malc step:
Ste Burrow:
malc step:
Hi Folks,
Woke me up early one morning (8 ish ) so i went and had
a word with driver (ste burrow)4
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Cheers Malc
Great photos Malc. Atleast I now have photographic proof that I do work haha
I wish I’d polished my alloys that day.
Hi Steve,
at work wheels dirty!!
0Cheers Malc.
Hell fire I get about a bit. Do you remember where this was?
robroy:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Have just Googled Silloth harbour it looks very quiet, i remember back in the late 60s when i was on for Killingbeck and pulling for Northern Ireland Trailers the port was being used by the Irish boats due to industrial unrest at Preston docks there was some good digs there which i used the times i delivered the Lancashire flats into there usually after a long haul from way down South, the road from the Carlisle side seemed never ending i suppose with it being a bit off the normal routes for most hauliers, but it made a change and the digs as i said was good and driver friendly, wonder is there much in the way of shipping useing the harbour now looks deserted.
thanks harry long retired.Still fairly busy for a small port, ships come in with stuff mainly for Carrs mill which is either discharged on site or taken by local firms to storage on the old airfield, the Irish cattle and cement boats are long gone. Do you remember the name of the digs you stayed?
hiya,
Sorry can’t remember the digs but only a short walk from the dock just left the motor where it was, believe me i have the game on remembering yesterday could have had free digs had an old aunt lived in Aspatria could have dropped the trailer and nipped back there.
thanks harry long retired.
Coulthards Concrete Products Silloth now T/Armstrongs
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georgeking:
robroy:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Have just Googled Silloth harbour it looks very quiet, i remember back in the late 60s when i was on for Killingbeck and pulling for Northern Ireland Trailers the port was being used by the Irish boats due to industrial unrest at Preston docks there was some good digs there which i used the times i delivered the Lancashire flats into there usually after a long haul from way down South, the road from the Carlisle side seemed never ending i suppose with it being a bit off the normal routes for most hauliers, but it made a change and the digs as i said was good and driver friendly, wonder is there much in the way of shipping useing the harbour now looks deserted.
thanks harry long retired.Still fairly busy for a small port, ships come in with stuff mainly for Carrs mill which is either discharged on site or taken by local firms to storage on the old airfield, the Irish cattle and cement boats are long gone. Do you remember the name of the digs you stayed?
There was a very infamous Irish cattle trader called “Towey” who used to ship all the livestock through Silloth, there are a few interesting tales to be told about Mr Towey!
hiya,
Now don’t leave us in suspense tell us about Mr Towey, also while i’m still in ■■■■■■■ did Robsons of Carlisle ever have a small depot in the Haltwhistle area there was a filling station Shell I think with a cafe attached and there was always Robbo’s boys on there not as in having a cuppa killing time parked but trailers dropped and units standing about never used the cafe a bit near home and i used to wait until i got oe’r the border before i needed fed that was outgoing and usually had the nosebag on when homeward bound so did’nt need fed and usually in a hurry to get home or fabricate a dodgy .
thanks harry long retired.
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Did’nt realise Carrs was up ■■■■■■■ way unti I saw the previous posts
Some from the early 90s
stravaiger:
A couple I’ve posted previously.
Was it Garners that delivered bagged flour etc to bakeries, including high street ones, from a shortish curtainsider? Always remember how smart that wagon looked but sad to say no pics…jimYou probably meaning the Scania Six wheeler they used to run, This was the 2500 Daf six legger i drove for them about 25 years ago.
georgeking:
harry_gill:
georgeking:
robroy:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Have just Googled Silloth harbour it looks very quiet, i remember back in the late 60s when i was on for Killingbeck and pulling for Northern Ireland Trailers the port was being used by the Irish boats due to industrial unrest at Preston docks there was some good digs there which i used the times i delivered the Lancashire flats into there usually after a long haul from way down South, the road from the Carlisle side seemed never ending i suppose with it being a bit off the normal routes for most hauliers, but it made a change and the digs as i said was good and driver friendly, wonder is there much in the way of shipping useing the harbour now looks deserted.
thanks harry long retired.Still fairly busy for a small port, ships come in with stuff mainly for Carrs mill which is either discharged on site or taken by local firms to storage on the old airfield, the Irish cattle and cement boats are long gone. Do you remember the name of the digs you stayed?
There was a very infamous Irish cattle trader called “Towey” who used to ship all the livestock through Silloth, there are a few interesting tales to be told about Mr Towey!
hiya,
Now don’t leave us in suspense tell us about Mr Towey, also while i’m still in ■■■■■■■ did Robsons of Carlisle ever have a small depot in the Haltwhistle area there was a filling station Shell I think with a cafe attached and there was always Robbo’s boys on there not as in having a cuppa killing time parked but trailers dropped and units standing about never used the cafe a bit near home and i used to wait until i got oe’r the border before i needed fed that was outgoing and usually had the nosebag on when homeward bound so did’nt need fed and usually in a hurry to get home or fabricate a dodgy .
thanks harry long retired.They had a depot at Haltwhistle next to Wardles, they probably had a dozen lorries based there, they had the Kimberley Clark contract at Prudhoe (it is now done by Elddis ) not sure but I also think that they had a contract with one of the factory’s in Haltwhistle also.
Stan Robson originated from Penton, he bought out Border Transport (Haltwhistle) Ltd for their licences hence the name Robsons Border Transport Ltd.Most tales that I’ve about Towey would not be allowed in here, I am interested to see if other posters have heard of him.
hiya,
Thanks for that so i did drive around with my eyes open contrary to what some gaffers said.
When on fo the BRS Blackburn depot i used to get the odd full load for a paint manufacturer in haltwhistle,Hadrian paints part of the Crown group feel pretty certain that Robson’s used to do the redistribution sure i saw a couple of Thames Trader box vans in there when i was tipping in there usually loaded back from there to my starting point bit of a mixed bag pallets, returns and stillages good job which always netted a dodgy night out.
thanks harry long retired.
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hodgeturbo:
coulthards volvo
I dont know if this was the one i drove Hodge as they used private number plates after i left, they ran 2 FL7s
