Morning ■■■■■, you know that those curly hair days are long gone just like Atki’s Sedon’s and Guy’s they will never come back. Should you not be out driving that big supermarket trolly around.
thechink1968:
TYNEXDAZ:
Pretty much the same as me moved there from Gateshead in 1970 and moved away again in 1982, we have probably crossed paths at some time, you still got all the old LPs and 45s from the RCA then, the woman who lived next door to us used to work there and bring us records back every day. the good owld days eh. There was always plenty places for me dad to park his wagon in Washington with all the industrial estates aand half finished roads.
animal:
TYNEXDAZ:
Hello animal, you a Washington lad then?
animal:
Yep Franky washington was suposed to be big for industrial area my mam worked at RCA then Woolco in washington dad worked at Parson house then drove for Crawfords then in crorther then armstrong
Remember the finfare place when i was growing up there
morning Darren those records werent by Lionel Ritchie by any chance were they
Thanks for putting me right on that kevmac, you make her sound like one not to get on the wrong side of, bet she is really a lovely woman though.
kevmac47:
TYNEXDAZ:
Hello animal, you a Washington lad then?
animal:
Yep Franky washington was suposed to be big for industrial area my mam worked at RCA then Woolco in washington dad worked at Parson house then drove for Crawfords then in crorther then armstrong
Remember the finfare place when i was growing up there
ANGIE, your secret is safe with me Ps tynedaz you can meet this formidable bruiser at the next get-together.
dont worry SHE won’t bite. I hope thats enough clues to her gender cos she will probably kill me if I say any more.
regardskevmac47.
greek:
Is animal a female kev? I just thought they were manboobs
hiya,
Greek I had manboobs before the advent of power steering then they turned to flab which has increased tenfold over the years.
thanks harry long retired
greek:
Is animal a female kev? I just thought they were manboobs
Kenny, you definitley should have gone to “specsavers”. I’ve got a fatter wallet!! Oops thats bound to come back and bite me in the arse. Good laugh though. regards kevmac47.
greek:
Is animal a female kev? I just thought they were manboobs
Kenny, you definitley should have gone to “specsavers”. I’ve got a fatter wallet!! Oops thats bound to come back and bite me in the arse. Good laugh though. regards kevmac47.
Is this thread about memories or mammaries, both good subjects,over on the Carl Williams thread Larry is talking about Tailing axles,things are getting better,Vic.
kevmac47:
Hello truckers boy, you will have a few of us old gits wondering who your dad is come on own up!!! Last I heard of Ritchie Wright he was still running one vehicle but that was about a year ago. I know he is a year or two older than me so he may have retired now. Hope that helps regards kevmac47. PS. 80 weeks to go!!!
My dad is Ian Warwick (spot the last name )
My granda is James richard Lambton - was known as Dicky lambton also worked for gallagher’s, applegarths, trailerco, gurteens & a hell of alot more.
Hi Guy’s, I just came upon this and its what I was looking for all along- I do remember your Granda Dicky Lambton as he was one of the first drivers I spoke to on my first day as an apprentice fitter sept 1985 and his was the first vehicle I helped service It was a Volvo F10 TFT499Y one of four we had along with two Daf 3300 and a couple of F7 tractor units X115/116JRG. I believe the F10 went to Reeve trspt but I saw your Granda a few years later and he remembered me but by then I was workshop foreman. I wonder if he remembers those two apprentices starting out on their careers way back in 1985. I have a picture of one of the F10s TFT497Y but thats about it which is why I was looking for this site in the first place. I believe I was the longest serving fitter at Gurteens so will be able to remember most of the fleet reg/drivers too. Hope this helps KG3
Wow… Thanks for those f7sidd…be patient and i’ll post some more on here. Hopefully by the weekend?
Some of them from before my time but most I worked on and remember the drivers well-Like jimmy Gray, John young, tommy Wise and I think that is Topper Brown coming out of the side road in the new Scow ender 8W which would make it C170ONL as Billy Burden had C168ONL and Derek Catterer had C169ONL the first 3 Volvo FL7 and first with Harsh underfloor tipping gear, also that G35UJR Scow at the Haragate show never went out as that as I seem to remember we needed more bulkers for a job and it got re-bodied and ended up as G478 which Billy Burden ended up with after C168ONL. KG3
gurty:
Hi lads, As promised…Some old pics of Gurteen’s LTD…Hope it brings back lots of memories…Dad doesn’t know about the Trader one…As he was the one that bumped it!!!
