Transport Companies Sheffield [Archive]

bryan1943

25-03-2007, 08:56

does anyone remember old transport companies around sheffield?.i first worked for rileys at birley vale 1964 diong local work.then on to long distance multi drops south coast,also delivering steel up to scotland bringing scrap back to roe brothers at wincobank.in 1969 worked for ross garages at tyler st.drivin old atkinsons up and down to south wales my first truck was reg no
DBO380.ross sold out to humber warehousing in grimsby and later became humber mc.vee.i mooved to felixstowe in 1975 worked for p&o roadways untill i left and worked for james martin transport doing runs to iran jorden turkey greece and suadi arabia.travaling through belguim.germany.austria.cross yugoslavia bulgaria down through tukey into iran.great days.any one rembers me love to hear from you
bryan

Wyatterp

22-05-2007, 04:50

hi Bryan, I too worked for Ross, just before they was tacken over by Humber Warhousing and then got laid off, and humber started a new depot at Frckley nr Doncaster,the depot if you can call it that was on a farm,they grew potatoes and made frensh frise (chips) that we deliverd,i worked there untill i got sacked because i was emigrateing to Canada,we left Heathrow December 28 1974 and have never been back but my wife and i are finaly coming for a holliday this week we will be in Sheffield May 26 until june 18.

Graham

bryan1943

22-05-2007, 19:47

Wyatterp

23-05-2007, 05:09

I think i remember them,some of the names seem familier,i do remember the manager was a Welshman not sure of his name but the yard forman we always called him sn*ts because that is what he was always doing,the manager would have him get him a pot of tea and he always did it in his cup,i don't think he ever new what he was drinking, well i wont be on the computer untill the end of June when we get back from Sheffield talk to you then.
Graham

Manxdeedah

29-03-2011, 17:50

Hi Bryan,just found this thread.I remember Ross Garages,their main depot was in Cardiff and I recall them using Atkis,AEC MK5s and - I think - Scania 110s or 111s.When I worked for A E Evans tankers I picked one of their night trunk drivers up early one morning,somewhere between Ross and Monmouth.He'd run out of time and dumped his artic (I'm sure it was a Scania) in a lay-by.I didn't realise Humber McVeigh bought them out.
This picture of a Ross AEC MK5 Mandator DKG 483C,might bring some memories back.....

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/AECs/DKG483CMANDATOR.jpg

Chris.

PS I always thought they were on Barrow Road.
I remember a lot of old Sheffield hauliers,I worked for C H Preston,Naylor and Wagstaffe,A.E.Evans and then 27 years for GGD/Wincanton at Maltby.

phantom309

29-03-2011, 18:29

I worked at Pickfords Heavy Haulage
Richmond Road Garages (not long)
Sykes Bulk Liquids ( Sheaf Petroleum )
Magnet Southern Rotherham
Applied Distribution Chapeltown
Dodds Transport Swallownest
Syd Woods Rotherham
Exel Logistics Brinsworth

The Old Sheffield firms I can recall are
H.Atkinson
R.Earls
T.Simmonite
Kitchens
Wilf Baxter
Parkers
Warringtons
Falkland Road
Wheeler Road
Trowbridge
Bonsalls
Smiths Denby Street
Caudles
Rivelin Valley
Shepherds ( Greenhill)
Jack Shepherds
Barber Road
Revill Sons & Broadbent
Ernest Thorpes
Truswells
Gloystarne
Hadfields
BRS
Gillots
Procters
Chamber & Illingworth
Sid Harrison
Willie Harrison
Jacksons
T.Blacks
Singletons
Furness High Green

and one or two I can't remember at the moment

Manxdeedah

29-03-2011, 18:46

:hihi:

Hmmmmmmmm,we know each other then.:D

A few more....

Wm Bradley,Surbiton Street
Cooper and Hart
Bradley that did Batchelors work
L H Mills - Maltese Tony's company:D
Henry Matthews
Frank Philips
H Askey
Wm Marsden,Malin Bridge
Wilsons - did TWIL
H Cawthorne
Flemings
George Cowan
Ibbotsons (Carbrook Transport)
A.E.Evans Regent Transport
Blagdens
One at Wadsley Bridge that did Whitbreads work amongst others.:help: - Wesley Nichols?
Talbot Transport

That's all I can think of at the moment.

Chris

harmston

29-03-2011, 19:35

no one mentioned H.J.TUFFNELLS understand started with horse and cart developed in to lorrys depot in mary st moved to woodbourne road then to shepcote lane to present but now a International firm any one from 52 to 64 around

phantom309

29-03-2011, 20:10

Pat O'Brian
Lol Wilson did you mean manx I think we might know each other

Manxdeedah

29-03-2011, 20:17

Pat O'Brian
Lol Wilson did you mean manx I think we might know each other

Aye,L Wilson,green motors,they had some Mastiffs IIRC.

See yer in t'Red Lion when I come over.:hihi:

mh01

29-03-2011, 23:46

deepcar transport
a&e
gregorys(ecclesfield)
po middleton
bw.dimmock
housleys(tippers)
bradburys(ecclesfield)
geoff hardisty
hughes haulage
george lymer
burgins
cardiff transport
h waters
r cox
rdb freight lines
handsworth transport
hornsby (brinsworth)
stuart keen
? fox (cant remember his 1st name)george?
r&j transport
g fisher (tippers)
john dee
gosneys
gw grice
s&h motors
ford&perry
burgess haulage
intake transport
j cooper (tippers)
newell & wright
stardes
rw simpson
hartley haulage
t roberts
a e obrien
greg saynor
price express
buckleys (eckington)
c&d express (now owned by a&e)
hastings freight
arnold pell (bought out by ernie thorpe)
gd wragg (tippers)
mappins (chapeltown) (tippers)
marriots

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 09:36

:D
The list is endless. I forgot all about P O Middleton and Harry Waters.Geoff Hardisty was known as Wharncliffe Transport,he subbed for Wincanton at Maltby.
Hallam Freight was another,off Handsworth Road.

Chris

mh01

30-03-2011, 11:15

does anyone have any photos of any of these companies vehicles be it past or present that they could share with us?

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 12:24

Here's a few..............

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/IMG.jpg
I remember seeing S and H Motors but not the Hopley's motor.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/CD5nGqQEGkKGrHqUOKm4Ez7W1e0MtBNQHL-wz2w_12.jpg
Trowbridge AEC MK3 coming out of London.A Peter Davies photo.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/2r542m0.jpg
L Wilson BMC's.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/TufnellsAlbion.jpg

Tuffnells Albion..........70 drops,45 collections,done for dinner.:hihi:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0798.jpg
C H Preston Leyland Marathon.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img813.jpg
H Askey,still going.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img815.jpg
Another of H Askey.Looks like the road from Loxley to Bradfield.

There's a few for a start:)

mh01

30-03-2011, 12:36

harmston

30-03-2011, 13:49

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 13:59

manxdeedah if i remember the two albion were bought in 1960 61 for the new run to Leicester each day one driver called LES murphy traffic manager Ted Kennel. dock foreman George Eastman. at that time, plenty more names if you are interested

Harmston,I didn't know any Tuffnells drivers but the name Les Murphy rings a bell.I do have a mate who is or was shunting for them on Shepcote Lane,I've not heard owt from him for a bit but he was getting better with drawbars he said:hihi:.His name is Dave Molteno.
Here's a "Big green parcel machine"..........doesn't look like Shepcote Lane though.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/Tuffnellsatroyton.jpg

dean1

30-03-2011, 14:02

My dad drove for Harry Atkinson and Sons, he bought Harry's pigeon loft from him. His name was Don. Also remember a driver called Pete Gill, and one with the nickname 'Chappy' ?

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 14:09

My dad drove for Harry Atkinson and Sons, he bought Harry's pigeon loft from him. His name was Don. Also remember a driver called Pete Gill, and one with the nickname 'Chappy' ?

Hi Dean,I knew one or two Harry Atkinson drivers years ago but their names escape me,sorry.I ought to remember,they were always either in the Tree cafe at Alrewas or the Oakamoor cafe,both on the A38:hihi:.Years later,one of their drivers came to Wincanton at Maltby in the 90s,his name was Kev Mennels.
Here's a rayt old Harry A six-legger............:D

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/harryatkinsonkewdodge.jpg

Cheers,
Chris

harmston

30-03-2011, 20:03

speeder

30-03-2011, 21:07

speeder

30-03-2011, 21:08

Here's a "Big green parcel machine"..........doesn't look like Shepcote Lane though.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/Tuffnellsatroyton.jpg

Looks like Shaw Rd, Oldham Depot

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 21:27

Manxdeedar the Les i was referring to must be in his high 70s now this was at woodbourne rd. This was my 2 stint from 61-64 but i started at Mary st in 52 to 54 that is as a van lad on doncaster then went spare with G Eastman taught to drive before doing N/S by these drivers, with the aid of a 12 inch ruler across the knuckles if you made the same mistake twice ,you soon learnt. great days a lot of good memories H.J.and his brother Cliff were real gentlemen

A crack across the knuckles sounds a good idea,reminds me of when trailer lads used to get the knotted rope off the wagon and drag driver for falling asleep on night trunk.:D
Whereabouts were Tuffnells on Woodbourne Road,I worked for Prestons and they were on the left off Cricket Inn Road where T C Harrison moved into,before the railway bridge.
They were great days as you say but they can shove it where the sun don't shine now - cab phones,digi cards,timed deliveries,snotty kids running transport offices and all that crap-oh,and 500 bhp limited to 56mph,not for me. Log sheets,a few coppers for a phone call for a backload,no speed limiters and cafes full of drivers who would go out of their way to help you out.
Do I sound like a grumpy old sod?:hihi:

Cheers,
Chris.

mh01

30-03-2011, 21:36

Harmston,I didn't know any Tuffnells drivers but the name Les Murphy rings a bell.I do have a mate who is or was shunting for them on Shepcote Lane,I've not heard owt from him for a bit but he was getting better with drawbars he said:hihi:.His name is Dave Molteno.
Here's a "Big green parcel machine"..........doesn't look like Shepcote Lane though.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/Tuffnellsatroyton.jpg

i did a 3 week work experience from school at tufnells on shepcote lane

mh01

30-03-2011, 21:39

Hallam Freight now owned by R W Simpson. worked in the garage for 10+ years

I believe Arnold Pell was an employee of Ernest Thorpe and was paid for the use of his name on the operators licence, worked in the garage for a year or so.IIRC there was 2 or 3 sed aks painted in arnold pells colours & name in the 80s, i was told he was an employee of thorpes who went his own way but found the going tough so ernie bought him out

carosio

30-03-2011, 21:49

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 21:58

A few more photos..............

