Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[ray_smyth]

tyneside:

Ray Smyth:

tyneside:
Some odds and sods from the NE Tyneside
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Am I right in thinking that this view of Washington Services is " Top to bottom, facing southbound " ?. Ray.

Correct !! The construction going on in the top left is the Forte Trust House Hotel, now the Holiday Inn. Most of the green area on the photo is now covered in housing. Washington New Town to the left and Birtley to the right.

Tyneside

Thank you for your reply, I recall early 1970s passing Washington on my way to the wholesale fruit & vegetable
market at Team Valley, delivering Guernsey Tomatoes when I drove for Robert Baillie of Horndean, Hampshire.
I was based at their Wigan depot. In much later years, I delivered occasionally to the Remploy factory at Jarrow,
having passed through Washington Services. Cheers, Ray.

[tyneside]

Ray Smyth:

tyneside:

Ray Smyth:

tyneside:
Some odds and sods from the NE Tyneside
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Am I right in thinking that this view of Washington Services is " Top to bottom, facing southbound " ?. Ray.

Correct !! The construction going on in the top left is the Forte Trust House Hotel, now the Holiday Inn. Most of the green area on the photo is now covered in housing. Washington New Town to the left and Birtley to the right.

Tyneside

Thank you for your reply, I recall early 1970s passing Washington on my way to the wholesale fruit & vegetable
market at Team Valley, delivering Guernsey Tomatoes when I drove for Robert Baillie of Horndean, Hampshire.
I was based at their Wigan depot. In much later years, I delivered occasionally to the Remploy factory at Jarrow,
having passed through Washington Services. Cheers, Ray.

We did the muck shift for the Fruit Market site on the TVTE when it was built in the early 60’s.
Tyneside

[star_down_under]

No doubt many of you will recognise the locations.
youtu.be/A-jb8ydfsqw

[spardo]

Star down under.:
No doubt many of you will recognise the locations.
youtu.be/A-jb8ydfsqw

Fascinating, I’ve only watched the first few minutes, maybe later, but 2 things spring to mind. How so many people just wandered into the road, occasionally without even looking, and, was it obligatory for bus conductors to station themselves hanging onto the pole on the rear platform? Maybe to grab running boarders? Or stop them?

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Spardo:

Star down under.:
No doubt many of you will recognise the locations.
youtu.be/A-jb8ydfsqw

Fascinating, I’ve only watched the first few minutes, maybe later, but 2 things spring to mind. How so many people just wandered into the road, occasionally without even looking, and, was it obligatory for bus conductors to station themselves hanging onto the pole on the rear platform? Maybe to grab running boarders? Or stop them?

I did watch it all. I grew up in London in the 50’s and 60’s so this was home. Not that we lived in central London. Too expensive even then! No, Dad was in the garage in Bow and we lived in Ilford, which was a nice area then… But I enjoyed seeing the old taxis-the Bow garage specialised in them.
Thanks for posting it SDU.

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yorkpensioner:

tyneside:
Some odds and sods from the NE Tyneside

Looks like the D series is scratching its backside on the wall

More likely stopping the scrotes from opening the tail door and helping themselves . Been there , done that !

[ray_smyth]

Artic fridge lorries from Murcia Province at Florette fruit & veg factory, Martland Park, Wigan.
The fruit & veg products come from vast produce growing areas in Almeria & Murcia regions.
The Spanish drivers regularly park their lorries on the footpath overnight. I have spoken recently
to some of the drivers of the Spanish lorries and quite a few of them are Romanian. They speak
better Spanish than me. Their English language is also quite good.

Ray.

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[grumpy_old_man]

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■■■■■■■ those galvanised bins all day was hard graft, however much they were paid it wasn’t enough.

[remy]

NMP. Schnieder replaced the old Transtar’s with these International 9670 cabovers. It’s hooked to a 48 ’ trailer which were quite common in the 80’s.

[dennis_javelin]

The navy’s newest frigate HMS Glasgow gets her bottom wet after a 4 year build process. Still another 2 years before she enters service though.

[spardo]

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No. 4 looks like Kurt Johannsen’s Diamond T scouring the Territory just after the war for empty oil drums.
Was a good job for him, not only did he have the contract to do so, he bought them all, reconditioned them, and sold them on.

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Spardo:

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No. 4 looks like Kurt Johannsen’s Diamond T scouring the Territory just after the war for empty oil drums.
Was a good job for him, not only did he have the contract to do so, he bought them all, reconditioned them, and sold them on. [/q

Kurt wasn’t lonely we did a few loads of drums and i would say these are full I was talking to the man who carted them earlier to day I will ask him .

Dig

[suedehead]

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NMP. Schnieder replaced the old Transtar’s with these International 9670 cabovers. It’s hooked to a 48 ’ trailer which were quite common in the 80’s.

Am i the only one that thinks that those kind of trailers, are ready to buckle in the middle with a bit of weight on