A bit off thread I suppose but here’s a few that Foden seeker is after
W.Smith Ewood Bridge who my long gone Dad worked for pre-war up to 1950 when they were based at Radcliffe
M.E. Darcy Breightmet Sold in 1970 to Barker Bros. at Radcliffe
Jack Whitam Milnrow
Jimmy Bowling Westhoughton
Pierce Croston Wigan area
Tommy Saxon Heywood
Jack Lord Rossendale bought his wagon (Austin 7 tonner) when W.Smith closed in 1975 and later replaced that with an ex Saxtons Chieftain after they’d called it a day
Peter Smith Burnley .May still be around though not on livestock. I saw his late 60’s KM in Borthwicks at Colne in late 1980 though may be someone else had it then
Jardines Darwen
Chris Caterall Preston or Blackpool (can’t remember)
Bleasdales Preston area
Arthur Whitehorn Preston (?)
Plus plenty of meat companies and livestock buyers from Lancs/Manchester area had their own cattle wagons at that time.
boden:
A bit off thread I suppose but here’s a few that Foden seeker is after
W.Smith Ewood Bridge who my long gone Dad worked for pre-war up to 1950 when they were based at Radcliffe
M.E. Darcy Breightmet Sold in 1970 to Barker Bros. at Radcliffe
Jack Whitam Milnrow
Jimmy Bowling Westhoughton
Pierce Croston Wigan area
Tommy Saxon Heywood
Jack Lord Rossendale bought his wagon (Austin 7 tonner) when W.Smith closed in 1975 and later replaced that with an ex Saxtons Chieftain after they’d called it a day
Peter Smith Burnley .May still be around though not on livestock. I saw his late 60’s KM in Borthwicks at Colne in late 1980 though may be someone else had it then
Jardines Darwen
Chris Caterall Preston or Blackpool (can’t remember)
Bleasdales Preston area
Arthur Whitehorn Preston (?)
Plus plenty of meat companies and livestock buyers from Lancs/Manchester area had their own cattle wagons at that time.
Thank you Boden for the contribution, Jack Witham was a delivery point for Jeff and Sam and some of the other names above have been mentioned in the past including Saxtons, who I believe were based between Rochdale and Huddersfield and ran Dark Blue wagons. Do you know Winders from Hellifield area?
I was told that Saxtons place was that Truck Sales site next to the eastbound M62 just before J23,They had Elland or Stainland on the wagons which is not far from there of course. John Winder told my dad not to buy a KM when he was casting round for a 16 tonner around 68/69,he may as well have done though as the AEC he bought was a disaster,a Bedford could’nt have been any worse than that one,not that I ever drove it other than round the farm yard.
Photos poor, coppied from video.
H C & M Bargh’s Magirus with home made container, at Hawes Auction Mart in 1990, two years after sold to M R Jackson, Ingleton.
cattle wagon man:
Here is a photograph of my Dads third cattle wagon, bought new in 1954. Ford Thames 4D reg. no. PWU 830. It gave very reliable service. The photo was taken on its last days work before being replaced by a new Austin FE 5 Tonner.
Dalesman, can you remember the Ford in its later life ?
Hi. Cattle Wagon Man.
I don’t remember your Ford 4D in it’s later life, who did you sell it to? I remember the Austin and the later wagons you ran.
Regards Dalesman
Hi Dalesman
I had been taxing your memory about the Ford 4D. My father sold it to Billy McFarlane who used it on flat for milk kit collection around Dent, Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale areas to Barbon Creamery. After a few years he sold the outfit to a farmer called Dodgson at Gallaber Farm, Burton in Lonsdale. Eric Staveley says he often saw the Ford at Hellifield Auction.
I think the colours remained the same, if that is any clue to you
The last time I can remember seeing PWU was around 1965, on its old “home ground” of Sedbergh Auction, on a store cattle sale day. Cheers cattle wagon man.