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/runxis.jpg
J W Fantom Bedford KM

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img819.jpg
Another H Askey Leyland

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/twward-1.jpg
T W Ward Austin

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/ketton.jpg
Ketton Cement Leyland Octopus - owned by T W Ward

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/KivetonParkSteel.jpg
Kiuveton Park Steel Bedford TM

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0637.jpg
Jimmy Childs Albion.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0641.jpg
Falkland Road Services AEC Marshal

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/carbrook.jpg
Carbrook Transport ERF (formerly Ibbotsons,Lodge Lane Aston).

Manxdeedah

30-03-2011, 22:05

The first job I had back in the sixties was with Burnett and Hallamshire, the fuel company, I was based in the portakab office at Nunnery Sidings (opposite the incinerator on Bernard Rd) where their lorries were loaded up with coal from the railway wagons. They had those high sided 8 wheelers. All the dometic coal delivery men used to load up there as well.

Do you remember this lot on t'coal job Carosio,Thomas Black?

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0191-1.jpg

mh01

30-03-2011, 22:07

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/2789311639/ will be a great sightto see once theyve fully restored it

cuttsie

30-03-2011, 22:07

carosio

30-03-2011, 22:11

Do you remember this lot on t'coal job Carosio,Thomas Black?

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0191-1.jpg
Yes, I remember their wagons running around. The smaller coalmen tended to use Ford Thames Traders at that time, which were fairly new then.

mh01

30-03-2011, 22:32

theres a fair few pics of early sheffield hauliers lorries on trucknet

Manxdeedah

31-03-2011, 11:03

IIRC there was 2 or 3 sed aks painted in arnold pells colours & name in the 80s, i was told he was an employee of thorpes who went his own way but found the going tough so ernie bought him out

I've been racking my brains over Arnold Pell - well what's left of my brains - and I think he had the same livery as Thorpes,I may be wrong of course,usually am.:huh:

mh01

31-03-2011, 11:04

I've been racking my brains over Arnold Pell - well what's left of my brains - and I think he had the same livery as Thorpes,I may be wrong of course,usually am.:huh:arnold pells were painted in blue & i think 1 was in a rusty brown colour, they all looked a bit of mismatched wrecks to be honest

mh01

31-03-2011, 11:29

bracken

31-03-2011, 13:03

a scammell belonging to sid harrison prior to restoration

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/4175103232/

the next pic is of the same scammell fully restored

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/4174735546/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/4173975309/

....and can be viewed, along with other Harrison lorries, at the SYTM at Aldwalke on their monthly Open Days - highly recommended !.....

http://www.sytm.co.uk/

Manxdeedah

31-03-2011, 13:29

arnold pells were painted in blue & i think 1 was in a rusty brown colour, they all looked a bit of mismatched wrecks to be honest

Ah,right I've got him now,thanks.

A couple of Sid Harrison photos............

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/S%20Harrison%20and%20Sons/555336.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/S%20Harrison%20and%20Sons/x2.jpg

I remember them running about in SPT on internal work.They are remembered by nearly every lorry enthusiast.

And a couple of Richmond Road Garages.........

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/294qcco-1.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/11hxvkk.jpg

bracken

31-03-2011, 14:50

[QUOTE=Manxdeedah;7466993]Ah,right I've got him now,thanks.

A couple of Sid Harrison photos............

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/S%20Harrison%20and%20Sons/555336.jpg

look here, by coincidence , my pic of HWJ 940C on a visit to Aldwalke last December 2010 !!...

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt246/sandyb-photos/012.jpg

Manxdeedah

31-03-2011, 21:13

A bit of Rotherham nostalgia,Eccles Aizlewood 1956 Atki,brand new,being weighed off for it's tare......photo courtesy of Mick Hird.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/eccles1.jpg

A nice Askey ERF 6-legger............

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img822.jpg

Robert Earl Marathon.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/robertearl2.jpg

A bit out of town here,but anybody remember Marsdens from Gateford,Worksop - nice F88 and drag.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/marsdenworksop.jpg

Are Marriots still going or have they pulled t'pin?
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0614.jpg

And a nice Peter Davies photo of a Thomas Black Scania 110.IIRC they used to run over to Ellesmere Port on nights for black oil.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0617-1.jpg

Chris.

mh01

31-03-2011, 22:37

Manxdeedah

01-04-2011, 12:49

I've googled A Marriott,just gives their address as Catley Road so maybe they are still operating.I left Sheffield for the IOM five years ago so I'm a bit out of touch.

Another H Askey photo,TK Bedford in snow...
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img820.jpg

Yendor (Rodney reversed) Transport Ford D1000.I've had a couple of lifts in this very motor when on a dodgy night out :D
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/YendorSheffield.jpg

A 1954 reg Atki 8-leggger of Batchelors Foods Wadsley Bridge.H.Bradley did most of their work (was it H Bradley?) but I don't know if this wagon is theirs.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/batchelorsfoods.jpg

J E Parker Albion.Photo courtesy of Alan Graham.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/Picturestyrings010.jpg

P and S Transport,Paisley.They had a Rotherham phone number but I don't know if they had a yard or shared a yard there.Backloaded steel,a lot of billets for Scottish Stampings at Ayr.Another photo courtesy of Alan Graham.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/Picturestyrings013.jpg

A Peter Davies photo of a Trowbridge Transport AEC MK3 Mammoth Major.IIRC they belonged to Lodestar Engineering who were AEC agents in Sheffield.I know it was one of the best driving jobs in the area.They ran night trunks to London and did a lot of TWIL for Barnards at Norwich. I've had many a tussle with their AEC Mercurys at night in the late 60s,coming home after a trailer change at Abbey Wood.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0416.jpg

mh01

01-04-2011, 18:45

Manxdeedah

01-04-2011, 19:22

mh01

01-04-2011, 19:28

Sorry,I don't remember the Yendor drivers' name.So they were tied up with Blagdens then?
I've got one photo of a Blagden wagon,an SA400.............leaning to the curve with a load of wire which would never have shifted...........:D

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img900-2.jpgrodney spelt backwards is yendor, the 1st name of mr blagden, just before they packed up with the transport side, 2 or 3 lorries had yendor on the front but all had blagdens on the cab doors. i think most of blagdens work was wire prior to them packing up, i went on a couple of their runs with the driver who passed away. at the time of packing up they'd got 1 leyland roadtrain, 1 volvo, 2 ERF's & 3 sed aks if i remember correctly

mh01

01-04-2011, 19:30

Manxdeedah

01-04-2011, 19:43

i maybe mistaken but i think the driver in this lorry is called pete, it certainly looks like him, i remember that lorry well

I know somebody who knows somebody else that drove for Blagdens,will try and find out who the driver is.
In the meantime another well-known Sheffield haulier,Frank Phillips........

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/FrankPhilipsAlbion.jpg

A E Evans bought one or two AEC Mandators off Frank P,one was WWB 342G and the other TWE 707L,when I find the pic of TWE I'll put it on.

Chris

mh01

01-04-2011, 19:45

I know somebody who knows somebody else that drove for Blagdens,will try and find out who the driver is.
In the meantime another well-known Sheffield haulier,Frank Phillips........

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/FrankPhilipsAlbion.jpg

A E Evans bought one or two AEC Mandators off Frank P,one was WWB 342G and the other TWE 707L,when I find the pic of TWE I'll put it on.

Chrisi cant remember the evans company, where were they based?

Manxdeedah

01-04-2011, 20:41

i cant remember the evans company, where were they based?

I'll post some photos of them tomorrow,might jog your memory.:D
Off for a walk on the prom then into the pub - if our lass will let me:hihi:.

cuttsie

01-04-2011, 21:48

I'll post some photos of them tomorrow,might jog your memory.:D
Off for a walk on the prom then into the pub - if our lass will let me:hihi:.

Manxi, A pal of mine from school called Mick Holgate who i believe is or was a builder in the I.O.M. Have you heard of him on your tavels round there.

sprocky

01-04-2011, 22:12

mh01

01-04-2011, 22:25

was it philips that did a lot of heavy haul in the 80s & 90s, & also had the skip business?i know they bought caudles haulage & did a bit of plant work via them, i believe caudles removals side was bought by SBS

bracken

01-04-2011, 22:55

mh01

01-04-2011, 23:00

...Caudles/SBS site on Queens Rd now a McDonalds !!!!!!!aye, iv seen it, i was surprised how many lorries caudles use to squeeze in that yard

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 08:33

Manxi, A pal of mine from school called Mick Holgate who i believe is or was a builder in the I.O.M. Have you heard of him on your tavels round there.

No Cuttsie,I haven't heard of him but there is a M J Holgate listed in our local phone book.

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 08:36

i used to drive for f phillips early seventys, and remember that albion, we used to load out of t.w.wards girder shop, did you know jack phillips died last month, a.e evans had some land on queens road, new a driver derick rodgers used to work for them.

Hi Sprocky,I knew one or two Frank Phillips drivers,used to drink with them in the Woodburn Hotel.One was nicknamed Curly and he had a Spanish Dodge,wish I could remember the other names.Derek Rogers was shop steward at Evans and a big mate of mine,he lived at Bowshaw,on the old A61 going into Dronfield.

cuttsie

02-04-2011, 08:38

No Cuttsie,I haven't heard of him but there is a M J Holgate listed in our local phone book.

could be Mick?

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 10:50

A E Evans Regent Transport were a Barking company who opened a yard on Duchess Road,then moved to Queens Road where I started in 1970.Not much room in there so a lot of the motors were parked on the Vic Station car park,or sneaked home.:D They were an all AEC fleet when I started,all secondhand 8-leggers ,MK3s and MK5s,mostly ex Shell,Harold Wood or Fina.The first two artics at Sheffield were cut down MK5 Mammoth Majors,made into 3-axled twin steer units,AYH 701H and BMX 746H (sad).The next artic was ex LPG Morley,a tilt cab Mandator JWW 896D which I eventually inherited as I was one of the few with a class one licence.Later in 1970 they moved to the old PWD depot on Cricket Inn Road.I left in 1979,here's a few photos,none of them mine,just what I've found on ebay and the net.

