kevmac47:
Hello truckers boy, you will have a few of us old gits wondering who your dad is come on own up!!! Last I heard of Ritchie Wright he was still running one vehicle but that was about a year ago. I know he is a year or two older than me so he may have retired now. Hope that helps regards kevmac47. PS. 80 weeks to go!!!
My dad is Ian Warwick (spot the last name )
My granda is James richard Lambton - was known as Dicky lambton also worked for gallagher’s, applegarths, trailerco, gurteens & a hell of alot more.
kevmac47:
Hello truckers boy, you will have a few of us old gits wondering who your dad is come on own up!!! Last I heard of Ritchie Wright he was still running one vehicle but that was about a year ago. I know he is a year or two older than me so he may have retired now. Hope that helps regards kevmac47. PS. 80 weeks to go!!!
hiya,
Retirement do in the Labour club Kev??,
thanks harry long retired.
Here’s another Reeve one i’ve found and some George Taylor and Edwin Taylor ones for you truckers boy
and a question for 8LXBV8BRIAN how many tippers did Waughs run
and one of Moody’s
f7sidd:
Here’s another Reeve one i’ve found and some George Taylor and Edwin Taylor ones for you truckers boy
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2 of those D reg f10’s were on the go when my dad started at reeves, 1 was still doing very good miles per week up & down the country the other was on locals mainly running dust from mootlaw quarry to tarmac topblock in durham.
george taylors foden was driven by a guy called doug
im 90% sure the guy driving that edwin taylor R series was a guy called don im not sure if he drove the 113 but i no edwin taylor’s now have a R series topline
f7sidd:
Here’s another Reeve one i’ve found and some George Taylor and Edwin Taylor ones for you truckers boy
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2 of those D reg f10’s were on the go when my dad started at reeves, 1 was still doing very good miles per week up & down the country the other was on locals mainly running dust from mootlaw quarry to tarmac topblock in durham.
george taylors foden was driven by a guy called doug
im 90% sure the guy driving that edwin taylor R series was a guy called don im not sure if he drove the 113 but i no edwin taylor’s now have a R series topline
I think you will find that the Edwin Taylors vehicle is driven by Don Buchanan from Corbridge he has been there for years
Heres a few pics of my pride and joy at Fergys it was like driving an armchair. The Rocket was loaded at Beamish and the other train at West Auckland museum, both had to be winched on by hand and no I didnt deliver the originals
…Dave
Here’s some for fatbloke76 from when i was at simpsons when the fleet was kept in immaculate condition
Feet on the dash was almost a sackable offence in those days paul
I alays prefered the old colours
This little day cab was bought second hand like most at the time and was worked day and night
E75OMG came to a sorry end when Micky Fisher turned it over at Branchend Stocksfield on his way to Prudhoe with paper
F403LNL was bought new and was the pride of the fleet and the most powerfull at 360BHP.Little Mickey Tudor from Leeds drove it in its later days
Some more FLs that were bought second hand but turned out like new and worked day and night
H540CCU came from TEAMHAWK and was driven by Gary Banks. Below that are 2 sorry looking scanias
I think this was L65XBB not sure who was driving but it was blowen over between Leadgate and Lanchester on nightshift
Im sure the one next to it was N98PJR driven by Trevor Young which had also been blown over on the A69 at Corbridge earlier that same day
L183VTN came new. Peter Simpson took it to Italy with a wide load its seen here at Peters house before the trip
Ok do any of you old Simpson drivers know a Martin Hutchinson now drives for Elldis was there a long time as I knew him when he first started there in about 86/87 ish
Here’s a few pics of my pride and joy at Fergys it was like driving an armchair. The Rocket was loaded at Beamish and the other train at West Auckland museum, both had to be winched on by hand and no I didn`t deliver the originals
Ah great pics of the old MAN Dave, G105 TNL, I have a couple of photo’s I’ll dig out for you and post. I remember I done a similar job for Bowes Railway Museum, I was there all day drinking tea and chatting with the old railway lads. Fergies seemed to do a lot of those jobs and all for charity. You were right about those MAN’s though, I drove yours, Bob’s and Albert’s when you took your holiday’s, then I had to go back onto my old Merc, still she was a tryer. Remember what a sod that old low loader could be sometimes! Cheers Franky.
