Anyone remember Brian Olds?
Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Aye , I was speaking to him a couple of weeks ago, he getting on ok apart from the run of the mill aches & pains, like us oldies get, I was telling him about this thread, & he said he would have go, but nothing yet. Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Does any of you old timmers remember Jackie Snee Transport, his Depot was the Close Oppositte the Cooperage, he had a few wagons ran London mostley,He used to load cement from the Tunnel Cement Works for Dove & Co Ltd who were next door to his yard on the Close. One of his old drivers Jimmy The Brick, worked for Fergys until he retired any comments about the old days lads. Regards Larry
I remember Snee,s used to be in anne street gateshead when i was a bairn they moved out and crows moved in iremember the old man at snee,s had an old pickup with heavy steel spoked wheels dont no what make.Iremember crows fitters building a big platform over the cab of a thames trader to carry more plastic cups for mono containers i think this was before he moved down to the bottom of the high street
We had a drivers reunion a few months back and Brian turned up with his sons, even bought us all a pint!!
If that pic of Curries steamer with the ships propeller on is not Tynside it quite pos be Wolsingham Lawrence, we used to load them out of there when I was on for Gallachers
I take it you mean the Forge at Wolsingham, Perhaps your right, its a pity because some of tho photos I have, have writing on the back, but not this one, Regards Larry.
bowserman:
Anyone remember Brian Olds?Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Are these pics from when they did Challange Anneka in Binchester? I remember seeing Brian Olds wagons when I used to go with my dad parked up in the truckstop at Birtley.Didnt they have a 6 wheeler FL6■■
I take it you mean the Forge at Wolsingham.
That’s not Wolsingham.
Well the photo location remains a mystery, but I await more info, thank you every one , Regards Larry
bowserman:
Anyone remember Brian Olds?Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Now then bowserman , Colin Wilson drove my mixer for me on holiday relief in the early 90s. He was a cracking driver
very reliable. I remember when he was offered the job at the “Tunnel” he was also toying with the idea of becoming
an owner driver on the mixers. I think I did my bit in helping make up his mind.
I haven’t seen him at the tunnel for a few years now but I did hear he had been promoted.
Regards kevmac47.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Back to Eagle Transport, I remember being in London one day when Skipper Bisset came onto the hill, he had come through the B/W,Tunnel & his windscreen popped, ,He allways cabed it summer or winter, he was pretty tall so he would be a bit cramped in the LAD type cab, so he booked a bed at Tonys in Mansell Street, just up from the hill, Albert Greenwood & lots more Newcastle drivers took the p all night, they even laughed & told him he would get bed sores, But he he took it in good fun, Im hoping he is still about, because he might have photos which I hope he has , but get him on here & he will have us going for sure, great lad was Charlie Skipper Bisset, he had a boat at Ryton, hence the nickname Skipper, Regards Larry
Lawrence, Skipper Bisset was my much older cousin. His real name was John Bisset but for some reason called himself Charlie Bisset. My farther was Charlie Bisset from Ryton & ran tippers from 1930s - 1970s. He told me that John (Skipper) had been a bit of a lad in his time & got into allsorts of trouble. Saddly John passed away about 8 years ago . Also my dad was a great drinking pal with Albert Greenwood & ■■■■ Pulkinhorn at the Jolly Fellows Ryton .Cheers Roy.
kevmac47:
bowserman:
Anyone remember Brian Olds?Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Now then bowserman , Colin Wilson drove my mixer for me on holiday relief in the early 90s. He was a cracking driver
very reliable. I remember when he was offered the job at the “Tunnel” he was also toying with the idea of becoming
an owner driver on the mixers. I think I did my bit in helping make up his mind.
I haven’t seen him at the tunnel for a few years now but I did hear he had been promoted.
Regards kevmac47.