TGU 391 MK3 MM ex Shell,an Arthur Ingram photo taken at Arrow Bulk Liquids Hull where the tank was being steamed out.I think it was taken in 1969 and it was one of the first wagons I drove at Sheffield.AEC 9.6 engine and 6-speed box,note sliding doors and push out screen for aircon.:hihi:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/A%20E%20Evans%20and%20other%20assorted%20vehicles/IMG_0008.jpg

And here it is again in Shell livery,courtesy NA3T.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/A%20E%20Evans%20and%20other%20assorted%20vehicles/HuM0733.jpg

Taken at Barking depot,I think CWE 619H was ex Frank Phillips.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/A%20E%20Evans%20and%20other%20assorted%20vehicles/IMG_0001.jpg

Another pic taken at Barking when we got a bit more upmarket.The Mandator on the right is TWE 707L and was ex Frank Phillips.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/A%20E%20Evans%20and%20other%20assorted%20vehicles/scan0737.jpg

I've got some more if you want to see them,mostly taken at Barking,just a couple from Sheffield.

DUFFEMS

02-04-2011, 11:14

Did anyone know Tommy Greatbatch who drove for many hauliers in the 50's/60's, one of them was Frank Philips who I believe had a depot on London Road?

sprocky

02-04-2011, 12:34

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 12:40

did not know derick was a shop steward, if i remember right his wife was some relation to james childs demolition, nice couple, yes duffems i did know a tommy greatbatch when i drove for barbers / ptoctors, cant place him at phillips though ??

I left Evans in 1979 and Derek had been shop steward for a bit then.I think he took a pub near Dronfield,could have been The Greyhound but can't be sure.His wife was called Marilyn I'm sure but I don't know owt about the Jimmy Childs connection.

DUFFEMS

02-04-2011, 12:47

did not know derick was a shop steward, if i remember right his wife was some relation to james childs demolition, nice couple, yes duffems i did know a tommy greatbatch when i drove for barbers / ptoctors, cant place him at phillips though ??

Tommy Greatbatch was at Philips, Abrafract, Joseph Smith's, James Neils, Shortalls, Tempered Spring, Caudles and many more in the 50's/60's.

sprocky

02-04-2011, 13:20

those were the days when you could walk out of one job & straight into another, no h.g.v. needed then,

DUFFEMS

02-04-2011, 16:54

those were the days when you could walk out of one job & straight into another, no h.g.v. needed then,

Too right. Tommy didn't take a driving test, he was driving coal lorries when he went into the army in WW2, when the army knew he was a driver they put him driving tanks.
When he was demobbed in 1946 he went back lorry driving, he often had a row with a boss, walked out on the Friday and went to work with another company on the Monday.

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 18:31

those were the days when you could walk out of one job & straight into another, no h.g.v. needed then,

Correct,I got t'sack for being late back into Parkway market,should have been 0430 and it was 0530,reason being the M1 south of Pagnell was like a skating rink,but nothing at Sheffield.Anyroad I thought bollo*** and went home to bed.
Phone rang about 4 in the afternoon,gaffer telling me empty wagon for Abbey Wood was ready and I could go when I wanted.I said "I were sacked this morning", he said "Aye well I'll sack thi tomorrer morning if thas late".
Good old days.:hihi:

sprocky

02-04-2011, 18:33

same with me had a row with jack phillips on sat, threw my log book at him, mon morning started driving for foxon & robinson, easy peesey.

phantom309

02-04-2011, 18:44

Hi Sprocky a mate of mine was at Frank Phillips in the 70s Frank (he was a Tom Sellack look a like) and a bloke who I worked with at Exel Pete was there around the same time.

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 18:46

same with me had a row with jack phillips on sat, threw my log book at him, mon morning started driving for foxon & robinson, easy peesey.

Sprocky,were Foxon and Robinson off Bramall Lane,made pallets amongst other things? I have more than likely got mixed up with another firm,'appen not.:D
I can't ever recall a driver at A E Evans being set on a second time.Very strict,Sheffield gaffer,Len Shardlow,used to whizz off in his car on a saturday morning and look for wagons parked at Rotherham,Doncaster and odd times Woodhall Services,then wait for log sheets/books to see where they were booked off. He never caught me,suppose I was lucky,I used to hide my bugger at Beighton or the Red Lion car park at Gleadless Townend.

sprocky

02-04-2011, 18:59

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 19:13

sorry phantom, there was a lot of franks & petes at phillips we are going a long way back. yes foxon & robinsons was bramall area, was a good firm to work for, made pallets wooden beer crates etc, all hand ball but in those days that was the norm,

Thought I was right about F and R. I did a moonlight job for Wm Bradley when I was on holiday from Evans,a load of new pallets to ICI Wilton on a Leyland Comet. Not roped a load for few years so my hands were red raw when I'd done,didn't bother with gloves,nylon things they were,not like the "proper" ropes.

Chris

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 19:25

Here's a couple of photos of Sheffield companies,I think Flathers ran their own transport at one time.This was ex Cement Marketing (Blue Circle) at Hope.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0461.jpg

And a J E Parker Atki,perhaps loaded out of Dixons at Oughtibridge.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0380.jpg

And I had to include this as I liked Stooowens ale:D Taken in Chesterfield as can be seen.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0274.jpg

whitehorses

02-04-2011, 19:30

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 19:47

Hiya,
I just had to drop into this thread and say thanks for posting all the great photos of the old Sheffield Lorries.They brought some memories back for me.Have you any more? Would love to see them !

Thanks,wish I'd taken them though.:D
Magnet Transport Foden.A Peter Davies photo.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0387.jpg

And I'm old enough to remember this company...........
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/WardLongbottom.jpg

whitehorses

02-04-2011, 19:49

Brilliant !

bracken

02-04-2011, 19:56

...yeah , also enjoying all the pics - thanks for sharing !!

Manxdeedah

02-04-2011, 19:57

Cooper and Hart.....
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/v00997.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0544.jpg

sprocky

03-04-2011, 08:20

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 08:59

yes know what you mean the only time my hands were clean was at the end of a fortnights holiday, then it was back to the rope burns, flathers also had hire motors my old friend drove for ropers, he hated two tiering gresey round bars from flathers, i wernt to fond of it either ?

I've tipped bars ex Birmingham area into Flathers odd times.I remember there was a female crane driver there,huge she was and could turn language out like nowt on earth.:D Wm Bradley off Surbiton Street,Attercliffe had a Scammell 8-legger in there,WWJ 761G and Mark Bradbury was the regular driver,way back in the 70s.
A photo taken inside Flathers,not sure who the Beaver belongs to......

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img005-1.jpg

dean1

03-04-2011, 09:44

Which of you lot remember the 'Ripley Pig' !!!!!!

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 10:25

Which of you lot remember the 'Ripley Pig' !!!!!!

Guilty,but I didn't know her THAT well.:D
Old A61,Butterley Hill going up to Ripley,her pub was the Prince of Wales,she supped bottles of Guinness and threw an empty one at my wagon one day,I think it was intended for the Sheffield BRS wagon behind me.She was also known as Transistor Lil apparantly.I've seen her in wagons as far away as Llanwern,but I heard she got married to a driver from the North East,whether that's true or not no idea.
I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who remembers her.........................unless they've got summat to hide.:hihi:

mh01

03-04-2011, 12:53

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 14:59

was it wm bradleys who ran a bedford tk with the name "hot foot man" on the side, it was like a panic delivery wagon, i remember a mate drivin it a few times, i was too embarrassed to take that job on, it dint sound reight lol

Yes it was and they had a van as well - Hot Foot Man",did panic stuff for Flathers and Laycocks and others.My mate worked for Bradleys and if there were nowt for his land crab and it looked like t'hot foot man job he'd just try and get out of it.
Odd times it would be on Red Lion Gleadless car park and whoever was the jockey could get ready if he was in t'pub.:hihi:

coritani

03-04-2011, 15:00

I also remember the Ripley pig. I was working for the BRS Staniforth Road at the time and she was a well known character..

mh01

03-04-2011, 15:08

Yes it was and they had a van as well - Hot Foot Man",did panic stuff for Flathers and Laycocks and others.My mate worked for Bradleys and if there were nowt for his land crab and it looked like t'hot foot man job he'd just try and get out of it.
Odd times it would be on Red Lion Gleadless car park and whoever was the jockey could get ready if he was in t'pub.:hihi:lol, most of the hot foot stuff was passed on to agency drivers IIRC

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 15:14

I also remember the Ripley pig. I was working for the BRS Staniforth Road at the time and she was a well known character..

I remember one or two from Staniforth Road in the 70s - Billy Walker and Alec Sampson spring to mind.

