Yorkshire companies

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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C mouse:
Leej when i was there it was Steve n John Devanney who were in charge, I think thier dad was called Terry but he’d died

c moose, i still do bits and pieces for devanneys here and there, he still has 9 lorries and 5 on full time european. your right it is john and steve in charge.

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Bents Park South Shields Rally, Regards Larry.

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JohnyRose63:
malcolm dale is he still about heard he left yeardleys along with dave colly he was one ov his long serving drivers when i was there. oh well that tells you all you need to no about the job then. :wink: .

Any one know what happened to Terry Shipley and his son martin.

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The Biker:
Tony

Browns moved out the the old airfield at Tockwith and now no longer exist.
Greenbanks that takes me back - they moved to the same yard as K&J Logistics outside York and packed up - a mate was renting Ray Greenbanks house in Knaresborough til he moved on and it is now up for sale, Ray lives in Spain as far as I know.
Hartley’s retired and I think sold out to Revis’s.
Hudsons is not one i know.
Dowsetts if its the one I am thinking of down Bar Lane was taken over by one the the big engineering firms and have moved out of the yard which is now used by Reed Bordall for trailer storage.

Hi,Biker.I worked for Ray Greenbank on and off for years,i was his first driver from York,worked out of the Donnellys printers on borrobridge rd. He bought the yard and hanger at Rufforth.He packed up and sold it on to a guy called Paul Spain,and did all the Yellow page distribution,he’s still about last i heard he had a low loader and was working near Whitby.

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jessicas dad:

C mouse:
Leej when i was there it was Steve n John Devanney who were in charge, I think thier dad was called Terry but he’d died

c moose, i still do bits and pieces for devanneys here and there, he still has 9 lorries and 5 on full time european. your right it is john and steve in charge.

JD, glad to here they still goin, enjoyed my time there, was a decent job really and i couldnt fault Steve n John…

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I do have certain issues with the job but all in all its easy and stwady.

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This E.R.F. cab was spotted in a breakers yard in Malta a couple of months ago. A lile bit o Yorkshire fe yer . :slight_smile:

The haulage company must have had 2 depots , - according to the Halifax and Brighouse telephone numbers.

Does anyone on here know/remember the firm , or even remember the E.R.F. when in service ?

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

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cattle wagon man:
This E.R.F. cab was spotted in a breakers yard in Malta a couple of months ago. A lile bit o Yorkshire fe yer . :slight_smile:

The haulage company must have had 2 depots , - according to the Halifax and Brighouse telephone numbers.

Does anyone on here know/remember the firm , or even remember the E.R.F. when in service ?

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Hi C w m, used to see the ERF about quite a lot, tidy motor, cab still looks ok, don’t know what happened to it, but sure the firm went pop.
Les.

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lespullan:

cattle wagon man:
This E.R.F. cab was spotted in a breakers yard in Malta a couple of months ago. A lile bit o Yorkshire fe yer . :slight_smile:

The haulage company must have had 2 depots , - according to the Halifax and Brighouse telephone numbers.

Does anyone on here know/remember the firm , or even remember the E.R.F. when in service ?

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Hi C w m, used to see the ERF about quite a lot, tidy motor, cab still looks ok, don’t know what happened to it, but sure the firm went pop.
Les.

Hi Les ,
Thanks for the answer to my earlier photograph , etc… , re: W.D. Robinson & Son E.R.F.
Its surprising just where some of the ex.British wagons head for a second life` . :slight_smile:

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

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cattle wagon man:

lespullan:

cattle wagon man:
This E.R.F. cab was spotted in a breakers yard in Malta a couple of months ago. A lile bit o Yorkshire fe yer . :slight_smile:

The haulage company must have had 2 depots , - according to the Halifax and Brighouse telephone numbers.

Does anyone on here know/remember the firm , or even remember the E.R.F. when in service ?

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Hi C w m, used to see the ERF about quite a lot, tidy motor, cab still looks ok, don’t know what happened to it, but sure the firm went pop.
Les.

Hi Les ,
Thanks for the answer to my earlier photograph , etc… , re: W.D. Robinson & Son E.R.F.
Its surprising just where some of the ex.British wagons head for a second life` . :slight_smile:

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Hi Cwm, at the time when I used to see the ERF I was working for a quarry in Brighouse, we had no workshop so big jobs went to Dave Blockley at Driglington ,
although I overhauled our F7 engine in his yard, middle of winter because he was so busy, you will probably know him, he did Fred Greenwoods work then, probably still does, he had some great wreakers and cattle truck and again probably still does, he was very passionate about his cattle trucks.
Les.

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Dave Blockley is a good man, he did me a big favour free of charge with one of his small recovery vehicles when my daughter died, I needed to get her car moved to a safe place and he was there for me, no problem. You don’t forget good things like that. :slight_smile:

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grumpy old man:
Dave Blockley is a good man, he did me a big favour free of charge with one of his small recovery vehicles when my daughter died, I needed to get her car moved to a safe place and he was there for me, no problem. You don’t forget good things like that. :slight_smile:

Hi Grumpy, the guys a gent nothings too much trouble, sorry for your loss, its nice when people help you when the chips are down, theirs not much of that these days.
Regards Les.

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I agree with the comments above Dave Blockley is a gent, I met him many years ago at Witton Castle truck show where he asked me to take a photo of one of his recovery trucks and over the years I have taken a few photo’s for him I have posted a couple here now the last time I spoke to him was at last years Barnard Castle truck show…regards prattman.

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Thanks to “Les Pullan” and “Prattman” for the photographs and mention , re: Dave Blockley.

I took this photograph at Barnard Castle Truck Show a few years ago.
The Leyland Badger tractor unit looked as if it was brand new. :slight_smile:

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

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Thanks to “Les Pullan” and “Prattman” for the photographs and mention , re: Dave Blockley.

I took this photograph at Barnard Castle Truck Show a few years ago.
The Leyland Badger tractor unit looked as if it was brand new. :slight_smile:

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

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Dave Blockleys Leyland Badger gets a lift` to Barnard Castle Truck Show.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

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Anyone know how T.J. Smith logistic’s from nun monkton are doing.

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Still going a mate is on there day running.

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cattle wagon man:
Dave Blockleys Leyland Badger gets a lift` to Barnard Castle Truck Show.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Is this a recent photo , he had a Leyland unit parked in his yard last year then it disappeared?

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ramone:

cattle wagon man:
Dave Blockleys Leyland Badger gets a lift` to Barnard Castle Truck Show.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

Is this a recent photo , he had a Leyland unit parked in his yard last year then it disappeared?

Hi, I’m quite surprised to see Dave with a Leyland thought he only let Volvo’s and Scania’s in the yard, although not been in for 10-12 years. :astonished: :open_mouth:
Les.