kevmac47:
Heres a couple of Ritchies “building products division” Carl Williams will remember the driver pictured (Jack) he worked for him 01many years ago. Regards kevmac47
Hi keymac 47
I don’t know whether its my sight or my memory, but I have increased the size of the photo. Still no luck.
Please put me out of my misery. Who is the drivere?
Best wishes
Carl
Carl, the drivers name is Jack Mortimer. Sorry it took so long to reply but I missed your post until this morning.regards kevmac47.
kevmac47:
Heres a couple of Ritchies “building products division” Carl Williams will remember the driver pictured (Jack) he worked for him 01many years ago. Regards kevmac47
Hi keymac 47
I don’t know whether its my sight or my memory, but I have increased the size of the photo. Still no luck.
Please put me out of my misery. Who is the drivere?
Best wishes
Carl
Carl, the drivers name is Jack Mortimer. Sorry it took so long to reply but I missed your post until this morning.regards kevmac47.
Hi kevmc4
Thanks
We knew him as John Mortimer
I think he drove a Ford D800 Tractor unit when he was with us., but I stand to be corrected
Hi Jimmy good to see you on the net , did not see you at South Shields or Corbridge are you not driving the Austin now??
Hope you are in good health crowbar
jimmy logan:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Jimmy Logan, did he work for Jacky, then Shorties , then Hoggies until he retired.?
Lawrence Dunbar:
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.
lawrence i live at swarland now dont forget the stint for uncle fred smiles and john crow s
crowbar:
Hi Jimmy good to see you on the net , did not see you at South Shields or Corbridge are you not driving the Austin now??
Hope you are in good health crowbar
jimmy logan:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Jimmy Logan, did he work for Jacky, then Shorties , then Hoggies until he retired.?
yes thats right i did retired last year
hi ralf did not take the austin out this year due to moving house
Frankydobo:
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.
hi franky i remember working with fatha and the wagons i used to drive trader 933 eup a e c 639mtn 2 badgers avk 224b fbb 806 c
crowbar:
Can any of you remember Jimmy Golden Ann Street Gateshead who ran Fords on Domestos crowbar
Did they also have an S.Type Bedford I seem to remember a lad that drove for O&B going to work there.
I lived at the bottom of ■■■■■■■■■■ street our back door faced the 3 garages in anne street crows in the 1st followed by jimmy golden then gateshead tyre co. jimmy golden had the first TK bedford i ever saw
Im sure Armstongs of Gateshead had a depot there before moving to Sawmill Lane.Langley, they used to do a lot of work for Hindhaughs,then it was taken over by Beresford Foods. In the early days they ran some Seddons, before moving on to Volvos.about 1970–ish.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Im sure Armstongs of Gateshead had a depot there before moving to Sawmill Lane.Langley, they used to do a lot of work for Hindhaughs,then it was taken over by Beresford Foods. In the early days they ran some Seddons, before moving on to Volvos.about 1970–ish.
Armstrongs moved in after golden then they moved down behind Bensham Road before moving to Durham I,ve just spent the afternoon at Lawrence Hauxwells and he,s dead upset that you never mentioned him when you named the JR drivers he,s going to start telling tales about what went on at Baxters.He said I also have to remind you of Geordie Marshall andRalph Blake both had 6wheeler Marshalls on the Domesto job bit before my time i,m only 64 just a bairn
Well, tell Laurence it was just 4 wheeler drivers that mentioned, relating to photo of the LAD cabbed Albion that Bumper put on none of those names I mentioned were artic drivers, . He drove more artics than rigids, so tell him the next time I see him Ill buy him a pint. Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Im sure Armstongs of Gateshead had a depot there before moving to Sawmill Lane.Langley, they used to do a lot of work for Hindhaughs,then it was taken over by Beresford Foods. In the early days they ran some Seddons, before moving on to Volvos.about 1970–ish.
