kevmac47:
That yard of Steenbergs brings back memories, I seem to recall once loaded you had to scrape the trailer side rave against the tunnel wall to get out as the angle was very tight. I was along that way a few weeks ago and they are busy with what looks like sewer works right outside the entrance.regards. kevmac47 Happy days
Morning kev aye very tight i remember going in with lead ingots it wasn,t far of af ■■■ paper beween wall and trailer side
Morning kev aye very tight i remember going in with lead ingots it wasn,t far of af ■■■ paper beween wall and trailer side
Ha ha, aye when the 40ft trailers come out they didn’t think they would get them in but one or two old hands proved it could be done although some still wouldn’t attempt it, there was definately a knack to it by getting the trailer wheels in just the right position so the headboard could clear on the other side, I used to like watching this manouvre. Some lads from down the country were only too happy to let the Steenburg lads do it for them. I just noticed Jimmy Logan is now on the site he will know the place well and I’m sure have one or two tales and know some names too from those days.
I didn’t own up to it at the time but when I was a young apprentice there I knocked some of the wall into the Ouseburn with a single axle trailer, caught me out with it cutting in so sharp! Mind that burn has had a few things in it over the years!
Cheers Franky.
Franky Im sure in the 50s I was in there with a 3wheeler Scammell & clipped the wooden shed that was used as the office, trying to turned around, if my memmory is right I think I dropped the trailer, & the drivers gave me a hand to push it into position, & picked it up again, of course it was a Dinky Toy in the good old days. Regards Larry
Franky, Now you might not remember S/Bs. having a conversion that fitted onto a Scammell coupling so you could pick a King Pin trailer up, well they did & it worked a treat for hauliers with both types of ArticUnits, well done Ollaff, have I spelled it right ? Regards Larry
Another well known spot on the Quayside was the bonded warehouse on Love Lane, (it’s now high priced apartments). If you remember we drove between the two buildings and the booze came out of the lift on specially made pallets that couldn’t leave the premises, so it was a handball job onto you own pallets. I don’t think the residents of the building now will have many noise problems with their neighbours. The walls were about two feet thick and the floors wer buillt to take the weight of a lot of plonk. Regards kevmac47
I remember handball tipping bagged soap powder at Procter & Gamble just up from the quayside,2 ton in the lift at a time and up to the top floor, an other job that took all day .vic.
Aye , I remember tipping soda ash from the ICI, as you said it was an allday job. There was a firm from Halifax there regular, Claud Halliwell I think they were called,. When they ran out of space they used to store it a Baxters warehouse, & lift the bags with the old friction hoists, you had to stand well clear as sometimes the chains came off & down it came at a 100mph. no H.A.S. in those days.
Aye , I remember tipping soda ash from the ICI, as you said it was an allday job. There was a firm from Halifax there regular, Claud Halliwell I think they were called,. When they ran out of space they used to store it a Baxters warehouse, & lift the bags with the old friction hoists, you had to stand well clear as sometimes the chains came off & down it came at a 100mph. no H.A.S. in those days.
v7victor:
I remember handball tipping bagged soap powder at Procter & Gamble just up from the quayside,2 ton in the lift at a time and up to the top floor, an other job that took all day .vic.
P&G were a major customer of Waugh’s at that time and we often backloaded for City Rd. from Northwich with a product with an unpronounceable name which we shortened to “sesqui” I think it was a component for Flash, and was worse than sand if it blew in your face. Anyway it was always a handball job at the back hoist behind City Rd. and was a right ball-acher They would be not so happy days!!! regards kevmac47.
kevmac47:
Another well known spot on the Quayside was the bonded warehouse on Love Lane, (it’s now high priced apartments). If you remember we drove between the two buildings and the booze came out of the lift on specially made pallets that couldn’t leave the premises, so it was a handball job onto you own pallets. I don’t think the residents of the building now will have many noise problems with their neighbours. The walls were about two feet thick and the floors wer buillt to take the weight of a lot of plonk. Regards kevmac47
Hi Kev , Love Lane ,Newcastle Warehousing I think, .Can you remember the Black Bullet factory next door Jesmona made by Johnson & Dodds.I used to deliver bagged sugar there in the 50s, & they allways filled your cap up with some, best blacks you could get in those days, some one else makes them now, in Sheffield I think. Regards Larry
I almost forgot I wrote a poem a while back now about the old archway on the Quayside, here it is for all those that remember it.
