Hi Colin, That would have been taken at Shiremoor, The Paynter Stadium bit was when Paynters of Melbourne St, Newcastle Joined forces with The Staduim Garage at Gosforth who the main ERF dealers in the north east at that time, Jimmy Shaw was the foreman fitter at The Stadium outfit, They were are good set of lads in the old days, The storeman at Stadium was called Joe, When went in for a spare part,You said what you wanted & he just walked into his parts dept & came back & put it on the counter, He new his job & his memmorie of part numbers was fantastic, Even if you asked him for a stop cable for an Atkinson with a Gardner engine in it was on the counter in minutes, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Colin, That would have been taken at Shiremoor, The Paynter Stadium bit was when Paynters of Melbourne St, Newcastle Joined forces with The Staduim Garage at Gosforth who the main ERF dealers in the north east at that time, Jimmy Shaw was the foreman fitter at The Stadium outfit, They were are good set of lads in the old days, The storeman at Stadium was called Joe, When went in for a spare part,You said what you wanted & he just walked into his parts dept & came back & put it on the counter, He new his job & his memmorie of part numbers was fantastic, Even if you asked him for a stop cable for an Atkinson with a Gardner engine in it was on the counter in minutes, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry: yes I also remember it well; going there to pick up spares for Redpaths ERFs then over to Tillotsons on Benton Rd for parts for the AECs and I used to go to a company to pick up Road springs ; I remember the street was called Goldspink Lane I think it was in Jesmond, changed many springs on the side of the road as I imagine you have also done. Colin.
Colin.Swain:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Colin, That would have been taken at Shiremoor, The Paynter Stadium bit was when Paynters of Melbourne St, Newcastle Joined forces with The Staduim Garage at Gosforth who the main ERF dealers in the north east at that time, Jimmy Shaw was the foreman fitter at The Stadium outfit, They were are good set of lads in the old days, The storeman at Stadium was called Joe, When went in for a spare part,You said what you wanted & he just walked into his parts dept & came back & put it on the counter, He new his job & his memmorie of part numbers was fantastic, Even if you asked him for a stop cable for an Atkinson with a Gardner engine in it was on the counter in minutes, Regards Larry.Hi Larry: yes I also remember it well; going there to pick up spares for Redpaths ERFs then over to Tillotsons on Benton Rd for parts for the AECs and I used to go to a company to pick up Road springs ; I remember the street was called Goldspink Lane I think it was in Jesmond, changed many springs on the side of the road as I imagine you have also done. Colin.
Hi Colin, The spring lot was Chapmans, I used to get springs from them, A good set of lads IMO, They were very good at doing a two hour repair job,Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Colin.Swain:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Colin, That would have been taken at Shiremoor, The Paynter Stadium bit was when Paynters of Melbourne St, Newcastle Joined forces with The Staduim Garage at Gosforth who the main ERF dealers in the north east at that time, Jimmy Shaw was the foreman fitter at The Stadium outfit, They were are good set of lads in the old days, The storeman at Stadium was called Joe, When went in for a spare part,You said what you wanted & he just walked into his parts dept & came back & put it on the counter, He new his job & his memmorie of part numbers was fantastic, Even if you asked him for a stop cable for an Atkinson with a Gardner engine in it was on the counter in minutes, Regards Larry.Hi Larry: yes I also remember it well; going there to pick up spares for Redpaths ERFs then over to Tillotsons on Benton Rd for parts for the AECs and I used to go to a company to pick up Road springs ; I remember the street was called Goldspink Lane I think it was in Jesmond, changed many springs on the side of the road as I imagine you have also done. Colin.
Hi Colin, The spring lot was Chapmans, I used to get springs from them, A good set of lads IMO, They were very good at doing a two hour repair job,Regards Larry.
yes Rad repairs was done by Charltons 
in back Goldspink lane turn in by the Hella shop set back then left and sharp right and into lane half way down on left. used them to fix the air con
matrix and pipe fittings on my merc. 
- The lad at payter stadium on the parts counter at the time was Mike, ginger hair plus one of the fitters at the time Joe blackburn plus a young sir davy percival who came to waugh`s then onto Bells Mercedes trucks in the old longs workshop top of station road 
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Nice to see you back on TN Brian, hope you and Lynn are both keeping well?
Regards Kev.
kevmac47:
Nice to see you back on TN Brian, hope you and Lynn are both keeping well?
Regards Kev.