A Staniforth Road Leyland Beaver....
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/British%20Road%20Services/scan0276.jpg

And a Leyland Octopus plus two more LAD cabbed Octopussies from BRS on the SPT limestone job.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/British%20Road%20Services/scan0186.jpg

And a Staniforth Road Seddon on t'Cliffe,CWE 776B.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/British%20Road%20Services/img790.jpg

coritani

03-04-2011, 17:06

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 17:37

I remember Billy Walker he drove an 8 legger. I can still recall my reg No. XUM 803, later I drove a dual purpose seddan. I think it was called that because of the vaccum and air brake systems, can't remember its reg tho'

Billy is still around,retired now of course.He was at Evans when I was there,used to have some laughs.I remember one night I'd parked tanker at Ardwick Green,Manchester on a dodgy and Billy stopped for me,he had either a tilt cab BRS Beaver or Mandator loaded with timber out of Liverpool.I recall he was miles off route,loaded for the north east somewhere but he still went home to Sheffield with it. I've done that myself when I was skint.
Just had to hope you weren't silent checked at Flouch.:hihi:

mh01

03-04-2011, 17:45

http://www.flickr.com/photos/homer----simpson/sets/72157618174306171/ some of thorpes gear (if the link works)

mh01

03-04-2011, 17:50

in this pic is 1 of the last of the trowbridge trailers with truswells name on http://www.flickr.com/photos/pityarder/4332604895/

i'll try & find a pic of an old bedford tm tractor unit of trussys, iv seen it some where so i'll try & dig it out, i know theres a pic of 1 in their gallery on their website

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 17:57

http://www.flickr.com/photos/homer----simpson/sets/72157618174306171/ some of thorpes gear (if the link works)

Nice pictures on there,a good looking fleet.
I remember wintertime in 1969 I had set off from Parkway market about 1900 to do a night trailer change at Charlton or Abbey Wood and about two miles south of Tinsley there was Thorpes trailer on fire.Driver had split the unit - a MK1 Atki - and was chucking clods of earth at the trailer load of billets,the tyres were on fire and flames licking around the trailer sides and floor.He didn't seem bothered "Get thesen off kid,thanks fer stoppin',t'fire brigade's on it's way".
Do you remember Chambler and Illingworth just down the road from Ernest?

mh01

03-04-2011, 18:19

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 18:23

A few Talbot Transport photos,sent to me by my old pal Gordon Howarth.He drove for them in the 50s.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0440.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/TalbotTransport.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0446.jpg

He wasn't guilty for this...........:D
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/555622.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0464.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0496.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0497.jpg

Sweeping his Albion cab out while waiting to load.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0495.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/scan0434.jpg

And not guilty for this either he reckons............
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Gordon%20Howarth%20photos%20and%20Staveley%20Chemi cals%20/Talbot2.jpg

mh01

03-04-2011, 18:25

mh01

03-04-2011, 18:26

im trying to get some of earls pics up but its not havin it at the moment

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 18:40

I shall have to ask Gordon where Talbot's yard was,I can't make out the name of the road on the cab but I believe it was somewhere in Pitsmoor.They were eventually taken over by Robert Earl IIRC.
That firm Chambler and Illingworth were in a green livery and ran Atkis,just below Thorpes yard.They had a bit of a reputation for being "flexible",don't know how true that is,a lot of firms were "flexible" when I was on the road,and I admit I've done my share of flexibility.They did a lot of work for Hepworths at Hazlehead.

sprocky

03-04-2011, 19:00

phantom309

03-04-2011, 19:19

chambler & illingworth from what i understand if you went for a job there, he would say can you work 16 hours a day son, if so i will put you on local, and if you can work round the clock i will put you on distance,

My mate was delivering diesel to Chamblers one day and while waiting for his notes signing the bloke was on the phone to one of their drivers and told him this island is not big enough to have a night out and he was up around Wick area. :D

in this pic is 1 of the last of the trowbridge trailers with truswells name on

mh01 was it Johnny Walkers who took over Trowbridge and then Truswell took over them a few years later.

coritani when were you at BRS as I knew quite a few drivers there as I was at Pickfords 67 to 75 ish and my old man transferred from Pickfords to Staniforth Road mid 60s and then transferred back around 70

mh01

03-04-2011, 19:46

mh01

03-04-2011, 19:48

chambler & illingworth are who i thought they were, just up from thorpes, i know a bloke who use to work for them who has sadly passed away, all he ever did was steel work from a company on thorncliffe industrial estate, may have been on behalf of thorpes as they use to run out of the same steel company

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 19:50

My mate was delivering diesel to Chamblers one day and while waiting for his notes signing the bloke was on the phone to one of their drivers and told him this island is not big enough to have a night out and he was up around Wick area. :D

in this pic is 1 of the last of the trowbridge trailers with truswells name on

mh01 was it Johnny Walkers who took over Trowbridge and then Truswell took over them a few years later.

coritani when were you at BRS as I knew quite a few drivers there as I was at Pickfords 67 to 75 ish and my old man transferred from Pickfords to Staniforth Road mid 60s and then transferred back around 70

I think this is a Peter Davies photo of Walker-Trowbridge..
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/img148.jpg

I heard a driver years ago talking about Chambler and Illingworth and how he'd gone there working for a rest - he'd just finished at Majestic Motors in Barnsley,so they must have been nice chuffs to work for.:hihi:

mh01

03-04-2011, 20:57

anyone know how many lorries po middleton had at the height of their business? i remember going past both yards round upwell street area & their being quite a few, newish stuff in the office yard & older lorries,trailers & scraps parked in the yard opposite the ball, always looked to be quite a few

mh01

03-04-2011, 21:04

i think A&E are phasing their scanias out, theyve bought a lot of leyland dafs a lately putting private number plates on them

mh01

03-04-2011, 21:09

i know its not of a sheffield lorry but i use to love the sight of these GUY lorries, proper workhorses http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/1938510764/

Manxdeedah

03-04-2011, 21:23

i know its not of a sheffield lorry but i use to love the sight of these GUY lorries, proper workhorses http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/1938510764/

It's a great picture,I've seen it on trucknet.I never drove one but there were plenty around.Richmond Road had some and so did Rother Transport.
As for P O Middleton,Phantom309 will know better than me about how big the fleet was.I do know that they used to run over to Heinz at Wigan in the afternoon,load and home,as I've had lifts with them from t'other side of Woodhead in the 70s when on a dodgy night out,again.:D

mh01

03-04-2011, 21:42

iv been lookin at a few MJ snow & A Lee of donny pics today, by eck theyve moved some stuff in there time, both sadly gone now

mh01

03-04-2011, 22:18

anyone else got anymore pics to show us from the 60s to present date?

Shogun

03-04-2011, 23:47

mh01

04-04-2011, 07:40

I have worked for
Barber road
PO Midletons
Shepards
A&E
Pawsons
RDB
TSL Vangaurde
Gillets
Prices
Exel Logistics
Eddy Stobbarts
The best one I worked for was Pawsons not very good money but a great firm to work for shame they went under .it didnt take long for pawsons to get up & running again albeit with a very small fleet, from what i remember they were given a licence to operate again with 5/10 vehicles i believe.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mslrman/2293728513/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/82887550@N00/2246302811/

Shogun

04-04-2011, 08:53

They rang some of the ex drivers offering us jobs at £6,00 an hour, £2.50 less than what we were on some of them went back,they owed money everywhere they even stiffed the milk man,buying Mill transport and loosing some of Cadberies work to DHL put the nail in the coffin,shame though good firm had some happy times there,just looked at the pictures drove that Volvo truck still got me jumper and grey trousers.

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 08:59

anyone else got anymore pics to show us from the 60s to present date?

I'll have a rummage round,see what I've got,some from Maltby though,does that count as Sheffield - Maltbyites would say not.:hihi:

In the meantime,a couple of up to date photos taken at Saltersbrook on Woodhead..........

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Mam%20Tor%20A628%20Woodhead%20Pass%20and%20A537%20 Cat%20and%20Fiddle/2841090510100666938S600x600Q85.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Mam%20Tor%20A628%20Woodhead%20Pass%20and%20A537%20 Cat%20and%20Fiddle/1193982_652652ed.jpg

You can see Maritime are in a hurry,crossing the double whites.

And I had to put this on,the Dog and Partridge pub top side of Flouch,times many I've had dodgy nights round the back of that place,just put yer parking money in a box on the wall and watch out for the landlords Alsatian.Altered a bit since then I notice.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Mam%20Tor%20A628%20Woodhead%20Pass%20and%20A537%20 Cat%20and%20Fiddle/058288_467fdc8c.jpg

sprocky

04-04-2011, 10:06

great photos, wish i got a penny every time ive climbed up woodhead back loaded comeing home, especially in winter, fine in tintwistle thick snow on top of woodhead, not a route to mess with.

bracken

04-04-2011, 10:19

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Mam%20Tor%20A628%20Woodhead%20Pass%20and%20A537%20 Cat%20and%20Fiddle/1193982_652652ed.jpg

You can see Maritime are in a hurry,crossing the double whites.

....jeeeez , and on a bad bend as well !!!!!!:o

Shogun

04-04-2011, 10:23

Talking about dodgy nights out,I was working for Pawsons at the time and was just bunking down after a long day,I was in the big truck stop in Swidon,next thing there is a tap tap on the side off the truck,so I shuffuld over to the door and parted the curtains to see what it was,stood there was this this Im not sure what sex, but if you can imagine what an old slapper looks like, she must have been 60years old if she was a day, big red lips leather bask top leather mini skirt fish net tights red high heel shoes, you get the picture,she says have you got a bed for the night driver?,I said no bugger off I'm trying to get some sleep! clip clop to the next truck, and the next truck,someone took here in further down the row somewhere.

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 10:23

great photos, wish i got a penny every time ive climbed up woodhead back loaded comeing home, especially in winter, fine in tintwistle thick snow on top of woodhead, not a route to mess with.

Aye,wish I'd got a fiver for every time I'd been over Woodhead sprocky.I've used it since 1968 and latterly 5 or 6 times a week on nights when I was nights for Glass Glover at Maltby in the late 70s and 80s.Could write a small book about my experiences on that road.
I remember one night when I was on for A.E.Evans coming home loaded in an AEC Mk5 8-legger,legal as well,it was raining at Tintwhistle but turned to sleet and then snow as you got further up.I struggled like hell to get over,no traffic coming other way,slid down to Flouch where I was stopped by the police who told me I was out of order as the road was closed,why didn't I obey the "road closed" sign at Tintwhistle.There was no sign when I went through I told 'em,and they let me go.
I found out later that the kids in Tintwhistle used to move the sign...........little sods.:rolleyes:
The worst thing was when South Yorks used to salt the road as far as Saltersbrook and turn round,but Derbyshire C.C. hadn't turned out,straight off a wet road onto black ice,not good with a drawbar or owt else for that matter.At least there wasn't much about at night so you weren't pushed,apart from Machins from Spalding on their Manchester changeovers who were always in a hurry.

