it very well, Where is it located now 
, Thanks for the info, Larry.
Excellent!!
Some bedtime reading
Poikey:
Some bedtime reading
That’s brilliant-thank you
Poikey:
Some bedtime reading
Prisoners from across Europe (and even further afield) were marched in their hundreds to and from Norman Cross following capture or agreement to their release or exchange. Many passed through Peterborough, reaching the Customs House on Fenland Lighters from Yarmouth and Kings Lynn. Others were marched along the Great North Road from the south. Captured officers were often paroled, staying in local towns including Peterborough.
Well there ya go, it’s just another school day on Trucknet.