Old North East haulage companies (Part 1)

[brian_j_smith]

Lawrence Dunbar:

bumper:
hi rob, that name does not ring a bell, bruce wright, tommy coats, barry stephenson,george foster, brian heather, just to name a few, why not turn up at the next do at the labour club at christmas time there still few drivers that knew your dad will be there.this photo was posted on facebook i remember it when it was in golden petroleum colours,been informed that this was the original paint job, however did it made a cracking job,look forward to seeing it at some of the shows.
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Hi Bumper great photo, Is this the one that stood at Prestwick owned by the late Matty Armstrong, ■■, Regards Larry.

That’s a blast from the past it stood in that yard for as long as i can remember ! my dad worked there late 60’s early 70.s
Brian.

[crowbar]

Was at Harry Nichols funeral on Wednesday, he had a good turnout.
Was talking to Kit Horn 81 looks fit as a fiddle, just retired but wishing he was still working .
Told him about “THE DO” at Christmas and he said he may be there.
crowbar

[gazza25]

Robparfitt:

Lawrence Dunbar:
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Lawrence Dunbar:

transporter man:

tyneside:

Lawrence Dunbar:

tyneside:
Can somebody help me out.
Bumped into Jimmy ■■? today.

He was manager at Leyland Daf at Blaydon in the late eighties / early nineties then he was manager at MAN Trucks at TVTE for about twenty years.

He has been retired for about two years now.

Cannot remember his surname !!!

Anybody remember ■■?

Tyneside.

Aye its Jimmy Riches, I bought my first Leyland off him when he was at Lex Tillitsons at Hull, He was only there a short while, & our first new Leyland Roadtrain was also from Jimmy then at Blaydon, He lives at Cramlington now I believe & still works a day or two at the valley for MAN, Regards Larry.

That’s the man

Thanks Larry. Not remembering was driving me nuts !!!

Bumped into Jim year past November he was at the bike show at the NEC with John Sisterson & the guy from is it Truck & Chassis the chassis straightening company.

John Sisterson, That’s a name from the past I haven’t seen him for years The last time I spoke to him he was at Longfields when they were Seddon/Aki dealers, Its nice to know he Is still around, I will have to look him up, Regards Larry.

This was one of Johns old motors, Regards Larry.

I served my time at longfields in the 90s john sisterson was head salesman along side tommy padget started of working on seddon aki then erf then man they were good days cracking company to work for had some good times there john sisterson was a lovely man but when man took over a lot of us left I went to work for ramage transport for a few year then owen pugh where I am now . Would still like to here from anyone who used to work at longfields or any drivers who used to come in for repairs

hi rob ,I work with Maurice tait he worked four longfields he then came to fergys when iwas there then he left fergys to work at the dairy farmers of Britain, (acc) at Blaydon .istarted at acc and Maurice started to work in garage at acc (transferred across) then we moved to cooperative at birtleys new distribution depot he,s still in the workshops there regards gary smith

[bumper]

larry that photo was posted on facebook don’t know who own’s it now, not sure if matty ever owned that motor,know it worked at golden petroleum when matty was the gaffer there, ronny campbell was the fiiter he work on that motor,

[snowman1]

hi all
while you lads that no about mcphees can any-one tell me if they ever found the reason for a very bad accident involving one there 8wheeler guys with a load of steel plate on,he ran up the south-bound slip road for normans but did not stop at the top,this took place more years ago than I care to remember.i had parked up at normans on a dodgy at that time.
regards
sm1

[frankydobo]

I recall my Father telling me this when we approached this slip road during the 80’s, he went with me on a day trip when I drove for Van Hee, it must have been around the Sixties when it happened. My Dad knew the driver and it seems the word at the time was it wasn’t a mechanical fault although there didn’t seem to be a specific conclusion as to how it happened. It may of been speculation but many at the time thought the driver knew what he was doing and sadly it was a tragic outcome. There may also be others on this site that were around at the time and know more. Sad tale.

[bumper]

hi snowman1,in them days some of mcphees used to stop at the bedale hunt for a liquid lunch,then head down to ma greens that lad had not be on mcphees long, just had 1 too many and got it wrong going up the slip road, day

[lawrence_dunbar]

bumper:
larry that photo was posted on facebook don’t know who own’s it now, not sure if matty ever owned that motor,know it worked at golden petroleum when matty was the gaffer there, ronny campbell was the fiiter he work on that motor,

Well as far as I know Bumper it was purchased from the late Melvyn Armstongs good lady Illeen by a concern from Spennymoor who in fact do a lot of restoration work on old vehicles including buses etc, I will find out a bit more about it from Colin Hogg the next time I see him, Regards Larry.

