Larry wrote; Another name Bob Dowling, went to work for Fergy, Had father Dowling name plate showing in his windscreen,a bit of a loner I thought when he was there, but he was ok to get on with.
Bob had been there a while along with a young Cliff Natton and Lenny North a bit later, they were still there when I went to work for Ouseburn around Jan 89, it was a sorry shadow of its former self and badly run by ■■■■ Steenburgs son, Nicholas. When I left to start at Fergies Sunderland depot I think Ouseburn closed about six months later. Len went to Ramage, Bob to Blyth and I think Cliff went to the Coop. We did a lot of subby work out of Blyth for Fergy (like a lot of others) at the time, as well as Alcan and the odd Lead Works load, I think every driver must have loaded there at one time! My Dad recalled he taught Bob how to drive an artic, like most new starters they told the gaffers they could drive anything to get the job so a few quick lessons followed, he must have done okay being there 30 years later. They were good to me when I was there.
Cheers Franky.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great old photos Bumper, I remember Herbie Smailes wagons pulling for F/Ws. an 8wheel Leyland,8wheel Atki,6wheel Reiver.6wheel Dodge,about the same time Neil Spowart, Telfers form the Gap, Joe Burns from Hazelrigg,& some one from Birtley,&Alnwick ?. The 1935 Bedford of Staughns looks great,my great uncle at Seaton Burn had some of these. Regards Larry
haggie of barton ,nr bridge of aln had a one on for f/ws jeh
The other firm from Birtley I cant bring their name to mind, but their depot was on the left beside the first swimming baths ,down a bit of a slope, with big garage doors It runs in my mind ,someone stole one of their motors once from inside the garage ?
Anyone remember Transways from South Shields, the had a couple of old 8 wheel Thornycrofts, the they got two new 8wheel ERFs, flying machines ,they must have had 6 speed boxes I think, any photos out there. Regards Larry, this was in the 60s.
Ive just had a thought , about all the names of some of the hauliers on the Quayside, in the 50s60s70s. ie= Baxters, McPhees, Smiles for Miles.Smith & Vanhee,J.R.Henderson. Mac Transport, Tynedale Transport.Novofreight, Cargotransporters, Feather & Kent,Poulter Transport, Wellborn Freights, A.1.Transport,Larrow Transport, Fail & Kincaid [Youngers], R Baxter. Geo Humble Ltd. Freightways, F.Short & Sons Ltd, Jacky Snee, All Day Transport, Nalla Transport. some of these were just offices & clearing houses, also Unicargo Transport Services,Plus can you oldies remember Briggs Tyre depot under the Tyne Bridge. Regards Larry
Ive just had a thought , about all the names of some of the hauliers on the Quayside, in the 50s60s70s. ie= Baxters, McPhees, Smiles for Miles.Smith & Vanhee,J.R.Henderson. Mac Transport, Tynedale Transport.Novofreight, Cargotransporters, Feather & Kent,Poulter Transport, Wellborn Freights, A.1.Transport,Larrow Transport, Fail & Kincaid [Youngers], R Baxter. Geo Humble Ltd. Freightways, F.Short & Sons Ltd, Jacky Snee, All Day Transport, Nalla Transport. some of these were just offices & clearing houses, also Unicargo Transport Services,Plus can you oldies remember Briggs Tyre depot under the Tyne Bridge. Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Ive just had a thought , about all the names of some of the hauliers on the Quayside, in the 50s60s70s. ie= Baxters, McPhees, Smiles for Miles.Smith & Vanhee,J.R.Henderson. Mac Transport, Tynedale Transport.Novofreight, Cargotransporters, Feather & Kent,Poulter Transport, Wellborn Freights, A.1.Transport,Larrow Transport, Fail & Kincaid [Youngers], R Baxter. Geo Humble Ltd. Freightways, F.Short & Sons Ltd, Jacky Snee, All Day Transport, Nalla Transport. some of these were just offices & clearing houses, also Unicargo Transport Services,Plus can you oldies remember Briggs Tyre depot under the Tyne Bridge. Regards Larry
Morning Lawrence you can add Robert Tait to the quaysiders he did pallets and haulage if my memory is correct his shed was along the spillers end of things. I remember Transport services had an old blue Guy unit and AEC unit left to rot outside shed 8 for yrs and an old colum change M.A.N unit which lay dead in the shed
Aye you are right I had forgot about Transport Services & Taity, I remember the wagon ,as you say rotting away. Nice photo of Hutchies Volvo, the latter time they ran it Im sure the driver was Jon the gypsy, he used to work out of Swinburn Quarry, two trailers, 1 Tipper,1Flat,He used to drive for anybody on the Quayside years before that, Regards Larry
Another one comes to mind Davey Errington,he had the old N/c corporation garage where they kept the mobile cranes,next door to Steenburghs, Davey ran some red tippers from there, cant bring the name to mind, possibley began with an A??
Hello Jim, welcome to the site, come on lets have some old tales, you must remember a lot of the places and names Larry mentions. Have you got any pics too!
Cheers Franky.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Ive just had a thought , about all the names of some of the hauliers on the Quayside, in the 50s60s70s. ie= Baxters, McPhees, Smiles for Miles.Smith & Vanhee,J.R.Henderson. Mac Transport, Tynedale Transport.Novofreight, Cargotransporters, Feather & Kent,Poulter Transport, Wellborn Freights, A.1.Transport,Larrow Transport, Fail & Kincaid [Youngers], R Baxter. Geo Humble Ltd. Freightways, F.Short & Sons Ltd, Jacky Snee, All Day Transport, Nalla Transport. some of these were just offices & clearing houses, also Unicargo Transport Services,Plus can you oldies remember Briggs Tyre depot under the Tyne Bridge. Regards Larry
Morning Lawrence you can add Robert Tait to the quaysiders he did pallets and haulage if my memory is correct his shed was along the spillers end of things. I remember Transport services had an old blue Guy unit and AEC unit left to rot outside shed 8 for yrs and an old colum change M.A.N unit which lay dead in the shed
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what about transmotors [little bobbie]
office on the quay. jeh.
Aye , Bobby Coats what a patter merchant,I think he ended up working for Joe at All Day Transport,he used to get into Gordie Dunns cafe looking for motors with return loads to offer. Great stuff. blasts from the past. Regards Larry.
Hello Jimmy Logan, what are you up to now ?> remember when we were at Shorties on the Scweppes Job we were the top paid men in those days , eh, but we earned it, load run tip & load run back to the valley & tip & load for the next trip, we were the grafters to say the least. Regards Larry.
Jeh…,Speaking of Bobby Coats, Nalla Transport, who had an office on the Milk Market, was his younger Bro. & Old Tommy who was a shunter for Albert Blake was another Bro, haulage must have been in their blood, Bobby was a great traffic manager , he told more porkies than anyone I know, keeping drivers from the south hanging about for phantom loads. Regards Larry.I Think he might have worked for J &H Transport at some time.?
