Lawrence Dunbar:
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Larry’s grandfather Thomas Wm Smiles from Wideopen Curries road foreman, a man of many talents in the heavy haulage industry
Note these photos were taken at The Tyne Dock area at South Shields.The haulier was Curry & Co, based at Cambridge Hall Northumberland Rd Newcastle,I have some more very good pictures which I will post in due course, Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Larry’s grandfather Thomas Wm Smiles from Wideopen Curries road foreman, a man of many talents in the heavy haulage industryNote these photos were taken at The Tyne Dock area at South Shields.The haulier was Curry & Co, based at Cambridge Hall Northumberland Rd Newcastle,I have some more very good pictures which I will post in due course, Regards Larry
Keep them coming Larry, your grandson has obviously been back working his magic!! 
regardsKev
8LXBV8BRIAN:
Larry was Smiles the last one in the Newcastle area to have a coach built cabbed Atkinson 8 wheeler flat ?
as the last time i can remember see it was about 1974 on the quayside.
Looked great was a nice looking motor.
larry i think the driver who drove yty in 1974 was called billy foster
8LXBV8BRIAN:
Larry was Smiles the last one in the Newcastle area to have a coach built cabbed Atkinson 8 wheeler flat ?
as the last time i can remember see it was about 1974 on the quayside.
Have a look on page 49. in the November Classic & Vintage Commercials, & there it is on Kates Cabin Lorry Park, its a cracker. Regards Larry.
8LXBV8BRIAN:
Larry was Smiles the last one in the Newcastle area to have a coach built cabbed Atkinson 8 wheeler flat ?
as the last time i can remember see it was about 1974 on the quayside.
Have a look on page 49. in the November Classic & Vintage Commercials, & there it is on Kates Cabin Lorry Park, its a cracker. Regards Larry.
jimmy logan:
8LXBV8BRIAN:
Larry was Smiles the last one in the Newcastle area to have a coach built cabbed Atkinson 8 wheeler flat ?
as the last time i can remember see it was about 1974 on the quayside.
Looked great was a nice looking motor.larry i think the driver who drove yty in 1974 was called billy foster
Aye you could be right, I know tthey ran it a long time, It was new in 1963. a good old Atki, I wonder what happened to it ?.Regards Larry
BIGJEFF:
Hello everyone been away Lawrence I,ll try to get to Hauxwells this weekend and take my computer with me he,s got the best memory i,ve ever known. I,m sitting in the wagon now and Ive remembered another Gateshead company long gone ASH alfie horns used to be behind askew road next to reed cranes went in the early nineties i think Tommy Phillips drove the Roadtrain and fukfuk drove the 4 wheeler I remember him pinching salt at Normans and putting it in his washers to stop them freezing muppet
BIGJEFF, have a look a Scammell Crusaders, there one of Jackeys on WTN208T, I think Jimmy Ruff drove it but Laurence will be able to confirm that if Im right, It is being restored which is great, I hoping when its finished they put it on here, Regards Larry
don’t understand the timeline on the new portal & where have all the photos gone?
I haven’t looked at it yet Keith, from what you say it sounds like its pants!
And where have all the posts from Oct '11 until 12 days ago gone?
Anybody else totally confused by this new format ■■? I am by no means an IT expert but at least I could navigate the old site.
Somebody sat up all night thinking about this latest design.
As I type this a Panel has appeared to the right of the screen asking me to be:-
Kind to members
Does my reply improve the conversation
Constructive criticism of ideas is welcome.
This particular forum wasn’t about ideas / criticism etc. it was merely a platform where a few ageing NE haulage people could chat about times past and show a few photos.
We don’t want to be IT specialists to do this !!
Please !!! Whoever has redesigned the Trucknet site think again and consider just exactly who the users are.
Gateshead (was Tyneside)
Hopefully they will sort it out because I’m confused. I had quite a few goes trying to work it out but still finding it a up hill battle.
has anybody found any photos yet or is it just me■■?
I`ve noticed several old posts appearing on the new site, put there by Admin. I guess the older (and often large threads) are being transferred into this new site.
October 11th must have been a busy day!!!
Or even October 2011 (since when all the posts have disappeared).
Just managed to work out how to get back on here after several attempts and disappointment of failing again and again, and after a last attempt found my way back and honestly wonder if it was all worth the ball ache , very hard if computer websites are not your forte , and the layout and navigating around here are difficult to say the least ,where have all the photos that everyone took the time to upload and share , might give it another couple of weeks and the enthusiasm might tempt me to continue ,just my thoughts sorry but hope it gets better and easier … take care and good luck P
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