Hi Kev yes me and Lynn are ok 
went to see Martin the other day on the push bike was like a tuned 8lxb(451l) 
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UP the hill past the W/BAY
slaughter house at burradon he is doing ok you know Martin. hope you and dee etc are all ok
8LXBV8BRIAN:
kevmac47:
Nice to see you back on TN Brian, hope you and Lynn are both keeping well?
Regards Kev.Hi Kev yes me and Lynn are ok
slaughter house at burradon he is doing ok you know Martin. hope you and dee etc are all ok
Yes we’re all good here, we haven’t killed each other yet! I will get over to see you when this bloody pestilence is beaten Brian, I’m pleased your mobile
again. I saw Martin at the last “do” he never changes does he? Regards Kev.
I have been asked by Iain Wilkinson to share some photos he has found in his Dad Jim’s collection. Jim was the acknowledged local expert on Halley and Albion vehicles. The first shot is of a Halley demonstrator outside the depot in Bath Lane, Newcastle circa 1920s. In the cap is Iain’s grandad - who was also called Jim - who was the regular demonstrator driver. The second shot is Lee’s of Rothbury’s Halley - I think it needs a bit more rope! Halley ceased trading in 1935 and Albion took over the assets.
Hopefully we will get more pictures from Iain in the future.
Is F. Short & Son still in business? It’s been announced that its owner Sam Anderson is closing its transport division. Another long established and famous Scottish haulier that will soon be no more.
As far as I remember when Anderson took over Shorts the name virtually disappeared overnight. I have not seen the Shorts name on a wagon for years. Anderson’s still operate out of What was Shorts yard on Green Lane, off the Felling bypass. Some of the other local lads may know better.
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I’m sure the Felling fleet still had Shorts name on at least up until I retired 2017 when I passed the yard on the way to and from my workplace. Mostly carrying steel. They did have 3 ERF’s that looked new stood in the yard for a good few years, don’t know what that was about! Franky.
Hi. Maybe I got it wrong! But were they running in Anderson colours with the Short name on the door.
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Well both of my sons worked for Shorts at Felling as Fitters from leaving school, When Ken Short decided to give up after a long & tiring struggle to keep his Old long established family firm going, It was Sam Anderson Ltd who took it on , My youngest son along with a few more younger than him were made reduntant, My oldest son carried on working for Andersons & Got on very well with the new owners, He was their charge hand Fitter,Eventuley he decided to become part of the Dunbar Transport concern, As far as I know Andersons Traffic Manager ended up drive the one & only Artic with Shorts name on left based at their Felling Depot, Sadley F.Short & Sons was a good local Newcastle firm, They ran a night trunk to hull with a service second to none, They also ran to other areas , Manchester , Liverpool, Grimsby, London, In their later years in the haulage game, Ken Short was a real gent, When I used to attend the RHA meetings he allways said his bit about the current state of the haulage game to date, & I must say after all these years what he said has come true all red tape& ■■■■■■■■ of haulage men have to adhere to the rules, But NIMO By tossers fresh from universities, Who are most likley to be nice people, But with no knowledge of how to run any kind of business where people want to earn decent wage for their services without all this nowadays ■■■■■ that workers are faced with, OK Im an old man in my 80s, But I started work on a Horse & Cart at Newcastle Co-op, In Newgate Street, Delivering Rationed grocerys around the area for a time then I moved on to drive for Tudour Crisps on their Sandyford Road Factory,Then on to better things like driving hgv motors, Regards Larry.
Frankydobo:
I’m sure the Felling fleet still had Shorts name on at least up until I retired 2017 when I passed the yard on the way to and from my workplace. Mostly carrying steel. They did have 3 ERF’s that looked new stood in the yard for a good few years, don’t know what that was about! Franky.
Quite correct Franky,Regards Larrry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Frankydobo:
I’m sure the Felling fleet still had Shorts name on at least up until I retired 2017 when I passed the yard on the way to and from my workplace. Mostly carrying steel. They did have 3 ERF’s that looked new stood in the yard for a good few years, don’t know what that was about! Franky.Quite correct Franky,Regards Larrry.
Hi Larry; just seen your Dobson of Edinburgh name on the company name thread: this photo was one of Dobsons which tipped going through Wooler in 1967. Colin.
Someone mentioned that Stockton Haulage was based at a site where Middlesbrough Football Club now stands.This is incorrect.Despite the name,Stockton Haulage was not from Stockton.The company was founded in STOCKTON STREET,Middlesbrough.The company then moved base to Skippers Lane Industrial Estate,in I think,the early ‘70’s.It then moved base again,to a site on Dockside Road,in Middlesbrough.This site is NEXT to MFC football ground,and is still there today.
