DJ2353:
Quite sure normans stuck volvo was being driven by my dad at the time, funny he never mentioned it. Mick V64
Havnt worked out quite how this works yet but my dad had trucks in Darlington from 1971 to about 1986 he traded as RBH DARLINGTON
his name was Ralph Burrell as mine is he use to work for Cawthorne and Sinclair at Birtley and i have a couple of pics of old mercs and also his own Fiat 619 he use to pull Norfolk Line trailers be interseted if anyone remembers him he died in 1986 when I moved to New Zealand
RBH DARLINGTON:
Havnt worked out quite how this works yet but my dad had trucks in Darlington from 1971 to about 1986 he traded as RBH DARLINGTON
his name was Ralph Burrell as mine is he use to work for Cawthorne and Sinclair at Birtley and i have a couple of pics of old mercs and also his own Fiat 619 he use to pull Norfolk Line trailers be interseted if anyone remembers him he died in 1986 when I moved to New Zealand
I knew of a firm called RAH transporters from Darlington do you remember them?
harry_gill:
hiya,
In the early 70s when working for Glendenning’s I ran to London with a load of
Volkswagen campers which I picked up ready loaded in Shotley depot the load
was addressed to a multi-story car park in I think Chelsea, meanwhile another
driver (Bobby Dodds) was loading an identical load at North or South Shields not
sure which, we arranged to meet at Norman’s, Bobby arrived a little while later
than me and had hit something en-route the front camper was minus it’s wind
screen and the roof was pushed down to a slot, we got to the unloading point
and tipped mine first then when we got to the last one on Bobby’s trailer I went
to the security mans kiosk and got his back turned while Bobby drove the last
one up the ramp and parked up, we both came away with clear signatures and
off to Oxford to load Marina’s back home.
I often wondered did Bobby hear any more about the damaged motor, I left
Glenny’s soon after that and have never seen Bobby since, if you post or look in
on here mate let me know if you got away with it or not, I’d love to know.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry ive just spoke to bobby on the phone and hes going to join and tell u the tale
v7victor:
joeshell:
There was an H L Walker at Thornaby,my next door neighbour drove for them,but all i ever saw where artics carrying steel,liveried as H L Walker,bright red as i recall(mind,i was only a bairn then)the yard was next to the old swimming baths,and,im not sure on this,but i think the "Walker person"built a factory on the site of the ASDA store at Portrack to build Walker Trailers,because by this time i was driving and delivered steel there on more than one occasion.
Aye Joe i think your right,i remember taking road springs to them at Thornaby but its a long time back,Mizzo will have the answers on this one for sure.vic.
Hiya Vic, Can’t help too much but Walkers were based in Robert Street, Thornaby, (just by the Town Hall) as Larry says they were taken over by S.O.M, and as Larry says they (S.O.M) moved to a new depot on Portrack Lane (Where B+Q is now). Yes Walker trailers were roughly where ASDA is now but I don’t know if it is the same Walker. We had Walker trailers at Milburns where I was an apprentice, they had the tail-end shaped in a large ‘W’, not sure about the quality though! As an aside one of my cousins husband worked for S.O.M for many years but I have lost touch with them now. Hope you are keeping well, Regards, Mizzo.
mizzo:
v7victor:
joeshell:
There was an H L Walker at Thornaby,my next door neighbour drove for them,but all i ever saw where artics carrAye Joe i think your right,i remember taking road springs to them at Thornaby but its a long time back,Mizzo will have the answers on this one for sure.vic.
Hiya Vic, Can’t help too much but Walkers were based in Robert Street, Thornaby, (just by the Town Hall) as Larry says they were taken over by S.O.M, and as Larry says they (S.O.M) moved to a new depot on Portrack Lane (Where B+Q is now). Yes Walker trailers were roughly where ASDA is now but I don’t know if it is the same Walker. We had Walker trailers at Milburns where I was an apprentice, they had the tail-end shaped in a large ‘W’, not sure about the quality though! As an aside one of my cousins husband worked for S.O.M for many years but I have lost touch with them now. Hope you are keeping well, Regards, Mizzo.
