I regularly loaded out of Stewartby in the seventies when I worked for Waughs of Newcastle.
I’ve been racking my brain to try and think of the name of the pub in the layby on the right heading up to Bedford? I seem to remember loading at Stewartby was a bit of a ball ache,
so we often had to wait until the next day to load. Consequently the pub was a favourite spot, and a “lock in” often occurred . Another pub we used was " The Old English Gentleman" in Bedford, I think we used that one when loading at Allens, an engineering co which was part of Clarke Chapman/ Parsons group. Happy days!! Regards Kev.