Just over the border in nottinghashire does anybody remember J T Hunts of worksop quite a big firm as i remember,when and why did they close down,when i worked for caudles running out of Batchelors foods they did quite a lot of storage for them,and at their Worksop factory.
jeffreyk:
I think caudles had a connection with tuffnells the parcel carriers
i understand eddie shaw was involved with both caudles & tuffnells-alan
164480:
hartley:
164480:
hartley:
hi all does anybody remember d sharp and son from barnsley my dad used to drive for them in the 80ssharpys,now them lads did’nt run by the rules,i remember when they got a new fleet of sed-atki 400 s & the dafs,i think they would’ve been the 2800s smart looking fleet in the 70s-80s.
hi 164480 do you also remember j cuts from barnsley down road from sharpys
hi their hartley, cutts are still on the go the do a lot of tanker work taking sand to glass factories.
ye my dad workt at sharps brian newton my dad saw your dad at david snoops funrel ovar day
anuther photo for you carl
some more for you kid
some more old ■■■■
man 16. 232
bryan thorpes of rotherham
wilfred harrison transport
jj72:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Does anyone remember the name of the Bradford outfit that the infamous Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe) drove for, once saw a calendar in some traffic office somewhere and it featured the firm all i can remember he was in the driving seat or standing by a red articulated motor can’t remember the make or model, used to see them travelling up/down the M6/A74 frequently, go on say it “saddo”.
thanks harry long retired.seem to remember they were called Clarke’s but don’t remember them apart from as you mentioned, a well used photo of the [zb] showed him driving a Ford Transcon i.i.r.c
Aye, it was Clark
In October 1976, Peter Sutcliffe came home to his wife with the good news that he had finally found work as a lorry driver. He was now working with T & W H Clark (Holdings Ltd) on the Canal Road Industrial Estate, between Shipley and Bradford.
not to be confused with the other thorpes-alan
ernest thorpes was run by ann thorpe a woman who could swear like a trooper and lived in a bungalow next to the yard
this was a proper old fashioned West Yorkshire company. They ran a couple of 85 DAFs on tanker haulage. I had the pleasure of working with a true gent, Mick Bottomley didn’t follow in his fathers footsteps but was still involved in transport.
H Bottomley from Greetland 
jeffreyk:
ernest thorpes was run by mary thorpe a woman who could swear like a trooper and lived in a bungalow next to the yard
I knew old man thorpe in the 60s he looked like a cross between Rod Stewart and wurzel gummage and I think the daughter took over sometime in the 70s or 80s as a couple of their drivers used the same pub as me ( The Sportsman ) on Walkley Bank Road when I lived up there.
Here’s a few old haulage firms i used to work for
J Tuckwell &sons. Fell street
Joe Ermin’s &Sons. Clay street
Henry Mathews.& SonsCricket Inn Road
Joe Wright.& SonsColford Road
Cox&danks. Stevenson Road
Ernest Nortcliffe .Industry Road
Robert Earl .Greenland Road
T.W. Wards .Attercliffe Common Heres a couple of firm i forgot Burdalls Gravy Salt in the old barrecks in Hillsbourgh,and Lou Wilson out of Tinsley Wire ,Shepcote lane Sheffield ,M.J.Bonnel&sons Bawtry Road ,Rotherham
And a few i did not work for
Burnett & Hallamshire . Bernard Road
Harry Atkinson &Son.Brightside Lane
J Truswell Son .Surbiton Street (STILL GOING)
Marple &Gilletts. Stevenson Road
R Robinsons &sons Century Street
Harry Hodges .Shirland Lane
Hope they bring back a few memories
Wheel Nut:
jj72:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Does anyone remember the name of the Bradford outfit that the infamous Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe) drove for, once saw a calendar in some traffic office somewhere and it featured the firm all i can remember he was in the driving seat or standing by a red articulated motor can’t remember the make or model, used to see them travelling up/down the M6/A74 frequently, go on say it “saddo”.
thanks harry long retired.seem to remember they were called Clarke’s but don’t remember them apart from as you mentioned, a well used photo of the [zb] showed him driving a Ford Transcon i.i.r.c
Aye, it was Clark
In October 1976, Peter Sutcliffe came home to his wife with the good news that he had finally found work as a lorry driver. He was now working with T & W H Clark (Holdings Ltd) on the Canal Road Industrial Estate, between Shipley and Bradford.
I thought it was Whitikers at Baildon but im probably wrong
bedfordmanotype:
Here’s a few old haulage firms i used to work for
J Tuckwell &sons. Fell street
Joe Ermin’s &Sons. Clay street
Henry Mathews.& SonsCricket Inn Road
Joe Wright.& SonsColford Road
Cox&danks. Stevenson Road
Ernest Nortcliffe .Industry Road
Robert Earl .Greenland Road
T.W. Wards .Attercliffe Common
And a few i did not work for
Burnett & Hallamshire . Bernard Road
Harry Atkinson &Son.Brightside Lane
J Truswell Son .Surbiton Street (STILL GOING)
Marple &Gilletts. Stevenson Road
R Robinsons &sons Century Street
Harry Hodges .Shirland Lane
Hope they bring back a few memories
I remember all of them.When did you work for Robert Earl and Joe Emmens?
Chris
Here’s a Yorkshire firm that has grown quickly with the help of Asda:
