Hi Jim
Tipping & Loading we got a minimum of 4 hrs for each that was the least you got but if it took 14 you got it just the same or as long as it took, and if you were in the Yard you still got your hourly rate which at that time was as good as anybody else, a dont think i would have been to happy wae 2 tip 2 load and the rest of the time down to me, going back to the old system of trip Money some operated, I had a short spell with a Guy called Wullie Coombe of Carmyle Ave the Midlands was 12 Pounds London was 15 and South of that was about 18 needless to say it was only a short spell,did you work for Motherwell Bridge i remember a Driver went to them from Strathclyde was it Tam Grenville did you know him.Benny
That’s a great photo of Hemphills Foden,I’ve got the Roger Kenney book but I still like seeing the picture.You had to run across the A74 dual carriageway into the Coatesgate,through the revolving doors 
The Northbound park was like a moonscape.
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Thats a nice photo o the Marathon, the sleeper looks as though it would be maybe a Unity conversion as it looks a lot deeper than the normal Marathon sleeper.There was a Marathon 2 with the TL12 engine at McMurdo’s and it did well they rated it a good motor.
Eddie.
Hi Eddie was right about Bert Cunningham the last time i saw him was at a big House outside Sorn I think there was Sale or a Motor Show on at the time that was about 20 odd years ago, something tells me a remember seeing him wae Volvo or a Scania Unit in front of a triaxle Tipper, maybe no.You were saying you were talking tae one o Davises at Scottish Stampings everything he said would be true they were notorious in Transport at that time they were good tae Drivers you could not get a repair done in the length of the Country, Remember the Lift Pump packing in on a Leyland Comet at Carlisle and going into the Millburn and as soon as they knew who it was for they would not even sell me one as i had the Money tae pay for it,so i had tae get a Five Gallon Drum and ■■■■ Diesel out of the Tank put it in the Cab put a pipe on tae Injector Pump Gravity feed it till i got Warrington Depot refilling it aboot every 20 mls things were hard in they Days eh.Bennie
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Revolving door right enough Chris. I know we say it repeatedly on here but were does the time go? Really seems just the other day.
Your right about the Foden pic. You can almost hear it starting up and scrunching it’s way out onto the “Tartan Track” to use the old CB Jargon
I know we don’t want to hear the same old blah blah BUT this is what Iv’e always meant about using own and others images to add flesh to a thread and as you rightly point out youv’e already purchased that cracking book but still enjoy coming across an image on here. A picture paints a thousand words as they say, and maybe, just maybe it someone else will buy the book. What do you think Chris should we dig in for commission
I’m all for a bit of commission Jim.
Hemphills had a driver based in Sth Wales,he worked out of BP at Baglan Bay Swansea.He ran lift-on lift off containers of styrene to a railhead,maybe swansea or Cardiff,all for Stalybridge,can’t think of his name but a nice bloke,this was in the 70s.He had a three axled unit,would it have been a Volvo,not sure if they had Swedes.
I like the “tartan track” bit,never had a CB - you wouldn’t hear it in a AEC MK3,MK5 or Mandator anyroad 
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Hi Jim, When i was wae Wullie Coombe he had three Wagons an Atki an ERF and a Aec 3 Units he ran them from the side of his house in Carmyle Ave, after i left he moved to a Garage on the Tollcross Rd the one that had a Car on the Roof i think, he must have started Skips then,all his work was Stewart&Lloyds Pipes and Loaded back out of the Lancashire &Corby Steel in Corby.Some good Photos o Hemphills there they were before P&O took over i was there from 1977 after they took over so i dont know much before that,they seemed to have better Tackle when it was Hemphills when i was there it was nearly all wee Volvos and they useless Scania 80s.Thats a good Photo o your Marathon,was that actually Motherwell Bridge that owned them did quite a lot of work out there myself, it was not Tam Grenville that went there from Strathclyde there was 2 Brothers one went to manage a Pub in East Kilbride and the other was Geordie Grenville.Benny
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Hi Jim and Benny,I used to backload out Lancs Steel and Stewart and Lloyds Corby off Corby BRS and after that out of the coking ovens at BSC Corby and after that delivering to Littlewoods store in Corby on nights “on the key” and it was always known as “little Scotland,but not quite the same Scotland”
“Nip over to Corby” was summat I always will remember when on general,even from Kent empty,BRS only took 5% and Sheffield was a guaranteed get yer home drop .I always recall Wm.Nicholl of Coatbridge in the Corby area,the ones that did the pipes.
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Nice AEC NO chains NO rachets NO reps in cars running you off the road.
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These ones Chris
You may also recognise John Smillie of Govan in the B&W shot. When would that be? around '60/'63 perhaps?
Who else remembers the hundreds of tons of pipes (hourly) in both directions? Stories, with or without pics, would be welcome on here…jimremoved
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Thats yer man Jim and what a great picture The old AEC MK3 “tin front” a more glamorous frontage than the old MK3 but still the same inside I wonder if she was bought second hand as she has a London reg? I did have a photo of two Highland Haulage 8-leggers and dollies pulling pipes but damned if I can find it.A lot of the pipes were coated in Leith my pal tells me,some money made on that job he reckons.
John Smillie and D and M Smith Wishaw I remember very well.
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They were owned by Brian Kemp the son of James Kemp of Leslie.I moved to Glenrothes to work with him after leaving Millars.He was a nice guy to work for.
Hi guys this is my first post on here after lurking for about six months.
I wondered if Robert knows a great friend of mine who worked for James Kemp called Adam Fotheringham?