Yes he is still there and is a supervisor now, but you still see him knocking about. I will send him a message on Facebook and tell him to look on here…
Chris
ROYBO:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Back to Eagle Transport, I remember being in London one day when Skipper Bisset came onto the hill, he had come through the B/W,Tunnel & his windscreen popped, ,He allways cabed it Tsummer or winter, he was pretty tall so he would be a bit cramped in the LAD type cab, so he booked a bed at Tonys in Mansell Street, just up from the hill, Albert Greenwood & lots more Newcastle drivers took the p all night, they even laughed & told him he would get bed sores, But he he took it in good fun, Im hoping he is still about, because he might have photos which I hope he has , but get him on here & he will have us going for sure, great lad was Charlie Skipper Bisset, he had a boat at Ryton, hence the nickname Skipper, Regards LarryLawrence, Skipper Bisset was my much older cousin. His real name was John Bisset but for some reason called himself Charlie Bisset. My farther was Charlie Bisset from Ryton & ran tippers from 1930s - 1970s. He told me that John (Skipper) had been a bit of a lad in his time & got into allsorts of trouble. Saddly John passed away about 8 years ago . Also my dad was a great drinking pal with Albert Greenwood & ■■■■ Pulkinhorn at the Jolly Fellows Ryton .Cheers Roy.
Thank you for the info R0YBO, Skipper was a good freind of mines in the old days,when your old man said he was a handfull, he was right, he was a real handfull, he backed down to nobody, Im sorry to hear he has passed away,Im sure a lot of drivers remember him, Regards Larry.
Here’s an old Tulip tipper en route to Lagos, pictured at Tilbury Docks last year.
Hello Kev how you doing these days.? yes i am still at the tunnel but big changes there as you probably can see. I think i made the right decision all them years ago about leaving the driving but to be honest I do miss it. Still keep my hand in on the mixers though, I was driving for NE Concrete on my days off last year for a while but got sick of getting wet ha ha. Hope you are well and I can now follow you on this site. All the best, Colin
kevmac47:
bowserman:
Anyone remember Brian Olds?Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Now then bowserman , Colin Wilson drove my mixer for me on holiday relief in the early 90s. He was a cracking driver
very reliable. I remember when he was offered the job at the “Tunnel” he was also toying with the idea of becoming
an owner driver on the mixers. I think I did my bit in helping make up his mind.
I haven’t seen him at the tunnel for a few years now but I did hear he had been promoted.
Regards kevmac47.
andrewv8:
bowserman:
Anyone remember Brian Olds?Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Are these pics from when they did Challange Anneka in Binchester? I remember seeing Brian Olds wagons when I used to go with my dad parked up in the truckstop at Birtley.Didnt they have a 6 wheeler FL6■■
Cant remember the name of the village but it was in Durham. Annekas challenge was to resurface a road through the village in 24 hours and we delivered ■■■■■■■■■ road surfacing equipment to the job. The photos were taken at 5am on a summers morning. Never seen Anneka though she was in some posh hotel in Darlington.It also took more than 24 hours, I think it took a week to finish the job but its all for television…
I wonder why Stobarts have never bothered opening a depot in Newcastle.
Maybe because it is within an hour or thereabouts from Carlisle , & really why does it matter . As others have said please , if nothing of interest or relevant to sensible posts , please keep off , I am only a recent member , but already your posts are most boring . repetitive & irrelevant.
EDDIE STOBART FAN:
I wonder why Stobarts have never bothered opening a depot in Newcastle.
How do you know they havnt tried.?
toonheed:
Hello Kev how you doing these days.? yes i am still at the tunnel but big changes there as you probably can see. I think i made the right decision all them years ago about leaving the driving but to be honest I do miss it. Still keep my hand in on the mixers though, I was driving for NE Concrete on my days off last year for a while but got sick of getting wet ha ha. Hope you are well and I can now follow you on this site. All the best, Colinkevmac47:
bowserman:
Anyone remember Brian Olds?Worked for him in the 80s, first truck was a four wheeler Clydesdale then I got a six wheeler Bison. Also used to drive the low loaders as well for holiday cover.
cant find my photos at the moment but here are a couple courtesy of Colin Wilson who works at the Tyne Tunnel now.
Hello Colin, it’s great to hear from you after all these years.
I always looked out for you when going through the inspection lane but as you say things are really
changing down there. Keep in touch. PS 263 days to go to retirement
Sorry all dont know how Iv’e mixed this text up must be the drink.
Now then bowserman , Colin Wilson drove my mixer for me on holiday relief in the early 90s. He was a cracking driver
very reliable. I remember when he was offered the job at the “Tunnel” he was also toying with the idea of becoming
an owner driver on the mixers. I think I did my bit in helping make up his mind.
I haven’t seen him at the tunnel for a few years now but I did hear he had been promoted.
Regards kevmac47.