Shogun

04-04-2011, 11:11

Aye,wish I'd got a fiver for every time I'd been over Woodhead sprocky.I've used it since 1968 and latterly 5 or 6 times a week on nights when I was nights for Glass Glover at Maltby in the late 70s and 80s.Could write a small book about my experiences on that road.
I remember one night when I was on for A.E.Evans coming home loaded in an AEC Mk5 8-legger,legal as well,it was raining at Tintwhistle but turned to sleet and then snow as you got further up.I struggled like hell to get over,no traffic coming other way,slid down to Flouch where I was stopped by the police who told me I was out of order as the road was closed,why didn't I obey the "road closed" sign at Tintwhistle.There was no sign when I went through I told 'em,and they let me go.
I found out later that the kids in Tintwhistle used to move the sign...........little sods.:rolleyes:
The worst thing was when South Yorks used to salt the road as far as Saltersbrook and turn round,but Derbyshire C.C. hadn't turned out,straight off a wet road onto black ice,not good with a drawbar or owt else for that matter.At least there wasn't much about at night so you weren't pushed,apart from Machins from Spalding on their Manchester changeovers who were always in a hurry. Talking about the woodhead I was coming over that new bridge a few years ago when I was working for TSL heavy haulage,with a ramp trailer and a massiv Drot on the back, about two o'clock in the morning,next thing boom! I had a front near side tyre blow out,talk about change of under pants,I was doing about 40 miles an hour,God knows how I dint loose it, the thing that mifft me was drivers were coming up behind me blowing there horns and flashing there lights,like as though I would park there or something, mad!

sprocky

04-04-2011, 11:23

yea, you were very lucky not the best place to have a blow out, had plenty of flats but touch wood never a blow out.

mh01

04-04-2011, 13:21

1 of intake transports daf 105s http://www.flickr.com/photos/westernsmt/3656901023/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/5033817749/

volvo fh http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/4814000341/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/5053299285/

although their main depot is now in scunthorpe, theyve still got a yard in sheffield

mh01

04-04-2011, 13:25

a M.A.N belonging to SBS http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/4749235857/

mh01

04-04-2011, 13:50

1 of truswells cf's painted in its contractors colours http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/5053888708/

Shogun

04-04-2011, 14:09

1 of truswells cf's painted in its contractors colours http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/5053888708/ Truswells had a contract with that fencing manufacturers down Shepcotte lane did a bit of agency work for them,there yard is out at Dodworth.

Shogun

04-04-2011, 14:41

a M.A.N belonging to SBS http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikealaska/4749235857/ Thats another good firm gone down the pan,they did the wheelie bin contract for Tytan, a firm from Scotland called Clockwork bought them over they dint seem interested in the transport side of SBS and moved it out to Aston and thind it down to nothing .

mh01

04-04-2011, 15:07

Truswells had a contract with that fencing manufacturers down Shepcotte lane did a bit of agency work for them,there yard is out at Dodworth.trussys are doing quite well, theyre also running out of scunthorpe & scotland

mh01

04-04-2011, 15:10

Thats another good firm gone down the pan,they did the wheelie bin contract for Tytan, a firm from Scotland called Clockwork bought them over they dint seem interested in the transport side of SBS and moved it out to Aston and thind it down to nothing .i know 1 or 2 that worked for SBS breifly, they wernt impressed, the boss wanted them to take their taccy out & carry on working, needless to say they didnt stay long. thats going back a few year mind, since then i think they tidied their act up a bit, im not sure if clockwork have still got SBS' old warehouse down ecclesfield, iv not been past for a while

Shogun

04-04-2011, 15:28

i know 1 or 2 that worked for SBS breifly, they wernt impressed, the boss wanted them to take their taccy out & carry on working, needless to say they didnt stay long. thats going back a few year mind, since then i think they tidied their act up a bit, im not sure if clockwork have still got SBS' old warehouse down ecclesfield, iv not been past for a while I went there on the agency I found them OK but the wheelie bin work was a bit boring, they offered me a job there but I dint fancy it so told my mate Tony about it he got the job and was there till the end.

mh01

04-04-2011, 15:30

I went there on the agency I found them OK but the wheelie bin work was a bit boring, they offered me a job there but I dint fancy it so told my mate Tony about it he got the job and was there till the end.have clockwork kept the warehouse for storage then?

Shogun

04-04-2011, 15:37

have clockwork kept the warehouse for storage then? No don't think so there was a hire firm there last time I looked, mite go and have a buchers only down the road from me,clock work moved from Aston to wales next to Dodds yard

mh01

04-04-2011, 15:37

No don't think so there was a hire firm there last time I looked, mite go and have a buchers only down the road from me,clock work moved from Aston to wales next to Dodds yardits only down the road from me but i only ever pass it on the way to meadowhell

Shogun

04-04-2011, 15:56

mh01

04-04-2011, 15:58

rw simpsons volvos http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatboyjim_truck_pix/2431919705/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatboyjim_truck_pix/2344582607/

mh01

04-04-2011, 16:01

What about them A&E, down that bomb site lane,worked for them miserable bunch of so and so's ,paid less than pawsons, that yard with that daft little bridge all the trucks had scuffs masks on them from that bridge, blindside back in to the trailer yard,the office over looked the trailer yard and they would sit and watch you through the windows,they did work for that bottle firm out at Rotherham? :huh:they had decent Scanias though.i know 1 or 2 who worked for him aswel, no matter how many hours they did they never drew more than 400quid, he dunt like payin much owd maurice, his night drivers are on a decent wage though. he's started buyin dafs now & put private plates on them, they all end in ANE

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 16:04

What about them A&E, down that bomb site lane,worked for them miserable bunch of so and so's ,paid less than pawsons, that yard with that daft little bridge all the trucks had scuffs masks on them from that bridge, blindside back in to the trailer yard,the office over looked the trailer yard and they would sit and watch you through the windows,they did work for that bottle firm out at Rotherham? :huh:they had decent Scanias though.

Tom,did you know big John Clare at A and E,he was a bit of a loner and was at A E Evans when I was there.
Was the bottle firmin Rotherham Beatson Clark?

mh01

04-04-2011, 16:17

some early prestons gear, didnt they use to run out of sheffield many moons ago? i read on a history site about them either running out of sheffield or buying out a company from sheffield http://www.flickr.com/photos/a-l-e-s/4241607501/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a-l-e-s/4240177179/

take a look through these images, theres some proper old stuff on it

mh01

04-04-2011, 16:18

Tom,did you know big John Clare at A and E,he was a bit of a loner and was at A E Evans when I was there.
Was the bottle firmin Rotherham Beatson Clark?thats the 1, they do or did a lot of work for beatsons

Shogun

04-04-2011, 16:22

:?Tom,did you know big John Clare at A and E,he was a bit of a loner and was at A E Evans when I was there.
Was the bottle firmin Rotherham Beatson Clark? I never got to know many there they were all miserable sods, Ya Beatson and Clarkes thats it,you had to park your car in the same place that you took your rig from, and one day I parked my car a bit skewwiff and this grey haired old fart stared getting real stroppy with me, Left and went back to TSL same day! 3 weeks there was enough for me.:(

phantom309

04-04-2011, 16:23

i know 1 or 2 who worked for him aswel, no matter how many hours they did they never drew more than 400quid, he dunt like payin much owd maurice, his night drivers are on a decent wage though. he's started buyin dafs now & put private plates on them, they all end in ANE

would Maurice be the same person who was transport manager in the early 70s as I used to drink with him in the Middlewood Tavern with a lot of other drivers mostly Saturday nights when I was home at the weekend.

mh01

04-04-2011, 16:24

mates brother use to work for these http://www.flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/3757146299/ i think they were running out of barnsley, late 80s/early 90s

mh01

04-04-2011, 16:25

would Maurice be the same person who was transport manager in the early 70s as I used to drink with him in the Middlewood Tavern with a lot of other drivers mostly Saturday nights when I was home at the weekend.thats him, maurice ducker, use to promote sheffield speedway back in the 80s

mh01

04-04-2011, 16:34

Shogun

04-04-2011, 16:51

some more of sids http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/4269496984/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/4266369491/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/2790124594/
mh01
Have you got any pics of TSL I worked for them for 3 years good firm the yard was on the end of psalters lane rotherham, over the rail way crossing,the yard was a real sham they had a real mixed fleet of trucks,they came from Leeds and bought Gillets out, had some good mates at TSL ,did the heavy haulage , hard work, they paid decent wages though.

lucieloxley

04-04-2011, 16:57

Nice pictures on there,a good looking fleet.
I remember wintertime in 1969 I had set off from Parkway market about 1900 to do a night trailer change at Charlton or Abbey Wood and about two miles south of Tinsley there was Thorpes trailer on fire.Driver had split the unit - a MK1 Atki - and was chucking clods of earth at the trailer load of billets,the tyres were on fire and flames licking around the trailer sides and floor.He didn't seem bothered "Get thesen off kid,thanks fer stoppin',t'fire brigade's on it's way".
Do you remember Chambler and Illingworth just down the road from Ernest?
ha ha.it reminds me of a lorry driver who used to work for my dad who had a small fleet of lorries.I remember he was driving across the flouch before it was a roundabout,just a small crossroads and his twenty five ton load had detached from the lorry.dad got a call from the police as the trailer had the company name on the side.the trailer was blocking the entire crossroads.lorry driver pulls into yard and dad beckons him over and the driver says what's up pal...ha ha dad laughed for ages after giving him a gobfull,he hadn't even noticed and he'd driven another five mile without it and reversed the lorry back in the yard!!.All he said was oh dear,ad best gu get it..haha.loads of those stories over the years still make me chuckle to this day.

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 17:16

ha ha.it reminds me of a lorry driver who used to work for my dad who had a small fleet of lorries.I remember he was driving across the flouch before it was a roundabout,just a small crossroads and his twenty five ton load had detached from the lorry.dad got a call from the police as the trailer had the company name on the side.the trailer was blocking the entire crossroads.lorry driver pulls into yard and dad beckons him over and the driver says what's up pal...ha ha dad laughed for ages after giving him a gobfull,he hadn't even noticed and he'd driven another five mile without it and reversed the lorry back in the yard!!.All he said was oh dear,ad best gu get it..haha.loads of those stories over the years still make me chuckle to this day.

