daveymk:
THE GREEN PIMPERNEL:
Loading butterwell 1985 after strike.No red viking on the top of that one where is he ?
hiya davy proper frieght trained me last week hope your well all the best happy christmas pal 
Wingnut:
daveymk:
THE GREEN PIMPERNEL:
Loading butterwell 1985 after strike.No red viking on the top of that one where is he ?
hiya davy proper frieght trained me last week hope your well all the best happy christmas pal
Aye allen alls well here that one of mine goes well but you did have a heavy lump on ,yours still looks well for its age must be 10 year old now is it ? all the best mate .
11 yrs old in march davy 950,000 ks engine never been to bits yet been a goodun but tired now but dragging that big trailer about its nearly 40 ton empty see ya soon mate 
thechink1968:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Moot Law Quarry, moth balled at present, Ed on the bridge was smashing lad couldn’t get away with Fred on the shovel
was fred the pain in the arse if you did,nt get in line to the exact inch he would over load you sorry f7sidd just seen your post after i wrote this one i was on for minto,s at the time the story i was told is he did not like wagon drivers because of some story about his brother . i would rather not mention the details as i dont know how true they are
Met BigJeff today (havn’t seen him for ages) confirmed the date of the “do” at the Ncle Labour club,
He’s trying to talk Laurence Hawkswell into coming with him so that is something to look forward to.
Regards Kevmac47.
kevmac47:
Met BigJeff today (havn’t seen him for ages) confirmed the date of the “do” at the Ncle Labour club,
He’s trying to talk Laurence Hawkswell into coming with him so that is something to look forward to.
Regards Kevmac47.
kev it would be great to se lawrence hawkswell again because we go back to the late fifties when we used to work for willy grants egg co in gallowgate he used to drive a trader and i had a red 4d looking forward to see every one at the meeting regards jimmy
kevmac47:
Met BigJeff today (havn’t seen him for ages) confirmed the date of the “do” at the Ncle Labour club,
He’s trying to talk Laurence Hawkswell into coming with him so that is something to look forward to.
Regards Kevmac47.
Is hoping it is not the 27th as I have plans ( well been “asked” to take kids back to Edinburgh ) so would miss it or be very late
two chevs at bath lane blyth.
Earley 1900 regs,s Nice old photos, keep them coming, Regards Larry.
Bedfords Seddons Fords, great stuff, Fergie also ran a few Vulcans tippers if my memmorie is correct, I new old Eddie, a true gent if ever there was one, a very hands on person, I met him for the first time in 1957, along with little Joe Thompson , one of Fergies long service drivers, I was present at his retirement party, Regards Larry, PS, I also know his Grandson Chris, He works at DTL ?. as a fitter.
anybody got any photos of ponteland haulage and murry hogg,i dont seem to remember any of these firms photos being posted,i drove for ponteland in the early eightees with jimmy younger,eric smith and john boyle,them lads all ended up at murry hoggs,and i ended up at simpson bros,i sometimes see eric cos were both on car transporters now,buti’ve never seen jimmy or john for years,any photos?.
I was talking to Frankie Hasson a couple of days ago, I will try and see him over the Xmas and ask him if he has any photos, But im sure there was one of their Volvo 86s on this thread a while ago ?, Regards Larry.
glenny54:
anybody got any photos of ponteland haulage and murry hogg,i dont seem to remember any of these firms photos being posted,i drove for ponteland in the early eightees with jimmy younger,eric smith and john boyle,them lads all ended up at murry hoggs,and i ended up at simpson bros,i sometimes see eric cos were both on car transporters now,buti’ve never seen jimmy or john for years,any photos?.
One of Colin Hogg here,and one oldie
Lawrence Dunbar:
I was talking to Frankie Hasson a couple of days ago, I will try and see him over the Xmas and ask him if he has any photos, But im sure there was one of their Volvo 86s on this thread a while ago ?, Regards Larry.
hello lawrence,i saw frankie about 25 years ago at the peugeot dealers at hexham,i know it was after they packed in,how is Sid,never saw eye to eye with him but at least they got me experience.
that photo of Goddards you mention sold out to Walker Bros,thats another big firm that has’nt been mentioned much,i remember as a kid going with my dad a lot,he had a T.K. six wheeler at the time.Funnily enough i can still remember the reg.KNL 285 E,that was over 40 years ago,a couple of drivers i remember was Micky Hepple(i think)on an Albion artic,and a bloke called Tony who drove a Dodge,its weird how you can remember reg’s but not names.
One other driver comes to mind,i think his nickname was Tommy three lips(i think)but not to his face,whenWalkers finished he went to work for a relative of his,i cant rember the name but it was a blue Roadtrain from up Elsdon way,i used to see him when we used to do the slabs from North Shields to Spartan Redheugh.thats the place you had to be good when reversing on your blind side,i used to enjoy that job,until the day i lost a 7 and a half ton slab off,but thats another story. 