HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF G MUSGROVE (M & M HAULAGE) ANOTHER TIPPER COMPANY THAT IS NO LONGER WITH US.
B833 EBB WAS ALWAYS MY FAVOURITE FOR SOME REASON PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE LAST F7 THAT THEY HAD
GERRY MUSGROVES GRANDSON STEVEN ATKINSON NOW WORKS AS AN OWNER DRIVER ON THE TARMAC SCHEME WITH A VOLVO 8 WHEELER
This photo is out of a Peter Davies book,it’s been posted before…
As well as the Armstrong Comet there’s a Capstaff Commer and you can just see a Crow’s trailer on the park.I can’t make out who the Atki belongs to though.
Quite a few photos of moters on here Ive driven 1st job i got when i got my class 1 1974 did a couple of months for Youngs Leadgate & drove the 8 leggers & artics the one pictured could have been one of them.Went on for Collinsons Chopwell Jan 75 where I worked for twelve & a half yrs,The pic of Collinsons 88 was probably taken at Melinate Jarrow where it was used as a shunter right up to when Melinate closed. It was bought secondhand approx 76 & given to me & was the 2nd proper sleeper cab we had the 1st being one of those Romainian built MAN S driven by a lad called Bob King who went on to CRS at there peek we had about 12 moters. One of the jobs I used to do was pull tanks for Haley Bros when they were busy with the aliuminum out of Blyth to Lafarge at West Thurrock.Heres a couple of pics Iv`e posted before
Went to Armstrongs may 87where i worked 9 yr heres 2 of mine
Then went on to Gallachers for 8yr also sadly gone this sedak was the love of me life no2 of ltd edition
heres me chucking a bit rope on & a pic of Woody Allen mentioned on here earlier with his FL
Andy Mitchell stil going strong working 3 days a week out & back at Elddis me also at Elddis working out of Prudhoe nightshift
F7sidd, i remember an old tipper outfit down at the bottom of Ryton park with imaculate trucks, can u shed any light on them?
Youngtrucker22:
F7sidd, i remember an old tipper outfit down at the bottom of Ryton park with imaculate trucks, can u shed any light on them?
Roy Bisset had a 6 wheeler and a 4 wheeler volvo in Tilcon colours the last 3 6 wheelers were ex M&M haulage 2 F7S and a FL7 his yard was just above the country club on the old ryton road at the back of the park ive got loads of pics of bissets wagons il put some on later.
What about Stiller, probably the biggest transport concern never seen in the North East. It would be nice to see some Bulkhauls on here.
F7 Sidd have you got any of Alan davison & MGM Quarries from Newburn , davison used to run a bull nose mack artic on tipper work , they also had some maggie deutz 6 or 8 wheelers cant remember which , if i remember rightly both companies were part of the same group , and im sure they now trade as mgl !!!
HERE ARE SOME I HAVE FOUND OF A DAVISON MACK
MGL
AND HERES SOME OF BISSETS,IS THAT WHO YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT
1973, I worked for Smith and Dixon, Galleys Gill, Sunderland, only for a couple of months, initially driving and old, I think must have been back end of the 50’s early 60’s Seddon 4 wheeler, with the ‘TARDIS’ daubed down the radiator grille, carrying paper from Domtar paper mill at Grangetown to storage warehouse at Pallion. Subsequently passing my class 2 test after a short tution at Vardys Stoneygate, graduating to a C reg (60’s) Seddon with a Perkins engine in. Then picking up cement mixers and dumpers etc, at Liners, Gateshead, and paper at Domtar for delivery london and thereabouts, loading back from Reeds paper mill at Aylesford, Kent, for delivery every where north from Rawcliffe bridge, Goole, York and above to Sunderland. Ray Dixon, the boss, was a funny old bugger ‘Get that wagon down to the great Metrolops’, is still in my ears.
F7sid, —those Allan Davison photos are taken at the Lemington, Newcastle, site, is that correct.
oldbugger:
F7sid, —those Allan Davison photos are taken at the Lemington, Newcastle, site, is that correct.
yes that where they were taken
hi lads i am new to the site some of you worked with my dad at crows & ellis his name was les newton known as bacon neck
I was told a story about Les when at Ellis’s by someone you know well, Billy Luntley. He said Les was unhooking a D1000 and had left the red line on, the line broke away but from the coupling and went straight through the back window hitting Les on the back of the head and putting him out cold, the Tractor carried on until it met the office wall opposite, the engine kept running and the rear wheels continued to churn deep furrows in the ground before others were able to come to help. Not entirely sure how true this was but if so then it says alot for the torque the V8 ■■■■■■■ put out and the hardiness of Les, probably would have killed a lesser man and just as well he had a neck his nickname suggests, he was a well built bloke and being an ex Tyneside Scottish veteran was harder than hammers, as their motto goes! Franky.
young trucker:
F7 Sidd have you got any of Alan davison & MGM Quarries from Newburn , davison used to run a bull nose mack artic on tipper work , they also had some maggie deutz 6 or 8 wheelers cant remember which , if i remember rightly both companies were part of the same group , and im sure they now trade as mgl !!!
Didn’t Davison do some time a few years back, something to do with fiddling weighbridge tickets on a council job?
George, I worked with your dad in the seventies and eighties at Waughs.
I remember well you travelling with him in the school holidays. the tale
of his nickname is true but another claim to fame of Les was the fact that
he bundled up the sheets rather than fold them (to stop anyone stealing them)
then he would fasten them down with a plank that he then nailed down!!!
He really was a character your dad,its a pity the industry doesnt have more
individuals like him now,the job would probably be a lot more interesting.
Best wishes “son of bacon neck” from Kevmac47.
PS to frankidobo, If you speak to Billy "ringspanner"Lunty give him my regards.
My father used to drive for Whites in Meadowfield in the 60’s and 70’s. he drove the one and only F86 on a J plate, got a couple of pictures of an aec mandater and atki parked in there yard in the snow, havent got a scanner so cant post them. I remember my dad sending me down to the yard to pick up his overnight case on weekends, he always new i had started the lorry up and pulled it forward a bit then reversed back, (but not to where it was).
hi lads, if anyone is interested there is a Charity do been orginized by Ian Blacks mrs at the Archer st club howden last weekend in october, all drivers are welcome, so if you fancy a pint and natter with some of your old work mate, see you there, 
bumper
Heres somemore old names that are no longer with us
JOHN HOGG Prudhoe
J R HENDERSON Newburn
BOWMANS Hexham
JOHN SCOTT Blaydon
When I worked at Alex Smiles Bowmans little tippers used to come in to use the weighbridge after loading used hops out of Vaux Breweries. The night man used to wangle the scales to save them going back to the brewery to top up, no self weighers then. Was that Bowman any relation to the Bowman from Shildon that runs that old lorry museum?
night shift bri:
When I worked at Alex Smiles Bowmans little tippers used to come in to use the weighbridge after loading used hops out of Vaux Breweries. The night man used to wangle the scales to save them going back to the brewery to top up, no self weighers then. Was that Bowman any relation to the Bowman from Shildon that runs that old lorry museum?
Not sure about that,but when Bowmans packed in Tulips bought a 4 wheeler seddon from them,the driver came with the wagon and tulips started doing the brewers grains out of Vaux and we used to use smiles weighbridge too, and now you come to mention it i cant recall ever going back to top up 