It’s empty now, the way is blocked
Nothing comes in, nothing goes out
It’s quiet too, the bustle has stopped
Not even a whisper, a laugh or a shout
The men are all older, some long gone
While only a few remember those days
When they toiled hard and long
Unloading the goods to fill up this place
Sure it was tough, every muscle did ache
It went on and on, until it was done
They had to be fit or their backs would break
When the last bag was lifted, the job would be won
Sweating and dirty, blowing and cursing
No sympathy here, no time for flagging
Hands that were raw got no nursing
There’s more to this game than driving a wagon
Back to the dockside, more coming out
All day it went on to lighten the ship
Load after load, a massive amount
No chance of a breather, they’re cracking the whip
They long for the time when all is done
To park up the motors, turn off the key
Head for the pub for a glass and some fun
A chance to relax in the small hostelry
Tomorrow will come and it will all start again
Loading those beasts from front to back
It has to be done in the sun or rain
When skin on the fingers begins to crack
One day it all ends, who would believe
Only the archway remains with nothing behind
What was it all for, what did they achieve
This place that men laboured with body and mind
It’s empty now, the way is blocked
Nothing goes in, nothing comes out
But if you go and listen, don’t be shocked
You just might hear a whisper, a laugh or a shout!
8LXBV8BRIAN:
P & G City road,
The Manchester trunk and a load for london.
Yeah, the loading bay was’nt there in the earlier days as you will know, just a small lift.i used to tip a trunk we done from Manchester with Barber-Turnock,Vic
Aye the Quayside, busy as ever in th e50s60s The bacon boat every Monday, sometimes I loaded & went straight down to Manchester tipped about 3.00Pm.at Joseph Stocks Ltd Hanging Ditch ,Corn Exchage Bld, They used to me 10bob for getting the load there, it was off loaded , boned & rolled & in the shops am Tuesday,They sometimes did some middles as they called them & I brought them back to Newcastle for Broughs,& Liptons Grocers only about 3 Ton but I suppose it paid for the fuel, Baxter was happy for me to do this & he had the wagon back on the Tuesday to go back down again , the top wage there was £19.19.09 a full house as it was called. plus exs, of about £3.00. Happy days Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye the Quayside, busy as ever in th e50s60s The bacon boat every Monday, sometimes I loaded & went straight down to Manchester tipped about 3.00Pm.at Joseph Stocks Ltd Hanging Ditch ,Corn Exchage Bld, They used to me 10bob for getting the load there, it was off loaded , boned & rolled & in the shops am Tuesday,They sometimes did some middles as they called them & I brought them back to Newcastle for Broughs,& Liptons Grocers only about 3 Ton but I suppose it paid for the fuel, Baxter was happy for me to do this & he had the wagon back on the Tuesday to go back down again , the top wage there was £19.19.09 a full house as it was called. plus exs, of about £3.00. Happy days Larry.
Larry can you imagine loading bacon onto a flat trailer now? the hygene people would have a heart attack!! not to mention the H&S gods if they caught you standing on the trailer. you would go to jail if they saw you with a dockers hook. regards kevmac47.
How right you are Kev, Also some of the shops in Rochdale they only got 5 bales, but you had to caary them in because they were all woman, one I remember very well was Barracloughs Pork Shop, in R/dale. they allways give me a pint of tea & a pork pie for my bother,looking back I dont know how I managed but I did, & of course it was all part of the job.Then into P/Gs, to load, hand ball 575 cartons Daz on a 4 wheeler Albion which was about 7 1/2 Ton. Then climb on the top to sheet up in the wind. The only HAS. they had was a no smoking policy anyware on the site.How its changed eh. Regards Larry
The Quayside at N/c, is one of my favourate places, My Grandad used to take me there when I was a boy, & when I first started work at Newgate Street Coop. as was on a horse & cart with a bloke called Joe Drinkald,& he was well named I can tell you, we used to deliver rations around the town, & his favourate, pub was behind the Central Station, The Telegraph, we used to deliver to Norbrits Ltd , they had some thing to do with rubber boots I think. The old horse Sammy was his name , new when to stop, & I put his nose bag on while old Joe was in the pub, we would continue our rounds & get back to Oaks Place where the stables were for finishing time. It was a great time for me I met lots of nice people in every dept, Happy memmories for me, Regards Larry
Come on you pld timmers I cant be the only one who rememebers the Quayside, what about Gordie Dunns Cafe . Jimmy Morrans at the Swirle, the old Coop Grain Warehouse. , Burton Son & Sanders the Bakers Sudriesmen, Arnotts Oils Ltd , where the court house is now plus Youngers warehouses, the gaffferwas a bloke called Tommy Miller a nicer bloke you could never meet, has was on the ball all the time … plus Fail & Kincaid. Charlie Pearce , drove for them when he came out of the forces I think, Where is Charlie Now he pulled for Fergie at Sunderland then he retired. Come on Charlie show your face , after all tou are one of the old timmers. Regards Larry Dunbar. Still hanging on in the transport jungle , but loving every minute. Happy as Larry.
So what year did the last city boat come in, from what i can remember it came up the river just past
spillers to the two sheds before the bend.
I cant remember the year when the City Boats stopped coming up 23/24 shed I think. But I do remember them they used to bring a lot of canned fruit in ,Autum Gold Brand, sometimes they were docked for 2 weeks. The City of Exeter was one of them, they couldnt come any further up river , it was not deep enough past that point,the Tyne was booming in those days,lots of goods exported as well, IE, tractors from Bathgate, ,Lime ,Scrap,even old Tyres.