Hi Cattle Wagon Man
I Can remember George? Dodgson running a Ford 4D, but did’nt know it was your old one. Who made the boddy in your photo of it? Perhaps Faraday the blacksmith from Lupton?, he made the boddies for J W Morphet’s Austins as seen in the photo on this thread. The man in front of the wagon is J W Morphet
Hi Dalesman
Here is a photograph of Henry Mackereths second wagon, an Austin K2 which was bought in 1950. This livestock body was made by a Sedbergh joiner, Albert Sedgwick. The photo was taken in August 1954, in Bradford. I can not remember this because I was only 3 months old then !! The body is the same one as on the Ford in the previous photo but with alterations, namely an additional rear section and the luton depth reduced to fit the higher cab on the Ford. I think the joiners at Lupton were called Inmans. They made a solid but heavy body, and Les Burrow and George Ellis bought them. I may be wrong but I think that is where J W Morphet bought theirs too. I can remember Dennis owning an Albion Chieftain, new in 1964, which had an Inman body,but Ill stand corrected on something which is so long ago.
I will try to obtain a photograph from John Kelso of Lazonby of a Bedford WLG 2 tonner reg. no. CTN 945. My dad bought this wagon from John`s father Albert ( of Fellside Transport name ) in 1947, when he first started in business.
Before anyone notices the omission, the reg. no. of the Austin is BTH 257.
Dalesman:
Photos poor, coppied from video.
H C & M Bargh’s Magirus with home made container, at Hawes Auction Mart in 1990, two years after sold to M R Jackson, Ingleton.
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Hello all you Yorkshire lads. I have being following this thread with interest as up till the late 80’s I was involved in livestock transport but mainly in Durham / Northumberland. A fair few of the firms pictured / mentioned used to get into Tyneside and Hexham marts on a Friday. Especially Greenwoods and Robinson Halifax. Tyneside was fatstock and dry dairy cows and Hexham was store cattle and we often used to end up somewhere in N. Yorks on a Friday night with a load from Hexham.
Before Tyneside opened about 1969 the mart used to be the other side of the river in Gateshead and we used to shift about 4 or 5 loads of cows down to The Shiers at Easingwold for Bill Swiers on a Friday.
Another regular job was swill fed pigs down to the Walls factory in Hyde (usually 3 loads a week) and when the slaughter line was closed at Hyde in the mid eighties we had to tip at Malton. I think the company name was Bowers but we just called it Malton Bacon factory (sure you will put me right on that one) We would then call into York mart to wash out.
Gibson’s of Garstang were another regular haulier into Walls.
Here is a picture of the last new vehicle we bought with a container built by George Hallowell, Morpeth. The picture was taken at the Yorkshire Show in 1986.
Dalesman:
Photos poor, coppied from video.
H C & M Bargh’s Magirus with home made container, at Hawes Auction Mart in 1990, two years after sold to M R Jackson, Ingleton.
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Post the vid.
Would’nt know how it’s on old VHS tape, may be able to copy onto disc first though.
If its a home made VHS tape plug the VHS player into a DVD recorder, should work does for me. I have a lot of VHS recorded from TV that does not work, keeps saying copyright protected. Anybody any ideas?
jonto:
Here’s one to begin, Robisons of Halifax at Banbury.
Excellent, I remember their Ergo cabbed 6 wheeler AEC Marshal Majors which used to come to grandad’s place, just!
My Dad drove for Robinsons of Halifax, Peter Chilcott was his name. They were based in Triangle nr Halifax apparently they kept all there wagons when they packed up,rotting away in one of the fields so my dad says. I think he still sees Mrs Robinson from time to time although Mr Robinson passed away i think. He keeps telling about the time when sheep would jump of top deck and he had to chase them round Halifax town centre on a saturday night, or when a bull would make a break for freedom and they had to get the slaughterman to come down and kill it because they couldnt catch it. He did tell me who the driver was but i forgot it.
Hi dc014m0342
Did your dad work at Ripponden & District in the mid 60s as a drivers mate? If so,was he on Ashton u Lyne run with driver Neville "Tiny"sydney??