:hihi:
Aye,could write a book about loads falling off and trailers and tanks coming off.I was going through Wharncliffe Side one night and had passed the boozer on the right - Norfolk Arms?- when I piked an ingot lying in the road.It probably came off An RSB motor but there was no sign of a wagon anywhere.When I came back about 5 next morning it had gone.
An agency lad was sent from Maltby to Lockerbie on a night changeover with a load of frozen product.When he got there our Edinburgh lad hadn't arrived but across the yard was a Marshalls Frozen Chicken trailer ticking over,so our enterprising driver dropped his Littlewoods fridge and picked up Marshalls and away south.Luckily the Marshalls driver lived in Lockerbie and was on his way to pick his trailer up and away,he saw our lad going t'other way and managed to stop him in a lay-by on the A74.We did manage to get it changed over in the end.
We had another agency lad who got to Morpeth one night on a changeover and because our Edinburgh driver hadn't arrived promptly turned round and brought the bloody load back to Maltby.:rolleyes:

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 17:20

mh01
Have you got any pics of TSL I worked for them for 3 years good firm the yard was on the end of psalters lane rotherham, over the rail way crossing,the yard was a real sham they had a real mixed fleet of trucks,they came from Leeds and bought Gillets out, had some good mates at TSL ,did the heavy haulage , hard work, they paid decent wages though.

Were TSL better known as Transport Services Lindsey?

Just found this,anybody remember Woodcock Transport,did a lot of rebar for Mcalls.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/CeOUwEWkKGrHqNhMEzeT9uJbZBNDHlW6l_12.jpg

And this ERF Sabrina of Eccles Aizlewood,courtesy of Mick Hird.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/eccles2.jpg

Shogun

04-04-2011, 17:37

Were TSL better known as Transport Services Lindsey? Not sure about that one, they were called TSL Vangaurd and the family that owned them were called Liversidge ,they were originally a furniture firm from Leeds,they dint know a lot about haulage at all.

phantom309

04-04-2011, 17:43

Were TSL better known as Transport Services Lindsey?

Just found this,anybody remember Woodcock Transport,did a lot of rebar for Mcalls.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/CeOUwEWkKGrHqNhMEzeT9uJbZBNDHlW6l_12.jpg

And this ERF Sabrina of Eccles Aizlewood,courtesy of Mick Hird.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/eccles2.jpg

I seem to think that Transport Services Lindsey evolved into Consolidated Land Services and they had a yard on the traffic island at Immingham

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 17:43

Not sure about that one, they were called TSL Vangaurd and the family that owned them were called Liversidge ,they were originally a furniture firm from Leeds,they dint know a lot about haulage at all.

Not the same company then Tom,the TSL I knew were from Scunthorpe and used to carry overlength stuff out of Appleby-Frodingham.

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 17:58

I seem to think that Transport Services Lindsey evolved into Consolidated Land Services and they had a yard on the traffic island at Immingham

Was that on the right hand side going into Immingham 309? I seem to recall a place called LIFT - which I think was Lindsey International Freight Terminal or summat - and CLS were always in there.Could be I'm having a senior moment,I could murder one of those Capstan Full Strength in your avatar.:hihi:

phantom309

04-04-2011, 18:05

Was that on the right hand side going into Immingham 309? I seem to recall a place called LIFT - which I think was Lindsey International Freight Terminal or summat - and CLS were always in there.Could be I'm having a senior moment,I could murder one of those Capstan Full Strength in your avatar.:hihi:

Thats the one manx and I just lit one up for you £7-50 a packet now so make do with old holburn most of the time :D

Shogun

04-04-2011, 18:05

Not the same company then Tom,the TSL I knew were from Scunthorpe and used to carry overlength stuff out of Appleby-Frodingham. I think they had a bit of history to them, they had a yard in Leeds at Rothwell next to them two big whale bones,they used to rent parts of the yard to allsorts of different firms, there yards were like mud pies,they had a good contract with a firm called Enerjist who would deliver generators for the electricity board when they were working on the power lines and things,

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 21:04

A few of Leonard Greens and Parkgate Iron and Steel,Rotherham,courtesy of Alan Graham.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/oldtrucks006.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/oldtrucks013.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/oldtrucks015.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/oldtrucks022.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/oldtrucks029.jpg

One of Truswells...
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/masonbros009.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/HuE1174.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/33opcuv.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/1zluqv5.jpg

whitehorses

04-04-2011, 21:08

I keep checking in to see what pics you've put up next.Not disappointed !!!

Manxdeedah

04-04-2011, 21:18

I keep checking in to see what pics you've put up next.Not disappointed !!!

Thanks,I'll post some more tomorrow.:)

Chris

mally350z

04-04-2011, 21:58

im trying to get some of earls pics up but its not havin it at the moment

dennis connor used to drive for earls

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 09:44

dennis connor used to drive for earls

A couple of Robert Earls...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/robertearl2.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/robertearl.jpg

A nice publicity shot of a Steetley Leyland Beaver at SPT by the looks of it..
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/steetley.jpg

Chris

A nice little Commer of Hope and Anchor Breweries,taken at their York depot.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/v01018.jpg

Shogun

05-04-2011, 11:45

manxdeedah

When I was in the army I drove a Guy Zenitor, do you have any pictures of one?

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 12:55

manxdeedah

When I was in the army I drove a Guy Zenitor, do you have any pictures of one?

That's a new one on me Tom,I'll have a scout round on the net.

Chris

mh01

05-04-2011, 12:59

manxdeedah

When I was in the army I drove a Guy Zenitor, do you have any pictures of one?i cant think where you get the name zenitor from, guys lorries were-wolf,vixen,warrior,invincible,big J & otter. unless it was under the leyland badge. when leyland took over the truck arm of guy from jaguar,they carried on building the big J until 86 when all guy model/badge truck building was ceased. iv tried researching the "guy zenitor" & found nothing. i'll go through the leyland archives & see if i can find anything for you

mh01

05-04-2011, 13:09

cant find anything regarding the zenitor under the leyland or british leyland brand, is it similar to this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/1938510764/

mh01

05-04-2011, 13:15

Shogun

05-04-2011, 13:57

more guys http://www.flickr.com/photos/22455491@N02/2876819012/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/3336925641/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fryske/2803077503/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagetaker1/3794205571/

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/fryske/tags/panels/
It was an army special,it had a posting argorr a jib sort of block and tackle type jib also had a small sort of generator room on the back with radio equipment a large winch on the front, it was a ridged all wheel drive twin axle pre select gear change a massive thing to drive top speed of about 35 miles an hour,cerca 1948-50. it was an old thing when I drove 1970s time I also remember it was a diesel engine to start it there was a sort of glass bottle thing in the dash board that we put aether in and pumped it a few times, loads of smoke and stink would come belching out of it once it settled down it would chug away all day,the equipment on the back was lethal any slip would result in a broken leg or some horrible injury's, the nearest thing it looked like was a Leyland hippo.

mh01

05-04-2011, 14:09

It was an army special,it had a posting argorr a jib sort of block and tackle type jib also had a small sort of generator room on the back with radio equipment a large winch on the front, it was a ridged all wheel drive twin axle pre select gear change a massive thing to drive top speed of about 35 miles an hour,cerca 1948-50. it was an old thing when I drove 1970s time I also remember it was a diesel engine to start it there was a sort of glass bottle thing in the dash board that we put aether in and pumped it a few times, loads of smoke and stink would come belching out of it once it settled down it would chug away all day,the equipment on the back was lethal any slip would result in a broken leg or some horrible injury's, the nearest thing it looked like was a Leyland hippo.i think the only way i'll be able to get anymore info is if you can remember the vehicle registration, even on guys history website theres no mention of a zenitor

mh01

05-04-2011, 14:13

It was an army special,it had a posting argorr a jib sort of block and tackle type jib also had a small sort of generator room on the back with radio equipment a large winch on the front, it was a ridged all wheel drive twin axle pre select gear change a massive thing to drive top speed of about 35 miles an hour,cerca 1948-50. it was an old thing when I drove 1970s time I also remember it was a diesel engine to start it there was a sort of glass bottle thing in the dash board that we put aether in and pumped it a few times, loads of smoke and stink would come belching out of it once it settled down it would chug away all day,the equipment on the back was lethal any slip would result in a broken leg or some horrible injury's, the nearest thing it looked like was a Leyland hippo.

the 1 youre describing sounds very much like the early "invincible"
.

Shogun

05-04-2011, 14:25

the 1 youre describing sounds very much like the early "invincible"
. ya I also remember it had an Indian like sitting bull on the front above the radiator,

Shogun

05-04-2011, 14:28

Yes that is the cab Invinsible, if I remember the name zenitor was painted on the side probable a personal thing in the past done by a previous driver.

mh01

05-04-2011, 14:40

Ya I also remember it an Indian like Sitting Bull on the front above the radiator.was it similar to this model?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49263046@N02/5377267599/

this is the later design of the invincible http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmunkle/5376467006/

Shogun

05-04-2011, 15:23

was it similar to this model?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49263046@N02/5377267599/

this is the later design of the invincible http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmunkle/5376467006/

Think you have solved it mate,Guy must have made them for the army, it was at Grantham army barracks that I drove it, we used it to pull a Bedford MK out of a field , apparently there was also one at Catterick barracks but I never saw that one .

bibby1

05-04-2011, 15:52

hi to all im looking for any pics of SB HOGGS REMOVAL LORRIES as my father worked for them for meny years i lost him last year it is very important i find one please can any one help thank you all

phantom309

05-04-2011, 16:32

A few of Pickfords Heavy Haulage Brightside Lane Sheffield

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/0913.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/194.jpg

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http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/improved2-1-1-1.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/007-2.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/001.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/169.jpg

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http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/wagons%20throughout%20the%20years/171.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/129.jpg

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http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss193/sammyopisite/pickis45.jpg

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Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 18:06

phantom309

05-04-2011, 18:46

ANON. I was very curious about the cab interiors of other drivers wagons so I did a very in-depth study over a long period of time and when I get round to it I will write a report. :hihi:

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 19:03

ANON. I was very curious about the cab interiors of other drivers wagons so I did a very in-depth study over a long period of time and when I get round to it I will write a report. :hihi:

:hihi:
Me too,still spending my neet out cash from 1979.
A few more BSC photos courtesy of Alan Graham.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC17.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC11.jpg
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http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC10.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC9.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC7.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC6.jpg
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http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Alan%20Grahams%20photos/BSC3.jpg

Chris

Shogun

05-04-2011, 20:11

Used to make me laugh that, different blokes cabs I would say mine was function able some tins of grub under the the bed ravioli was my fav , a little gaz stove, 24 volt kettle for a mash and a little TV was good enough for me,some of the lads trucks at Pawsons were like home away from home,one truck in particular had every cuddly toy you could think of,my truck broke down once and he was on hols so they lent me his truck,as soon a I opened the door about twenty sound activated stuffed monkeys and gorillers started playing drums and symbols and at the same time I got a sqwurt in the face from half a dozen haze air fresheners,polish on everything even the steering wheel, things in the window on springs bouncing about obscuring the view,so I gathered them all up and put them very neatly and put them on the bottom bed and covered them up with a blanket ,it was Scania hightop so had the top bunk to doss in,about 2 or 3 hours into my day, I was on the A1 when I started smelling some thing burning so I pulled over and it seemed to be coming from the pile by this time smoke stared poring out and the thing burst into flames!I managed to get to the fire extinguisha and throw all of the wild life out of the cab and out on to the ground , what I had not seen was a dam 24 volt fridge stood on the bed at back of the seat,covering it up must have made it over heat!what a mess half burnt fluffy toys burnt curtains burnt bunk smoke stink in the cab,I think I was lucky at the time it could have been a lot worse .

alan f

05-04-2011, 20:32

hi everybody alan f here hope u r enjoying my pics thanks chris http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/06bvd.jpghope this works-alan

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 20:38

hi everybody alan f here hope u r enjoying my pics thanks chris http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/06bvd.jpghope this works-alan

Hi Alan,welcome to the forum,nice photo of Pawsons.They used to do a bit of traction only for Glass Glover in Maltby when they had the Littlewoods contract,running up to Xmas.would be ERFs then I think.

