Old companys from stoke -on trent

melandmel · 1 January 2013 16:27

dessert driver:

melandmel:
Hi all
A couple more from Stuart Harding’s collection.
Gillbert’s F88 and Sammy Costa’s Fiat returning home with a burn out.

Hi Boys
melandmel thanks for posting the photos, what’s the story with the burnt out? was it one of C and B’s?

Regards Keith

Hi Keith
yes it was one of C and B 's. I’m not sure what the story was but the tilt its on was
damaged too. Not sure if they got it going again .
Regards Mel.

dessert_driver · 1 January 2013 18:01

melandmel:

dessert driver:

melandmel:
Hi all
A couple more from Stuart Harding’s collection.
Gillbert’s F88 and Sammy Costa’s Fiat returning home with a burn out.

Hi Boys
melandmel thanks for posting the photos, what’s the story with the burnt out? was it one of C and B’s?

Regards Keith

Hi Keith
yes it was one of C and B 's. I’m not sure what the story was but the tilt its on was
damaged too. Not sure if they got it going again .
Regards Mel.

Hi Boys
Thanks Mel we subbed for them for a short time and run with Gilbert a couple of times,great chap. It’s the first time I’ve heard about one with the heater turned up too high maybe Ian could shed some light on it. Anyway any chance of some more photos there always seem to be a shortage of C and B on hear.

Regards Keith

andrew_bates · 1 January 2013 22:22

Willie Roadstar:

chrisv:
I can remember Turners having that volvo 290, what was the problem with it was it bought locally? Can anyone recall Derek Rhead of milton who subbed for jl cooper, he had one for a while ex moorlocks, it was a cracking tool at that time.

Chris,

Its your lucky day, not a brill photo, taken in J l Coopers yard, in about 80 /81 ex Moorlock F88 290 LWD 19 P

Regards
Ant

The f88 was me dads f88 on moorlock I put a photo of it in a truck magazine once

escortg3 · 2 January 2013 01:23

Willie Roadstar:
Hi All,
As promised, I’ll post a few of the photos that seem to have gone missing off this thread

My motor for a while on LDT - Mosspak

Thought all them ldt drivers spent all there time in the club next to mosspak, it was broken down most of the time.

flat_to_the_mat · 2 January 2013 04:56

LOL , ■■■■■■ g3 ,THE ultimate driving machine . Not trying to hijack the thread but they were superb , you have great taste sir .

3300john · 2 January 2013 09:31

andrew bates:

Willie Roadstar:

chrisv:
I can remember Turners having that volvo 290, what was the problem with it was it bought locally? Can anyone recall Derek Rhead of milton who subbed for jl cooper, he had one for a while ex moorlocks, it was a cracking tool at that time.

Chris,

Its your lucky day, not a brill photo, taken in J l Coopers yard, in about 80 /81 ex Moorlock F88 290 LWD 19 P

Regards
Ant

The f88 was me dads f88 on moorlock I put a photo of it in a truck magazine once

hiya is this volvo the one derek read had and later harrisons had it, a pal of mine (paul) droveit for quite a while on Harrisons.
that brings back a few memories
John

willie_roadstar · 5 January 2013 11:20

escortg3:

Willie Roadstar:
Hi All,
As promised, I’ll post a few of the photos that seem to have gone missing off this thread

My motor for a while on LDT - Mosspak

Thought all them ldt drivers spent all there time in the club next to mosspak, it was broken down most of the time.

That may well be true !!! - Not anymore though - it burnt down last year

true that DAF was’nt the best, didn’t have it for long, had one of the F10’s andd the Scania 112 after that - Happy Days

Regards
Ant

willie_roadstar · 5 January 2013 11:22

andrew bates:

Willie Roadstar:

chrisv:
I can remember Turners having that volvo 290, what was the problem with it was it bought locally? Can anyone recall Derek Rhead of milton who subbed for jl cooper, he had one for a while ex moorlocks, it was a cracking tool at that time.

Chris,

Its your lucky day, not a brill photo, taken in J l Coopers yard, in about 80 /81 ex Moorlock F88 290 LWD 19 P

Regards
Ant

The f88 was me dads f88 on moorlock I put a photo of it in a truck magazine once

Hey up Andy,
How you doin ? Hows your Dad, hope he is well ?

Remeber that article in Truck & Driver, have a scna of it somewhere, do you have any photos you can post of your Dads or yours and your time on PJM.
What you upto these days??
regards

Ant Williams (Little Wheeler)

andrew_bates · 5 January 2013 15:53

Willie Roadstar:

andrew bates:

Willie Roadstar:

chrisv:
I can remember Turners having that volvo 290, what was the problem with it was it bought locally? Can anyone recall Derek Rhead of milton who subbed for jl cooper, he had one for a while ex moorlocks, it was a cracking tool at that time.

