here’s some more early Elddis when they had a mixed bag of trucks on the fleet. regards prattman.
aye kenny saw you at the last minuite and no mate its not getting any bling on it been to thirsk this weekend and got 1st place for best classic not bad for its first show only thing is now we are fancying an F12 must be mad eh 
Wingnut:
aye kenny saw you at the last minuite and no mate its not getting any bling on it been to thirsk this weekend and got 1st place for best classic not bad for its first show only thing is now we are fancying an F12 must be mad eh
To many people no you to well Allen when they ask if your going to bling it up lol
Regards Daveymk.
Good result wingnut,Going to see if I can get my old Mk1 Transit late entry into Dunscomde steam & vintage at Helmsly couple wks time.
Some more good pics Prattman lot of them long gone now keep them coming, never seen an F7 in Elddis colours before never saw it about I would have been at Collinsons Or GE Armstrong about that time. Thought we might have had some off mr Suddes before now come on chriss you should have a few knocking about.
v7victor:
1tyneside:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I remember the ash heap at Dunston But I allways thought that it was Geo Smart from Smart & Cardella had it, We used to do loads of ash for him out of Rowntrees at Fawdon usually for council paviours around Newcastle, Regards Larry.Hi Larry Yes I remember George Smart having something to do with supplying fly ash. Not sure how the trading worked but I presume the likes of
S & C and George Urwin would buy it from CEGB to sell on to their respective customers. I remember it was Bellway sites at Whickham we delivered to. I think Ogdens were also involved.Talking of Ogdens
The drivers of the two Maggie’s are Eddie Worthington who later had his own business (Worthington Removals) and Ronnie Briggs, ex Dent’s of Spennymoor, W.H. Williams, John Wragg (Hunwick) among others.
Mysterron:
v7victor:
1tyneside:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I remember the ash heap at Dunston But I allways thought that it was Geo Smart from Smart & Cardella had it, We used to do loads of ash for him out of Rowntrees at Fawdon usually for council paviours around Newcastle, Regards Larry.Hi Larry Yes I remember George Smart having something to do with supplying fly ash. Not sure how the trading worked but I presume the likes of
S & C and George Urwin would buy it from CEGB to sell on to their respective customers. I remember it was Bellway sites at Whickham we delivered to. I think Ogdens were also involved.Talking of Ogdens
The drivers of the two Maggie’s are Eddie Worthington who later had his own business (Worthington Removals) and Ronnie Briggs, ex Dent’s of Spennymoor, W.H. Williams, John Wragg (Hunwick) among others.
Yes I thought it was Eddie. Eddie joined us at W.H.Williams as a van lad when he left school, continued onto driving small vans and then HGVs before he left. He often contributes on W.H.williams thread
The evening sun shines as J.R. Adams` E.R.F. tractor unit arrives at the Thirsk Truck Gathering.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
The evening sun shines as J.R. Adams` E.R.F. tractor unit arrives at the Thirsk Truck Gathering.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
I was down there with Wingnut and his brother Derek,it was a good show considering it was their first one hopefully it’ll be back next year bigger and better
We bought this Atki off Selby Mortons from Wooler, I hand painted it with Techoloid & Billy Slaughter did the singwriting, It served us very well, But had to have rear axle oil seals on the hub reduction quite regular, But apart from that it used to go like a train, Of course that was before speed limiters were introduced, Regards Larry.
tyneside:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye Tyneside we were on that fly ash job too, decent rate off old Theo, But the w/bridge was too far away from the loading point the w/ms boys were on the ball trying to catch us overloaded. I f I remember rightly I think Franky caught something or other off his cattle, He was a real nice lad with a great sence of humour, , Regards Larry.Larry Talking about the Dunston lagoons, can you remember George Urwin. He and his son had the coachworks behind the Fed Brewery where the marble works is now, opposite the entrance to the Metro Centre car park. Wm. Leech had their plant yard and joinery on the other side of the road. George used to buy and sell the fly ash, we provided the transport and did a lot up to the Fellside Road area of Whickham in the late sixties/ early seventies where a lot of new houses were being built. I remember the lagoons had no bottom to them and if you strayed off the one access road the waggon would go straight down past the axles.
IIRC when we were doing the Middlesborough job the RB dragline that was loading sunk down past the tracks over one weekend and had to be pulled out by a D8. Then they built Europe’s biggest shopping centre on the same site !!!
