Les Harriman folded, but his daughter and son-in -law set up a new company called Jentone that’s still going
Richardsons also went pop, but his son Paul restarted the company with the same livery
Tinklers Transport were based in “Tinklers yard” Stockton, were bought out by Freeman Volkers and Stuart- who in turn were bought out by Prestons of Potto. FVS still exists as a subsidiary with its own operators licence but 99% of the trucks are now liveried Prestons
Econofreight was split up and sold, partly to Sarens (running under the GE Curtis name) and the rest to ALE, ALE still have a yard in Middlesbrough on Skippers Lane, and Sarens is “over the border” next door to Dawsons wharf. AV Dawsons itself is going strong and expanding/investing heavily.
Mitchell freight is still going, although in a new reincarnation.
David Fox is still going, and still looking for drivers
RAH, Stevens and Stockton haulage, all long beam steel specialists are all long gone
Great shot Kev, Were you out on a bike run, Or just out on the pull, Afterall you were very friendly with my late Mentor Parkey, Who is responsible for the way I am now, So all I can say to him is thank you Parkey you taught me me how to drink rope & sheet swear & of course lots of other drivers things, And Im still enjoying them sometimes, If I feel lucky, Mind you I would rather deel ■■■■■■ Regards Larry.
Great shot Kev, Were you out on a bike run, Or just out on the pull, Afterall you were very friendly with my late Mentor Parkey, Who is responsible for the way I am now, So all I can say to him is thank you Parkey you taught me me how to drink rope & sheet swear & of course lots of other drivers things, And Im still enjoying them sometimes, If I feel lucky, Mind you I would rather deel [zb], Regards Larry.
I’m quite fit and a keen cyclist Larry but, I don’t think I can manage Immingham in a day on the bike This shot was taken when I was having a break during my “retirement help out job” Regards Kev. Ps on the Parky Denham subject, NO COMMENT.
Chris Webb:
I see Sandersons have been mentioned and I think they were taken over by R Durham. I remember that Sandersons did a changeover with S Protheroe Swansea at Fradley near Lichfield int 70s,both running Borderers, so maybe Protheroe belonged to Durhams as well?
I have just joined this forum and really enjoy threads. To clear up my father drove for Arthur Sandersons from Great Broughton in North Yorks he drove milk wagons (thames traders) at first. Then went on to night trunks to their depot in Newport 2 trips one week then 3 next, at that time probably 4 wagons a night. Local drivers would tip and reload during daytime. He then went on to changeover which was a night change over with S Protheroe at Fradley depot on the A38 near Lichfield Protheroe,s were not part of Sandersons it was just a beneficial tie in. Sandersons were taken over by R. Durham of Teesside in the 70,s,. They then did changeover during days between their two depots Broughton and Newport at Derby and also when the 240 Gardner Atki,s came out they did a 24 hour changeover at West Bromwich these vehicles did serious high mileage until the driving hours law changed and it became impossible to do in the time. I used to spend plenty of time with my father and uncle doing some of these runs, happy days!!
Chris Webb:
I see Sandersons have been mentioned and I think they were taken over by R Durham. I remember that Sandersons did a changeover with S Protheroe Swansea at Fradley near Lichfield int 70s,both running Borderers, so maybe Protheroe belonged to Durhams as well?
I have just joined this forum and really enjoy threads. To clear up my father drove for Arthur Sandersons from Great Broughton in North Yorks he drove milk wagons (thames traders) at first. Then went on to night trunks to their depot in Newport 2 trips one week then 3 next, at that time probably 4 wagons a night. Local drivers would tip and reload during daytime. He then went on to changeover which was a night change over with S Protheroe at Fradley depot on the A38 near Lichfield Protheroe,s were not part of Sandersons it was just a beneficial tie in. Sandersons were taken over by R. Durham of Teesside in the 70,s,. They then did changeover during days between their two depots Broughton and Newport at Derby and also when the 240 Gardner Atki,s came out they did a 24 hour changeover at West Bromwich these vehicles did serious high mileage until the driving hours law changed and it became impossible to do in the time. I used to spend plenty of time with my father and uncle doing some of these runs, happy days!!
