anyone remember colins of newcastle .had the name in like house numbers ,screwed on not painted ,and if i remember grey , 4 leggers with a box on
Do you mean Collinson Bros Chopwell sounds like their livery to me, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Jimmy can you remember this S Type ? Big Eddie Harding drove it for a while, Regards Larry.
Also this MK 5 AEC, Bobbie Meggs got it brand new, then he got YTY520, An 8 wheeler Atki. Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Lawrence Dunbar:
1Jimmy can you remember this S Type ? Big Eddie Harding drove it for a while, Regards Larry.Also this MK 5 AEC, Bobbie Meggs got it brand new, then he got YTY520, An 8 wheeler Atki. Regards Larry.
hiya,
Get a pup on this Larry and I’ll do away just so long as I’m back for tomorrow early afternoon,o’h and a good strong trailer boy to help with the sheets.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry I could just do exactley the same, but I dont think we would be back in time for the do, I cant go too long without malts, what with the cold weather Etc, 7 of course one has to adhere to the law, Regards Larry.PS, Ive just opened a bottle of Singletons, My Son give me for Xmas.
Heres a J Type that Smilers had, in fact they had several, good hard working wagons in their day old Tommy Smiles [The Bull] reckoned they were one of the best 4 Wheelers they ran on tipper work, Regards Larry.
Another Smiles Tipper take in the garage at Blucher, Tommy Smiles [dressed] & old Harry Pearson the garage foreman, he worked for old Isaac Smiles in the earley days of the Smiles Co.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0An oldie from Gateshead.
I lived less than 100 yds from here god it brings back memorys there was a carpet shop next door what caught fire then a barbers shop called Caseys and a paper shop Tothe right was dirty blacks pictures and gateshead bus co. smashing photo
H,G,Martin, from the top of Byker Bank.
Sorry, I made a balls of this one Regards Larry
My first posting! Hope pictures not too small- anyway they show ECN 930 as sold by Cawthorn & Sinclair around early '60s, then in service with my old employer, E.Robson(Gateshead)Ltd. Not me in picture, though!
Robsons of Gateshead thats a blast from the past, A old pal of mine drove an old Atki KRM ■■?, Ronnie Bright, in later years he worked at Shorties in the fitting shop, then he had his own place on Shearlegs road, I used to see some of their drivers at the Pantry Cafe at Brierley Hill plus Gowlands as well, Happy Days, Regards Larry.
Lawrence, that is Ronnie Bright in picture! I tried to locate him a few years back, but his old neighbour told me that he had emigrated to Australia but sadly died some time later. The Atki you remember was KRM 917 ex Hendersons? from Alston. It ended up with a brand new cab after having some steel dropped on it from a crane whilst loading in South Wales.I have a picture of KRM 917 I will dig out. Some other wagons at Robsons were three Guy Warroirs, bought secondhand,these were the ones before the Andy Capp cab. they had the Meadows 4 cyl engine and Eaton 2 speed axle.The front wings, grille and engine cover were all made from Fibreglass- not a good idea as they were easilly damaged by vibrations from the the 4 pot motor,minor bumps and being stood on! Sometimes trips were made to Guy Motors at Wolverhampton to collect replacements when trips were made to Birmingham. K&B motors were the local Guy dealers at Benwell. Message to myself- must try and upload bigger photo’s!!
forster:
My first posting! Hope pictures not too small- anyway they show ECN 930 as sold by Cawthorn & Sinclair around early '60s, then in service with my old employer, E.Robson(Gateshead)Ltd. Not me in picture, though!
Cracking pics
Great photos , Can you remember the location? Regards crowbar.
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forster:
My first posting! Hope pictures not too small- anyway they show ECN 930 as sold by Cawthorn & Sinclair around early '60s, then in service with my old employer, E.Robson(Gateshead)Ltd. Not me in picture, though!
Bobby Megs got this new