happysack:
A bloody horrible road that for the timber motors! A cb was essential.
theres a lot of timber to come out of there soon.thats why we are patching the road and putting some passing places in
hodgeturbo:
tynron near dumfries
good to see the old stamping grounds again ,my OH comes frae Penpont …
Who was doing the work? ,… were you running out of Morrington or Locharbriggs … jimmy.
HI Jim he has been stealing Tont Marchbanks work right on his doorstep eh. Naughty naughty ■■■■■■■■ lads.Eddie.
Aye ircc Metcalfes did a section from the Penpont rd up to Tynron (up by the old quarry)when i was last on that run a few yrs before i left UK.
lol… view looks the same …Tont will have to sneak across the border an do the same… Border Reivers ride again across the border… 
jimmy.
hodgeturbo:
happysack:
A bloody horrible road that for the timber motors! A cb was essential.theres a lot of timber to come out of there soon.thats why we are patching the road and putting some passing places in
I was a gamekeeper in that neck of the woods for a few years. Bloody bleak i’m the winter!
Hi Hodgeturbo, I used to deliver to a farm up that Tyron road (Wilsons of Mawhirn) bulk blowing sheep feed out of Silloth up a steep lonning on the left hand side about two mile up from Moniave, I never seemed to go there in good weather always in the snow. Getting up the lonning was difficult usually having three or four attempts, I once got my Gardner running backwards at the lonning foot after letting the wagon run slowly back and lifting the clutch a second too early while in a forward gear flicking the engine over in the opposite direction, realising what had happened immediately I pulled the stopper and managed to stop it. Started up OK right away and managed to get right to the top without getting stuck. Foden lads in Carlisle told me later that it can be difficult to stop a Gardner running in reverse. I have had it happen twice once in my ERF and this occasion in my Foden S80. and been lucky both times.
Cheers, Leyland 600
lol…used to see joanna lumley quite often at her house up near the top o tynron glen ,or at the shop at Penpont…mostly summertime…
as well as the hippies (naturalists)that lived before the tight lefthander bridge before you came of the blacktop ontae the forestry road.
jimmy 
Hi Gerald that would be in Mr Jakeman’s time as manager at Foden Carlisle depo I got on well with him he was allways on the ball.Eddie.
hodgeturbo:
tynron near dumfries
Blocking another lonning eh! Hodge !! And anywes Paul who backed it all that way down to the Barber Green for you ■■? 
Cheers Dennis.
Hi Eddie, Yes thats right, Harry Jakeman with Ken Philips as manager and Field Service engineer a proper gentleman who sadly passed away about 12 months ago. Also Brian Johnston & Cath his wife who knows more about Fodens than any man. I was talking to them both just a few weeks back. Harry & Ken ran a fabulous team at the Foden Carleton depot where nothing was ever any trouble and honesty was paramount.
Cheers Leyland 600
Les (or Alan) Glencross’ 143 loading at Greenwich (pinched off the Lovells Wharf thread to get ■■■■ Co.s back on page 1)
JIMBO47:
hodgeturbo:
tynron near dumfriesgood to see the old stamping grounds again ,my OH comes frae Penpont …
Who was doing the work? ,… were you running out of Morrington or Locharbriggs … jimmy.
morrinton jimbo
JIMBO47:
Aye ircc Metcalfes did a section from the Penpont rd up to Tynron (up by the old quarry)when i was last on that run a few yrs before i left UK.
lol… view looks the same …Tont will have to sneak across the border an do the same… Border Reivers ride again across the border…
jimmy.
we"ve had the pleasure of some of you sowester boys with us at eskett quarry (aka happy valley)frizington all “summer”.a couple of tont"s and a couple of davie lauders,so you"ve got to share and share a like !!!
robroy:
Les (or Alan) Glencross’ 143 loading at Greenwich (pinched off the Lovells Wharf thread to get ■■■■ Co.s back on page 1)
it"s alan rob
G.B. Burrow & Son of Kendal is reputed to be Kendals oldest family-owned removals company. Originally using heavy horses pulling covered waggons, this Mercedes-Benz has much more horsepower`.
A plain, but tidy , livery advertises the business.
Photographed outside their depot, Summer 2012.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
cattle wagon man:
G.B. Burrow & Son of Kendal is reputed to be Kendals oldest family-owned removals company. Originally using heavy horses pulling covered waggons, this Mercedes-Benz has much morehorsepower`.
A plain, but tidy , livery advertises the business.
Photographed outside their depot, Summer 2012.Cheers, cattle wagon man.
I do believe they were the oldest removals firm in Kendal,unless you count on the moves that took place with just a two wheeled handcart ! There were some gay tight “shops” up on Fellside where you wouldn’t get near with a horse drawn waggon.There’s a photo in one of those Percy Duff “pictures of Old Kendal” books of the G.B.Burrow outfit taken on Aynam Rd., late 1800’s I would guess facing against the “one way” as it is now,it shows 3 horses yoked nose to tail in line and the waggon is all lettered up probably when it was new and this would have been a publicity pose,the bloke who would have taken the shot would have been under a sheet and using a tripod camera,similar to the one you use Roy !! Glyn Burrow is now the (4th generation I think) boss,he has moved us three times over the years.Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
Thanks for the additional info , re: G.B. Burrow & Son. I can remember seeing the photo you mention , but I couldnt place who the local historian was . Percy Duff was a hive of knowledge for Kendals history.
As for my camera, - it doesnt need a sheet , thank you !! Well,......praps it does need covering on wet days.
It is coal/peat powered , depending on how often the peat-carrying Irish ferries get hijacked by those (nameless ) scavengers
living on the Isle - of - Man.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
The new Junction 36 Crooklands Auction Mart finally opened on Tuesday February 12 th.
Relocating from the cramp and outdated Kendal mart, the new Centre offers up-to-date facilities .
One of the first larger artics to enter the premises was this Scania belonging to R.I. Stamper from Kirkbride, ■■■■■■■■
However , it was not the first cattle wagon to arrive at the new Auction.
This was claimed by haulier Bob Walling from Crosthwaite.
Bob first delivered livestock into Kendal Auction in 1955, and has seen many changes take place in livestock transport over those
58 years.
After unloading the first sheep to enter the new Crooklands Market , he announced his retirement from haulage.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
