Colin.Swain:
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Not a genuine photo; I think it is taken from the model corgi brought out a few years back with the flat load removed.
Always said to be the worst new truck Redpath ever bought due to noise in cab and small AEC motor, I was told that by the driver who got it new in 66 and only drove it for less than four years when it was replaced by an ERF in 69 : (PTY 989G). They also ran a Guy Invincible unit which was driven by Brian Berkeley of Felton who also had a few trucks if I remember correctly.[/quote I remember Brian Birkley from Felton He had a brand new 6 wheeler Commer flat wagon, Also Big Bart Thompson who worked for them he drove a long wheel base 4 wheeler Albion flat, Then in later years Bart went on to work for Russells of Bathgate who used to do a change over at Morpeth when there was an all night transport Cafe on the edge of the Market Square, Birkleys were a local Felton firm, Who used to run as far as London with 5 or 6 drops, Then reload with whatever was on offer as it was in the 50/60s Era, When drivers got their own return loads, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Colin.Swain:
Colin.Swain:
Not a genuine photo; I think it is taken from the model corgi brought out a few years back with the flat load removed.
Always said to be the worst new truck Redpath ever bought due to noise in cab and small AEC motor, I was told that by the driver who got it new in 66 and only drove it for less than four years when it was replaced by an ERF in 69 : (PTY 989G). They also ran a Guy Invincible unit which was driven by Brian Berkeley of Felton who also had a few trucks if I remember correctly.
[/quote I remember Brian Birkley from Felton He had a brand new 6 wheeler Commer flat wagon, Also Big Bart Thompson who worked for them he drove a long wheel base 4 wheeler Albion flat, Then in later years Bart went on to work for Russells of Bathgate who used to do a change over at Morpeth when there was an all night transport Cafe on the edge of the Market Square, Birkleys were a local Felton firm, Who used to run as far as London with 5 or 6 drops, Then reload with whatever was on offer as it was in the 50/60s Era, When drivers got their own return loads, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry, I remember Brian well, a good bloke who died at quite an early age if I remember rightly; Redpath ran two six wheeler Commers when I started from school but not sure if one of them came from Birkleys. When I started at Redpaths for my third stint(jobs were easy to get in those days) in 84 I worked with Brian’s son Michael who started at the same ; we both had F7 units with tri axle trailers as the weights had gone up to 38 tonnes about that time. Colin.
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Yes Young’s of Yetholm are long gone; Redpath took them over must be 25 years ago now ; not long before Redpath was part of the Ferguson Group ; Bobby Dixon and Joppa Passed away years ago as have quite a few others who I knew in 1970 when I started from school, 50 years ago in July.
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There must have been close to 100 trucks in a 25 mile radius of Wooler in the early seventies: Redpath Bros of Wooler: Young’s of Yetholm: F&F Moffatt Cornhill: Johnson of Ancroft; Gold of Greenlaw; Tweed Valley transport Kelso, prob over 100 with them six companies.
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Thanks for the info and the great pictures used to see all the companies mentioned around the local marts.
IIRC there was another Johnson at Berwick who had a fleet of Scania’s on the fridge work out of Jusrol. Not sure if they were related to Johnson at Ancroft.
In your time at Redpaths was the transport manager called Bob Moffatt (I think)?
There was also Telfers at Scots Gap ( came to a tragic end unfortunately)
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Yes Young’s of Yetholm are long gone; Redpath took them over must be 25 years ago now ; not long before Redpath was part of the Ferguson Group ; Bobby Dixon and Joppa Passed away years ago as have quite a few others who I knew in 1970 when I started from school, 50 years ago in July.
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There must have been close to 100 trucks in a 25 mile radius of Wooler in the early seventies: Redpath Bros of Wooler: Young’s of Yetholm: F&F Moffatt Cornhill: Johnson of Ancroft; Gold of Greenlaw; Tweed Valley transport Kelso, prob over 100 with them six companies.
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Thanks for the info and the great pictures used to see all the companies mentioned around the local marts.
IIRC there was another Johnson at Berwick who had a fleet of Scania’s on the fridge work out of Jusrol. Not sure if they were related to Johnson at Ancroft.
In your time at Redpaths was the transport manager called Bob Moffatt (I think)?
There was also Telfers at Scots Gap ( came to a tragic end unfortunately)
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Hi All: not sure if G Johnson of Berwick were related to Johnson’s of Ancroft or not but I have seen photos of Johnson’s of Ancroft unit pulling a fridge belonging to G Johnson. Yes I remember Bob Moffatt; he was the transport manager when I first started but finished in 71 I think it was to do with health problems as he had I think MS. He was replaced by Arthur Scott in 71 after finishing driving, his last truck being ERF PTY 989G and he stayed in office till the end of Redpaths.Another local company long gone near Wooler was Jas Straughan of Lilburn between Wooler and Alnwick; I had just over a year there on a Commer Commando 4 wheeler tipper, nearly 20 years now since they finished.
Hi Colin. Would that be Jimmy Straughan? Had about 5/6 wagons, think they were green? Tyneside
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Hi Colin. Would that be Jimmy Straughan? Had about 5/6 wagons, think they were green? Tyneside
Hi Tyneside, yes that is the same company; there yard was just off the A697 on there farm ; ran about 6 or 7 trucks through there history, don’t think they ever had an 8 wheeler but ran 4…6 and and artics, I did one trip for them with there first F10 unit with a load of ship Davits from Alnwick down to Shoreham by the sea in Sussex, they had the contract from the manufacturer in Alnwick. Colin.
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Whats wrong with the greedy boards then 
Not a lot Larry, and I don’t think that load will be shifting in transit either? Not much was sheeted in those days, infact at our quarry before it became mandatory we only sheeted dry stone because it was in the Peak District Park and they had to keep them sweet for when they applied for extensions! 