Ive been racking the brain, & I seem to recall the Dragline incedent, & Im sure it belonged to Arthur White from Meadowfield Ind Est, Ponteland,■■?, Regards Larry.
Larry Can’t remember who’s dragline it was but if it had been a long weekend it would have been scrap. That whole area was one big bog. IIRC, in the seventies Anthony Mole (Bowey) had a tip behind the Swalwell coal screens (pre Metro Centre days) Johnsons had a D4 Cat Dozer on the stockheap and more than once it to go and extract the dozer working on the tip which with no warning would go in past the tracks.
I pulled onto the tip one day to find Ted Smith (Mole’s Manager) covered top to bottom with clarts. Seems one of the many ponies left tethered round the area by the “travelling community” had managed to stray onto the tip and had got stuck. Took a good rope and a pull with the Land Rover to get it out.
When the Metro Centre was first started Cameron Hall were importing ■■■■■■■■■ onto site. This would be pushed into a heap about 6 foot high and then left for about two weeks. A few of our six wheelers would then be drafted in and the ■■■■■■■■■ would be moved onto another part of the site and left again. This process was repeated several times the sole purpose being to squeeze the water to the surface which was then pumped away.
Heres one for Tyneside , and also for Carl Williams , as its Spennymoor-based .
A Volvo FM 7 drawbar , through-loading , at Thirsk Auction Mart, last week.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Heres Wingnuts Volvo F 10, as it takes part in the Parade of Winners , at the
Thirsk Truck Gathering.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Interesting tale Tyneside, my old man worked for Moles in the Fifties/Sixties, we lived in the newish Longbenton Estate at the time and some new flats were being built and Dad was involved with his A Mole O Series Bedford tipper, one day after clearing an area, Dad spotted a Dried Milk container, remember the big tins about 10in high. Anyway he pulled it free and looking inside it was full of Bank Notes, he showed this to the digger driver and his mate on the same job, so the digger lad dug around a bit more and another tin appeared, again full of pound notes.
Being honest, conscientious working men they immediately tipped the money out and shared it amongst the three of them! Due to that we were the first to have a telly in our street and the kids from either side of our house used to come and watch the kids programmes, Champion the Wonder Horse, Four Feather Falls, Cannonball Express etc, good old Dad!
When at Van Hee I delivered cement to the Metro Centre during its build and one load was for a rebuild, if I remember rightly the original cement was dodgy or something and the building had to be done again, the Foreman was telling me about the difficulty they had building on the site, I’ve never been back to the place since, fortunately my Mrs isn’t keen on it either. Cheers Franky.
cattle wagon man:
Heres Wingnuts Volvo F 10, as it takes part in theParade of Winners, at the
Thirsk Truck Gathering.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
very smart looking motor it is too
Davie
J R Adams
thechink1968:
cattle wagon man:
Heres Wingnuts Volvo F 10, as it takes part in theParade of Winners, at the
Thirsk Truck Gathering.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
very smart looking motor it is too
Davie
hiya,
C,W,M, was there any ancient vehicles at the Thirsk Truck Gathering I find
I can’t get interested in modern stuff it still being on the road I stopped
doing the Barnard Castle show because it was all new or recent motors I do
prefer wagons that I cut my teeth on.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
thechink1968:
cattle wagon man:
Heres Wingnuts Volvo F 10, as it takes part in theParade of Winners, at the
Thirsk Truck Gathering.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
very smart looking motor it is too
Davie
hiya,
C,W,M, was there any ancient vehicles at the Thirsk Truck Gathering I find
I can’t get interested in modern stuff it still being on the road I stopped
doing the Barnard Castle show because it was all new or recent motors I do
prefer wagons that I cut my teeth on.
thanks harry, long retired.
Probably all a bit new for you Harry,there was a 1944 AEC Matador next to us that was still used everday for logging apart from that an f86 and an Atky Borderer they were relatively new
harry_gill:
thechink1968:
cattle wagon man:
Heres Wingnuts Volvo F 10, as it takes part in theParade of Winners, at the
Thirsk Truck Gathering.Cheers , cattle wagon man.
very smart looking motor it is too
Davie
hiya,
C,W,M, was there any ancient vehicles at the Thirsk Truck Gathering I find
I can’t get interested in modern stuff it still being on the road I stopped
doing the Barnard Castle show because it was all new or recent motors I do
prefer wagons that I cut my teeth on.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
there were a few oldies ,…so heres one for starters. A Morris Commercial, from early 1950s.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
