Lawrence Dunbar:
Jimmy do you not Joe Smith, he went to Pentledon & Hare, after Armstrongs, Geo Smith has the Bulkers & Depot 0n the A1, ■■ Regards Larry
sorry lawrence the joe smith i knew did work for p and h but worked for armstrongs on cattle but past away while working for redpaths of woller
dennis the menace:
kevmac47:
H.Nichol Gateshead. This was taken when the Tall Ships Race came to the river first time round 1980s I think.
I shot this pic from a picture on the wall at AS Tyres so the quality isn’t so good. It was given to Alan Symm
by H Nichol so the copyright is his. Ps I hope Alan is going to get some more shots from “H” so that I can
reproduce them on TNUK (withhis permission of course) regards kevmac 47.0i worked there for 25 years the aki brick wagon was mine at the time , the old man had thirty trucks a t one time when he retired it soon went down to three thanks to his son.
Dennis, did you work at P.O.Tyne about 2004? I was the shunter there on the Alba job for about 9 months
when I was recovering from a slight health problem. regards kevmac47.
kevmac47:
dennis the menace:
kevmac47:
H.Nichol Gateshead. This was taken when the Tall Ships Race came to the river first time round 1980s I think.
I shot this pic from a picture on the wall at AS Tyres so the quality isn’t so good. It was given to Alan Symm
by H Nichol so the copyright is his. Ps I hope Alan is going to get some more shots from “H” so that I can
reproduce them on TNUK (withhis permission of course) regards kevmac 47.0i worked there for 25 years the aki brick wagon was mine at the time , the old man had thirty trucks a t one time when he retired it soon went down to three thanks to his son.
Dennis, did you work at P.O.Tyne about 2004? I was the shunter there on the Alba job for about 9 months
when I was recovering from a slight health problem. regards kevmac47.
i certainly did was a good job at first , but soon learnt my lesson
at nichols there were the marsh bros tommy and bobby there was 2 bobby browns one was milky bar still see him at adams ,
the boyd bros billy is on taxies mick is back on adams, alfie who came from rank, bill Mcguiness aka bottle of guiness ,
he went to horns we also had some good fitters ,davey gardner don’t know were he went alan waugh who went on to run altrans
and charlie from shorts .there were more but the grey matter is not working today
I take it you mean Charlie Fox from Shorties, Ive havent seen him for yonks, whats he doing these days.,? Also the Boyds, I used to work with their old man Walter, what a great lad he was , never a dull moment, also Pat Boyd their uncle, another driver came to Baxters from Buck Rankins in the 50s. I was talking to Micky a few weeks ago in Jakeys yard, my son Nigel works there… Names from the past great stuff, great times, Regards Larry
Another name Bill Williamson , Shorties, then Harry Nichols, he must be retired by now, Regards Larry
Can any of old drivers remember J,Jennings Gateshead, Red wagons, I new some of the drivers, Albert Morrison, Jock McNiel, Tommy Grey, Little Joe. Im sure Bobby Brown was there too, as well as Crows Transport, they did a lot of pig iron from A/Ws, In fact I once did a load for them when I worked for Baxters, it was for Gardners at Paticroft, there was a big foreign bloke tipped you, while you had your breakfast in the canteen, & all it cost you was 10 Ciggies for him. Happy Days, Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Can any of old drivers remember J,Jennings Gateshead, Red wagons, I new some of the drivers, Albert Morrison, Jock McNiel, Tommy Grey, Little Joe. Im sure Bobby Brown was there too, as well as Crows Transport, they did a lot of pig iron from A/Ws, In fact I once did a load for them when I worked for Baxters, it was for Gardners at Paticroft, there was a big foreign bloke tipped you, while you had your breakfast in the canteen, & all it cost you was 10 Ciggies for him. Happy Days, Larry
Larry, I think Tommy Grey finished his working days at Tyneside Safety Glass, Don’t know if he is still with us.
He had the loudest deepest voice i’ve ever heard more so when he’d had a bottle or two of the “BrownDog”.
regards Kev.
Aye Kev, your right, you could here him before you could see him, the last time I saw him , was in the pub near Stanleys scrap yard where Adams lads called in before they went home, he was driving a tipper for someone, but thats about 11 years ago. I remember when he was at Jennings, we were coming from Manchester & stopped at Annies Cafe at Diggle, he had a puncture, & he rang the tyre people & they refused to come out, so I lent him my spare. When I called at their depot to get it back, Jennings asked why I had lent it to him, so I said hes a pal of mine, & the tyre people refused to come out to him, he went off it & demanded to know why they refused him , so I said just give me my spare back & ask the [zb] tyre your bloody self, thats the thanks I got for the favour Eh nowt funnier that folk . Tommy was furious when I told him, The dodgey old days. Regards Larry
kevmac47:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Can any of old drivers remember J,Jennings Gateshead, Red wagons, I new some of the drivers, Albert Morrison, Jock McNiel, Tommy Grey, Little Joe. Im sure Bobby Brown was there too, as well as Crows Transport, they did a lot of pig iron from A/Ws, In fact I once did a load for them when I worked for Baxters, it was for Gardners at Paticroft, there was a big foreign bloke tipped you, while you had your breakfast in the canteen, & all it cost you was 10 Ciggies for him. Happy Days, LarryLarry, I think Tommy Grey finished his working days at Tyneside Safety Glass, Don’t know if he is still with us.
He had the loudest deepest voice i’ve ever heard more so when he’d had a bottle or two of the “BrownDog”.
regards Kev.
to kev and larry the last time i saw tommy grey was about 4 years ago at crows renunion at the elephant on the tyne
Well he might still be about, some of Jackeys drivers might know, Craggsie, Thorpey, & even Laurence, Davey James the Fleet engineer may know., I t would be nice to see him after all these years, he was a canny lad Tommy dispite his loud behaviour,he was allways good crack, Regards Larry
minto ponteland
marcus 22:
minto ponteland
Mark, without that Matador? that shot could be out of the wild west. (Not ■■■■■■■■ but then it could be. I don’t think they’ve
civilised the natives in the far west yet!! regards Kev. 
some of the photos richard gave me kev are really old and it was a privilage to scan and print them for him as you say it could be an old wild west photo if it was not for the lorry, couple more here dont know if i have put them on before.
regards
mark
Hi i know this is a long shot but would anyone have any pics of G.S.BALLARD AND SONS they were fish merchants at north shields.
Marcus, here is one of minto’s burning a bit of shilbottle best, 
bumper
Lawrence Dunbar:
These ERFs, Reg 1938, Belonged to my great uncle Isaac Smiles, They had walking floors, Worked manualy with a handle, The were rubber, as you can see on the front of the headboard, the one at the rear of the body was under the floor, Does anyone know where West Tyne Gravel Co was located ? I was once told that it was Acomb, ?. These wagons were taken for the war effort, & were seen in France,one of Smiles sons drove one of them himself, great history . It would be nice if someone could shed some light on this matter, Regards Larry
Still no replies as to where West Tyne Gravel was located, I thought perhaps some oldies may have heard something, I reallise there wont be anyone about that worked there,but Smiles for Miles was a big concern in their day,Old Isaac was a genius when it came to haulage, he had one of the finest fleets of wagons you could wish for, from day one., Have a good look at these ERFs. How much money is standing on rubber ?. a lot I would say. Im proud to have had him as a great uncle. Regards Larry.
Found a couple of pics of my first truck at Brian Olds,