Pete.
Hi Pete, The load was Coke for a dog food factory at Melton Mowbray, 14 Ton payload, And dont recall anyone getting stopped by the Police for any lumps dropping off, Of course the C/F knowledge of this type of haulage would be be nil, 
, Stay safe, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry. Seeing this photo of Smiles Atki 8 wheeler loaded with coke just reminded me of Caledon Transport from Broxburn, when I worked in Milfield Quarry north of Wooler they had 4 eight wheelers called in every morning for a load of sand to Newcastle then loaded coke back up north, they were bad to load as the loading shovel just reached over the high sides: they ran 3 ERFs and 1 Atkinson but ran artics in later years
Hi Colin, I remember them very well Caledon must have had a couple of lads who lived at Belford they used to park there, They had names on the front of their tiipers The Partridge, & The Quail, IIRC They ended up running Daf artics ,Regards Larry.
Great old pictures Colin, Thanks for posting them, IIRC They ran Guy 8 leggers in the late 50s, , Regards Larry.
This Foden was a Tilcon Tanker, Then Sellers & Kent bought it & fitted this Thynne Alloy tipper body, My late cousin bought it & put the greedy boards on & ran it on local & long distance work hauling Lime for places in Scotland & reloading at Lieth with fertilizer stuff for Beverley in Yorkshire, It had a Gardner 180 Engine & performed very well with its good old Foden 12 speed gear box, The body was sold to a mate of mine who fitted onto a 6 wheeler Leyland tipper, The cab & chassis went for export as far as can remember, Regards Larry.
Colin.Swain:
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Hi Colin. Would that be Jimmy Straughan? Had about 5/6 wagons, think they were green? Tyneside
Hi Tyneside, yes that is the same company; there yard was just off the A697 on there farm ; ran about 6 or 7 trucks through there history, don’t think they ever had an 8 wheeler but ran 4…6 and and artics, I did one trip for them with there first F10 unit with a load of ship Davits from Alnwick down to Shoreham by the sea in Sussex, they had the contract from the manufacturer in Alnwick. Colin.
Hi Colin. About 1973 I did a course at Ashington Tech and “Young” Jimmy (we all were back then) was another participant. Last time I saw him was in the 80’s at the very last sale at Morpeth Mart.
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Lawrence Dunbar:
This Foden was a Tilcon Tanker, Then Sellers & Kent bought it & fitted this Thynne Alloy tipper body, My late cousin bought it & put the greedy boards on & ran it on local & long distance work hauling Lime for places in Scotland & reloading at Lieth with fertilizer stuff for Beverley in Yorkshire, It had a Gardner 180 Engine & performed very well with its good old Foden 12 speed gear box, The body was sold to a mate of mine who fitted onto a 6 wheeler Leyland tipper, The cab & chassis went for export as far as can remember, Regards Larry.
That was the first loaded Foden I drove after passing my test, Ian Slater (RIP) had it from new. I rebuilt the engine in it. One of a pair we had, TRA 243K was the other.
Pete.
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Colin.Swain:
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Hi Colin. Would that be Jimmy Straughan? Had about 5/6 wagons, think they were green? Tyneside
Hi Tyneside, yes that is the same company; there yard was just off the A697 on there farm ; ran about 6 or 7 trucks through there history, don’t think they ever had an 8 wheeler but ran 4…6 and and artics, I did one trip for them with there first F10 unit with a load of ship Davits from Alnwick down to Shoreham by the sea in Sussex, they had the contract from the manufacturer in Alnwick. Colin.
Hi Colin. About 1973 I did a course at Ashington Tech and “Young” Jimmy (we all were back then) was another participant. Last time I saw him was in the 80’s at the very last sale at Morpeth Mart.
Tyneside
Hi Tyneside. Yes Jimmy is still going about and see him quite often before lockdown,think he has a few health probs now, he was still running a little seven and half tonner hauling feed and fertiliser which he must still store in one of his sheds,he drove it himself but I think he must have give it up now due to health problems. Colin.
Colin.Swain:
tyneside:
Colin.Swain:
tyneside:
Hi Colin. Would that be Jimmy Straughan? Had about 5/6 wagons, think they were green? Tyneside
Hi Tyneside, yes that is the same company; there yard was just off the A697 on there farm ; ran about 6 or 7 trucks through there history, don’t think they ever had an 8 wheeler but ran 4…6 and and artics, I did one trip for them with there first F10 unit with a load of ship Davits from Alnwick down to Shoreham by the sea in Sussex, they had the contract from the manufacturer in Alnwick. Colin.
Hi Colin. About 1973 I did a course at Ashington Tech and “Young” Jimmy (we all were back then) was another participant. Last time I saw him was in the 80’s at the very last sale at Morpeth Mart.
Tyneside
Hi Tyneside. Yes Jimmy is still going about and see him quite often before lockdown,think he has a few health probs now, he was still running a little seven and half tonner hauling feed and fertiliser which he must still store in one of his sheds,he drove it himself but I think he must have give it up now due to health problems. Colin.
Thanks for all the info and great photos Colin, certainly stirred a few of my memory cells, Tyneside
This AEC ,IIRC, was one of two that came to Redpaths in the late sixties from Leathers Chemicals along with 2 Mandator units; 1 having the V8 motor which I had many runs in on a Sunday being to young to drive at the time, it was replaced in 1972 with a new Mandator (BNL584K) with a 10 speed box. This 8 wheeler was made into a twin steer unit in 71 (WTY149J): it never ran inline at first causing rear tyres to wear and be replaced every few months; doesn’t seem to be any one with a photo of that unit,cameras were expensive in those days unlike now having on phones.
