Old North East haulage companies (Part 1)

From the deepest of cuts rises the mighty twenty -five with her six foot bulker body 10.50 tare and a top speed of 90mph o.o.s modern day 8 wheelers eat your heart out .
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kevmac47:

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

Thanks Kenny, the females in my family are making lists of jobs on a roll of wallpaper, :open_mouth: :open_mouth: . I hope Harry’s book of excuses gets here soon. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: Regards Kev.

Kevin i know it was 5.30am but you could look happy. You are retiring today :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

ERF64cu1:

kevmac47:

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

Thanks Kenny, the females in my family are making lists of jobs on a roll of wallpaper, :open_mouth: :open_mouth: . I hope Harry’s book of excuses gets here soon. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: Regards Kev.

Kevin i know it was 5.30am but you could look happy. You are retiring today :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

hiya,
Get the “big licence” through the shredder Kev, remove all temptation.
thanks harry, long retired

I ambushed this one this morning there was two of them but the second one was too close to get they both had empty Skellys on must have been going into Ayrshire for containers.

All the BEST for your retirement KEV and don’t worry about putting your time in you will wonder in a few weeks how you ever had time to go to work. Eddie.

THE GREEN PIMPERNEL:
From the deepest of cuts rises the mighty twenty -five with her six foot bulker body 10.50 tare and a top speed of 90mph o.o.s modern day 8 wheelers eat your heart out .0

Can’t see that ever doing 90mph …
If I remember Arthur drove it lol , he was always steady away …

ERF64cu1:

kevmac47:

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

Thanks Kenny, the females in my family are making lists of jobs on a roll of wallpaper, :open_mouth: :open_mouth: . I hope Harry’s book of excuses gets here soon. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: Regards Kev.

Kevin i know it was 5.30am but you could look happy. You are retiring today :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

I’ll get you back for that “looking happy” shot Iain. Don’t forget your getting married next week. :imp: :imp: :imp: :unamused: :unamused: Regards Kev. Ps. Thanks Eddy.

hi kenny shocked to hear about micky, i dad a little mishap at southampton about 7 weeks ago but ok now & back at work, to harry gill cant put face to name but never mind yes i am still with christine dont know how she has put up with me , you will have to fill me in on who,s who, got a memory like a teabag now

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

keith8357:
hi kenny shocked to hear about micky, i dad a little mishap at southampton about 7 weeks ago but ok now & back at work, to harry gill cant put face to name but never mind yes i am still with christine dont know how she has put up with me , you will have to fill me in on who,s who, got a memory like a teabag now

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

kieth did you get my email i sent you i have a photo of that hino of yours if i can find it i will post it get retired best job you will ever have and evreyone is right you wonder how you had time to work . you forget we are getting older but still kids at heart john

cracking house

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ERF64cu1:

kevmac47:

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

Thanks Kenny, the females in my family are making lists of jobs on a roll of wallpaper, :open_mouth: :open_mouth: . I hope Harry’s book of excuses gets here soon. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: Regards Kev.

Kevin i know it was 5.30am but you could look happy. You are retiring today :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Seen a few of these heading back to dept on thurs afternoon / early evening :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Happy retirement Kev especially wit this weather :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

When the next “do”

erfguy:
I ambushed this one this morning there was two of them but the second one was too close to get they both had empty Skellys on must have been going into Ayrshire for containers.

All the BEST for your retirement KEV and don’t worry about putting your time in you will wonder in a few weeks how you ever had time to go to work. Eddie.

see these lads all the time in wincanton depot in middlesborough

daveymk:

THE GREEN PIMPERNEL:
From the deepest of cuts rises the mighty twenty -five with her six foot bulker body 10.50 tare and a top speed of 90mph o.o.s modern day 8 wheelers eat your heart out .0

Can’t see that ever doing 90mph …
If I remember Arthur drove it lol , he was always steady away …

Drove it pre 1990 that pic was taken 1992 meadowdale farm by the way he just was,nt steady away he was also bogged down turned over or on the sick !

Hope these may jog a few memories.

And a few more.

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here’s a few more long departed north east hauliers. regards prattman.

Cracking stuff PM, Any more, Regards Larry.

hi prattman, has lawance say’s great photos of company’s that’s long gone, remember the Saturday morning that the van hee photo was taken, I’d been away all week, had an early start from London got back to felling depot 11ish, washed the motor, parked it in its bay rang the mrs to pick me up , then the traffic office sent all the drivers up to pelaw for to bring them lorries down to felling, the guy was still taken photos asked him how long he was going to be, about an hour was the reply, we all piled back into the van tolled him and the forman fitter they would have to take them down to felling as we off home, never seen someone put a camera away so quick, that’s the first that I’ve seen any of the photos that was taken that day, bumper
ps found out later from traffic office that he had been take photos for over 2hrs as the forman wanted the lorries photo’d in different positions,

ERF64cu1:

kevmac47:

greek:
Hello Keith8357 nice to hear you still alive & kicking gotta be well over 10yr since I last saw you that about when I packed in Gallachers & went on the brewery, alot gone on even in that time, only got 4yrs out of that (pity) a trip to Edinboro or kendal & back with a tank nice little shift, came passed the fed yesterday even thats knocked down now. Done a few bits & pieces after that, now working out of Prudhoe for Elddis out & back Flint nightshift.Not sure whether you knew but was at Micky Hopkins funeral not so long back.There`s quite a bit stuff on here might interest you but hell of a lot of pages to Trawl through.Anyway nice to here you are about keep in touch & get one or two stories on here you are bound to have some. Regards Kenny

Happy retirement Kev again :smiley: got about 14mths to go meself.

Thanks Kenny, the females in my family are making lists of jobs on a roll of wallpaper, :open_mouth: :open_mouth: . I hope Harry’s book of excuses gets here soon. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: Regards Kev.

Kevin i know it was 5.30am but you could look happy. You are retiring today :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

All the best Kev for your retirement…bet your back behind the wheel within 6 months.

if my memory is right was tennick know previously as barrons transport

Aye good stuff prattman the 2 Tennick scania`s ended up at Gallachers & 372 is now in Mcgawn of Maybole colours & is shown round the country still