bumper:
hi lads Marcus, Kenny Frazer that’s a name from the passed, new Kenny when he delivered milk to the dairy back of condercum rd, the dairy,s moved in after harry Rowe closed down, larry will remember harry Rowe, (Rowe’s pop) unfortunately kenny came to a sad end, he was murdered, the frazers on the quayside (scrapyard had the last two sheds before spillers were his brothers, hope to see your dad at the doe, will speak to johnny rodham, and i’ll let you no if he’s going,bumber
Aye Bumper I remember Rowes Pop, they had Brown Austins same cab as the three way loaders, I drove a one myself at Tudor Crisps when they were on Sandyford Rd, Regards Larry
lawrece when you think of all the all the old lorries we used to drive in the late fiftys till now i dont think some of the young ones wouldnt know how to drive them what do you think mate jimmy
Defo agree most of the youguns could drive or know how to drive them
IIRC we did have a bit of discussion on double de clutching a while back & most wouldnt know how to do that
Lawrence Dunbar:
I called on my best mate today, Arthur Lowdon of G.Lowdon Seaton Burn, I lived at Seaton Burn before & during the war years, I spent a lot of time at his garage in those days going for carbide for the old mans pit lamp, the carbide I was once told when I first started driving for Baxters on the Quayside was stored at Steenburghs which I no doubt is true, Arthur has got some cracking photos from way back, SO im going to help him sort them out & put them on thiholmes thread, Regards Larry & Old Arthur, he was also a good pal of the late Parkey Denome, another one of my best mates from the 50s.
hi lawrence i cant think the name of the name of the old man that used to drive the clydsdale thats parked in lowdens garage before it was parked up the carbide you are on about used to come into gateshead wharfe on a ship called the hanelore we used to carry and store it for b o c birtley regards jimmy
Aye Jimmy, The Clydesdale is still behind the garage at Seaton Burn, the driver was the late Charlie Watson, you will probs no his son John,he used to drive for Norman Irvine until they packed in. Regards Larry
hiya,
Wouldn’t it be fun handing a young un a Scammel Handyman and tell him to do a shift with it, he would certainly be flummoxed if it was my motor and I’d phoned in a sickie, I always removed the gate I could cut a few corners without it but I’d bet they wouldn’t find first gear, but if they looked long and hard the gate and the fixing bolts would be rolling about in the passenger side footwell.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Wouldn’t it be fun handing a young un a Scammel Handyman and tell him to do a shift with it, he would certainly be flummoxed if it was my motor and I’d phoned in a sickie, I always removed the gate I could cut a few corners without it but I’d bet they wouldn’t find first gear, but if they looked long and hard the gate and the fixing bolts would be rolling about in the passenger side footwell.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry you have been a naughty naughty boy in your day, but some of the youngns of today wouldnt no how to take the screws out never mind drive a Scammell, Cheers Larry.
it would be very interesting to see them trying to stop the old ■■■■■■■ a wet road with an empty trailer behind them . oh , and lets not forget calling the fitters out when they couldn’t find the dipstick or the oil filler . they wouldn’t be allowed to do it themselves , they haven’t been "trained " cheers , dave
harry_gill:
hiya,
Wouldn’t it be fun handing a young un a Scammel Handyman and tell him to do a shift with it, he would certainly be flummoxed if it was my motor and I’d phoned in a sickie, I always removed the gate I could cut a few corners without it but I’d bet they wouldn’t find first gear, but if they looked long and hard the gate and the fixing bolts would be rolling about in the passenger side footwell.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry you have been a naughty naughty boy in your day, but some of the youngns of today wouldnt no how to take the screws out never mind drive a Scammell, Cheers Larry.
hiya,
Yes Larry naughty naughty boy indeed who is no longer capable of doing naughty things unless exessive drinking categorises as being naughty.
thanks harry long retired.
Moot Law Quarry, moth balled at present, Any one remember the loading shovel drivers, Freddie Burns Senior, & junior, Neil Hague, Gordie Hall, Dennis, Kylie, plus the weighbridge men , The gaffer Norman Craig, Edmund Steele, Gordie Henson, canny set of lads in those days. Regards Larry
THE GREEN PIMPERNEL:
Loading butterwell 1985 after strike.
Butterwell,Togston,Chevington,Acklington,Stobswood,we had the contract for the gasoil to all these sites, at times it was hard to keep them going they were using up to3 loads a day (90,000 ltrs) each when they were in full swing.Good times Vic.
john dee used to change at oakamore cafe with bryn motors from cwmbran in the 70s used to bring pulp down for bridgewater take steel up to sheffield or lackenby…
hi lads, harry, brownlees had a 3 scammell’s tractor units and one 8 legger, the gear box on the 8 legger was a nightmare, it would jam in 3rd or 4th gear when going up the box used to make you look a right fool, no problem coming down, they stripped it down but could not fined anything wrong,tried it with the gate off made no difference, had it back to scammell’s they couldn’t find the problem ether, got rid of it as nobody would drive the b-----y thing, bumper
bumper:
hi lads, harry, brownlees had a 3 scammell’s tractor units and one 8 legger, the gear box on the 8 legger was a nightmare, it would jam in 3rd or 4th gear when going up the box used to make you look a right fool, no problem coming down, they stripped it down but could not fined anything wrong,tried it with the gate off made no difference, had it back to scammell’s they couldn’t find the problem ether, got rid of it as nobody would drive the b-----y thing, bumper
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My old man used to let me drive these things, (empty) when he worked for a large company out of Teesport, I always got to drive them back to the gatehouse when I went with him to Workington Steel. I somehow think the same would’nt happen today!!! I’d love have a drive of one now.
bumper:
hi lads, harry, brownlees had a 3 scammell’s tractor units and one 8 legger, the gear box on the 8 legger was a nightmare, it would jam in 3rd or 4th gear when going up the box used to make you look a right fool, no problem coming down, they stripped it down but could not fined anything wrong,tried it with the gate off made no difference, had it back to scammell’s they couldn’t find the problem ether, got rid of it as nobody would drive the b-----y thing, bumper
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My old man used to let me drive these things, (empty) when he worked for a large company out of Teesport, I always got to drive them back to the gatehouse when I went with him to Workington Steel. I somehow think the same would’nt happen today!!! I’d love have a drive of one now.
My old dad was the same with me in the 50s and I then drove one in the 60s and looking at the photo it is fitted with religious brakes ( 3 pumps then a prayer )
cheers Johnnie
