Chris Webb:
This photo was taken in the council yard in Lockerbie in the 80s.Glass Glover Distribution used to change over in there on both days and nights with our Newbridge drivers.The driver is Kevin Coley and this was the Littlewoods contract and the Scania was reg no. K500 GGD,being the 500th Scania that MFS - part of Glass Glover Distribution - bought.Not sure who owned the tipper in the background,the yard was worse than the Coatesgate cafe lorry park.
I believe that Glass Glover were bought by Wincanton. Multiple Fruit Supplies āMFSā easy to get confused with MRS!
stravaiger:
Still looking for pics. In the meantime hereās a clip of longish story I picked up on the net about a guy and some of his bus and van driving days. This little piece I put aside and it may trigger memories and comment from others on here. To think on how you would be tripping over firms like this as you went about and now how little we have in the way of stories and photos. Everybody remembers carriers, possibly even used their services, but none of us it seems stood long enough to snap one or two. Probably saving the film for the next big shiny swede ā¦jim
Hi Folks,
Just a bit of info on the bus,It was/is a 1950 Bedford OB Duple bodied
29 seater coach registered in Anglesey North Wales No ACC 629.
Blueband Motors sold it to Fred Bibby & Son of Ingleton (now Bibbys of Ingleton)
in late 70s.It is still owned by them and has always had a full psv mot every december,
I fitted a ex army recon engine a few !! years ago but the rest of the vehicle is more or less original
I will post a photo later.
Cheers Malc.
stravaiger:
Hi George, great stuff still canāt place the Annandale bitty but Hislop for sure, 4 wheel Atki early days as I recall.It was suggested that Annandale were Gretna based? but it was Gretna Transport Ltd that hogged that little town as far as I was aware.
Was it Hislops that had some arrangement with the Co-operative running from Beattock.
Ivāe for many years loved being in and around the town ever since, as a very young teen, the Western Scottish overnight London coaches pulled in for refreshments for the mums and kids, while the two man crew raced the dads in a headlong fight into the Black Bull Time was limited you understand.Even now it brings a smile of pleasure thinking of those journeys that had me arriving in Victoria with eyes dangling like a boxer dogs wotsits because Iād spend the night soaking in all around me as all the old buggers on here were trunking or āHoolitingāā¦jim
Not to sure if it was the Hislops . I have a soft touch for Lockerbie having lived in the area, unfortunately it has become too famous.
Chris Webb:
This photo was taken in the council yard in Lockerbie in the 80s.Glass Glover Distribution used to change over in there on both days and nights with our Newbridge drivers.The driver is Kevin Coley and this was the Littlewoods contract and the Scania was reg no. K500 GGD,being the 500th Scania that MFS - part of Glass Glover Distribution - bought.Not sure who owned the tipper in the background,the yard was worse than the Coatesgate cafe lorry park.
I believe that Glass Glover were bought by Wincanton. Multiple Fruit Supplies āMFSā easy to get confused with MRS!
They were George,about 1993 and then the job went downhillā¦
georgeking:
One of my favourite parts of the UK is South West Scotland for such a rural area it has some excellent fleets such as:-
William Halliday - Kirkpatrick Fleming
Ian Wright - Eaglesfield
Eardley Int - Ecclefechan
Charlie Lauder - Dumfries
Wm Nichol - Lochmaben
Scott Trawlers - Lochfoot
MR Clark - Kirkgunzeon
T&P Niven - Palnackie
A Kerr - Castle Douglas
MacTaggart Bros - Castle Douglas
Martin Jolly - Wigtown
John Miller - Dumfries
Blue Band Motors - Lockerbie
Agnew & Lithgow - Stranraer
John M Young - Langholm
TC Brown - Lochmaben
And of course the legendary:-
Currie European - Dumfries
Hayton Coulthard ā Twynholm
Many of these have stopped trading however some are still in business today.
You seem to have missed one off āGeorgeā Lockerbie Transport! I remember they were a Maroon colour with big LTL lettering on the sides and they used to load back from London via Watts of Carlisle office in London Colney.I think they ran a trunk to London C. they carried meat into Smithfield if I remember and loaded fruit back from covent Garden and Paddock Wood.Cheers Dennis.
ltl transport was the haulage side of smiths abbotoir lockerbie
ran nightly to smithfields in the mid 70s 3 moters done it
1 atk1+2 erf with 240 gardiner engines+about 4 erf fridge boxes for local runs +1 atki box van.2 ford cargos . 1 commer walkthrough arrived back at lockerbie.split the load down approx 6 am then deliver parcels up ect then deliver up ayrshire and central belt i worked in the butchery shop.between us and the abbotoir was space they used as a lorry park it was first come first served.was full every night if u arrived late no chance
another firm
caladonian [brs} townhead street i dont know if i have spelled them corectly
presto51:
ltl transport was the haulage side of smiths abbotoir lockerbie
ran nightly to smithfields in the mid 70s 3 moters done it
1 atk1+2 erf with 240 gardiner engines+about 4 erf fridge boxes for local runs +1 atki box van.2 ford cargos . 1 commer walkthrough arrived back at lockerbie.split the load down approx 6 am then deliver parcels up ect then deliver up ayrshire and central belt i worked in the butchery shop.between us and the abbotoir was space they used as a lorry park it was first come first served.was full every night if u arrived late no chance
another firm
caladonian [brs} townhead street i dont know if i have spelled them corectly
I remember the ERFās of Lockerbie Transport Limited, is Smithās abattoir in business today?
smiths sold out 2 a southern irish firm of packistan origins went belly up a few years later.now another tesco in the grounds.
stravaiger how long did it take to go 2 go 2 victoria bus station did u go vai scotch corner then down a1
stravaiger:
George, presto51 do have any photos of those ?
Hereās another mishmash, in Lockerbie to start and you can fill me in with some of the details if you please.
West of Scotlands very own Silk Road through the town The original A74
This was taken at the old Lorry park in the center of Lockerbie, with the railway lines behind. Think it was on the site of an old mill.
From Alan Spillets fantastic āRoadscapesā Nice or what?
ā¦jim
Time was limited you understand.Even now it brings a smile of pleasure thinking of those journeys that had me arriving in Victoria with eyes dangling like a boxer dogs wotsits because Iād spend the night soaking in all around me as all the old buggers on here were trunking or āHoolitingāā¦jim
