Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Forster, Great stuff thanks for posting them, I new Ronnie in the 50s He had KRM.■■?, Then in later years He worked a Shorties, & Hornes of Bishop Aukland, We used to stay at The Salvation Army Hostel at Glasgow , Then usualy meet up in Jacks Cafe in Mcalpine Street, Tosh used to have control of return traffic in those days, Anchor Chains was a very popular load for Sunderland Ship Yards, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry, you are correct, Ronnie had KRM 917, ex. Henderson of Alston. The picture shows it looking rather work weary, probably loaded from Jarrow Tube Works.
E.Robsons Foden loaded with old tyres. These were collected from local bus depot’s, Byker, Gateshead , Northern General at Chester-Le-St, Consett, and Sunderland District, (SDO). at Philidelphia. Thse were known as mileage covers, and went to Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, for remoulding. They were stacked in two piles of twelve, with the thirteenth on top straddling the two , as a binder. The return load was of new tyres of various sizes for the Dunlop depot. at Brandling Park, Jesmond.
Hi Forster, Great stuff, The MK 5 AEC Smilers RJR 346, Do you know who was driving it , It was the first one of five, IIRC The late Jackie Peaker got it from new, When I went to work there Norman Clydesdale drove it Jackie was a shunter & odd job man by then,Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Forster, Great stuff, The MK 5 AEC Smilers RJR 346, Do you know who was driving it , It was the first one of five, IIRC The late Jackie Peaker got it from new, When I went to work there Norman Clydesdale drove it Jackie was a shunter & odd job man by then,Regards Larry.
Hi Larry, I don’t know who the driver was, but as I took this picture at Throckley, that may give you a clue. It was parked next to the old brickworks, it was a regular ■■■■■■■■■■■■ , the Smiles Bedford tipper in my previous post was also there, along with tippers from John T Coxon, E.Hewitson, Concrete Products (Walker Bros.) and LSM.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Forster, Great stuff, The MK 5 AEC Smilers RJR 346, Do you know who was driving it , It was the first one of five, IIRC The late Jackie Peaker got it from new, When I went to work there Norman Clydesdale drove it Jackie was a shunter & odd job man by then,Regards Larry.
Hi Larry, I don’t know who the driver was, but as I took this picture at Throckley, that may give you a clue. It was parked next to the old brickworks, it was a regular ■■■■■■■■■■■■ , the Smiles Bedford tipper in my previous post was also there, along with tippers from John T Coxon, E.Hewitson, Concrete Products (Walker Bros.) and LSM.
Thank you, It must have been when Jackie Peaker drove it He lived on Newburn Road on the left just past the Dilly Line, Plus the LSM Tippers would have been Smilers as well, Regards Larry. (This Maudsley is Smilers).
Hi Forster, Would it be possible for you to E mail the great photos of Smilers, I have a cousin whos Mam was Peggy Smiles a daughter of the family, He lives in Canada (Ontario) And he very interested in the Smiles Family Transport Co, I could then forward them on to him, I would be very gratefull if you could do this, Thanks once again, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Forster, Would it be possible for you to E mail the great photos of Smilers, I have a cousin whos Mam was Peggy Smiles a daughter of the family, He lives in Canada (Ontario) And he very interested in the Smiles Family Transport Co, I could then forward them on to him, I would be very gratefull if you could do this, Thanks once again, Regards Larry.
Can you just send him the link to the site so that he can download the photos himself (and also read the text)? You don’t need to have an account or be logged in just to read this topic. You’ll need to remind him to go to the end of the thread if he doesn’t fancy reading 372 pages!
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Forster, Would it be possible for you to E mail the great photos of Smilers, I have a cousin whos Mam was Peggy Smiles a daughter of the family, He lives in Canada (Ontario) And he very interested in the Smiles Family Transport Co, I could then forward them on to him, I would be very gratefull if you could do this, Thanks once again, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry, Have sent you a PM re. the Smiles pictures.
Its a lot quicker and simpler if you just right click on the photo and save the image to your PC, they sometimes come out larger so you can adjust the size to how you want it. Franky.
Frankydobo:
Its a lot quicker and simpler if you just right click on the photo and save the image to your PC, they sometimes come out larger so you can adjust the size to how you want it. Franky.
Thanks, Frankydobo, Think I will have to use laptop (using tablet at moment) and perhaps get better results with pictures.
, It was the first one of five, IIRC The late Jackie Peaker got it from new, When I went to work there Norman Clydesdale drove it Jackie was a shunter & odd job man by then,Regards Larry.