Heres a couple more of E&N Ritchies (probably one of the oldest surviving hauliers in the area, est .1898).
That MAN looks like Scurrs old motor that Michelle used to drive.
Elliotts in the earley days ran a lot of Bedfords, They had a Thames Trader painted Carruthers Feed Merchants colours, Then they started to get 6wheelers Leyland 8s as well then the got a 8wheeler Guy, Jackie Dixon from Walton drove it & they were painted gray.They alson ran some flats 6.wheeler Reiver plus Bedfords I think they did concrete pipes from Troccols at Littlehoughton, also they did work for Freightways. The driver of the Reiver I recall was Harry Mclevey, plus Bob Brown who went to Fergies and Ridley Smith. & many more but I cant remember their names, must be me gettin owld Regards Larry.
john p:
Wor Ronnie (peaker) used to driver for Jeff a long time since of coursebumper:
hi lads, here is another blast from the past, bumper
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I worked at Smilers when Ronnie &Dicky & their old man Little Jacky , Jacky was on local shunting the distance platforms & his boys were on the tippers. I recall Ronnie working for Smart & Cardella, the Jeff,the Sheperds Scrap at Byker,
Hello can anyone help with this one
I think most of us remember North Eastern Motors the Dodge dealers at Lemington. The senior man was Ted Hazelhurst but did he or his family own the business?? I believe they were also connected to Tipping Gears and Engineers at Ryton the Edbro agents. What stands on the NE motors site now ■■
N,E,M, SITE, now Asda was Nettos, As far as know Colvin Smith was the owner ? , The had a place at Gateshead , ColvinairLtd Some sort of Engineers , in various things pipework etc…He also had the Dodge Franchise at Fallon nr. Stirling. Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Elliotts in the earley days ran a lot of Bedfords, They had a Thames Trader painted Carruthers Feed Merchants colours, Then they started to get 6wheelers Leyland 8s as well then the got a 8wheeler Guy, Jackie Dixon from Walton drove it & they were painted gray.They alson ran some flats 6.wheeler Reiver plus Bedfords I think they did concrete pipes from Troccols at Littlehoughton, also they did work for Freightways. The driver of the Reiver I recall was Harry Mclevey, plus Bob Brown who went to Fergies and Ridley Smith. & many more but I cant remember their names, must be me gettin owld Regards Larry.
Hello Larry, was Elliotts last wagon an 8 wheeler seddon atkinson, i can remember a gray one on the coal job in the eary 80s.
Hello F7. I cant remember a Seddon Atki, I will have a word with a pal of mine at Seaton Burn he might know. The only S/A I can remember on the coal was Herbie Smails from Broomhill. ?. Regards Larry
I can remember them they were maroon, can you or anyone else remember a lad form Cramlington called Stephen Bamburgh, his cb handle was pretender, he had a 6 wheeler 86 tipper on the coal. He ended up with a new 6 wheeler constructor with a yellow cab, his son used to go with him in the holidays i think he was called Guy.
tyneside:
Hello can anyone help with this oneI think most of us remember North Eastern Motors the Dodge dealers at Lemington. The senior man was Ted Hazelhurst but did he or his family own the business?? I believe they were also connected to Tipping Gears and Engineers at Ryton the Edbro agents. What stands on the NE motors site now ■■
Tipping gears was owned by the Hazelhurst’s, the son was Patrick. He ran the place with his mam. Only knew her as Mrs Hazelhurst!! They closed some time ago and most of their staff went to work for Aliweld at Stargate.
Hello F7. you were correct Elliots did have S/As. 2 in fact .& one of them was an automatic, my pal David Lowdon remembers them, Regards Larry.
F7S. can you rememeber what year you are refering to to about S/B. Cramlington ?. Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Still old firms come to my mind ie, Hewitts of Morpeth a very old haulage Co, Tippers Pole Bogies for timber had Fodens Thornycrofts Leylands Thames Traders K1050 Dodge atic driven by a Polish Driver Bernard I think he was called never went home when the war finished, good grafter as I remember, Alec Hewitt retired at Fergys as did Harry Perverley Harry drove a Foden 2stroke and mind you he could make that thing talk, you could hear it long before it came into sight I had a sound all of its own, great, music to a drivers ears. So someone must remember them as I do & there must be some photos about somewhere. Regards Larry
larry what about douglass bros newsham,tommy dodds bedlington,penilton hare felton ,
Douglass Bros: The sons of the brothers Ian & Graham are still on the go as North East Warehousing at North Shields. Douglass’sssss old Foden tractor unit WJR833J is still knocking about on the vintage scene unrestored & still with the original sign writing
gazza25:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Still old firms come to my mind ie, Hewitts of Morpeth a very old haulage Co, Tippers Pole Bogies for timber had Fodens Thornycrofts Leylands Thames Traders K1050 Dodge atic driven by a Polish Driver Bernard I think he was called never went home when the war finished, good grafter as I remember, Alec Hewitt retired at Fergys as did Harry Perverley Harry drove a Foden 2stroke and mind you he could make that thing talk, you could hear it long before it came into sight I had a sound all of its own, great, music to a drivers ears. So someone must remember them as I do & there must be some photos about somewhere. Regards Larrylarry what about douglass bros newsham,tommy dodds bedlington,penilton hare felton ,
Yea, Pendleton Hare Felton delivered derv to them along time ago,late 70s early 80s, irc they had a cafe where you drove into the yard,.Vic.
Yes , the cafe was called The Stable Cafe I think?. they had a minah bird that used to swear worse than the drivers & of course they used to egg it on , Regards Larry
2Diesels:
How about Harry Singh from Longhirst he had the little petrol station by the railway lines, I think he ran Fiats, I remember his place being full of old cars, or Trevor Strange from Newbiggin he apparantly just locked the doors one Friday night & all the stuff lay there for years until he died & Armstrong the coal/scrap man from Newbiggin cleared the place & got a LAD cabbed Albion, a Thames Trader (still loaded) a Commer Maxiload & a little Commer tractor unit with Scammell coupling plus a pile of Moggy Minor Vans & some other tat
I worked for Leyland Motors T V T E . as an apprentice fitter in the early 60s.Remember one day one of Harry Singhs drivers came in with a octopus with a miss on the engine. Driver said , Theres a box on the side of the engine with tubes comin oot of it & ones brrokkin. Turnend out to be an injector pipe. Bet harry was pleased it was an injector pipe & not a piston(had a good laugh about the box & tubes… Roy B Ryton.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Yes , the cafe was called The Stable Cafe I think?. they had a minah bird that used to swear worse than the drivers & of course they used to egg it on , Regards Larry
Little housing estate now 
who was the other haulier on the North Rd in Felton?
ROYBO:
I worked for Leyland Motors T V T E . as an apprentice fitter in the early 60s.Remember one day one of Harry Singhs drivers came in with a octopus with a miss on the engine. Driver said , Theres a box on the side of the engine with tubes comin oot of it & ones brrokkin. Turnend out to be an injector pipe. Bet harry was pleased it was an injector pipe & not a piston(had a good laugh about the box & tubes… Roy B Ryton.
You get some cracking “self diagnosis” from the drivers at times 
we had a defect report from a driver that read “Dipstick not registering change in oil level” 
& a prize to the first one who can tell me what this driver was referring to when he filed this defect on a Transit “Lose bar at ead”
Birkleys of Felton Big Bart Thompson used to work for, Plus Felton Motor Co. I think they had a contract with Regent Oil Ltd ?, And as the years went by some of the Felton lads went on to work for Russell of Bathgate , Regards Larry.