kevmac47:
By Waldo I take it you mean Geordie (deep pockets) Harry? look
forward to seeing you both there Harry. Ps young Geordie would
be a welcome addition. regards kev.
hiya,
Kev I haven’t seen young Geordie for a long time the last time I saw him he was still an O/D and I put new kinpins and bushes in the second steer of the MAN he had at the time, I’ll tell Waldo to have another go at getting his lad there as well, as you say It’s good “do” and from memory young Geordie likes a drop or two of beer and it always tastes nicer in the company of friends and former workmates.
thanks harry long retired.
The Foden has a Liverpool reg, Thats a great photo of Martin Cooks Leyland, Jimmy was a great pal of mine when he was at Smilers, cracking lad also Billy, the last time I saw Billy was at Prudhoe Paper Mill, do you know if they are still about,? Regards Larry
hi larry, Jim backburn lives at corbridge, if you see an old guy on a trike in that area it will most probably be jimmy his brother billy is up at balmoral, bumper
Brian Patterson used to opperate from Rowlands Gill, before moving up to Aberagie Perth, This is one of his Foden coversions , to double drive. Regards Larry
bumper:
hi couple of old photos, fodon on the quayside don’t know who it belongs too, leyland octopus martin cook was past on by jimmy blackburn, bumper
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FYG 14 is the security van from the 1961 film “Payroll”
bumper:
hi couple of old photos, fodon on the quayside don’t know who it belongs too, leyland octopus martin cook was past on by jimmy blackburn, bumper
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FYG 14 is the security van from the 1961 film “Payroll”
You spotter
The thing I always found weird was as they cross the Tyne Bridge in that film the “Get Carter Car Park” hadn’t been built yet, of course it’s been there all my lifetime & now as you cross you get the same scene
In case anyone’s interested here’s a link to the rest of my Get Carter photo album which I compiled about 3 years ago to relieve the boredom
bumper:
hi couple of old photos, fodon on the quayside don’t know who it belongs too, leyland octopus martin cook was past on by jimmy blackburn, bumper
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FYG 14 is the security van from the 1961 film “Payroll”
You spotter
The thing I always found weird was as they cross the Tyne Bridge in that film the “Get Carter Car Park” hadn’t been built yet, of course it’s been there all my lifetime & now as you cross you get the same scene
The S18 Foden earley 50s model .I was told a while ago ?. it belonged to Liverpool Warehousing Ltd. ■■?>
In case anyone’s interested here’s a link to the rest of my Get Carter photo album which I compiled about 3 years ago to relieve the boredom
bumper:
hi larry, Jim backburn lives at corbridge, if you see an old guy on a trike in that area it will most probably be jimmy his brother billy is up at balmoral, bumper
hi just got a photo off my mother of my dad and jimmy blackburn standing beside his old caledonion beaver in the weyroc factory at hexham
Great can you put it on the thread, im sure like myself Jimmy has plenty of drivers from his era would like to see the photo, in fact I would like to see him just for old times sake, a cracking pair were the the Blackburn boys, its nice to know from Bumper they are still around. I remember Jimmy driving Martins Leyland with a Servis Recorder bolted to the drivers door, Ideal place, for the driver, leave the motor running with the door open & it would show the vehicle was moving, old tricks of the trade in those good old days, Another one comes to mind Big Gordie Skinner he worked at Smilers at the time, he was naughty so they put a clock in his AEC. But Gordie had a friend who could get him bits of Dry Cardice, he wrapped around the clock somehow, it stopped the thing for days no trace of anything, it drove Bob Smiles crazy, so they changed the clock but it made no differance, good old Gordie Skinner, I wonder if he is still about, Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great can you put it on the thread, im sure like myself Jimmy has plenty of drivers from his era would like to see the photo, in fact I would like to see him just for old times sake, a cracking pair were the the Blackburn boys, its nice to know from Bumper they are still around. I remember Jimmy driving Martins Leyland with a Servis Recorder bolted to the drivers door, Ideal place, for the driver, leave the motor running with the door open & it would show the vehicle was moving, old tricks of the trade in those good old days, Another one comes to mind Big Gordie Skinner he worked at Smilers at the time, he was naughty so they put a clock in his AEC. But Gordie had a friend who could get him bits of Dry Cardice, he wrapped around the clock somehow, it stopped the thing for days no trace of anything, it drove Bob Smiles crazy, so they changed the clock but it made no differance, good old Gordie Skinner, I wonder if he is still about, Regards Larry
me and my dad often went up to prudhoe club on a sunday lunch time with jimmy and billy , they were great pals when they worked at the caly
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great can you put it on the thread, im sure like myself Jimmy has plenty of drivers from his era would like to see the photo, in fact I would like to see him just for old times sake, a cracking pair were the the Blackburn boys, its nice to know from Bumper they are still around. I remember Jimmy driving Martins Leyland with a Servis Recorder bolted to the drivers door, Ideal place, for the driver, leave the motor running with the door open & it would show the vehicle was moving, old tricks of the trade in those good old days, Another one comes to mind Big Gordie Skinner he worked at Smilers at the time, he was naughty so they put a clock in his AEC. But Gordie had a friend who could get him bits of Dry Cardice, he wrapped around the clock somehow, it stopped the thing for days no trace of anything, it drove Bob Smiles crazy, so they changed the clock but it made no differance, good old Gordie Skinner, I wonder if he is still about, Regards Larry
me and my dad often went up to prudhoe club on a sunday lunch time with jimmy and billy , they were great pals when they worked at the caly
tried to upload pics without success how do you do it
Larry, Les is still running that Sed Ack isn’t he? I was looking for him at the NTS but didn’t manage
to catch him although I know he did speak to “Greek”. regards Kev
Lawrence Dunbar:
Nigel & Les at Invergordon Waiting to load for Nissan Sunderland0
Hi Larry was this photo taken during the dock strike? They were good days for the transporter operators they were paying full load rate both ways just to get the vehicles up there; most of the loads were down to the south coast areas.
