HIi lads. SAM i think it would be Andy Mitchell he worked for s-c-cook then elddis, Joe devie was another siddle’s lad that went to elddis, Joe is still at it full time, but Andy only works a couple of days local, there was a few haulage outfits from ponteland area, harry there is still some of Mcphee drivers admittedly they were the younger drivers, trevor turnbull george foster, john patterson, chris can you rember when they found that body in the storage tank at vela liquids, 
bumper
ponteland haulage
moffits
foster bros
Joe Armstrong
Matty armstrong
also; Scott’s wide open
Alfred bell
lowdens wide open
Campbell-smith, meat haulers
golden petroleum, dunston
I used to see Mcphee’s lorries pulling out of their depot in Wolverhampton at Horsley fields, as a young lad Newcastle was the end of the earth to me 
hiya,
Yes Bumper remember the body in the tank it was a long time later when they lifted a coloured guy and charged him with murder, saw one of Hoult’s this morning when going into Newcastle thought they was gone doing my regular visit to the RVI use the bus it’s easier than finding somewhere to park and the bus pass makes it for nothing.
thanks harry long retired.
Theres been quite a lot of mention of Siddle Cook, heres some pictures courtesy of Gary Pratt and his vast collection
Firstly, I’m not sure but I think this is Siddle himself on the right
And the name lives on thanks to Elddis:
Bit of a different colour these days:
Now some others from round about:
gallachers
Glendinnings
JR adams
Beamish Transport
Wrights
GE Armstrong
RH Scotts
Eric Short
EN Ritchies
The Volvo in the pic above is possibly this one, all I know is RB Boltons used to own it
And finally TTX
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes Bumper remember the body in the tank it was a long time later when they lifted a coloured guy and charged him with murder, saw one of Hoult’s this morning when going into Newcastle thought they was gone doing my regular visit to the RVI use the bus it’s easier than finding somewhere to park and the bus pass makes it for nothing.
thanks harry long retired.
Hiya Bumper and Harry. I’d come off tankers then and never knew anything about it until somebody on here told me. Apart from bodies in tanks Velva was a good place to load,especially their S.Shields site and there were some good digs and a good boozer close by.Bit draughty loading in winter though Harry we were on about Youngs from Leadgate and there is a photo of an F86 and drawbar in Classic Commercials,I remember seeing it quite regularly.It was classed as a Young Mk1 by the Ministry because Youngs had cut the chassis behind the second axle,making it a 4-legger from a six. Unless I’ve missed it on here who was the haulier from Medomsley?
hiya,
Drove the sleeper cabbed F88 DPT 472 but it was painted blue when i had it it spent more time over the pit than on the road, notice the top of the screen wipers air operated and they used to fall in bits when travelling you had to carry a baccy tin full of cotter pins and split pins just to keep on working i think the farthest i ever got with that old girl without needing asststance was Doncaster BRS depot but it was still a nice motor to drive.
thanks harry long retired.
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes Bumper remember the body in the tank it was a long time later when they lifted a coloured guy and charged him with murder, saw one of Hoult’s this morning when going into Newcastle thought they was gone doing my regular visit to the RVI use the bus it’s easier than finding somewhere to park and the bus pass makes it for nothing.
thanks harry long retired.Hiya Bumper and Harry. I’d come off tankers then and never knew anything about it until somebody on here told me. Apart from bodies in tanks Velva was a good place to load,especially their S.Shields site and there were some good digs and a good boozer close by.Bit draughty loading in winter though
hiya,
Chris seem to remember I took the motor in question to Ravenscraig on night trunk just the once, it was a bit underpowered i thought but ok to drive, going to get some flack now from all the bubble lovers i rated the F86 alongside the Scania 80 rubbish,sorry Bubbs.the only firm i can remember from Medomsley was a tanker outfit got taken over by Pandoro but for the life in me can’t remember the original name.
thanks harry long retired.