Many years ago I worked for a guy running powder tankers out of Broxburn called Sloans Haulage.All Dafs at the time,around 1974.Never seen them mentioned anywhere.
Mark.
Hi ya and welcome Talking about mates do you remember Wally. He had a left ■■■■■■ 3300 Green and White cab and it said Broxborn tank on the tralier.
Wally lives nr Ashbourne and run north from local quarries.He runs a FH now in and out of Kent.Ive known him 40 years.
John
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Many years ago I worked for a guy running powder tankers out of Broxburn called Sloans Haulage.All Dafs at the time,around 1974.Never seen them mentioned anywhere.
Mark.
Sloans Tankers, Owned by Mike Sloan, later became Broxburn Tankers.
Normal shift run empty to Buxton load with lime unload Dumfries & return to Broxburn, all in a days work.
Mike’s son Derek went on to found Continental Freeze, now part of Norfolk Line.
Dave.
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3300John:
Nice AEC NO chains NO rachets NO reps in cars running you off the road.NO spy in the cab either John.
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with apologies to fishflunk. Thanks Ray.Chris once again you’ve stirred what’s left of the brain cells with a couple of points there. I’ll have a look around…jim
I’ve herd of pulling fuses and trapping techo cards but unscrewing all the techo and thowing it away is a bit strong.HA HA John.
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Benny, According to my brother I got most of my little tale correct, except the big crates in question apparently came from Aberdeen docks down to Heat Treatment at Broxburn. But as I’ve said so often in the past, why ruin a good tale with facts?Regarding your “Best Job” I can see where you’re coming from with the mileage/tipping bonuses etc but my experience of that type of work was usually not so profitable. On the face of it we should have coined it in but the forces of evil had other ideas. Take for example one job I had with the transport arm of the huge Motherwell Bridge Engineering, based at Cleland. 1 hours pay for 29 miles, 2 to load, 2 to tip + 1 for each additional drop, when on steel coils for instance. The trouble of course was that all the hold ups (Polite version) and waiting time was down to the driver. Where the gremlins came to play here was that BSC were pretending that they knew something about computers and you had to wait long after loading/sheeting & roping and enough coffee to refloat a stranded merchantman. Then guess what? You got it in one. The computers were down and they will soon be issuing typewritten notes. Easily 4 or 5 hours on that one. With this firm their very own engineering plant were one of the worst offenders. It was common to arrive early doors to load gas tanks, for Calor at Stoney Stanton, and still be there mid-afternoon, so the only way to make the job pay was to get the miles in. So in Radio terms you could start your shift listening to “Thought for the day”
and still be on the go to the strains of “Sailing by”
(Honestly, I had Radio 1 as well)
Here are a few clippings from Bubbleman just to remind us all of that tank mob from the Sou’side of Glasgow.
Marcus, If ever you wondered how your clippings would be received, to what use they might be put, and what memories and pleasure they could give well what can I say?..Thanks…jim
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Roger Kenney. Views from the North.
Southbound at Coatesgate Cafe, Beattock, but who were the drivers?
Mention of the Coatesgate Cafe reminded me of the early 60’s and my pal Arthur Wison from Kendal , he drove for Wearings of Flookburgh and subbed for Robsons anyway he was courting the daughter of the owners of Coatesgate ( Jean) and he sure was keen as he would park up on a Saturday get washed and changed and be off like a rocket in his Standard 10 van to Beatock which he had just more than likeley come down past from Glasgow that morning!!
stravaiger:
Benny, According to my brother I got most of my little tale correct, except the big crates in question apparently came from Aberdeen docks down to Heat Treatment at Broxburn. But as I’ve said so often in the past, why ruin a good tale with facts?Regarding your “Best Job” I can see where you’re coming from with the mileage/tipping bonuses etc but my experience of that type of work was usually not so profitable. On the face of it we should have coined it in but the forces of evil had other ideas. Take for example one job I had with the transport arm of the huge Motherwell Bridge Engineering, based at Cleland. 1 hours pay for 29 miles, 2 to load, 2 to tip + 1 for each additional drop, when on steel coils for instance. The trouble of course was that all the hold ups (Polite version) and waiting time was down to the driver. Where the gremlins came to play here was that BSC were pretending that they knew something about computers and you had to wait long after loading/sheeting & roping and enough coffee to refloat a stranded merchantman. Then guess what? You got it in one. The computers were down and they will soon be issuing typewritten notes. Easily 4 or 5 hours on that one. With this firm their very own engineering plant were one of the worst offenders. It was common to arrive early doors to load gas tanks, for Calor at Stoney Stanton, and still be there mid-afternoon, so the only way to make the job pay was to get the miles in. So in Radio terms you could start your shift listening to “Thought for the day”
Here are a few clippings from Bubbleman just to remind us all of that tank mob from the Sou’side of Glasgow.
Marcus, If ever you wondered how your clippings would be received, to what use they might be put, and what memories and pleasure they could give well what can I say?..Thanks…jim
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Roger Kenney. Views from the North.
Southbound at Coatesgate Cafe, Beattock, but who were the drivers?
Mention of the Coatesgate Cafe reminded me of the early 60’s and my pal Arthur Wilson from Kendal , he drove for Wearings of Flookburgh and subbed for Robsons anyway he was courting the daughter of the owners of Coatesgate ( Jean) and he sure was keen as he would park up on a Saturday get washed and changed and be off like a rocket in his Standard 10 van to Beatock which he had just more than likeley come down past from Glasgow that morning!!