Armstrongs moved in after golden then they moved down behind Bensham Road before moving to Durham I,ve just spent the afternoon at Lawrence Hauxwells and he,s dead upset that you never mentioned him when you named the JR drivers he,s going to start telling tales about what went on at Baxters.He said I also have to remind you of Geordie Marshall andRalph Blake both had 6wheeler Marshalls on the Domesto job bit before my time i,m only 64 just a bairn
Ask him if he can remember the regs, of the two 6wheelers ? Ralphy Blakes got stolen from Peters of Hadfield cafe & found in the east end of London minus its load of soap powder bound for West Thurrock, & no wheels.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Im sure Armstongs of Gateshead had a depot there before moving to Sawmill Lane.Langley, they used to do a lot of work for Hindhaughs,then it was taken over by Beresford Foods. In the early days they ran some Seddons, before moving on to Volvos.about 1970–ish.
Armstrongs moved in after golden then they moved down behind Bensham Road before moving to Durham I,ve just spent the afternoon at Lawrence Hauxwells and he,s dead upset that you never mentioned him when you named the JR drivers he,s going to start telling tales about what went on at Baxters.He said I also have to remind you of Geordie Marshall andRalph Blake both had 6wheeler Marshalls on the Domesto job bit before my time i,m only 64 just a bairn
Ask him if he can remember the regs, of the two 6wheelers ? Ralphy Blakes got stolen from Peters of Hadfield cafe & found in the east end of London minus its load of soap powder bound for West Thurrock, & no wheels.
Hauxy thinks it was UFT aShields reg. and there was also Bobby Williams owner driver who ran the copper out of Newcastle thro Adams tell you wot, I can rope and sheet a trailer quicker than i can type these messages come to seaham at 6 tomorrow morning and i,ll prove it
Hi Lawrence
you mentioned novofreight being one of the firms running from the quayside. my dad drove for them a short while he had a D series ford artic iirc they were red motors but i can only remember him picking the wagon up from dunston perhaps it was where they loaded from? he also used to drive for eagle road services and then fergies when they took them over i can remember him leading paper reels from blyth docks with either a foden or aec mandator artic. he then led cement out of eastgate with a dennis four wheeler and left shortly after. this would be in the late sixties early seventies
Mick
Lawrence Dunbar:
Im sure Armstongs of Gateshead had a depot there before moving to Sawmill Lane.Langley, they used to do a lot of work for Hindhaughs,then it was taken over by Beresford Foods. In the early days they ran some Seddons, before moving on to Volvos.about 1970–ish.
Armstrongs moved in after golden then they moved down behind Bensham Road before moving to Durham I,ve just spent the afternoon at Lawrence Hauxwells and he,s dead upset that you never mentioned him when you named the JR drivers he,s going to start telling tales about what went on at Baxters.He said I also have to remind you of Geordie Marshall andRalph Blake both had 6wheeler Marshalls on the Domesto job bit before my time i,m only 64 just a bairn
Jeff, try to get Laurance Hauxwell on here I’m sure his recolletions will be magic. regards kevmac47
Jimmy Logan wrote; hi franky i remember working with fatha and the wagons i used to drive trader 933 eup a e c 639mtn 2 badgers avk 224b fbb 806 c
Aye Jim I remember those as a young’n, I think Tony Hyde drove a Badger too and my old mans Trader was 507 FUP, it used to shift that one until Stevey Spoors blew the engine up when Dad was on holiday. Those Badgers used to bounce about a bit though when solo. You must have got FBB 806C around the same time as Dad got GTN 412C the first one plated for 32 Ton. When you think back at all the hauliers around at that time its no wonder lads could chuck it on a Friday and start somewhere else on Monday, all those skills learnt that are almost lost now in today’s industry, of course it wasn’t all fun, I can remember me Fatha coming home shattered some nights and the times when he stopped in the Ship for one too many and drove the unit home! He used to get some bollickings off Ma for that.
Yes it would be nice to get Laurence on here, The reg, of Lofties AEC was AFT18B. & Ralphs was CVK???B They were both the same colour maroon with no signwriting, although Ralphys was lined in white. I wonder if they are still about ? anybody know, Laurence like myself are getting on in life & have done some miles in our day, of course there are lots out there like us, come on you oldies lets hear from you & enjoy a bit crack. Regards Larry