Now Les,i’m ok hope you are too,yeah i think your right in this,i’m not sure if i ever pulled a Walkers trl but i remember (old) hands i worked with saying they were a bit heavy
MickV64:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye Dougie Parker , That’s a name from the past, I new Dougie from the early 70s when he worked for Vincy Charlton running out of Moot Law Quarry, The last time I saw him was in Normans, I would be pleased to here if he is still about, Hes a real nice bloke & good crack, Regards Larry.Dougie parker still about i belive, saw him in hexham last year and was looking well. great mate of my dads and went to school with my mum. If i can find a number for him, i’ll tell him about the labor club next month. Mick V64
That would be great, Im pleased to hear old one eye is still about, I would like to see him turn up at the next gathering at The Labour Club, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
MickV64:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye Dougie Parker , That’s a name from the past, I new Dougie from the early 70s when he worked for Vincy Charlton running out of Moot Law Quarry, The last time I saw him was in Normans, I would be pleased to here if he is still about, Hes a real nice bloke & good crack, Regards Larry.Dougie parker still about i belive, saw him in hexham last year and was looking well. great mate of my dads and went to school with my mum. If i can find a number for him, i’ll tell him about the labor club next month. Mick V64
That would be great, Im pleased to hear old one eye is still about, I would like to see him turn up at the next gathering at The Labour Club, Regards Larry.
Larry, Dougie’s mate “Big Ash” Carson works out of SCA with “Greek” he might be able to help. It would be great to see the pair of them. Regards Kev.
when is the next drink gents
regards
mark
marcus 22:
when is the next drink gentsregards
mark
Mark, the next “do” will be Saturday 15th June at the Labour Club. Will you be home ? If so wear the jeans with the Unstitched pockets. 
Regards Kev.
Trev_H:
RBH DARLINGTON:
Havnt worked out quite how this works yet but my dad had trucks in Darlington from 1971 to about 1986 he traded as RBH DARLINGTON
his name was Ralph Burrell as mine is he use to work for Cawthorne and Sinclair at Birtley and i have a couple of pics of old mercs and also his own Fiat 619 he use to pull Norfolk Line trailers be interseted if anyone remembers him he died in 1986 when I moved to New ZealandI knew of a firm called RAH transporters from Darlington do you remember them?
RAH belonged to Reg Hunter i believe the trucks were SCANIAS grey with red writing
there were other brothers in HURWORTH Walkers brothers ran by Reg and his son Ian also in the same yard was his elder brother Alec Walker he was a good mate of my Dads
RBH DARLINGTON:
Trev_H:
RBH DARLINGTON:
Havnt worked out quite how this works yet but my dad had trucks in Darlington from 1971 to about 1986 he traded as RBH DARLINGTON
his name was Ralph Burrell as mine is he use to work for Cawthorne and Sinclair at Birtley and i have a couple of pics of old mercs and also his own Fiat 619 he use to pull Norfolk Line trailers be interseted if anyone remembers him he died in 1986 when I moved to New ZealandI knew of a firm called RAH transporters from Darlington do you remember them?
RAH belonged to Reg Hunter i believe the trucks were SCANIAS grey with red writing
there were other brothers in HURWORTH Walkers brothers ran by Reg and his son Ian also in the same yard was his elder brother Alec Walker he was a good mate of my Dads[/quotTeres
This photo is long before the Scanias,the brothers at Skipbridge Hurworth were all one firm in the early days
jasper59:
harry_gill:
harry ive just spoke to bobby on the phone and hes going to join and tell u the tale
hiya,
Hello Jasper thanks for that, is Bobby still working ■■, it’s plagued me for
years wondering did he get away with it, I think Bobby was a bit like me
not at all into the car transporting, we was just unfortunate our motors
being fitted with PTOs so able to work the hydraulics on the car trailers I
was never given any instruction it was assumed I’d know how to go on, in
truth I hated the car job and was more at home on the general haulage
side of things, anyway hope to hear from Bobby soon.
thanks harry, long retired.
kevmac47:
marcus 22:
when is the next drink gentsregards
markMark, the next “do” will be Saturday 15th June at the Labour Club. Will you be home ? If so wear the jeans with the Unstitched pockets.
hello kevin
will still be away mate due back home the 19th june, thats another one i will miss , ah well save a bit of money anyway
regards
mark
Whilst ‘Surfing the net’ today, I see that long established company Simpson Bros (Tyneside)Ltd has a winding up petition, filed on 24th. May. I can remember their fleet of Seddon 4 wheelers (many moons ago) Sad to see another haulage company finish.
And this is some of them from the earley days, Sad that another long standing family firm has hit hard times, Regards Larry.
In the photo the two brothers & the Late Maurice Taylor in the middle, Regards Larry.
f7sidd:
Paul Davies Corbridge from Mitch Nattress
Great to see the Paul Davies fleet. Drove for him fresh from my test, had the 6 wheeled f86 as my first motor, was a flat when i had it on mixed local and distance work. Got the f10 next on block work out of swinburne quarry. Then on to the 112 on long distance brick work for steetley then cazaly bros. left after 2yrs but went back 2yrs later and drove the man for year before leaving for oz. Happy days. Mick V64