Hiya - is that you Bob? My grandad worked for Geordie & Les, first of all driving 4 wheel Albions and finished off driving a day cab Seddon Atkinson with a ■■■■■■■ in it which was later used as the shunter when I worked there in the garage. He lived at Barley Mow - 3 doors down from the club, 50 Bedford Avenue. 
crackin model i think john stevenson or darren pickering drove that i remember johns f88 high speed gypsy he now works for darren beamish transport
marcus 22:
no probs dazcapritell allen to start cleaning that old volvo of his, heres a big load for him : beats them little bobcats he runs about with
mark
you can tell him yourself now mark that’s him posting as wingnut
Wingnut:
crackin model i think john stevenson or darren pickering drove that i remember johns f88 high speed gypsy he now works for darren beamish transport
Yeah John at Beamish with his Daf XF super space cab along with Winston and Donk.Phil Turner now at Coop with me.
Hiya Mark. I’s Allen. Just found out about this site and am amazed at how many old photos you’ve got. Often see your dad, don’t know if he’s got a CB in though and is that your Graham who’s working for Brian Wragg now? Are you still suntanned or are you still bathing in gravy granules? Take care and tell your dad and Graham I’m asking after them. Also, Stevie Fairbairn is at Johnson’s now and is asking after everybody.
animal:
Was talking to Alan Murray his dad worked for CWS & drove LTN 265 this was then sold to H Payne ( he does have a pic of it from then but would like a pic from CWS if anybody has any it is a Leyland octopus split windscreen as I understand it was in Truck & Driver about 20 yr backThink his dad would also like one ( he has just turned 84 ) although he has limited internet access ( work only ) Alan work’s at Remploy Benton Rd industrial est
Like most at the time he didnt think to carry a camera but does have a lot of stories to tell will try to get some next time I get in there to load
I think the 8 wheeler octopus you are refering to was originally bourght by Barry Brash who had the Salt Box cafe at Uttoxetter & its stable mate went to Crows of Gateshead & Another one went to Brownlees Transport Condercum Rd. Benwell ?
marcus 22:
Few more of Granville bells lorrys
Hi Marcus 22,
I remember Granvilles Scania 141, it was supplied by Union Trucks, and Painted and lettered at Stanley IIRC 1981.
Granville Bells’ 141 truck colour scheme, which was loosely copied to that of a 1982 Scania 142 Unit that was
owner driven from a guy from Bedale North Yorks. The name “Dalesman” was always painted on the front of his trucks.
I don’t know the guys name but he used to pull fridges down into France. His 142 was written off in a bad accident. (Hit a bridge support column in France). Probably somebody on this forum will remember his name.
Cheers
Phil.
Spot on model of that Daf gazzad the ■■■■■ we had to carry you`r missing a few timbers though & your pull through hook 
Funny you mentioning John Stevenson wingnut was just wondering tonight as I was comming over the 69 what he was doing now
lawrence, it was a 8 leg atki that brownlees had it was double shifted Phil brownlee and dickie Rutherford were the drivers they sold it to billy myatt transport of cudworth yorkshire, it was replaced with dodge tractor units as they changed over to artic’s, the old brownlees garage is a jehovah’s church now.um wonder if they filled the pit in bumper
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bumper:
lawrence, it was a 8 leg atki that brownlees had it was double shifted Phil brownlee and dickie Rutherford were the drivers they sold it to billy myatt transport of cudworth yorkshire, it was replaced with dodge tractor units as they changed over to artic’s, the old brownlees garage is a jehovah’s church now.um wonder if they filled the pit in
what happened to the Volvo F88 you drove on the Anderson Boyse Mining Machinery job Lowfell & Motherwell lots of drops I believe for the Derbyshire pits ■■?
Has anyone out there have any photos of F.SHORT & SONS long before SAM ANDERSON took them over I worked there for 4 yrs. & both my sons served their time in the fitting shop under Bob Bell & Foxy I would like to have a chat with Ken Short he was a good gaffer anyone know if he is still about cheers Larry Dunbar
Bumper I remember the 8w atki plus the 6 w albion & the 4w dodge Iwas sure they had a ex coop 8w, but I will ask Ralph Cr ow the next time I speak to him I can also remember the 4w tipper Thorneycrofts they had when they loaded coal at Seaton Burn Coal Co along with A.S.Horn & S.Brooks
marcus 22:
Few more of Granville bells lorrys
hello Mark, is this the same truck in a spot of bother.
sorry for the poor quality of the pics.
greek:
Spot on model of that Daf gazzad the [zb] we had to carry you`r missing a few timbers though & your pull through hook
Funny you mentioning John Stevenson wingnut was just wondering tonight as I was comming over the 69 what he was doing now
Well Kenny trust you to spot that one of the 1st times i havent put pull through hook on and you spot it.Only put a few small timbers on.John still working hard away most Sundays nowt changes
Wingnut:
Hiya Mark. I’s Allen. Just found out about this site and am amazed at how many old photos you’ve got. Often see your dad, don’t know if he’s got a CB in though and is that your Graham who’s working for Brian Wragg now? Are you still suntanned or are you still bathing in gravy granules?
hello allen
dad does not bother with the CB anymore our graeme went to brian wraggs but was not their very long he is back at freeways now, i am back at RTH-LUBBERS now been working offshore for the last six and a half year apart from the year i spent with MTL- heavy haulage aberdeen with the black and red scanias, i got paid off in february from the offshore, and went back to RTH, good to see you on here did,nt know if you would guess who it was, P.S clean that old volvo man it was looking dirty last week,
do you ever see malcolm charles :i was looking for some old photos of my 142 when i was on the abbeywell job with derek mcardle. if he has any
regards
mark
f7sidd
he kept that one quiet brian it was a shame about that centurion though when it ended up in the field
regards
mark
allen
here is one of graeme you can wind him up with, my dad got this in 1985 this is graeme washing the truck when he was about 13-14 yr old, it was left in scanias colours for a couple of year before freeways painted it.
mark
