harry_gill:
hiya,
Marvellous f7sidd, where do you dig them up from, you’re a valuable asset on here.
thanks harry long retired.
cheers harry ive been taking pics for years mostly tippers from when i used to go to work with my dad in the holidays, there is a company that ive never managed to get any pics of, can anyone remember GTS they ran yellow and black 6 wheeler leyland bison tippers there yard was somewhere between scotswood bridge and where the B&Q roundabout is now,if anyone has any pics id love to see them,
hiya,
f7sidd just over the Scotty bridge turn left a little way along was’nt there a largish tipper oufit was it Thompsons of Newburn or something like that.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi, can anyone remember a tipper firm called seymour’s they had a yard at murton station and a yard at trimdon there trucks were red and mainly had f7 8 wheelers and a couple of f86 6 wheelers they went bankrupt in mid 80s i used to play in the yard at murton when i was a boy in 70s after school when no one was about of course but i was in big trouble when i got home covered in grease lol
hi lads, the only outfit i can think of between scotswood bridge and B&Q Gibson ready mix, they where a cream bodies black chassis & wings, there was adamzes the toilet manufacturers had a mixed fleet, also a rubber company just before Gibson’s they ran internationals red motors, f7sidd can you remember Johnson of chopwell before it came J-S-Y, another tipper outfit was coxson based on elswick rd, bumper
night shift bri:
Great pics from Witton Castle, iirc that smart F88 belonged to an OD. Last time I saw it was round the back of Volvo at Washington looking proper sorry for itself. Has nobody got any pics or tales from Redpaths of Wooler or Bells of Ashington who were both swallowed up by the mighty “F Troop” from Blyth, or what about the James Gang from the same neck of the woods?
Some great photos there F7,thanks for posting them
I’m almost sure there was a tipper firm called The Golightly Group,they ran blue wagons including Atki Borderers.I had lift in one on an 1973 “M” plate and the driver said it was one of the first Atkis to have the 290 ■■■■■■■■ I know it “rocked on” a bit.
Hello,the north -east is the opposite side of the country from me but the company names and pics are reminding me of seeing them whenever I’ve been up that way,here are a few from my collection,I hope theyr’e all from the area or I’m gonna have a red face
LNL 465E ,Hutchinsons from Wark on Tyne…the first F86 sold in this country.
A nice line up of John Dees.
Early F86 with the later grille.
Youngs 8 wheeler,I’m sure old Harry had a spell on this firm.
R.G.Taits of Haydon Bridge,I’m sure I’ve a pic of a bonneted Volvo of theirs…somewhere.
This old 111 is miles from home,A30 near Redruth,Cornwall.
hi bubbleman,
you do you have any photos of freeway haulage tyneside, or Ron Tailford haulage prudhoe which is now known as RTH-lubbers, I worked for both of them i have quite a few photos of the Rth-international days but not many of the freeways days.
hi lads, mother trucker great photos you have on your site, who is the outfit with the leyland comet s-v-h. did eddy hide drive that andy cap guy at one time, or was it big cliffe, new some of siddles lads as they stop at the red house in them days, ( lock in at the tallyo ) happy days, bumper
hi bumper i dont know who svh were i got the photo of a friend of mine many years ago i think the photo was taken in the smoke,i can not recall them myself hopefully the photo will jog somebodys memory.the elusive eddy drove quite a few different motors so i cant remember if he drove that motor
Good pics of Taits F7 SIDD, were they owt to do with Taits the Volvo dealers? Do you remember Farmer George from that area, Haltwhistle Ithink, is he still going? Here’s a pic of a proper tipper, we Mackems used to carry all the loads you lads from the sticks couldn’t manage, big 'orible rocks from Heights, Bowes and High Force. We used to dream of hauling sub-base, gravel and coal!
hiya,
The Taits you mention are one and the same dealer/haulier remember Youngy’s having a demonstrator from them from time to time.
thanks harry long retired.
f7sidd:
hello mark did your dad do alot of work out of hepplewhites at the time with davy patterson seen here when he was an owner driver,i work for davy now and he quite often has a tale to tell about when him and tommy henderson used to work together
DAVY PATTERSON
this is the wagon i drive for davy now PATTERSON AND SONS
il ask him my dad did work out of hepplewhites a bit but hes not tommy thats his cousin he drove this fl10 it was once all the same company till it split in the 70s
Bloody hell Harry, is there anybody you havn’t worked for. I wonder if we’ve ever crossed paths, I’ve been round the block a few times myself-Roadline, Smith & Dixon, Clarks, Les Sampson, Van Hee, John Kerrs, Vaux, Alex Smiles, Fergies to name a few. Started on wagons in 1973, so maybe I’m still a new starter!!!
hi bumper had some good nights in the tallyho myself plus the old red house cafe happy memories ,and what about lawsons at londonderry can not remember the name of the pub up the road i seem to think that lawsons owned the pub aswell