And he had the nerve to sack me because I burst a tyre!!! Those pictures of the F7,s are very nostalgic for me, the white kerb in the bottom left will be the fuel island where I burst the tyre on a loaded trailer. Does he remember the incident. Nowt lost I went back on the skips for a while till I was forgiven then back on the benders a little later. hows he doin and your uncle Albert
Sid
Hi Sid,
He can’t remember the tyre because it was a regular occurance and his memory isn’t what it used to be!! After he retired, I had a fitter reverse a loaded 8 wheeler over there and wipe out both of the diesel pumps and lost a load of fuel too!!! How it didn’t flip, i’ll never know Both he and Albert are fine thanks, both enjoying retirement.
Hi Sid, the fitter that claimed the pumps one night was Trev Parnaby as I was in the workshop at the time and had to call the transport manager up so we could stop the leek. That island had some hammer !!! KG3
Here’s a name I haven’t heard mentioned on this thread. P R (Parky) Bates had about a dozen or more wagons at Iveston next to Leadgate. Anybody remember ■■?
tyneside:
Here’s a name I haven’t heard mentioned on this thread. P R (Parky) Bates had about a dozen or more wagons at Iveston next to Leadgate. Anybody remember ■■?
Yes I remember him, his son in law Gerald Spence took over from Parky, Gerald was one of the leading lights in the fuel tax campaign and led a party down to the demos in London. The cattle trucks were parked on a hillside at the farm, no problem with flat batteries!!
Aye, I remember Parky Bates,s wagons red Cattle Boxes, wherever you went on your travels you never failled to see them, same as Cookies, & Salkeld Bros, + Gordon Wilkinson, the good old days /eh… Regards Larry.
tyneside:
Here’s a name I haven’t heard mentioned on this thread. P R (Parky) Bates had about a dozen or more wagons at Iveston next to Leadgate. Anybody remember ■■?
Yes I remember him, his son in law Gerald Spence took over from Parky, Gerald was one of the leading lights in the fuel tax campaign and led a party down to the demos in London. The cattle trucks were parked on a hillside at the farm, no problem with flat batteries!!
was it not geralds son andrew led the fuel protest?
ive got a few old photos around from when i used to go away with my dad in his truck, i was pointed in the direction of this site by a mate of mine. see if i can get some uploaded. my dad drove for page, hendersons of newburn up to about 1970. waugh from 1970 to 1980 and then elddis from 1980 to 2006. ive been at elddis myself since 2003. enjoying the reading and a nostalgic look n feel to this site. Laughed at normans cafe photos, what a place it was, couldnt drive past it.
My dads old truck. not that i remember it in particular but he used to love driving when he was younger, he always wanted to be a truck driver.
8LXBV8BRIAN:
P&G City road The Merc is a 1619 nicknamed the sewing machine which was on the day and night trunk
to trafford park with the truck from HELL STY 38S THE DEVIL himself made that truck not
SEDDON/ATKINSON.
Poor Billy geoheghan got the 1619 for general work as it was taken off the trunk as it was not up to it
and was replaced by the First V8 Mercedes 558S carnt remember the first three letters.
son of a witchdoctor:
My dads old truck. not that i remember it in particular but he used to love driving when he was younger, he always wanted to be a truck driver.
8LXBV8BRIAN:
P&G City road The Merc is a 1619 nicknamed the sewing machine which was on the day and night trunk
to trafford park with the truck from HELL STY 38S THE DEVIL himself made that truck not
SEDDON/ATKINSON.
Poor Billy geoheghan got the 1619 for general work as it was taken off the trunk as it was not up to it
and was replaced by the First V8 Mercedes 558S carnt remember the first three letters.
Great to hear from you Billy’s son. Thats a good picture of him in happy times. He was another character that made this job so much fun in our younger days, I had some good laughs with your dad when we worked for Waughs. regards kevmac47.
both good subjects,over on the Carl Williams thread Larry is talking about Tailing axles,things are getting better,Vic.
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