Lawrence Dunbar:
Loveley motor, I should have bought it when I had the chance, I pride myself when I say Im a dedicated Foden Driver , the Foden 12 speed G/B, With a gear for every hill was great, you just had to now how to drive them, & in my case I loved them, I could make them talk, But of course ther was drivers who hated them, I dont know why , but it was probabley because they they didnt realley want to know, So all I can say Is They will never know what they missed, Foden were the best in their day, Pioneers to to-days haulage opperations, Regards Larry
hiya,
Larry, wonder what happened to all of Salkelds Fodens, they seemed
to be busy all of sudden they were gone used to love the sound of
those two strokes, but sadly never drove a Foden apart from one of
FF Robinsons off the loading bay at ICI Cricklewood to the parking
area, now that was a horror one of those half cab things.
thanks harry, long retired.
Foden half cabs were for mixers on local, Salkelds never had these horrible bloody things, The were taken over onto the J.S.Y. Group, which as far as I know is now owned by a North Yorkshire concern, cant bring their name tpo mind, but Im sure someone on this thread will know who Im refering to, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Foden half cabs were for mixers on local, Salkelds never had these horrible bloody things, The were taken over onto the J.S.Y. Group, which as far as I know is now owned by a North Yorkshire concern, cant bring their name tpo mind, but Im sure someone on this thread will know who Im refering to, Regards Larry.
Interesting My man, Tell us more about it , if you dont mind of course, Regards Larry, PS.I new Austin Young when he was a young & up & coming traffic manager, Whats he up to now ■■?.
JSY was owned, IIRC, by Bowmer & Kirkland, Civil engineers and Construction from down Derbyshire way. Not sure when Stephen Hall got involved.
Austin Young, as far as I know, is retired.
tyneside:
JSY was owned, IIRC, by Bowmer & Kirkland, Civil engineers and Construction from down Derbyshire way. Not sure when Stephen Hall got involved.
Austin Young, as far as I know, is retired.
Bowmer and Kirkland took Johnsons( Chopwell ) into the group , then Salkeld Bros., ran both from Rowley,Castleside. J R Young were then took over and all vehicles operated from Delves Lane. Hall Contruction bought the opperation around 1992-3. Still ran under
J S Y. Brian Salkeld was workshop foreman , Austin Young Manager.
Last new 8 Leggers (DAF) were lettered up Hall Construction. Last i heard Brian was driving for Elddis. Austin retired tho. health problems.
Any of you guys remember a company (called Woods I think) who used to lead sand off Blyth beach in the '60’s. Who were they, what did they do with it, Where did it go etc?? Also any photo’s.
Just had an ex Blyth man asking me and although I can remember it happenning, I don’t remember who they were really.
Woods of Blyth, Lance & Harry Wood, They also had a pop factory, They hauled sand from Cresswell Beach, & supplied Schools, Bowling Greens , Golf Courses, & R.M.C.Plants, plus some pidgeon men at South Shields with selected grit that was carefully removed from the beach at Hemscott Hill Cresswell, The loading shovel driver who if I may say so knew the beach & the tides like the back of his hand, was the late John Falloon from Blyth, he worked for Woods for a long time . He was kept in employment when Northern Aggregates took Woods over in the 70/80s, He was a key feature in the removal of the sand from the beaches at Hemscott Hill, & Blakemoor Burn, both at Cresswell, We did quite of lot of work for NAG, But like everything else to do with a good job they try to get the work done cheaper, So it was bye bye Nag, & RMC. Regards Larry. PS This was our Dodge loading at Blakemoor.
i wonder if anyone can help im looking for any old photos from the 70,s of a transit flatback then merc 508 loaded up with motorbikes regularly coming back to newcastle.the firm was kitson motorcyles were my dads vans bit of a long shot but worth a try many thanks. chris o’…
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Woods of Blyth, Lance & Harry Wood, They also had a pop factory, They hauled sand from Cresswell Beach, & supplied Schools, Bowling Greens , Golf Courses, & R.M.C.Plants, plus some pidgeon men at South Shields with selected grit that was carefully removed from the beach at Hemscott Hill Cresswell, The loading shovel driver who if I may say so knew the beach & the tides like the back of his hand, was the late John Falloon from Blyth, he worked for Woods for a long time . He was kept in employment when Northern Aggregates took Woods over in the 70/80s, He was a key feature in the removal of the sand from the beaches at Hemscott Hill, & Blakemoor Burn, both at Cresswell, We did quite of lot of work for NAG, But like everything else to do with a good job they try to get the work done cheaper, So it was bye bye Nag, & RMC. Regards Larry. PS This was our Dodge loading at Blakemoor.
chris o’:
i wonder if anyone can help im looking for any old photos from the 70,s of a transit flatback then merc 508 loaded up with motorbikes regularly coming back to newcastle.the firm was kitson motorcyles were my dads vans bit of a long shot but worth a try many thanks. chris o’…
Can remember Kitson bike not heard that name for a long time
Does anyone remember a driver called Les Holms from Blaydon area soz not sure who he worked for
I served my garage apprenticeship at Holywell Mining Group whose head office is still in Backworth & had 2 Factories in East Holywell & 1 at Amble.
I had a great time during my 5 1/2 years there, unfortunately as Maggie closed most of the pits I was made redundant.
Aswell as completing my garage apprenticeship I was taught how to load trailers, rope & sheet & virtually everything else that goes with trucking.
Even now I can still tie a load safely with ropes a skill that seems to be in a massive decline.
We only had 5 Artic drivers when I worked there but I remember them all fondly as they all helped me learn the skills of driving & loading trucks.
The drivers I worked with were Peter Watts (who also worked in the garage & was one of the best fitters I ever worked with), Harvey Askins, Brian Lawrence, Tommy Ross & Les Newton (who was quite a character) Les worked for many old North East haulage companies inc McFees & Waughs.
Holywell Mining’s trucks stood out painted yellow with a black stripe & illuminated headboard & yellow flat trailers.
They were all Merc 1626’s when I started then they moved onto Seddon Atki 401’s initially 4 wheelers then moved onto 6 wheel twin steers with the last one they bought being a 411 with an Eaton Twinsplit gearbox, all had ■■■■■■■ L10 engines.
With the decline in the mining industry the tractor units & trailers were sold to Waughs in the early 1990’s. Holywell kept their 7.5t rigid which was a Merc 808 (same as an 813 but with a smaller engine)
hi, larry no sure if it was woods or tweedy that lost their loader when loading the gritty sand off the beach at hemscott farm, i worked for billy purvis at that time, he had the first sand hole if you came from northend, mostly filled the motor by hand shovel as the sand was for plastering, after loading 3 sometimes 4 load for the days work the first 2 pint never touched the sides, animal was asking about les holm, he worked for elddis for a while, but had a very serious stroke and is now confinded to a wheel chair, bumper