[lawrence_dunbar]

crowbar:
Was at Harry Nichols funeral on Wednesday, he had a good turnout.
Was talking to Kit Horn 81 looks fit as a fiddle, just retired but wishing he was still working .
Told him about “THE DO” at Christmas and he said he may be there.
crowbar

Well that’s nice to hear Crowbar that old Harry had a good send off, I intended to be there but I couldn’t make it , For family reasons, Old Kit 81 Eh, & still jumping through hoops as the old saying goes, Im sure he will enjoy the next Xmas Bash in the Toon, As we all do of course, Regards Larry.

[the_heed]

Lawrence Dunbar:

bumper:
larry that photo was posted on facebook don’t know who own’s it now, not sure if matty ever owned that motor,know it worked at golden petroleum when matty was the gaffer there, ronny campbell was the fiiter he work on that motor,

Well as far as I know Bumper it was purchased from the late Melvyn Armstongs good lady Illeen by a concern from Spennymoor who in fact do a lot of restoration work on old vehicles including buses etc, I will find out a bit more about it from Colin Hogg the next time I see him, Regards Larry.

I think you will find it was Allen Armstrong that sold it as young Allen was taken over business i will find out as Micky Finley will know as he is good mates with Allen and he lives near john adamson, it stood in that yard for years i remember it well john

[lawrence_dunbar]

the heed:

Lawrence Dunbar:

bumper:
larry that photo was posted on facebook don’t know who own’s it now, not sure if matty ever owned that motor,know it worked at golden petroleum when matty was the gaffer there, ronny campbell was the fiiter he work on that motor,

Well as far as I know Bumper it was purchased from the late Melvyn Armstongs good lady Illeen by a concern from Spennymoor who in fact do a lot of restoration work on old vehicles including buses etc, I will find out a bit more about it from Colin Hogg the next time I see him, Regards Larry.

I think you will find it was Allen Armstrong that sold it as young Allen was taken over business i will find out as Micky Finley will know as he is good mates with Allen and he lives near john adamson, it stood in that yard for years i remember it well john

Well as far as I can remember Old Matty ran this Albion on the Petrol job along with a S20 Foden in the earley 60s, Larry Bamford from Hazelrigg drove for him at that time, IIRC They used to load the fuel at Scunthorpe ■■?, But my old grey cells are lagging a bit so please feel free to correct me if Im talking ■■■■■■■■ Eh, Regards Larry

[erfguy]

I was looking through the latest TRUCKING mag and came across a photo of Bill Wilkinsons comet I hadn’t seen anything of it for years it now carries a livestock body nice to see it again. Eddie.

[seth_70]

erfguy:
I was looking through the latest TRUCKING mag and came across a photo of Bill Wilkinsons comet I hadn’t seen anything of it for years it now carries a livestock body nice to see it again. Eddie.

I get all the mags each month,i think trucking has gone down hill over the past months,if you read the bit about the merc race car transporter its just a long blatent advert for the mercmp4 and the dealer it came from

[8lxbv8brian]

In the day 70s-80s and now so sad in a way. - The Tony Waugh then the
Sir Bob Kinghorn years great time for drivers and fitters and - me -

[bewick]

[kevmac47]

Sad shots Brian, I can still see Blackie sticking his head out of the kennel checking all was well with his domain!! ( and woofing to let you know you’d been clocked) the only guard dog I know that was scared of the dark. :shock : Regards Kev.

[lawrence_dunbar]

8LXBV8BRIAN:
In the day 70s-80s and now so sad in a way. - The Tony Waugh then the
Sir Bob Kinghorn years great time for drivers and fitters and - me -

Great stuff LXB, I wonder if Bob is still about ?, He was a couple of years ago as far as I know, I was speaking to Andrew Baxter who lives at Alnmouth & He said he still lived at Lesbury, Regards Larry.

[jonnya]

Lawrence Dunbar:
Heres a one for Harry. Regards Larry

Hi larry . Chester le street a take it . Geordie bamburghs on the corner , dad used to leave his trailer down there, always semed t park next to one of waughs … many moons ago , but seems like yesterday to me , got a grainy picture somewhere of a waugh unit dwn there sometime in 1976 … al try and dig it out ,

[revman]

saw this tday at consett, good to see they still have ERF

[lawrence_dunbar]

Great photo, IMO J.R.Adams has one of the best liveries & motors, Plus some great drivers who have worked there for years, Keep them rolling, Regards Larry.