Jack Graham:
Good memories Stuart, the pictures speak for themselves, now how about the rest. :-Jack
smashing photos Stuart 
Is that Tony Daynes in the last photo?
DRY GINGER:
Jack Graham:
Good memories Stuart, the pictures speak for themselves, now how about the rest. :-Jack
Hi All. As soon as i can get out of the house and up to my eldest sons house i will get him to put some reunion photo’s on the site. For any of you who are on face book all my photo’s are on there for all to see. I think you just need to send a friends request which i will accept and then open my profile and the photo’s are there. For ramone. Tony dayne’s didn’t go to the reunion because nobody knew where he was living. Having said that Lenny Schofield told me at the reunion that he still lived on the East Coast in a village called Atwick. This village is not far away from where i live,and if anybody can confirm this i will go over there and find him,or a phone would good if you sent it in a private message. That’s all for now folks so take good care or yourselves and i will catch you all later. (Alan) 
as posted earlier on …lockerbie men…pony &raker mason plus dennis saville, ian ? from eaglesfield.
JIMBO47:
as posted earlier on …lockerbie men…pony &raker mason plus dennis saville, ian ? from eaglesfield.
yes jimbo i used to come out to these lads 2 or 3 times a week on call out,once i was going out one Friday night with clean white shirt an new jeans,pony[Eric]phoned up,ke my moter gone off charge…went out to him ,its the alternator,oh no.got it in the workshop,my overalls was black so striped down to my underpants 
and changed it,never mind the call out money paid for the nights beer …another tale,once wired in Eric,s c.b and he said, i will bring you a salmon down next week.week later he give me a package,when i got it home and opened it,just saw this mucky big fish an put it in the bin,few days later told my miss of the reply ,you idiot that was a whole fresh samon oh 
only seen um in tins…every second word eric said was something like ke ,but did not like asking him wot it meant
oh yea that sounds right lol… always remember them saying it was one of the best jobs he ever had…
JIMBO47:
oh yea that sounds right lol… always remember them saying it was one of the best jobs he ever had…
Hi Jimbo,with out looking back at the pages,i think it said Eric is not with us any more 
rip…was always having a dig with there kid but made me laugh even though it was midnight 
mmm, think you could be right, but as a lockerbie boy ive been in canada a while now so ive missed who still with us… james 
JIMBO47:
mmm, think you could be right, but as a lockerbie boy ive been in canada a while now so ive missed who still with us… james
Hi James,look at page 4…thank Keith
any one remember a one having a contract with bison’s in Leeds,i think it was called concrete northen…then old atki 8 leggers.my dad was on the job then,with frames on the back to carry the slabs.job i remember was mirrion center in Leeds.atki painted blue early 60s
keith 2:
any one remember a one having a contract with bison’s in Leeds,i think it was called concrete northen…then old atki 8 leggers.my dad was on the job then,with frames on the back to carry the slabs.job i remember was mirrion center in Leeds.atki painted blue early 60s
Concrete Limited, later Concrete Northern (Bison) were in Stourton and they manufactured wartime pillboxes and lorries.
See the Bison Armoured Car as used by the Home Guard.
Hi there Keith 2, I dont know how long they did Bison’s for but A One had the contract when I started for them mid 70’s, I didn’t do much of Bison’s work because I went on TIR a few months after starting for A One, but I know they did lots of the tower blocks they built all over the country, and lots of it was on low loaders, the floors and beams went on flats, 40ft 50ft and 60ft, the last one I did was for the big Boots chemist shop behind Blackpool tower, I took it with a Mandator, it must have been the worst one I ever drove, the steering was so heavy it almost needed two of us to turn it, but nuff said of that, I went over the water after that trip to Blackpool, and got spoilt with my F88, it was like a luxury matchine to what we had with the AECs Atkinson’s and the rest, then spent the rest of my time trying to speak every language in Europe, and seeing the sights you only see on postcards, especially the Alps etc. :-Jack
Jack Graham:
Hi there Keith 2, I dont know how long they did Bison’s for but A One had the contract when I started for them mid 70’s, I didn’t do much of Bison’s work because I went on TIR a few months after starting for A One, but I know they did lots of the tower blocks they built all over the country, and lots of it was on low loaders, the floors and beams went on flats, 40ft 50ft and 60ft, the last one I did was for the big Boots chemist shop behind Blackpool tower, I took it with a Mandator, it must have been the worst one I ever drove, the steering was so heavy it almost needed two of us to turn it, but nuff said of that, I went over the water after that trip to Blackpool, and got spoilt with my F88, it was like a luxury matchine to what we had with the AECs Atkinson’s and the rest, then spent the rest of my time trying to speak every language in Europe, and seeing the sights you only see on postcards, especially the Alps etc.
