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Hi bumper,I remember FVS of Stockton,done steel work,i used to stop at digs in stockton,springfield st,i think, parked by the railway line,I hope to have a crack with Norman sumtime,ex Direct shildon…
Norman croad,Devon.
FVS used to lead steel off the Boats at Seaham with Seddon 400s and Merc Powerliners i seem to recall this was in the early 1990s when Ronnie Linsley used to have a load of F88s and a D series unit shunting on th Harbour and my mate had a Scania 111 on the boat as well as Thomas Bros Trancontis and at the time new Sed Atki Stratos and David Fox was there too as was Fergis with MANs its that long ago Lincoln had FL7s witch were new at the time i have some pictures some where i was just wondering how long Grady Hall has been gone as i dont have any thing to do with wagons these days so seeing all the pics on here is great.
bumper:
these outfit’s are no longer ■■■■■■■ up or down the road, all photos are by kind permission of gordon mitchell,
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Hi bumper,I remember FVS of Stockton,done steel work,i used to stop at digs in stockton,springfield st,i think, parked by the railway line,I hope to have a crack with Norman sumtime,ex Direct shildon…
Norman croad,Devon.
FVS used to lead steel off the Boats at Seaham with Seddon 400s and Merc Powerliners i seem to recall this was in the early 1990s when Ronnie Linsley used to have a load of F88s and a D series unit shunting on th Harbour and my mate had a Scania 111 on the boat as well as Thomas Bros Trancontis and at the time new Sed Atki Stratos and David Fox was there too as was Fergis with MANs its that long ago Lincoln had FL7s witch were new at the time i have some pictures some where i was just wondering how long Grady Hall has been gone as i dont have any thing to do with wagons these days so seeing all the pics on here is great.
Hiya,
TTB, It’s nice to hear someone mention heavy vehicles being referred to as
wagons or lorries, Trucks are those little things that American housewives
pop to and from Wal Marts in, or fork lift thingy’s in the good old UK.
thanks harry, long retired.
bigal20:
there was some big cars there larry,i never won anything, mostly never finished a race, every week little ronnie heathcote from gateshead usually won, in his mini cooper,nobody could catch him to post him i raced i think 1971 till it finished,big al.
Can you remember Alan Stephenson from Pegswood & The Hardy Boys from Crawcrook with their Big Rovers, Plus Gerry Balmbrer from Alnwick, And the bloke with the old London Taxi, & Lowdons from Seaton Burn with their Humber Super Snipe they had a 17 leaf wagon spring in the boot for ballast, Those were the days Eh, Regards Larry.
I was talking to jimmy and Malcolm hardy to day and they would like to know if Gerry bambrer is still about could some one let me know john
Gerry Balmbra sadly died sept 2014 ! Gerry had a stroke 4 years earlier and he was house bound for the last year! cheers Brian’
bigal20:
there was some big cars there larry,i never won anything, mostly never finished a race, every week little ronnie heathcote from gateshead usually won, in his mini cooper,nobody could catch him to post him i raced i think 1971 till it finished,big al.
Can you remember Alan Stephenson from Pegswood & The Hardy Boys from Crawcrook with their Big Rovers, Plus Gerry Balmbrer from Alnwick, And the bloke with the old London Taxi, & Lowdons from Seaton Burn with their Humber Super Snipe they had a 17 leaf wagon spring in the boot for ballast, Those were the days Eh, Regards Larry.
I was talking to jimmy and Malcolm hardy to day and they would like to know if Gerry bambrer is still about could some one let me know john
Gerry Balmbra sadly died sept 2014 ! Gerry had a stroke 4 years earlier and he was house bound for the last year! cheers Brian’
Brian thanks for that i will let jimmy and Malcolm know john
TTB wrote; FVS used to lead steel off the Boats at Seaham with Seddon 400s and Merc Powerliners i seem to recall this was in the early 1990s when Ronnie Linsley used to have a load of F88s and a D series unit shunting on th Harbour and my mate had a Scania 111 on the boat as well as Thomas Bros Trancontis and at the time new Sed Atki Stratos and David Fox was there too as was Fergis with MANs its that long ago Lincoln had FL7s witch were new at the time i have some pictures some where i was just wondering how long Grady Hall has been gone as i dont have any thing to do with wagons these days so seeing all the pics on here is great.
Hya TTB I would have been with one of the Fergies motors at Seaham during the time you describe, as you say there were a few firms running into and out of there when the Steel was on, there was no hanging about either unless something made everything come to a stop for a few moments then you could have a natter, this was my steed below. We had a couple of Subbies too one with a Strato, lad with a beard but can’t recall his name at the moment and young Wilson with his motor, of course they used to go like stink to get as many loads as possible in during a shift.