Chris

alan f

05-04-2011, 20:39

heres one for manx dee dahttp://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/ontheroad002.jpg

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 20:44

Shogun

05-04-2011, 20:46

hi everybody alan f here hope u r enjoying my pics thanks chris http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/06bvd.jpghope this works-alan Lovely picture, they gave me one of them Merc click click things when I stared there, horrible thing.

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 20:47

heres one for manx dee dahttp://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/ontheroad002.jpg

Eyup alan,nice picture,glad you like your photos.:hihi:
Where was that taken,Doncaster? It's got a Yorks reg,looks too blingy for me.

alan f

05-04-2011, 20:49

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/6c91b6601.jpgthis one then chris

alan f

05-04-2011, 20:58

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/len%20greens/Picturelengreens008.jpgthis one got wrote off on the a1 at haven caf-i called in for a paper & this was wot was left of it-alan

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 20:59

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/6c91b6601.jpgthis one then chris

That's more like it alan.

alan f

05-04-2011, 21:00

Eyup alan,nice picture,glad you like your photos.:hihi:
Where was that taken,Doncaster? It's got a Yorks reg,looks too blingy for me.ye we would have seen u coming chris-peterbro

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 21:02

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/len%20greens/Picturelengreens008.jpgthis one got wrote off on the a1 at haven caf-i called in for a paper & this was wot was left of it-alan

That's a mess pal,anybody hurt?
I drove one or two wagons that I'd like to have seen written off whilst I'd gone for a paper.:)

Manxdeedah

05-04-2011, 21:06

ye we would have seen u coming chris-peterbro

Aye,this was more subtle,pity about operator.:heyhey:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Wincanton%20Maltby%20and%20Wincanton%20vehicles/scan0107.jpg

Shogun

05-04-2011, 21:13

Pawsons used to throw a big staff bbq every year free booze the lot entertainment rides for the kids, the party's were Legendre, even the last year they had one,all of the yard was taken over by it,the last one I went to we were due to go down to Stanford Lea Hope the next day {Sunday} moving gas pipes .

alan f

05-04-2011, 21:19

That's a mess pal,anybody hurt?
I drove one or two wagons that I'd like to have seen written off whilst I'd gone for a paper.:)only casualty was hanbury davies driver got struck with debris & dropped his coffee-polish driver coming up from felixstowe said he had a double blowout & he got away with it 3 wagons wrote off

Shogun

05-04-2011, 21:22

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab37/thryman/len%20greens/Picturelengreens008.jpgthis one got wrote off on the a1 at haven caf-i called in for a paper & this was wot was left of it-alan ya saw that one come in the yard it was a merc they stuck it up near the top trailer yard 2007 the cab was shoved forwards that truck was the one they gave me at first before I had the Volvo, the driver was a new guy or an agency driver .

cuttsie

05-04-2011, 21:28

ye we would have seen u coming chris-peterbro

I'm not a lorry man but have worked on the waterways .have any of you lads drove anything with a Gardner Engine the ultimate on boats.

Shogun

05-04-2011, 21:45

I'm not a lorry man but have worked on the waterways .have any of you lads drove anything with a Gardner Engine the ultimate on boats. A lot of the old trucks used them but they were to stinky to use in modern trucks and Gardner wound up in the late 80s

Manxdeedah

06-04-2011, 09:58

Well,I'm off on holiday on friday for a week,also running out of Sheffield lorry photos,but here's one to keep kids away from the fire if you copy it and put it on t'mantlepiece.Taken in 1976/77 ish at A.E.Evans Cricket Inn Road yard,yours truly in Leyland Marathon PCL 553R in trap one for an early next day start,Whitehaven I think.This was a flying machine and earned me some brass.........:cool:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/A%20E%20Evans%20and%20other%20assorted%20vehicles/scan724.jpg

Shogun

06-04-2011, 10:02

Shogun

06-04-2011, 10:18

bracken

06-04-2011, 12:14

Manxdeedah

06-04-2011, 16:04

Dose any one remember RDB they were at the yard that Shepards occupy at the moment, what a bunch of toss pots they were, worked for them for a bit clapped out old wagons people running the office that did know any thing about transport,there were some descent drivers there but they all got messed about, it was no surprise when they went under.

I remember RDB - Riley -?- Barber,I always forget the full name.They ran a trunk for Skefco Bearings to their depot at Stotfold - IIRC Barber Road did it for them,although I'm a bit hazy on that.They had a depot at Rutherglen as well.A haulier from Dronfield ran a wagon and drag on the Scottish trunk,a Seddon Atki,I forget the name though.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0672.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/2yz0njl.jpg

I never fancied working there,that C and D work would have sent me crackers.:loopy:

sprocky

06-04-2011, 16:32

riley dale & barber, used to load out of doncasters down to luton back load from scefcoe for barbers.

Shogun

06-04-2011, 16:48

I remember RDB - Riley -?- Barber,I always forget the full name.They ran a trunk for Skefco Bearings to their depot at Stotfold - IIRC Barber Road did it for them,although I'm a bit hazy on that.They had a depot at Rutherglen as well.A haulier from Dronfield ran a wagon and drag on the Scottish trunk,a Seddon Atki,I forget the name though.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0672.jpg

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I never fancied working there,that C and D work would have sent me crackers.:loopy: They had these little red stickers on the delivery notes, and it would say something like urgent special AM delivery ,they sent me to Middlesbrough with 22 drops 15 were AM drops, nut cases , they had this young lad in the office telling me were to go and he dint know his arse from his elbow, I worked for Barber road to they were as bad, in fact one of there traffic managers who worked for them still works at Shepards. RDB had a depot in Camburslang and also Hilligton in Glasgow

alan f

06-04-2011, 17:26

ya saw that one come in the yard it was a merc they stuck it up near the top trailer yard 2007 the cab was shoved forwards that truck was the one they gave me at first before I had the Volvo, the driver was a new guy or an agency driver .hi tom i was that agency driver but i wasnt even in the cab merc uxm regards-alan

Shogun

06-04-2011, 17:33

hi tom i was that agency driver but i wasnt even in the cab merc uxm regards-alan Ya I know that mate, I spoke to you in the yard after it had happened that Merc Truck was mine the year before,

alan f

06-04-2011, 17:45

ye like u said a pile of crap but i liked the 03 auto merc that were a good drive-alan

Manxdeedah

06-04-2011, 17:56

Lovely picture, they gave me one of them Merc click click things when I stared there, horrible thing.

Would that be the Merc with the EPS box Tom? I tried shifting a rented thing in yard at Maltby but could I hell as like find reverse.Warehouse lads started chucking stones at it chanting "We won the war".:D

Shogun

06-04-2011, 18:00

ye like u said a pile of crap but i liked the 03 auto merc that were a good drive-alan Click Click Clikie Click that dam gear knob used to drive me mad,they gave me a nice vlovo automatic after that though.

Shogun

06-04-2011, 18:02

Would that be the Merc with the EPS box Tom? I tried shifting a rented thing in yard at Maltby but could I hell as like find reverse.Warehouse lads started chucking stones at it chanting "We won the war".:D Finger and thumb pull back and click e click, Yes mate the ESP box they weren't to bad once you got used to them,if you took your time,but if you tried to rush them the knob would do this sort of clicking vibrating thing and you would have to slow down and start again .

mh01

06-04-2011, 18:07

mh01

06-04-2011, 18:14

Shogun

06-04-2011, 18:24

bradburys of ecclesfield bought a couple of barbers 16tonners when they went under but rarely used them, come to think of it i dont think bradburys ended up using them, he relied on his trusty bedford tm on the old T plate which has only recently been retired, its still parked up in the yard in good nick for its age Hi mate I know Derek Bradbury very well I used go in the legion club chapletown and have a few pints with him, we share the same interest in old cars.

Shogun

06-04-2011, 18:27

it was riley,davis & barber, IIRC the barber being barbers from oughtibridge, they both went under around the same time. a company from barnsley(cant remember name at moment) took over barbers netto contract when they went under but now its being done by butts of northampton. am i right in saying netto have been bought out over the last couple of months? ASDA have bought Neto over.

sprocky

06-04-2011, 19:02

isnt roy barber or fangio as we used to call him, working somewhere in hillsbrough fitting tacographs ???

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:19

Hi mate I know Derek Bradbury very well I used go in the legion club chapletown and have a few pints with him, we share the same interest in old cars.bradburys are just round the corner from me, only a small set up, their tractor units look well smart nowadays

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:20

ASDA have bought Neto over.cant see asda keeping butts on then

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:22

Hi mate I know Derek Bradbury very well I used go in the legion club chapletown and have a few pints with him, we share the same interest in old cars.pop down to his yard 1 day, you should see the 3 or 4 old lorries still parked up in there, any enthusiast would love to get their hands on 1 or 2 of them

Shogun

06-04-2011, 19:27

isnt roy barber or fangio as we used to call him, working somewhere in hillsbrough fitting tacographs ??? Yes I have heard that as well not sure where though,remember him from oughtibridge depot they had a Taco workshop there.