Hi Jack,will tell you a sad story about bisons 2mor…bed time
I`ve seen a picture of an A One MKV mammoth major with long load on and i think it had a bogie on the back
keith 2:
Jack Graham:
Hi there Keith 2, I dont know how long they did Bison’s for but A One had the contract when I started for them mid 70’s, I didn’t do much of Bison’s work because I went on TIR a few months after starting for A One, but I know they did lots of the tower blocks they built all over the country, and lots of it was on low loaders, the floors and beams went on flats, 40ft 50ft and 60ft, the last one I did was for the big Boots chemist shop behind Blackpool tower, I took it with a Mandator, it must have been the worst one I ever drove, the steering was so heavy it almost needed two of us to turn it, but nuff said of that, I went over the water after that trip to Blackpool, and got spoilt with my F88, it was like a luxury matchine to what we had with the AECs Atkinson’s and the rest, then spent the rest of my time trying to speak every language in Europe, and seeing the sights you only see on postcards, especially the Alps etc.Hi Jack,will tell you a sad story about bisons 2mor…bed time
first morning i started at a one Brian picked us up in a old land rover,Brian and billy taylor in the front and this lad called mick whittard[son of jack whittard [tubby] in the back,wot job are you going to do when you get there he asked,don’t no wot do you do,sparky he said…well that’s wot i will be.cut a long story short.he was 6 month older than me and 8 month later got a job at bisons on them big cranes and asked if i fancy doing it.no chance can not stand heights,was meger money.he got married same day as me 
he want on to a crane company called howden cranes.in 1999 i think, was reading the paper,headlines was i crane had come down in London,3 killed,had come down 400 ft,yes this was my mate mick…RIP MICK …
Hi all. I started at a one transport in 1968 and they had the bisons contract then,at the time i was driving a big J i think thats what they called them. I had to finnish at a one in 1969 due to having an accident in my car and losing my licence,Russel Hutchinson told me to come back to a one when i got my licence back. which i did,i started back at a one about 1972 and they where still doing the Bisons contract when i went back. From that time on they where all happy day’s and i never looked back. PS i didn’t lose my licence through drink driving,just thought i would let you know. Regards (Alan)
Yes remember loading out of Bison, great easy loads. They were not too happy at me chaining slabs down as it tended to damage edges, tried timber under chains, they soon worked loose but it was a load that didnt move much. I remember one load, which was large wedges( would just fit in 8ft cube) of reinforced concrete which had re-bars sticking out of the rear, for oilrig yard at Dunoon on Clyde. After setting off had to keep stopping as I kept hearing noise like loose split rims on wheels, checked re-bars but they were wired up tight. Later on M6 wagon passed me then swung onto hard shoulder didnt think anything till I pulled off at Carlisle and the wagon which had caught up followed. He told me as hed passed hed heard the noise and thought hed a puncture, wasnt till he`d caught me up he heard noise again, it was the re-bar, though wired at the ends. There was enough whip in the middle for them to clatter together, often wondered how many others had also been decieved into thinking they had a puncture while traveling near me.
Alan Bennett:
Hi all. I started at a one transport in 1968 and they had the bisons contract then,at the time i was driving a big J i think thats what they called them. I had to finnish at a one in 1969 due to having an accident in my car and losing my licence,Russel Hutchinson told me to come back to a one when i got my licence back. which i did,i started back at a one about 1972 and they where still doing the Bisons contract when i went back. From that time on they where all happy day’s and i never looked back. PS i didn’t lose my licence through drink driving,just thought i would let you know. Regards (Alan)
drink driving,Daisy got done in 85, he got his licence back then i lost mine lost a lot money and 2 buses to work,cost a one £500 exc plus £1000 when i passed class 1…JMR not happy,got a right roasting from him …the first time i was embarrassed was in 1977 i was only 17 ,got arrested by CID in the yard and got 3 month for gbh for a ruck in town…soon packed that game in.time to come out ,at that time my dad did not have a car and phoned JMR he was going to collect me but did not have the release papers ,so he sent down Tony Collins to collect my dad first.things like that you do not forget[was just a lad]was just a normal thing to me then coming from gipton in Leeds
Hi All. When are we going to see some of the photo’s of the reunion on here.I myself have some to put on,and as soon as my eldest son is able to do it we will get them on here. Meanwhile you can all see them on facebook. The one’s Stuart Sugden put on are very good (thanks Stuart)and worth looking at,i hope we will all see some more like them. Thats all for now,so take good care of yourselves. All the best (Alan)