From the NA3T website is this Guy where the driver has obviously changed the badging from Gardner (240) to ■■■■■■■ 
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What aroused my curiosity is the number plate is a North Yorkshire plate in fact it’s only a couple of numbers off a Mk 1 ■■■■■■ i had, but do not recognise the company at all.
jshepguis:
From the NA3T website is this Guy where the driver has obviously changed the badging from Gardner (240) to ■■■■■■■
What aroused my curiosity is the number plate is a North Yorkshire plate in fact it’s only a couple of numbers off a Mk 1 ■■■■■■ i had, but do not recognise the company at all.
blowing the photo up i believe the phone number is Pudsey ?
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Thanks to Buzzer, Leyland600, Froggy55, Cliff Luxton and jshepguis for the pics and all the craic
Oily
Our local haulier, STGO, general and logs, the main man at the wheel today in Dingwall.
Another couple of Ross Sutherland wagons back in February 2014 and the old boy himself chatting to son David who was doing a trailer swop.
Oily
blue estate:
Buzzer:
My daily two Volvo’s, BuzzerYou need to learn to count old man
There’s 3Sent from my truck
Buzzer I bet you could find better places than this to be insulted !!! Tyneside
Back in the 80s, I don’t recall precisely when, this Leyland was in storage for a considerable period of time in one of Stringfellows removal company’s warehouses in Standish Lower ground in Wigan.
I say Stringfellows, but at that particular time, I believe Stringfellows had sold out to Pickfords.
The vehicle was owned at that point by Frank Derrick, the father of Bob Derrick. They both came from Audenshaw near Ashton under Lyne, Manchester, and both operated concrete mixers for Pioneer concrete, Frank having two based at the Wigan plant in Queen St., whilst Bob had one in the Warrington plant.
Frank rented part of Pickfords warehouse in Wigan, in which to store some of his mountain of crap.
The other photo has appeared previously on the wreckers thread, and shows Frank with another one of his barmpot acquisitions, this time at a different Pickfords depot up Preston way.
Neither Frank or Bob are with us any longer, sad to say.
Incidentally, I don’t know if anyone wants to argue the toss, but I’d lay odds that the photo of the low loader in the livery of Siddle C Cook, submitted by Froggy 55, was taken on the A62, just passing Standedge services between Marsden and Delph…Any takers?
Well Buzzer if you can’t beat them join them !
Few shots of various bits of rolling stock being delivered or removed at the Bowes Railway and Rope Haulage Museum at Springwell Gateshead. (taken from their website)
The maroon Volvo is Ian Thompson from Pelton Fell, Chester le Street, who is still operating the same rig today. He and his late Father, Henry, had a Foden traction engine which was a show regular. Tyneside
Worswick St Bus Station Newcastle back in the day. Has been lying dormant for a number of years and the whole area is due to be demolished and redeveloped. Tyneside
The six wheeler bus in the first bay is a Northern built (at Bensham) SE6 with Hercules petrol engine circa 1934-5. Bodywork by Short Bros of Rochester , Kent. There is an example of one of these buses being restored at Beamish Museum. More details in this link below. I remember seeing them passing along the A595 near home en route to Keswick on Sunday excursions and club outings in the early 1950s. All buses using Worswick St needed a reliable handbrake, I seem to remember there were large wooden chocks or rocks against the stand kerbs to drop back against in case the handbrake would not hold. ■■■■■■■■■■ Motor Services Whitehaven bus station had a similar set up. I wonder how VOSA would view this practice?
Leyland600:
The six wheeler bus in the first bay is a Northern built (at Bensham) SE6 with Hercules petrol engine circa 1934-5. Bodywork by Short Bros of Rochester , Kent. There is an example of one of these buses being restored at Beamish Museum. More details in this link below. I remember seeing them passing along the A595 near home en route to Keswick on Sunday excursions and club outings in the early 1950s. All buses using Worswick St needed a reliable handbrake, I seem to remember there were large wooden chocks or rocks against the stand kerbs to drop back against in case the handbrake would not hold. ■■■■■■■■■■ Motor Services Whitehaven bus station had a similar set up. I wonder how VOSA would view this practice?
Hi Leyland 600. I well remember those chocks at Worswick St. Did they have a long metal handle on to make it easier to move in and out from behind the wheels ■■ Each pillar at the front of the bays also had a hose pipe and the driver was responsible for keeping the radiator topped up. Tyneside
Thanks to tyneside and Buzzer for the photos
Oily
Sucklings of Laindon and a bit of shuteye, all credit to Martin Addison for the photo.
Pristine example, all credit to the people dedicated to looking after and presenting these motors.
Oily
Yes I vaguely seem to remember they had long handles on them which would make sense, they were angled out toward the platform thus making it easier to place the chocks behind the back wheels.
