This is the only photo i believe to be carrying tarmac.I am still trying to find photos of the scammells.
The low loader was a scammell routman coupled to a four in line scammell trailer.Think it was sold to a steam enthusiast,REG…rvo 748f
I used to do a lot of work out of the old Hoveringham quarry (Dene) on Cromford Hill, Derbys, unfortunately the dreaded Tarm*c owned it by then! Does anyone know what became of the Mammoth skeleton that was found in the gravel pit at Hoveringham, Notts, which gave the company it’s logo?
Pete.
windrush:
Does anyone know what became of the Mammoth skeleton that was found in the gravel pit at Hoveringham, Notts, which gave the company it’s logo?Pete.
I believe it’s in a museum in Nottingham; either Wollaton Hall or Nottingham Castle. To confirm your earlier post, windrush, yes it was the Needler family who owned Hoveringham Gravels; Harold Needler was also heavily involved with Hull City football club and I can’t help thinking he’d be very proud of them today!
My Dad worked for Hoveringham from 1939 through till 1983, total service 43 years and one day! Only interrupted by his wartime service in the RAF.
I have a photo of him driving a loading shovel in Thurgarton station yard; quite a lot of the sand and gravel was sent by rail in the early days. Later he became a fitter and at the time of him leaving (he took voluntary redundancy) he was foreman of the static plant department, so Nigel would have known him very well I’m sure.
Back to the low-loader; ISTR it was driven by a big chap called Sandy, and vaguely remember it being replaced by a Volvo F89 in later years.
Other drivers I remember were Bill Coton (that might be him driving KNN 616E in Bonkey’s original pic on the other thread,but I can’t be sure) Bill Foster and Tony Williamson. Tony, or “Willie” as he was known, was a real character, a talented accordian player and very much a ladies’ man. He later ran a pub in South Normanton, before cancer tragically took him too early.
Bill Foster is AFAIK still alive and well, living in the local area.
Just been delving in my archives,this was found at newark quarry in 1975.
Heres another photo to be going on with.
Hello ,heres one from my collection. 
Cheers Bubbs. 
Just to say thanks bubbs,as you are probably aware i have many photos of hoveringham lorries including many of the fifties when my father
drove for them.I have been keeping a close eye on your scrap book memories,and hope to send some of my photos.These will be of many lorries
i have driven.
nigelhunt:
This is the only photo i believe to be carrying tarmac.I am still trying to find photos of the scammells.
The low loader was a scammell routman coupled to a four in line scammell trailer.Think it was sold to a steam enthusiast,REG…rvo 748f
I believe this was photographed in Chesterfield on the small stretch of town avoiding road possibly heading for Horns Bridge and then ontowards Mansfield / the M1.
The only thing I’d like to know is, was the lorry based at Dene Quarry, Cromford or Outland Head, Bradwell.
Heres one for for the bus enthusiasts.
Now lets get the older generation interested,before the mammoth.
nigelhunt:
Heres one for for the bus enthusiasts.
Blimey Nigel, that brings back some memories!
Hoveringham used to do a Christmas party for all the employees’ kids, and we used to go on the old works buses, of which I presume this is one. I still remember the toy I got one year, Matchbox model Guy Warrior with a car transporter, like the one in the front of the pic below; oh, and the brown paper bag with an apple and an orange in it!
Still got my matchbox hoveringham lorries,i remember they glued the small scale model to ash trays for customers to put
on their desks.Take a close look at the logo on the door of the last picture posted by me.I sent it to corgi toys hoping the
would put it onone of their foden models.They in their wisdom put it on a trackside leyland,and to ad insult to injury painted
a foden fg tipper in keirby and perry livery.
I’ve got that Leyland, wondered what the door logo was; must go to Specsavers! 
I’ve got all the Hoveringham models that I know of, but looking at the body on the Corgi Foden it don’t seem right, ISTR they all had Neville Charrold metal bodies on those S21’s. This one has the planked body of the earlier ones by the look of it.
Nice old coach Nigel, I think it’s one which was part of a batch of 20 and new in 1949 to Barton Transport, Chilwell - a Leyland PS1/1 with a Duple A type body, Barton had the chassis slightly modified to take a few extra seats - 39 as opposed to the normal 33/35 and the extra brightwork to the lower side panels was peculiar to Barton. I notice that the driver’s cab window is non-standard too which looks as though it’s been crudely modified at some stage.
nigelhunt:
Heres one for for the bus enthusiasts.
Heres one i used to travel to work on.This bus used to travel from newark to hoveringham via newark quarry,dropping of drivers to
collect their vehicles.One morning we were passing kelham monestry and a monk was waiting for a service bus to southwell.
Just for a bit of fun i told the driver to stop the bus,it was a sliding door and i was sat near it.I opened it to allow the monk access
and charged him his bus fare.We droped him of at southwell and i was the talk of the day at work.
I like the shot of the scammell trunker has anyone got anymore. Three of these scammells were at colchester quarry before the s80 fodens in the early seventies.
Just found a photo of a low loader,this is not the one that was based at hoveringham.The volvo based at hoveringham had a day cab.
Cant remember its reg but drove round the yard in it the day it arrived.Perhaps someone can tell me where this one came from,and
also what it appears to be carrying.
Hi there,heres a couple of cuttings.
Cheers Bubbs.
Does anybody know where this picture was taken.
A lot of hoveringham gravel drivers took part in the lorry driver of the year compertition,im shure there must be some photos
out there somewhere.I also remember hoveringham lorries featuring in the foden news in the late sixties.Come on lads get serching.