Heard an old name today when chatting at work, Outred and Harrison, don’t know if anyone has mentioned them or driven for them.
animal:
Ok do any of you old Simpson drivers know a Martin Hutchinson now drives for Elldis was there a long time as I knew him when he first started there in about 86/87 ish
Have met Mickey Fisher with his son
Martin Hutchison drove this drawbar while i was there then he went onto the artics
Mickey Fisher had also turned this wagon over with a full load of steel on
Here’s a few pics of my pride and joy at Fergys it was like driving an armchair. The Rocket was loaded at Beamish and the other train at West Auckland museum, both had to be winched on by hand and no I didn`t deliver the originals
Ah great pics of the old MAN Dave, G105 TNL, I have a couple of photo’s I’ll dig out for you and post. I remember I done a similar job for Bowes Railway Museum, I was there all day drinking tea and chatting with the old railway lads. Fergies seemed to do a lot of those jobs and all for charity. You were right about those MAN’s though, I drove yours, Bob’s and Albert’s when you took your holiday’s, then I had to go back onto my old Merc, still she was a tryer. Remember what a sod that old low loader could be sometimes! Cheers Franky…
Hi Franky …yes that tr could be a beast at times. The engine was very temperamental and a hammer had to be kept handy for the hydraulic pins. Had many a day at Bowes and your right all done for free, no matter how long the job took. Often wondered if Bob got free trips for him and family. That unit was brill, its backend lowered that far I could pick up trs dropped on their knees with ease…Dave
There’s a model of that MAN outfit in the “naughty boys room” at Fergy’s which Albert Kelly told me was made by some one at the Bowes Railway as a thank you for services rendered. I couldn’t see love jobs like that being done now. When I was there they would lend you a pick up or a van sometimes even a 4 wheeler, but all that’s stopped now.
f7sid have you any info or pics of Geordie Bamborough’s from Chester le Street used to run tippers. I believe they ended up running out of Portobello Ind. Est. but used to be based under the viaduct at Cheater years ago. I had a cousin called Raymond Hodgson worked as a fitter for them, believe he commited suicide, or so I was told.
Iain here is a picture of TC’s old Merc when at Albany, by coincidence I worked at a small place on Portobello and they had a Red 1418 I drove, I called into Vanhee’s one day when near by and saw Tommy and he said it was the very same wagon, he was as surprised as I was. As you can see he has the kids in the cab, I got this from Bumper.
Dave, here’s the model I built of your MAN, it isn’t the one mentioned above, I built the old King trailer too just haven’t got a pic handy to put on, never got around to doing the Crane for a load but will one day, I plan to refurb it a little, signwriting etc as its a bit long in the tooth now, still sitting on my shelf but gathering dust.
The last pic is of the NEWER lowloader in Rolls Royce with that bloody awful FL7.
Cheers Franky.
animal:
Ok do any of you old Simpson drivers know a Martin Hutchinson now drives for Elldis was there a long time as I knew him when he first started there in about 86/87 ish
Have met Mickey Fisher with his son
Martin Hutchison drove this drawbar while i was there then he went onto the artics
Mickey Fisher had also turned this wagon over with a full load of steel on
Yep remember him driving that & then the artics & can tell some stories about him which are true as do sometimes speak to both of his kids & he was shacked up with my ex dragon
night shift bri:
f7sid have you any info or pics of Geordie Bamborough’s from Chester le Street used to run tippers. I believe they ended up running out of Portobello Ind. Est. but used to be based under the viaduct at Cheater years ago. I had a cousin called Raymond Hodgson worked as a fitter for them, believe he commited suicide, or so I was told.
ive found this one, dont know where i got it from and i cant remember them to be homest, must of been before my time, when did they pack in. do you or anyone else remember another small tipper firm from chester le street whalton a father and two sons running out of arc houghton le spring in the early 80s the father was called harry i think and he had a 4 wheeler daf and the sons had 6 wheeler hinos new at the time, they were painted green
started at simpsons in 85 at stocksfield cannot remember martin ! great job at the time a real family firm with peters dad george still pottering about everybody helped each other not like these days where everyones in a rush and aint got a minute !
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