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Northwest Trucks

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:49 pm

This thread used to be the link to Northwest Trucks on Fotopic.

Due to it going off line in 2011 all the valuable pictures and information were lost.

So if anyone want to add pictures or info of Northwest Haulage companies please add them to this thread.
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby flishflunk » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:11 pm

Thanks go to you Paul. You've done a fantastic job. Brought back lots of memories for me and no doubt countless others.

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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby 240 Gardner » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:33 pm

flishflunk wrote:Thanks go to you Paul. You've done a fantastic job. Brought back lots of memories for me and no doubt countless others.

Ray


Absolutely! It's a jolly fine site Image
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby STRAIGHT EIGHT » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:18 am

240 Gardner wrote:
flishflunk wrote:Thanks go to you Paul. You've done a fantastic job. Brought back lots of memories for me and no doubt countless others.

Ray


Absolutely! It's a jolly fine site Image

Getting to be one of the best site's on the Web, long may it florrish!!! :D :D :D :D
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:37 am

Thank you very much for the above comments the site was great while it lasted shame all that work went down the pan thanks to Fotopic.
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby STRAIGHT EIGHT » Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:31 am

Excelent stuff moomoo :wink:
Gardner and Cummins have only one thing in commom, You cant buy better.....
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby dafdave » Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:33 pm

Great pics paul thanks for posting them.A lot of old memories revived,hard times in the early days eh,all handball,all rope and sheeting,no sleepers,and no night heaters,what a life.
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby Wheel Nut » Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:04 pm

Some good memories from the pictures
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby BonkeyDollocks » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:10 pm

Superb site, though I think it may be even better if there was an abundance of quarry tippers, particularly Tarmac vehicles. :wink: :lol:
Always on the lookout for khaki Tarmac tipper pics.
Know of any ? ;)
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:30 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby chrish0877 » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:32 pm

Hi Paul, recieved your email, I will send you those pics and info on BVT very soon, also thanks for the 2 photos you sent, Have not seen them before! The photo of the Atki is HXG 442L, this was preserved and is now running a 240 gardner, owned by Graham Morris of the Steam Transport Group. If you come across anymore photos please let me know, always good to see new ones crop up.

Thanks Again, Chris. :D
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby BIGRIG » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:55 pm

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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:07 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:31 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby B1 GGK » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:52 pm

There used to be a guy that lived opposite us (Chadderton) until the early 80's, Malcolm Taylor, run his own truck mainly out of Ireland (some tax reason) in Europe,
He's now in Oz, I am trying to get in contact with him.
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby Big Al » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:07 pm

moomooland wrote:Over the last five months i have been busy building a web site about haulage firms from across the North West of England.
Thanks to Truck.net i have made many new contacts, to numerous to mention, who have helped with dates,descriptions, picture's, locations etc
A special thanks also goes out to to Bubbleman!! Thanks again Marcus :)
The site now contains over 400 pictures and grows bigger each day with some of the latest images supplied by haulage company 'Austin Wilkinson'.

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Also from today the website has a new simpler and easier to remember address http://northwesttrucks.fotopic.net/

Thanks again to all Truck.net members for your invaluable help

Regards Paul Anderson Northwest Trucks

Hi Paul great site there, I tried to buy an S type Foden from James Wilkinson around 2001 when I worked for McAlpine's, we had
a depot at Atherton close to their yard. I have trolled through the site looking for any of John Ditchfield's lorries without success
do you have any ? regards Big Al
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:18 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:04 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby rocky 7 » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:49 am

Hi Paul, I,v found some old pics of Dow Freight , Puma transport and some others but i dont know how to post them?????????
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby 3300John » Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:45 pm

HI I've at last seen a picture of John Killingbeck, Its the one sitting by the heater dose anyone have a better shot of him please.
Next Question HOW many hours did he spend in his garage,???I should think there was no need for security, He must of been there all the time,
I take my hat of to him. Did he have many people working with him in the workshop.
Well done with the Northwest Truck site
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby 240 Gardner » Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:06 pm

3300John wrote:HI I've at last seen a picture of John Killingbeck, Its the one sitting by the heater dose anyone have a better shot of him please.
Next Question HOW many hours did he spend in his garage,???I should think there was no need for security, He must of been there all the time,
I take my hat of to him. Did he have many people working with him in the workshop.
Well done with the Northwest Truck site
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John used to work quite late into the evening, but he didn't start until mid-morning. From memory, I think he had a couple of fitters working with him, and they were capable of undertaking quite major rebuilds and modifications.
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:41 am

Photobucket killed this post :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:35 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Postby moomooland » Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:53 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Postby moomooland » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:37 pm

Photobucket killed this post :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby bigbird201 » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:59 pm

Some fond memorories here and pictures of trucks ive driven. Cracking thread keep up the good work :D :D :D
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby moomooland » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:59 pm

Due to host server Fotopic going bust site now off line :(
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby Chris Webb » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:53 pm

moomooland wrote:Have now introduced an international flag counter so any ex-pats out there get your country of residence flag on the site :D

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Regards Paul Anderson Northwest Trucks


Where's t'Isle of Man flag Paul,we aren't part of the UK - I'm not being serious really,honest :lol: , but there's some old Manx over here that would be complaining,are there any old Manx reading this? :D
Them were t'days when we were on neets.
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby Wheel Nut » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:29 am

Chris Webb wrote:
moomooland wrote:Have now introduced an international flag counter so any ex-pats out there get your country of residence flag on the site :D

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Regards Paul Anderson Northwest Trucks


Where's t'Isle of Man flag Paul,we aren't part of the UK - I'm not being serious really,honest :lol: , but there's some old Manx over here that would be complaining,are there any old Manx reading this? :D


Got some old motorcycle pictures trolling round your local high street Chris :P bloody hooligans
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Re: Northwest Trucks

Postby Big Al » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:25 am

Chris Webb wrote:
moomooland wrote:Have now introduced an international flag counter so any ex-pats out there get your country of residence flag on the site :D

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Regards Paul Anderson Northwest Trucks


Where's t'Isle of Man flag Paul,we aren't part of the UK - I'm not being serious really,honest :lol: , but there's some old Manx over here that would be complaining,are there any old Manx reading this? :D

Not Manx but lived out there for a while. regards Big Al
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