Chris,

Its your lucky day, not a brill photo, taken in J l Coopers yard, in about 80 /81 ex Moorlock F88 290 LWD 19 P

Regards
Ant

The f88 was me dads f88 on moorlock I put a photo of it in a truck magazine once

Hey up Andy,
How you doin ? Hows your Dad, hope he is well ?

Hi ant dad not to good at all
Remeber that article in Truck

& Driver, have a scna of it somewhere, do you have any photos you can post of your Dads or yours and your time on PJM.
What you upto these days??
regards

Ant Williams (Little Wheeler)

Hi ant dad not to good at all im still up Inverness on whisky tankers now keeping the old ways going abit for them and abit for me I’ll look out for some photos for ya pjm what a nightmare nice to see the vd face n names on here great times we had growing up in that era great men n drivers

escortg3 · 5 January 2013 18:46

Willie Roadstar:

escortg3:

Willie Roadstar:
Hi All,
As promised, I’ll post a few of the photos that seem to have gone missing off this thread

My motor for a while on LDT - Mosspak

Thought all them ldt drivers spent all there time in the club next to mosspak, it was broken down most of the time.

That may well be true !!! - Not anymore though - it burnt down last year

true that DAF was’nt the best, didn’t have it for long, had one of the F10’s andd the Scania 112 after that - Happy Days

Regards
Ant

Used to go in there with blue and white leyland roadtrains ant, don’t know if you remember.
Bowen from pembridge.

f_troop · 5 January 2013 21:12

Big john 61:

tetragaz:
HI GUYS

ANYONE REMEMBER TURNOCKS TRANSPORT FROM BRICK KILN LANE ETRURIA, USED TO RUN ERF’S WITH FLAT TRAILERS.

CHEERS
GAZ

HI GAZ I worked there we took clay from pot-clays next door and mixed work

Hello Big John 61,
I remember Turnocks well,they used to come and back load off Fergusons at Blyth regular
and Fergusons loaded back off Turnocks mainly with salt for Tyneside.
One of the drivers i remember well was called Harry,Drove an Atkinson.
I olso met Jack and Alan Turnock on a few occasions at there Brick Kiln Lane Depot.

Regards

F Troop

lawrence_dunbar · 5 January 2013 21:41

I can remember loading out of their depot ., I think it was at Basford, mind you its a long time ago & mems not as good as it used to be, But I can remember the load, it was bagged powder for Darlington Chemical Insulation at Faverdale Darlington, Regards Larry.

top_cat_leek · 6 January 2013 09:12

the photo of the daf on l d t mosspak brings back memories. i had it brand new from north west trucks at cobridge. i ran it for many years on contract to brit european belgium along with 3 other dafs. they all gave me very good service. here is a pic of C 768 TFA coming out of dover. she was not very old then

regards terry

willie_roadstar · 6 January 2013 11:20

top cat leek:
the photo of the daf on l d t mosspak brings back memories. i had it brand new from north west trucks at cobridge. i ran it for many years on contract to brit european belgium along with 3 other dafs. they all gave me very good service. here is a pic of C 768 TFA coming out of dover. she was not very old then

regards terry

Hey up Terry,

LDT had it on rent from MVC - didn’t have it for long, started the european for Lee with F10 fom MVC (F718 TRF) unfortunatly the photos I had of that motor are no longer available

Never realised TFA had been on Brits !!

Regards
Ant

willie_roadstar · 8 March 2013 16:58

Hi All,

Thought I’d bring this topic back to life, hoping to get a few photos of some Moorlock and PJM soon, will post as soon as I have them, meanwhile anybody got anything to contribute

Regards
Ant

sir · 8 March 2013 17:15

Pretty sure I’ve not seen any photos of ParkHouse International on here.Anyone got some? Not strictly an ‘old’ company,but sadly been gone a while now.

melandmel · 8 March 2013 23:30

Hi all
One from Stuart Hardings collection
A run out over the water in the Sed-Atki for Maurice Neild to recover this F10 after a shunt .
The batteries were not disconected hence the cab fire .

paulnowak · 9 March 2013 07:23

Any of the following blokes still about? Bob Whitmore? Alan Brookes? Gary Bossons?

nick_basford · 9 March 2013 08:02

PaulNowak:
Any of the following blokes still about? Bob Whitmore? Alan Brookes? Gary Bossons?

Gary Bossons was working for Mike Edwards at Pottries Heavy Haulage, But hes finished and gone to work for Burgess and Leigh in Burslem

willie_roadstar · 12 March 2013 21:55

Sir +:
Pretty sure I’ve not seen any photos of ParkHouse International on here.Anyone got some? Not strictly an ‘old’ company,but sadly been gone a while now.

Sir+

Here’s a few for you, sold Tony & Tim there Eurostars when I was at Chatfields

Also a couple of the many I sold to Danesbury while at Chatfields (I know not really a Stoke company, but still worth a show)

Regards
Ant