what a load of tosh that ad is bloody uncomfortable things I thought
ERF64cu1:
markyriddle:
Hi, im looking for pictures of a old F88, it was my grandads truck, ( Bryce Rennison, cb handle Golden Arrow) he drove for alot of north east companies, telfers from scots gap, j.d.crawford from haltwhistle and dungaits to name afew. the truck im looking for was a gold F88 wagon and drag with donald ireland ltd on the side, used to lead alot of turf. the company was my great grandads. if anybody has any photos of it they would be gratefully appreciated.Many thanks, Mark
Mark,
Sure my dad has a photo of the Volvo in the lorry driver of the year,which use to be held on the Team Valley years ago. Will try and dig the photo out.Iain
thanks very much iain, greatly appreciated
DMC FREIGHT
worked for derek mcardle doing the abbeywell water from morpeth.
this was my new M.A.N 403 in 1996 just before i left to go work for Ron Tailford at RTH-international.
SOME MORE FREEWAY
A13O NBH, this was a demonstrator bought from scania newcastle which my dad drove they never painted it for a couple of years they just left it as it was. My younger brother washing the michelin man
KRISTIANSEN AND JARVIS,
I Started for kris and jimmy 1989-90 doing frans maas work out of birtley, got the stratocruiser to drive cracking motor in its day,
cheers
mark
RTH
ME
MALCOLM BLACK
MALCOLM SHARMAN
loaded out of italy for a dive ship in portland bill weymouth
bumper:
hi Marcus, here is one of your dads old mates motor, john is still at sonsub, in Baltic at moment,freezing his nuts off
hello bumper,
looks like johnny rodhams motor down at bridons
hi Marcus, your spot on, johnny gave me a few photos to use in a calendar that i did for him couple of years back, great photos of your dad he never changed much over the years, believe Brian is now back at jaky’s and alan just dose part time, you posted a photo of a model scania, here is the real thing
hello bumper
the model was one i drove , i worked for MTL for a while doing the heavy stuff i was based down in RTH,s yard it was a real good job, but i missed my time off, so went back offshore. V8 MTL was driven by a lad called brian gilbert who is in the photo. he has sold all the scanias now apart from the old 143 he bought 680 M.A.N,s but he has just sold most of the fleet to mckintosh plant in aberdeen. brian back at jaky,s and alan still at freeway
cheers
mark
hiya,
Anybody got any pics or memories of McPhees spent some time sitting behind those old eight leggers.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Anybody got any pics or memories of McPhees spent some time sitting behind those old eight leggers.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry,I backloaded off them back in 1968 out of Anglo Great Lakes on Scotswood Road for Tinsley Park,nice load of electrodes to get me home.Our gaffer played hell when I rang in “we’ll not get paid,they are a shower of robbing this and that,what a waste of time” and on and on and on.Anyroad we did get paid but McPhee was a no go area after that.
Bumper knows about them and I’ve seen some pics somewhere.They did some long trunks IIRC - Newcastle-Wolves and back when they had the Scanias.
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Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Anybody got any pics or memories of McPhees spent some time sitting behind those old eight leggers.
thanks harry long retired.Harry,I backloaded off them back in 1968 out of Anglo Great Lakes on Scotswood Road for Tinsley Park,nice load of electrodes to get me home.Our gaffer played hell when I rang in “we’ll not get paid,they are a shower of robbing this and that,what a waste of time” and on and on and on.Anyroad we did get paid but McPhee was a no go area after that.
Bumper knows about them and I’ve seen some pics somewhere.They did some long trunks IIRC - Newcastle-Wolves and back when they had the Scanias.
If McPhee had a load out of AGL I would go to Gordon at Watsons trp, further along the quayside and get it through him. McPees manager rang my manager to complain about what I did, manager told them they trusted me to do right by them.
hiya,
Do a lot of running up and down the Chester le Street to Stanley road it used to be alive with Gallaghers motors have’nt seen any for a while now, have they chucked it, or am i not getting out enough.
thanks harry long retired.
hi harry. tal/gallacher are finished, the freeway and van hee part have started up again, freeway at washington, van hee back at felling,spoke to your mate George Walton last week, an old mcphee’s shunter brian duran from wolverhampton depot was was making inquiries if any of the night shift trunker where still kicking about, here is 2 of gallachers loading at dunston just before they finished , bumper
bumper:
hi harry. tal/gallacher are finished, the freeway and van hee part have started up again, freeway at washington, van hee back at felling,spoke to your mate George Walton last week, an old mcphee’s shunter brian duran from wolverhampton depot was was making inquiries if any of the night shift trunker where still kicking about, here is 2 of gallachers loading at dunston just before they finished , bumper
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hiya,
Thanks for that Bumper was talikng to George a few weeks ago and he said that he thought they was finished, but at that time he was’nt sure, was they in some sort of takeover or something, a few local firms were involved all taken over then the doors closed is what he thought at that time, what a shame there would have been quite a few drivers involved and in this part of the world it’s something we can do without at this moment in time, i’m just pleased i’m well out of it the pension isn’t much but i get by and don’t have to trail round the doors looking for a job and pay silly money to keep the HGV licence up to date, not a good time.
thanks harry long retired.
Bumper,its time you reminded all of us senile Tr-uckers about the time and venue of the next get together.
PS.Do you think Harry Long Retired’s electric bath chair could make it cos i’m sure lots of us would like to meet
or be re-aquainted with him.
hi kevin
think the next bash is at newcastle labour club on the 27th i was talking to jimmy hill couple of weeks ago, i am trying to get me old man to go but he still cant find his wallet, you know what stan is like, he was asking what you are doing now
cheers
mark