Welcome to the thread jshepguis, Its nice to see old firms like Sandersons mentioned, I remember in the 50/60s Era seeing their 8 wheeler Guys in Newport, And of course when Durhams took them over they retained the green in their livery, Some photos of Sandersons motors would be great If you have any, Regards Larry.
Chris Webb:
I see Sandersons have been mentioned and I think they were taken over by R Durham. I remember that Sandersons did a changeover with S Protheroe Swansea at Fradley near Lichfield int 70s,both running Borderers, so maybe Protheroe belonged to Durhams as well?
I have just joined this forum and really enjoy threads. To clear up my father drove for Arthur Sandersons from Great Broughton in North Yorks he drove milk wagons (thames traders) at first. Then went on to night trunks to their depot in Newport 2 trips one week then 3 next, at that time probably 4 wagons a night. Local drivers would tip and reload during daytime. He then went on to changeover which was a night change over with S Protheroe at Fradley depot on the A38 near Lichfield Protheroe,s were not part of Sandersons it was just a beneficial tie in. Sandersons were taken over by R. Durham of Teesside in the 70,s,. They then did changeover during days between their two depots Broughton and Newport at Derby and also when the 240 Gardner Atki,s came out they did a 24 hour changeover at West Bromwich these vehicles did serious high mileage until the driving hours law changed and it became impossible to do in the time. I used to spend plenty of time with my father and uncle doing some of these runs, happy days!!
Welcome to the thread jshepguis, Its nice to see old firms like Sandersons mentioned, I remember in the 50/60s Era seeing their 8 wheeler Guys in Newport, And of course when Durhams took them over they retained the green in their livery, Some photos of Sandersons motors would be great If you have any, Regards Larry.
Yes just getting head around how to put images on, I have uploaded 2 to the gallery, not exactly sure how to put them on this thread. They were taken after Durhams had taken over ,the Atki had been repainted to the Durhams rebranding it was originally in the Sandersons colours of blue ,red chassis and white roof with the old style signwriting, which I preferred. My Dad started in 65 and i can just remember they had one or two Guy,s 8 wheeler and a artic, the fleet ended up being all Atkinson,s 150 & 180 Gardners all David Brown gearboxes. Then came 3 off 240 Gardners and ■■■■■■■ powered Borderers, then by that time the Seddon Atkinson 400 came on the scene which were nearly all Gardner powered again.
Here are photo,s taken at Sanderson,s yard at Great Broughton, this was taken as fleet was changing it,s colour scheme to match Durhams who had taken over a few years earlier. Durhams were a red with a yellow and orange stripe. The Atkinson Borderer would have just repainted from Sandersons original blue with red chassis.
This photo was taken in Parkway Haulage yard, with unit backed onto one of Parkways trailers. Load of steel pipes were usually bound for the oil rig yards in Scotland like Nigg and Ardesier. Driver of this F10 was my mate Andrew Simpson who unfortunately passed away couple of years ago. Used to travel all over with him and as Steven’s did a lot of long stuff out of Teesside so got paid for mate duties, which was a bonus.
Anyone remember R Rankin chainbridge road Newcastle , They did a lot of tanker work. I worked for them on the ICI …Burmah petrol contract in Grangemouth, unfortunately I don’t have any photos.
matt watson:
Anyone remember R Rankin chainbridge road Newcastle , They did a lot of tanker work. I worked for them on the ICI …Burmah petrol contract in Grangemouth, unfortunately I don’t have any photos.
I used to attend caravan rallies with one of Rankins ex drivers, John ‘Jack’ Burrows. His wife Emma used to work in the cafe near the turning off for Piercebridge on the A1. Both long passed on now though.
Thanks for the reply stanfield and windrush, I started with R ,Rankin in the eighties and I think they became part of TDG.They had the ICI Burmah contract in Grangemouth for over 30 years and when Burmah bought ICI Petroleum the contract went out to tender. P&O won the contract and Rankins dissapered after that.
