Has anyone any information , photographs etc regarding this Newcaste haulier ?.
shugg:
Has anyone any information , photographs etc regarding this Newcaste haulier ?.
Just one here
v7victor:
shugg:
Has anyone any information , photographs etc regarding this Newcaste haulier ?.Just one here
IIRC didn’t Capstaffs used to advertise in Headlight offering return loads ? Memory is a bit hazy now though ! Cheers Dennis.
This is a clipping from the Eve/Chron, Newcastle, the is defo Cappies A Type Bedford, Regards Larry,
I recall J.W.Capstaff having a depot at the top of Byker Bank, It was Orrel & Brewsters to begin with. Cappies moved to T.V.T.E. Into a brand new depot, & they had a Cafe & Digs called the Highwayman or something like that it was a licenensed place also. I do know from a driver I new they did the work out of Tyne Brand in North Shields, The building is very derelict now, They used to do the Ambrosia Creamed Rice from Devon too, I dont know if any of the drivers are still about, they will be very old if they are, They also ran a few tippers based at Swarland nr. Felton, Regards Larry.
A Capstaff Commer in the background.
I must be getting old as I remember Orrell and Brewster,did Capstaff take them over or just the depot?
There’s a Crow’s Transport sheeted trailer in the photo as well but does anybody know who the Atki belongs to? D M smith of Wishaw maybe? Just a guess. 
Chris Webb:
A Capstaff Commer in the background.
I must be getting old as I remember Orrell and Brewster but I didn’t know Capstaff took them over.
There’s a Crow’s Transport sheeted trailer in the photo as well,anybody know who the Atki belongs to?
NO, Cappie just moved into their old depot,The didnt take O&Bs over, sorry If I misslead you. Regards Larry
The Atki in the Background ? could be one of Baxters Road Services, or one of Waughs, perhaps, Regards Larry.
No problem Larry,I edited my post 'cos I read it wrong but you had answered my original. Did they run a London trunk in the 70s and 80s?
Im not sure about a London trunk, Crowbar will probably know Chris, His firm did, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry,Capstaffs had a depot in St HELENS in the 60s, it was Ed Robinsons old depot in Parlane st,were only there a couple of years i think.Ted.
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toxic gas man:
Hi Larry,Capstaffs had a depot in St HELENS in the 60s, it was Ed Robinsons old depot in Parlane st,were only there a couple of years i think.Ted.
,Aye I took a container there in 1971 there was two of us but form some unknown reason we couldnt get tipped, The union was involved, The union geazer was a Harry Hull, anyway we returned them back to North Shields, & the next day they were spotted heading back down the road on Cappies wagons, I never found out what the problem was but the firm I worked for said they got paid for the job, Regards Larry.
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I’ve got a pic of a Cappy’s motor that has the name written as Capstaffe, with an E on the end, I’ll try and dig it out.
Always seemed to be a Capstaff motor around in the Sixties. Jimmy Logan might shed some light on them, my old man said they were a smashing set of lads driving for them, I believe it was a canny firm to work for too.
Franky.
Aye, there was a driver who lived beside me at Wideopen, He worked for them years, Allan Platten a real nice bloke to know, & there was a one called Koggi, now he was a real character,He went to work for Trembles at Benton after he left Cappies, I think his full name was Bernard Koggins, It would be very nice to hear from anyone who knew these drivers & some original photos of them in the old days, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
I recall J.W.Capstaff having a depot at the top of Byker Bank, It was Orrel & Brewsters to begin with. Cappies moved to T.V.T.E. Into a brand new depot, & they had a Cafe & Digs called the Highwayman or something like that it was a licenensed place also. I do know from a driver I new they did the work out of Tyne Brand in North Shields, The building is very derelict now, They used to do the Ambrosia Creamed Rice from Devon too, I dont know if any of the drivers are still about, they will be very old if they are, They also ran a few tippers based at Swarland nr. Felton, Regards Larry.
tippers at swarland mill were from lees of rothbury leading mainly harden quarry to limmer at byker and washington plants jeh
jeh:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I recall J.W.Capstaff having a depot at the top of Byker Bank, It was Orrel & Brewsters to begin with. Cappies moved to T.V.T.E. Into a brand new depot, & they had a Cafe & Digs called the Highwayman or something like that it was a licenensed place also. I do know from a driver I new they did the work out of Tyne Brand in North Shields, The building is very derelict now, They used to do the Ambrosia Creamed Rice from Devon too, I dont know if any of the drivers are still about, they will be very old if they are, They also ran a few tippers based at Swarland nr. Felton, Regards Larry.tippers at swarland mill were from lees of rothbury leading mainly harden quarry to limmer at byker and washington plants jeh
John Lee Tippers from Rothbury, thats a blast from the past, I can remember their Green O Model Bedfords,& as you say they hauled red stone from Harden , To the Limmer plants , The also did a bit out of Harecrag Quarry for The NCC. with TK Bedfords I think ? Happy long gone days, Regards Larry. PS The Washington Plant was it at Rickleton ?
Lawrence Dunbar:
jeh:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I recall J.W.Capstaff having a depot at the top of Byker Bank, It was Orrel & Brewsters to begin with. Cappies moved to T.V.T.E. Into a brand new depot, & they had a Cafe & Digs called the Highwayman or something like that it was a licenensed place also. I do know from a driver I new they did the work out of Tyne Brand in North Shields, The building is very derelict now, They used to do the Ambrosia Creamed Rice from Devon too, I dont know if any of the drivers are still about, they will be very old if they are, They also ran a few tippers based at Swarland nr. Felton, Regards Larry.tippers at swarland mill were from lees of rothbury leading mainly harden quarry to limmer at byker and washington plants jeh
John Lee Tippers from Rothbury, thats a blast from the past, I can remember their Green O Model Bedfords,& as you say they hauled red stone from Harden , To the Limmer plants , The also did a bit out of Harecrag Quarry for The NCC. with TK Bedfords I think ? Happy long gone days, Regards Larry. PS The Washington Plant was it at Rickleton ?
4 wheeler 4 d,s and 6 wheeler traders 1096/7/8 wu .jeh.