Regards JOHN.
Yes he did, was a driver as well i do remember him saying something about a run round Manchester area. Drove for J & A Binns wire then Callard &Bowser finished at Haulfast a few years ago.
jonto:
Here’s one to begin, Robisons of Halifax at Banbury.
Excellent, I remember their Ergo cabbed 6 wheeler AEC Marshal Majors which used to come to grandad’s place, just!
My Dad drove for Robinsons of Halifax, Peter Chilcott was his name. They were based in Triangle nr Halifax apparently they kept all there wagons when they packed up,rotting away in one of the fields so my dad says. I think he still sees Mrs Robinson from time to time although Mr Robinson passed away i think. He keeps telling about the time when sheep would jump of top deck and he had to chase them round Halifax town centre on a saturday night, or when a bull would make a break for freedom and they had to get the slaughterman to come down and kill it because they couldnt catch it. He did tell me who the driver was but i forgot it.
Hi dc014m0342
Did your dad work at Ripponden & District in the mid 60s as a drivers mate? If so,was he on Ashton u Lyne run with driver Neville "Tiny"sydney??
Regards JOHN.
Yes he did, was a driver as well i do remember him saying something about a run round Manchester area. Drove for J & A Binns wire then Callard &Bowser finished at Haulfast a few years ago.
On my first day at work Ripponden I was your dads replacement on Ashton run as drivers mate straight from school.Your dad was a few years older than me,and according to my driver "Tiny"twice as strong!!!.Anyway,I soon learned the job,and me and Tiny became good friends as well as driver and mate. Stayed there for 33years so I must have enjoyed it.Nice to hear about lads from the old days
HI Boden just chatting to my dad about Albert hall farms he said don’t forget old firms like keith Abercrombie and nicholsons of hull i understand their dead and gone now they wear characters .quote=“boden”]Albert Hall Farms is another one that white Mick dragged from the memory bank,they always had a Commer 16 tonner parked in the same place every Saturday at Bingley,I always thought they were on the calf job.
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Hi Truck Traveller, Head over to the Pavilion - Guys Thatched Hamlet tomorrow night at Bilsborrow A 6 , ( Long Haul Club ). A .E.C. and Livestock Haulage presentation talk. cattle wagon man.
hello lads i’m danny cantrill who is referred to in this blog i .remember all the lads mentioned and a lot more besides,my father vin and my elder brother john.also brian dixon had a brother les.alec freeman and tony andrew were 2 other drivers from around the same time when we were running sheep from buitelaar’s at skegness to antwerp.although i’m no longer involved in transport i remember those times with great fondness.ken lane was a hard man but he was certainly old school and i have nothing but respect for the man, who built up a great business from scratch. he wanted a days work from you but he paid you well for what you did. its apity there aren’t more like him around today.
Hayton Dan:
hello lads i’m danny cantrill who is referred to in this blog i .remember all the lads mentioned and a lot more besides,my father vin and my elder brother john.also brian dixon had a brother les.alec freeman and tony andrew were 2 other drivers from around the same time when we were running sheep from buitelaar’s at skegness to antwerp.although i’m no longer involved in transport i remember those times with great fondness.ken lane was a hard man but he was certainly old school and i have nothing but respect for the man, who built up a great business from scratch. he wanted a days work from you but he paid you well for what you did. its apity there aren’t more like him around today.
Hi Dan can well remember you mate im George Harvey (Flordon Flounder) through my sea fishing exploits my old chap is Bill Harvey mate from Norwich we are still involved in the cattle mate althou just mainly as haulage contractors nowadays 3 or 4 loads a week to Woolly Bros Sheffield every week & where ever is needed im part time driver nowadays after three hospital visits all over England due to mad cows!!! Like you said mate good old days & I was certainly taught by the best do you know if George Buttle is still with us mate last spoke to him prob 4 or more years ago Cheers mate.