Cheers Franky.
Frankydobo:
TTB wrote; FVS used to lead steel off the Boats at Seaham with Seddon 400s and Merc Powerliners i seem to recall this was in the early 1990s when Ronnie Linsley used to have a load of F88s and a D series unit shunting on th Harbour and my mate had a Scania 111 on the boat as well as Thomas Bros Trancontis and at the time new Sed Atki Stratos and David Fox was there too as was Fergis with MANs its that long ago Lincoln had FL7s witch were new at the time i have some pictures some where i was just wondering how long Grady Hall has been gone as i dont have any thing to do with wagons these days so seeing all the pics on here is great.
Hya TTB I would have been with one of the Fergies motors at Seaham during the time you describe, as you say there were a few firms running into and out of there when the Steel was on, there was no hanging about either unless something made everything come to a stop for a few moments then you could have a natter, this was my steed below. We had a couple of Subbies too one with a Strato, lad with a beard but can’t recall his name at the moment and young Wilson with his motor, of course they used to go like stink to get as many loads as possible in during a shift.
Cheers Franky.
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The steel used to go to Hartlepool pipe mill and also Spartan redugh at Gateshead one of the fergis drivers was a canny lad he liked me mates 111 it was a world away to the MAN he had i seem to recall a ERF E series as well this was a owner driver you may remember my mates company A Featherstone and Sons red white and Blue wagons had all sorts over the years and quite a biggish fleet at one time yet i have never seen any pics on here,
Yeah I remember Featherstone’s motors too TTB but didn’t know the drivers, not sure what happened to them. The ERF was Micky Wilson’s mentioned above I just couldn’t recall if he had that or a Sed Ak 401. We had three MAN’s at Sunderland driven by Bob Lilley nice lad with a beard, Davey Robson dark hair with glasses and Albert big fair lad with glasses too, I believe he lived at Seaham, his name will come later! There was only four of us with 38 tonners then as we done a lot of crane stuff out of Grove Coles with low loaders. Charlie Pierce also had a wagon or two on the job, one a Sed Ak 400 driven by my Dads old mate Ronnie Hodgen an old Steenbergs driver. The pic above was actually taken at Hartlepool after unloading. Cheers Franky.
Good photo of Capstaff’s Guy Warrior. At Robsons we had three Warrior 4 wheelers.one of them had a reg. no. not far from the Capstaff’s one–MNL 454. The others were KNL 358 and LTY 587. The wings, front panel, dashboard and engine cover were all made from Fibreglass,the wings in particular being prone to splits & cracks, due to vibrations from the 4cyl. Meadows engine, also probably being used as steps to reach the sheet rack on the cab roof. One job I remember was to remove the dynamo, the radiator had to come out, due to the long bolt securing the dynamo having to be drawn forwards, making a simple job more time consuming.
Eric.
Good photo of Capstaff’s Guy Warrior. At Robsons we had three Warrior 4 wheelers.one of them had a reg. no. not far from the Capstaff’s one–MNL 454. The others were KNL 358 and LTY 587. The wings, front panel, dashboard and engine cover were all made from Fibreglass,the wings in particular being prone to splits & cracks, due to vibrations from the 4cyl. Meadows engine, also probably being used as steps to reach the sheet rack on the cab roof. One job I remember was to remove the dynamo, the radiator had to come out, due to the long bolt securing the dynamo having to be drawn forwards, making a simple job more time consuming.
Eric.
Hi Eric, This one had a 4 LW Gardner and the Eaton two speed axle, I wonder how it performed when fully loaded Regards Larry.
Frankydobo:
TTB wrote; FVS used to lead steel off the Boats at Seaham with Seddon 400s and Merc Powerliners i seem to recall this was in the early 1990s when Ronnie Linsley used to have a load of F88s and a D series unit shunting on th Harbour and my mate had a Scania 111 on the boat as well as Thomas Bros Trancontis and at the time new Sed Atki Stratos and David Fox was there too as was Fergis with MANs its that long ago Lincoln had FL7s witch were new at the time i have some pictures some where i was just wondering how long Grady Hall has been gone as i dont have any thing to do with wagons these days so seeing all the pics on here is great.
