marcus 22:
CLEANAWAY NEWCASTLE
hello marcus 22
them photos from cleanaway are at ponteland i know coz i took them, could you let me know were you got them iam a bit puzzled, i was an apprentice mechanic there between 92 /95 that j reg f12 was new the first week i started and driven by john tulip of stamfordham
cheers
paul
heres some more cleanaway photos
8LXBV8BRIAN:
RTY 17N.
Hi brian did Joe Pepper get RTY 17N after Davie Blyth??
two great guys Davie and Geordie.
Mick.
hi mother trucker
my dad also drove a dodge four wheler and on occassions a dodge artic ( remember once when i was with him he had a loaded four in line trailer on and stopped at lights in gateshead when he pulled away the trailer came off lol) he worked there late sixties to early seventies his name was reg dawson from stanley
he was friends with eddy hide last i heard eddie was still in spain he was talking to my brother in east stanley club about a year ago when he was visiting family
ps did you ever load out of wadkin bursgreen factory at fencehouses or churchills at blaydon or finneys seeds on bensham bank
beefeater:
8LXBV8BRIAN:
RTY 17N.Hi brian did Joe Pepper get RTY 17N after Davie Blyth??
two great guys Davie and Geordie.
Mick.
I think he did as far as i can remember Joe had LTY 126L and PNL 156M day cab Atkinson and the DAF demo for 6 month then got RTY 17N it was timed to when the DAF went back, and Davie went on the P&G trunk with Arthur Mallin with
the Mercedes
Des Blythe and Taffy Newman with the Seddon/Atkinson STY38S THE TRUCK THE DEVIL MADE HIMSELF this had to be the most unreliable truck to ever pass through Waugh’s gates. plus this saw the arrival of the first three tautliners into the
fleet of trailer which was all flats with a few Skelly’s for the containers at the time.
hi marcus 22
dont know if it was terry hunters old motor but i know he did continental work with whichever motor he drove at pilkys
i served my time with him at grady halls he left them and worked in the garage for pilkys before going driving
last time i was talking to terry he was driving for a firm next door to coopers of annitsford sorry cant remember the name he had been doing continental for them but is now only working in this country
Hi mickd1958 I can remember loading out of all those places they also use to do ships stores i think out blaydon way mainly chains and that sort of stuff .also can remember doing work out of newcastle brewery delivering to the pubs,your dads name does not ring any bells but it was a long time ago
i am in the middle of moving at the moment from Bulgaria to Slovenia once i get there i will sort the photo out and post it on the site
mickd1958:
hi marcus 22
dont know if it was terry hunters old motor but i know he did continental work with whichever motor he drove at pilkys
i served my time with him at grady halls he left them and worked in the garage for pilkys before going driving
last time i was talking to terry he was driving for a firm next door to coopers of annitsford sorry cant remember the name he had been doing continental for them but is now only working in this country
hello mick
chris his twin brother was the fitter at freeways, chris went down to transamerica trailer rental after freeways he also ended up driving but i dont know what chris hunter is doing now.
cheers
mark
SLATERS
SLATERS
OLD ONES THAT WERE
GIVEN TO ME OFF DEREK McCARDLE
SPARTANS TRUCK
marcus 22:
SLATERSWHERE WERE SLATERS FROM LADS ME OLD FELLA THINKS THEY WERE FROM NORTHALLERTON WAY
Hullo Mark,
Originally Scarborough, they were from PICKERING (Heaven on Earth 
), with the Quarry at Thornton Dale, the Haulage Yard was on the Malton Road at Kirbymisperton.
Cheers, Archie.
Hello archie
how you keeping, are you somewhere nice and warm, i am not due back till 1st week feb, my dad was not sure exactly were there depot was but put them on the north east thread anyway its close enough,
regards
mark
marcus 22:
Hello archiehow you keeping, are you somewhere nice and warm, i am not due back till 1st week feb, my dad was not sure exactly were there depot was but put them on the north east thread anyway its close enough,
regards
mark
Hullo Marc,
Sim muito quenta , ma muito chuva 
. How is it in Lourenco Marques ? Still lazing on deck, looking at pictures of Lorries ? or do you have to do a bit of work occasionally ? I reckon it must almost be as easy as working for Kris and Jimmy, but without any diesel fiddles. Well your Dad was nearly right eh ? If you or he come down to the Steam Fair this year, or the Truck (Lorry) Show, then you will only be a quarter of a mile from the old Depot of Slaters. As you say we just I suppose scrape into the area of the North East.
Cheers, Archie.
hello archie
you must be in sao paulo or portugal then, i meant i was still at home the boat is in dry dock getting the thrusters done so will be going back 1st week of feb, nice long holiday at home this time apart from this white stuff coming down again other day, i was with kris and jimmy at the drivers get together 27th dec, had a good day, was a bit worse for ware the next day though but it was good to see some of the lads.
cheers
mark