Couple of photos taken on a run from BSC Lackenby on Teesside to Carmarthen in South Wales. Beams were 90 foot long and there were five loads in total so in those days authorised police routes and notified if you had to have any ■■■■■■. We had no ■■■■■■ from Teesside and wasn,t until I think Frankley Services and the West Midlands force area, then escorted down to Michaelwood Services where picture of F10 taken. We then drove to the M4 and told to park up on the hard shoulder and wait for ■■■■■■ into Swansea.We parked up on the front main car park of the Swansea police where second photo taken ,and next morning escorted into site at Carmarthen.
Always used to amuse drivers how different forces had different ideas on how to cope with long loads etc and what speeds to run at, either tripping up over them or going flat out just to keep up!!
I remember Parkway Haulage, I worked there from the age of 13. I would go and help Alan after school and at weekends. We would work through the night. We would grab maybe 1 hours sleep in the canteen (if you could call it that) I helped Alan and Ian (young lad from Fabian Road) to build the upstairs stores where Alan finally got an office. Alan chased after me in to the yard for a laugh but unfortunately Red the guard dog didn’t realize I was playing and bit my leg. I needed hospital treatment and still have the scars today. Alan was a top bloke who taught me a lot, he was old school and a hell of a grafter. The funny thing is my user name is Gazbo, a nick name Alan give me and I use to this day, Gazbee Gazbo was the full nick name he called me. Last I heard he was working at ISO Tanks at Dormanstown I hope he is well. They never had tilts but had 3 reefers which were sign written by Stevie Wonder, the letters were all shapes and sizes and then the Ltd had to be squeezed in.
They had a contract for a supermarket so we had a lot of trans-shipping to do between Lee Road and Pochin Road. some one dropped a pallet full of washing up liquid, it was all over the road but it wasn’t until it rained that the fun began. There was bubbles everywhere it looked like a seen out of Quatermass. My first trip out in a truck was with Tommy Hawkins in his MAN up to Aberdeen I also had to go somewhere south (near Brighton I think) to help Tommy unload a trailer because he had a very bad neck and they wouldn’t let him have time off. We just about got to the place without the load falling off, it was bags of white powder(that sounds bad I know they were a bit dodgy but I don’t think this was anything illegal) and it was only the sheets holding it on because when the sheets were loosened some of the bags fell off. We used one of the Volvo F88 for some reason but how we made it there and back I don’t know because the timing was out on the truck and flames were coming out the exhaust.
Alan and the lads got me drunk in the bottom house at the age of 14. All the staff went there for a Christmas drink, I thought I must have had about 10 pints but Alan assured me it was closer to 2. It was a great experience for me, had some great times and good laughs and made some great friends. I was told that there was no space for an apprentice so I moved next door to Ian Picknetts. Ian too was a fantastic bloke but again things turned out bad for him and I had to search for an apprenticeship elsewhere. Ian was a great guy who give me a wealth of knowledge. Ian was struggling and had to get rid of Bill his fitter. I owed Ian a lot so I would work weekends and evenings servicing and getting his DAFs ready for test. I did it for free although he did give me a large socket set once. Ian sadly passed away in Brighton 2 years ago, I was devastated I could not make the funeral because I was on honeymoon at the time. Ian was a true gentleman.
I began my apprenticeship with Econofreight on Friday 13th August 1982, to this day I have 34 years and 10 months unbroken service although the name changed to Brambles Heavy Contracting and now it is ALE- Heavylift who owns the company. I have had to relocate to Stafford but still get up to the Boro every 2 weeks to see the family and friends.
I have seen a lot of changes in the industry some good, some bad - maybe it’s down to the drinking laws or the shutting of the truck stops. Norman’s springs to mind (that needed closing down lol) but there does not seem to be camaraderie there used to be. Where does time go I still remember Parkway Haulage as if it was yesterday and here I am now lifting my grand children into the drivers seat to show them.
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