Shogun

06-04-2011, 19:30

pop down to his yard 1 day, you should see the 3 or 4 old lorries still parked up in there, any enthusiast would love to get their hands on 1 or 2 of them Did he have a fire there a bit ago saw a burnt out cab there.

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:31

Yes I have heard that as well not sure where though,remember him from oughtibridge depot they had a Taco workshop there.theres a thread somewhere on here called "barber road services" or "anyone work for barber road services"", im sure it says on there where roy is working now

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:31

Did he have a fire there a bit ago saw a burnt out cab there.not sure mate, iv not heard anything

Shogun

06-04-2011, 19:41

Has any one heard of PGS haulage and plant hire, old station drive off archer road abbeydale, they are a recent firm mite have been offered a job by them,

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:47

1 of bradburys http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatboyjim_truck_pix/3441987626/, i believe he's done away with his ERF's & all his tractor units are now 6x2 midlift daf xf's

mh01

06-04-2011, 19:54

another of SBS http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatboyjim_truck_pix/3465630001/

mh01

06-04-2011, 20:04

another of intakes http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatboyjim_truck_pix/3348551163/

Manxdeedah

06-04-2011, 20:14

Anybody remember Thomas Smith,Denby Street?
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/2e6d6w5.jpg

Brightside Foundry and Engineering Leyland Octopus.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc209/manxterberg/Various%20lorry%20pics/Sheffield%20South%20Yorks%20and%20North%20Derbys%2 0hauliers/scan0548.jpg

Chris

mh01

06-04-2011, 20:24

just seen a few of barbers leyland roadtrains on trucknet, unfortunately it wont let me download them

Manxdeedah

06-04-2011, 20:28

another of SBS http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatboyjim_truck_pix/3465630001/

SBS came to give us a quote for moving from Sheffield to Isle of Man.We got it £300 cheaper using a Manx carrier.They did have a nice looking fleet though.

speeder

06-04-2011, 20:39

theres a thread somewhere on here called "barber road services" or "anyone work for barber road services"", im sure it says on there where roy is working now

Ian runs Sheffield Tacho and Tail-lift in Rotherham, someone did mention Roy had something to do with it as well, but not sure.

Barbers had something to do with the warehouse on Grange Lane at side of M1, that sat half built for a while and has now been finished.

mh01

06-04-2011, 20:42

Ian runs Sheffield Tacho and Tail-lift in Rotherham, someone did mention Roy had something to do with it as well, but not sure.

Barbers had something to do with the warehouse on Grange Lane at side of M1, that sat half built for a while and has now been finished.i cant place any warehouse on grange lane, you sure its ot blackburn road? theres a few warehouse type buildings gone up on there

mh01

06-04-2011, 20:43

SBS came to give us a quote for moving from Sheffield to Isle of Man.We got it £300 cheaper using a Manx carrier.They did have a nice looking fleet though.i think SBS were doing a bit for next clothing, a few of their trailers were parked in nexts yard at 1 bit

Shogun

06-04-2011, 21:04

i cant place any warehouse on grange lane, you sure its ot blackburn road? theres a few warehouse type buildings gone up on there Barber road ended up on Blackburn road the same yard that the cranes use at the moment, they were just doing the container runs to Felixstowe thing,they rang me and offered me £50 a day to work for them,went down and had a look dint fancy it though, that was a few years ago.

Shogun

06-04-2011, 21:09

i think SBS were doing a bit for next clothing, a few of their trailers were parked in nexts yard at 1 bit If your on about SBS at Aston Clockwork did work for Next and there warehouse was near to clockworks yard and they used to park SBS rigs and trailers there .

mh01

06-04-2011, 21:17

If your on about SBS at Aston Clockwork did work for Next and there warehouse was near to clockworks yard and they used to park SBS rigs and trailers there .SBS trailers were parked in the yard of next on nether lane at ecclesfield prior to clockwork taking SBS over

mh01

06-04-2011, 21:18

Barber road ended up on Blackburn road the same yard that the cranes use at the moment, they were just doing the container runs to Felixstowe thing,they rang me and offered me £50 a day to work for them,went down and had a look dint fancy it though, that was a few years ago.thanks for that, its something i didnt know.

Shogun

06-04-2011, 21:27

SBS trailers were parked in the yard of next on nether lane at ecclesfield prior to clockwork taking SBS over Yes that's rite my mate Tony worked for SBS and he said you could see what was happening,clockwork did not want SBS transport side of things,he was self employed and they cut his money and hours sold things off, and were only after SBS removals, they dumped SBS things any where they could.

mh01

06-04-2011, 21:31

how many lorries were barbers operating from blackburn road then?

Shogun

06-04-2011, 21:42

how many lorries were barbers operating from blackburn road then? Ruff guess about 10 artics there weren't all that many , loads of containers there.

mh01

06-04-2011, 21:56

Ruff guess about 10 artics there weren't all that many , loads of containers there.they must have moved all the container work down from oughtibridge then, when they lost out on netto

Shogun

06-04-2011, 22:10

they must have moved all the container work down from oughtibridge then, when they lost out on netto The place looked a bit shabby, run from a port a cabin , think it was the last throws of a dying company,

mh01

06-04-2011, 22:13

im still trying to think of the barnsley company which took over the netto contract after barbers, its doin my head in, i dont think its wass cutts, im sure it was a company who had very well turned out blue lorries, which i havnt seen around for a while so maybe they ve gone bust as well whilst on the netto job prior to butts taking over

it might have been alan lodge that took over fron barbers at netto, although im not certain, it was a company round that area

mh01

06-04-2011, 22:15

The place looked a bit shabby, run from a port a cabin , think it was the last throws of a dying company,

sounds like it, the setup at oughtibridge seemed ok, however unless your in the same league as newell & wright im told its very hard to make container work pay

cuttsie

06-04-2011, 22:33

Are Richmond Road still operating .

mh01

06-04-2011, 22:34

a few of sheperds lorries coming up, all being in the old oughtibridge depot

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418877955/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418877955/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418878099/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419481658/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419481658/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419484702/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418881635/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419485602/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419486366/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419487328/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419488994/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418887575/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5519666407/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418872893/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418872893/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418870013/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419473722/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5418869885/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5419473578/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5395933911/being loaded in the new depot

and a picture of where they are now based http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5519666407/

these operate of the new premises

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepherd-distribution-services/5395849861/

Shogun

06-04-2011, 22:48

Look at them perfect rope and sheets, I was never any good at that my rope an sheeting used to look like a zeplin going down the motorway!

mh01

06-04-2011, 22:50

Are Richmond Road still operating .cant see anything listed for them, the only way i can usually get any info if theyre no longer operating is by registration numbers of their vehicles

mh01

06-04-2011, 22:51

Look at them perfect rope and sheets, I was never any good at that my rope an sheeting used to look like a zeplin going down the motorway!

quite a good set that sheperd set intit

lucieloxley

07-04-2011, 01:46

I remember a lot of the companies names mentioned from my childhood. I never really thought much about haulage these days as my dad downsized a lot years ago but it's made me see what a big part of my life lorries actually were.I spent most of my childhood going to sleep in my own bed then waking up in some service station or on a motorway.lol.oh those were the days,thanks for the memories x

Manxdeedah

07-04-2011, 11:59

quite a good set that sheperd set intit

Aye,a good set of a well-known Sheffield haulier.A mate of mine drove for them called Pete Fox and one of the motors he had was an ERF "B" series LDT 444P.He then went on shunting and loading in the yard at Low Road,on nights IIRC.Another lad I remember was Alan Williams,an ex Merchant Navy Bristolian.I knew some others but their names escape me.
Thanks for putting them on.:)

mh01

07-04-2011, 12:02

Aye,a good set of a well-known Sheffield haulier.A mate of mine drove for them called Pete Fox and one of the motors he had was an ERF "B" series LDT 444P.He then went on shunting and loading in the yard at Low Road,on nights IIRC.Another lad I remember was Alan Williams,an ex Merchant Navy Bristolian.I knew some others but their names escape me.
Thanks for putting them on.:)i only knew 1 bloke who worked for them at low road, his surname was bennett, he lived on cross. 2 mates work for them now out of RDB's old yard

sprocky

07-04-2011, 12:05

richmond road, closed down round about the haulage strike, mind you i dont think twelly helped ???

mh01

07-04-2011, 12:26

newell & wright http://www.flickr.com/photos/23107633@N06/2804997215/

cuttsie

07-04-2011, 14:35

richmond road, closed down round about the haulage strike, mind you i dont think twelly helped ???
twelly?-----------

mh01

07-04-2011, 15:18

phantom309

07-04-2011, 15:31

twelly?-----------

I would guess that would be "Twolly":D

mh01

07-04-2011, 15:31

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4943042590/ an old mate still owns & operates 1 of these fodens on the old B plate

Shogun

07-04-2011, 15:36

I would guess that would be "Twolly":D
Do you mean Twolly Twelvtrees big fat guy big tash big red face lived down Grimesthorpe went boozing in the bowling green?

Manxdeedah

07-04-2011, 15:47

another of earls http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4438227365/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4661261572/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4661262406/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4675058090/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4674435889/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4675058774/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4674436599/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4674437337/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46166396@N03/4674437005/

Good stuff,remember 'em well and some of their drivers.One was Ted Gray who used 6-inch nails when playing darts and "Fat Chris",lived at Gleadless and had a LWB Volvo F86 8-legger that was " t'worst effin thing I've ever driven,had to shunt t' effin thing round islands on t'Derby Ring Road,and t'gaffer can give it some other chuff that likes Swedish sh**e and I'll have me Reiver back".:hihi:

mh01

07-04-2011, 15:57

Good stuff,remember 'em well and some of their drivers.One was Ted Gray who used 6-inch nails when playing darts and "Fat Chris",lived at Gleadless and had a LWB Volvo F86 8-legger that was " t'worst effin thing I've ever driven,had to shunt t' effin thing round islands on t'Derby Ring Road,and t'gaffer can give it some other chuff that likes Swedish sh**e and I'll have me Reiver back".:hihi:took me ages to find them pics, i found 2 of gillotts fodens but it waint let me download them