Sorry Trev 
but it is a good shot of the times and threads like this one seem to pull stories.Were those pics from, a book or mag? Promise not to ebay it. 
Again if anyone wants to use any pics I post of my own feel free.
At W.H.williams Spennymoor i can remember only two incidents with bricks.
the first was when we were extending our gargage at Marmadude Street Spennymoor in 1963 and the bricks were delivered on 5 ton bedford tippers by Davisons if Coundon. On one occasion i , at 15 years old was the only one to sign for the load, and with the bricks on a big heap on the bottom I gave my signature. The bricks were bought from fosters bricks at Newfield near Bishop Auckland and when the bricklayer and hod carrier checked after stacking the bricks there were 200 short. Although noone could possibly have counted them as I had signed we had to pay.Surprisingly bricks delivered on tippers hardy any broke
The other occasion comes to mind from my divorse from my ex wife. We lived in a bungalow on the A167 before the by pass was built at Windlestone , Chilton. We were extending the bungalow and to keep the costs to a minimum arranged that we supply the transport. According to my ex wife Caroline Vane came and parked along the A167 with a forty foot trailer with a full load of bricks. Once again according my ex wife who was pregnant at the time had to help Caroline unload them.It is true that we subsequeny lost the baby. However in truth all she had to do was make caroline a cup of coffee until several men came down from Spennymoor.
The date was sometime in 1980 and unloading bricks was horsework and unfortunatly lies by ex wives lies are difficult to disprove and at the time get you very anoyed
3300John:
Hiya just noticed that Bedford is a 1968/9 on a G reg. it looks just a bit dated for saying the TK was on the market…
Quicky…John did’nt Jacksons change their livery to light blue in the mid 70s .
John
Sorry 3300John dont remember them being Blue but they were taken over in 1973 by Christian Salvesen so they could have been.And then after a management buyout in 1995 they were renamed Chelwood Brick which is still operating today I believe
Very early motors these two.
those dg fodens were still running in 1961 john , pulling drags . they came to the site i was working on with commons , drop the drag , tip the lorry , handball the drag onto the lorry and then tip again . we used to get 2 a day in the autumn when the price dropped , but after the winter the frost had blown half of them , so i couldn’t see the saving . plenty of rubble for the new road bed though , cheers , dave
Thats right Dave.The lad I knew from Jacksons used to drive one before he came working at the place me,my dad and tipits dad worked at which was Thomas Lambs Ltd Gorton M/chester that was 1962 when I first started work.
Gt.Yarmouth docks many years ago, probably the 1950s looking at the cars in the background. What a thankless task!
