Pennineman:
I always used to stop at the Morecambe Truck Stop - alright the market ground
Or Winter Gardens, and head to the disco nights on the Pier 
…before it burned down. 
robroy:
Pennineman:
I always used to stop at the Morecambe Truck Stop - alright the market groundOr Winter Gardens, and head to the disco nights on the Pier
You must of ‘Cut some rug’ that night then 
Juddian:
Was its still Granada (same crew as Forton anyway i believe) when Hilton Park closed the transport cafe. also up in the tower.
Whichever bunch of suits owned it at the time i wrote to them at head office in protest, still waiting for a reply.Served good food at fair prices, the staff were decent, and always had a decent number of drivers munching there.
It’s all down to money, at one time there would be more lorries in an MSA than cars during the working day, now the balance of traffic has shifted drastically, and with families especially at busy times you could probably get enough cars parked for 300 customers there to spend, where you would need the same space for 40 lorries of which many now self cater, so they might only get 10 lorry driver paying customers, if that.
Mind you, do modern lorryists have time to stop for a bite to eat, i thought they snaffled a break on the pumps these daysOh and Northampton services will always be Rothersthorpe, and whatever its called now will always be Scratchwood
Good old Scratchwood. Used to stop there for breakfast on the way up.
I expect dozy thought it was an Alien spaceship
robroy:
drew30:
I’ve always known it as Forton.Isn’t there a proper truck stop a bit further north with a hotel, bar and all sorts?
Carnforth, then Tebay further north.
Yep yep yep, my old stamping ground. Played many a gig at the Carnforth Truck Stop. Used to live 2 minutes away.
Forton Services, wow, yes, my Mum used to work there as Wages clerk. I remember it well.
Happy days 
In the seventies when I was a lad and lived in the Blackburn/Accrington area, it wasn’t unusual for us to visit Forton as a destination - it was quite some place back then - and we always called in when we went to the Lakes.