Hya TTB I would have been with one of the Fergies motors at Seaham during the time you describe, as you say there were a few firms running into and out of there when the Steel was on, there was no hanging about either unless something made everything come to a stop for a few moments then you could have a natter, this was my steed below. We had a couple of Subbies too one with a Strato, lad with a beard but can’t recall his name at the moment and young Wilson with his motor, of course they used to go like stink to get as many loads as possible in during a shift.
Cheers Franky.
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Aye Franky, Our Nigel was on it a few times with his Roadtrain, It was IIRC £50.00. Per load, It was a canny rate for the 80/90s, Mind you Sunderland rates were better than Blyth by a long chalk, The late Bob Brown used to give us distance work too when they were busy & allways loaded us back, Regards Larry.
Frankydobo:
Yeah I remember Featherstone’s motors too TTB but didn’t know the drivers, not sure what happened to them. The ERF was Micky Wilson’s mentioned above I just couldn’t recall if he had that or a Sed Ak 401. We had three MAN’s at Sunderland driven by Bob Lilley nice lad with a beard, Davey Robson dark hair with glasses and Albert big fair lad with glasses too, I believe he lived at Seaham, his name will come later! There was only four of us with 38 tonners then as we done a lot of crane stuff out of Grove Coles with low loaders. Charlie Pierce also had a wagon or two on the job, one a Sed Ak 400 driven by my Dads old mate Ronnie Hodgen an old Steenbergs driver. The pic above was actually taken at Hartlepool after unloading. Cheers Franky.
Albert that you mention was Albert Kelly and he lived in Dawdon, Seaham. He put in over 30 years with Clarkys then Fergies. Here’s a pic of him.
Frankydobo:
Yeah I remember Featherstone’s motors too TTB but didn’t know the drivers, not sure what happened to them. The ERF was Micky Wilson’s mentioned above I just couldn’t recall if he had that or a Sed Ak 401. We had three MAN’s at Sunderland driven by Bob Lilley nice lad with a beard, Davey Robson dark hair with glasses and Albert big fair lad with glasses too, I believe he lived at Seaham, his name will come later! There was only four of us with 38 tonners then as we done a lot of crane stuff out of Grove Coles with low loaders. Charlie Pierce also had a wagon or two on the job, one a Sed Ak 400 driven by my Dads old mate Ronnie Hodgen an old Steenbergs driver. The pic above was actually taken at Hartlepool after unloading. Cheers Franky.
Anyone remember Herring"s of Hartlepool,Red Livery,they had the steel work sewn up there…
Norman croad,Torquay…
FVS is still going , nearly if not all the motors are in Prestons colours but the operators licence at the Stockton yard is still Freeman Volkers and Stuart. FVS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Richard Preston and Sons (Prestons of Potto)
Thanks Brian, Albert Kelly I would have got it eventually, good lads those three and showed me the score on moving the Cranes, they were quite particular about it as one lad had been killed trying to adjust the position of his crane when it went over, this was near Newbury just as I started a few weeks before. Yeah the Subbies done ok at Fergies Larry but Bob Brown expected us to move the same number of loads as they did, no chance they never stopped all day especially on the Nissan boxes from Teeside to the factory. Franky.
Frankydobo:
Yeah I remember Featherstone’s motors too TTB but didn’t know the drivers, not sure what happened to them. The ERF was Micky Wilson’s mentioned above I just couldn’t recall if he had that or a Sed Ak 401. We had three MAN’s at Sunderland driven by Bob Lilley nice lad with a beard, Davey Robson dark hair with glasses and Albert big fair lad with glasses too, I believe he lived at Seaham, his name will come later! There was only four of us with 38 tonners then as we done a lot of crane stuff out of Grove Coles with low loaders. Charlie Pierce also had a wagon or two on the job, one a Sed Ak 400 driven by my Dads old mate Ronnie Hodgen an old Steenbergs driver. The pic above was actually taken at Hartlepool after unloading. Cheers Franky.
Hi A Featherstone and Sons finsished in the early 2000s they had some nice wagons over the years from a Dutch 3 axle 110 tractor Atki Borderer Scammell Crusader Seddon 400/Seddon Diesel Scania 111/112/113/81/82/83 Merc Tractors/rigids ERF LV 4/6 and a Chinese Six and lots more besdies.As for Herring i have a picture of what would have been a brand new ERF E searies Tractor pulling a flat this would have been around 1990/1.
Hey Larry,was that paulton,down the A37 the other side of Bristol,big paper mill there,i took a load of pulp once from inveresk paper mill Denny,Stirling,to paulton…these paper firms paid well in them days…i used to deliver to wiggins teape in wideopen,opposite Waughs TPT…Norman croad,Devon…