hi lads, thanks consettbell posting for them great photos, who is the guy with a young Russell tomlinson, recognize the face but can’t but a name to it, 
bumper
Bumper it was Andy Mitchell he will be past retiring age now though as I first met him when he was a mate as they did a fair few loads out of Cravens in Sheffield plastic moulding machines with the super hippo and semi low loader and we did one or two jobs at the same time and later when I was Sykes tankers he was on Elddis and we had a few nights out only pop honest ! but it is a long time now since I saw him if you see give him my regards he will have known me as young-jock as my dad was big jock so I was known as young un in them days.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Drove the sleeper cabbed F88 DPT 472 but it was painted blue when i had it it spent more time over the pit than on the road, notice the top of the screen wipers air operated and they used to fall in bits when travelling you had to carry a baccy tin full of cotter pins and split pins just to keep on working i think the farthest i ever got with that old girl without needing asststance was Doncaster BRS depot but it was still a nice motor to drive.
thanks harry long retired.
I also drove it when it was painted blue a couple of night shifts from "robin hoods well " Skellow on the A1 down to around Stamford came out in a firms car and the Birtley lads went to digs in donny and caught up next morning.
I can recall the body in the tank was it South Shields a woman if I remember rightly would it have been late 70s must be the angel juice working to remember all this
cheers Johnnie
HI ALL
SOME GREAT PHOTOS I REMEMBER RUSSEL TOMLINSON HE MUST BE THE SAME AGE AS ME HE WORKED FOR THEM WHEN I WAS THERE ,ANYBODY REMEMBER EDDY HIDE HE WAS A DRIVER FOR SIDDLE C
harry_gill:
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yes Bumper remember the body in the tank it was a long time later when they lifted a coloured guy and charged him with murder, saw one of Hoult’s this morning when going into Newcastle thought they was gone doing my regular visit to the RVI use the bus it’s easier than finding somewhere to park and the bus pass makes it for nothing.
thanks harry long retired.Hiya Bumper and Harry. I’d come off tankers then and never knew anything about it until somebody on here told me. Apart from bodies in tanks Velva was a good place to load,especially their S.Shields site and there were some good digs and a good boozer close by.Bit draughty loading in winter though
hiya,
Chris seem to remember I took the motor in question to Ravenscraig on night trunk just the once, it was a bit underpowered i thought but ok to drive, going to get some flack now from all the bubble lovers i rated the F86 alongside the Scania 80 rubbish,sorry Bubbs.the only firm i can remember from Medomsley was a tanker outfit got taken over by Pandoro but for the life in me can’t remember the original name.
thanks harry long retired.
are you thinking about haley bros from hamstley mill with yellow and black volvo f7s and daf 2500s
hi can anyone remember this f86 my father drove for alan gillander from winlaton he had a couple of 6 wheelers before this painted the same working out of arc houghton le spring,the 8 wheeler did mainly coal.
Collinsons of Chopwell f88
CRS (Prudhoe) f10
marcy:
mine and andrewV8s great grandad started sometime pre 1920s with a horse n cart in crook county durham in the 60s we had 14 trucks a funeral and taxi buisnes with 3 yards when our grandad and his brother was running it the trucks were mostly coal that was the norm around here and the trucks went plain clothed in the miners strike of the 80s then with the end of coal we went into flatbed haulage ending in 1996 with my old 7.5t MAN
Here’s a one of yours i found mark
f7sidd:
hiya,
f7sidd, Thats the firm I was thinking about, am i right they did become part of of Pandoro, did’nt they??.
thanks harry long retired.
HERES A FEW OF SIMPSON BROS
harry_gill:
f7sidd:
hiya,
f7sidd, Thats the firm I was thinking about, am i right they did become part of of Pandoro, did’nt they??.
thanks harry long retired.
HI HARRY JUST FOUND ANOTHER ONE IN PANDORO COLOURS YES YOUR RIGHT THANKS BRIAN