hi jimmy the do will start form about 2-30pm till 10-30pm, there will be a buffy available for a small charge, bumper
jimmy logan:
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?.hi glenny i used to work with those drivers at murray hoggs boiler still works there i worked hoggs for thirty six before i retired two years ago boiler drives a topline scania
hello jimmy,i remember you well,we had many a cup of tea at the fifth wheel at trafford park,ringing round for your backloads(or not,depending on the craik and who was in) i went from ponteland haulage to simpsons then to elddis.Now i’m on the cars ,but like every one else,miss them times.
Lawrence Dunbar:
transporter man:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Larry the National Benzole truck has just reminded me, they used to deliver a load of petrol every day into our yard when we were doing the lime spreading with the GMCs and the Canadian Fords. The driver was Billy Coxon his brother ran a haulage fleet out of Burnhopefield I think he had AECs painted black from memory. Can you remember them?
The driver in the picture is called Harry Patterson, who lived at Benwell, The only haulage firms I can remember are Eric Dews, & Atkinsons Transport , Mickey Rouse drove for the latter 50/60s.Regards Larry.
The Coxons Transport I remember was from Anfield Plain in the 50/60s, They had black wagons, Crows at Gateshead bought a 4 wheeler Seddon off them, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0The good old days, Plenty of time for a cuppa,No option Eh.
Hi Larry no time for a cuppa with no ropes and sheets on as you would not dare leave your wagon or when you returend half the load would be missing because the fruit men would take off what they had ordered and you would no have a clue, therefore no clear signature 
Regards crowbar
crowbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0The good old days, Plenty of time for a cuppa,No option Eh.Hi Larry no time for a cuppa with no ropes and sheets on as you would not dare leave your wagon or when you returend half the load would be missing because the fruit men would take off what they had ordered and you would no have a clue, therefore no clear signature
Aye too bloody right Crowbar, remember they used to come with a scap of paper with the ammount of boxes they wanted, thats when they selling them straight off the wagon, you had to have eyes in the back of yoyr head to watch the thieving gits.
Any one know who owned this company?
hi Lawrence
you are right Coxons were from Annfield plain my dad drove for them and he had an AEC artic i think their main freight was steel.
eric dews and grady hall (who i worked for ) are the only haulage companies i know of that ran from burnopfield.
there was a stevie atkinson who ran mainly ex wd trucks from an old farm between the hobson and tanfield in the 50/60s (my dad drove for him as well)
regards
mick
v7victor:
Any one know who owned this company?
Hiya Vic, the Richardson brothers started this company, sadly both now passed on (Reg and ?) still run by a couple of the sons, they run white Iveco Stralis (about a dozen I think), a good mate of mine drives for them and has done for about 25 years. Regards, Mizzo.
mizzo:
v7victor:
Any one know who owned this company?Hiya Vic, the Richardson brothers started this company, sadly both now passed on (Reg and ?) still run by a couple of the sons, they run white Iveco Stralis (about a dozen I think), a good mate of mine drives for them and has done for about 25 years. Regards, Mizzo.
Cheers Les,i knew the livery but couldnt remember the name(age thing) i remember now, All the best Vic.
mickd1958:
hi Lawrence
you are right Coxons were from Annfield plain my dad drove for them and he had an AEC artic i think their main freight was steel.
eric dews and grady hall (who i worked for ) are the only haulage companies i know of that ran from burnopfield.
there was a stevie atkinson who ran mainly ex wd trucks from an old farm between the hobson and tanfield in the 50/60s (my dad drove for him as well)
regards
mick
I think Coxons used to do the work out of Ransome Marles Bearings, also Stevie Atkinson, I was told he ended up running Ferndale Transport at Teeside ? Regards Larry.
Hi…I am new to all this so please take it easy with me 
Greek was trying to find out about another firm spennymoor with vans, if it was not Williams,Hardwicks or Worthington it could have been Phil Atkinson he died pretty youngish and was based at Tudhoe Ind Est worked for Tomado and did one or two removals cannot think of any other kind of traffic like those mentioned, there was Barry Hindmarch (Oughton Carriers) but his box vans delivered cigarettes.
Eddie Worthington (All the best)
Lawrence Dunbar:
crowbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
0The good old days, Plenty of time for a cuppa,No option Eh.Hi Larry no time for a cuppa with no ropes and sheets on as you would not dare leave your wagon or when you returend half the load would be missing because the fruit men would take off what they had ordered and you would no have a clue, therefore no clear signature
Aye too bloody right Crowbar, remember they used to come with a scap of paper with the ammount of boxes they wanted, thats when they selling them straight off the wagon, you had to have eyes in the back of yoyr head to watch the thieving gits.
hi lawrence and crowbar great photo of the old fruit market i was brought up in the fruit buisiness when i was four years old can you remember two haulage companies that used to work from the market b e s t blakes express service transport ltd and tommy cavaner uased to have a shop on elswick road there used to be another company on elswick road who had tippers john t coxan lawrence joe bourne used to drive for them regards jimmy
Aye Jimmy Joe as far as I know is still about, His old man Frankie worked there too, a nice fleet of Bedfords, Joe started on his own with an ex Piggy Walton Guy Otter, the he got a Lad cabbed dodge with a Leyland Comet Engine working off Freightways, Then he spent some time at Cazaleys, then Murray Hoggs until he retired , Reagads Larry
Took on quayside at Blyth.
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Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye Jimmy Joe as far as I know is still about, His old man Frankie worked there too, a nice fleet of Bedfords, Joe started on his own with an ex Piggy Walton Guy Otter, the he got a Lad cabbed dodge with a Leyland Comet Engine working off Freightways, Then he spent some time at Cazaleys, then Murray Hoggs until he retired , Reagads Larry
aye lawrence me and joe used to to double up on the first actros that came to murrayhoggs depot p839 acu got a photo someware every other driver thought they had the first actros in the northeast but we had had the first two dickie coxon had the otheher onep838acu dropped a valve on its first trip to birmingham see you later mate on about pg walton what a great bloke he was when he used to have the guys with the old meadows diesels in them me davy lockhart tommy grey tommy the tat theres a few more i cant remember
Heres some more, Pye Clark, Joe Dimmick, Clarence Bland, Eddy Bates, Dennis Cook, Joe Duffy, there a lot more but I cant think of their names at present, Regards Larry.
One of the hard winters we had a few years ago, this was taken at Joint Stocks Quarry Landfill Site at Coxhoe about 1978. Regards Larry.
