Anyone remember the cafe at Steeton just through the lights on the left towards Skipton,its still there i dont know if its open i was very young last time i went in
Any of you old drivers remember The Hillcrest Cafe at Lymm I often stopped there in the 70s 15bob.B&b, it was allways busy & clean & good food as I recall it was just off the M.6. probabley long gone by now. Regards Larry
Another old cafe on the A614, Cross Roads Cafe at Ollerton good pull in as I recall decent cuppa & food.
Hi Larry i used to use the Hillcrest cafe near Lymm never stayed over , bit near home for that .it was a good cafe it closed as a cafe 25 or 30 years ago now.building still there a construction co i think.Cheers Ted.
Hi Larry another old cafe you might remember was at Dalwhinne on the A9 just had a look on google, cafe building still there but alas a cafe no more,i used to stay there on the way up to Thurso many moons ago,good old days eh.Cheers TED
Never done that one at Dallwhiney but I drink the whisky distilled up there. I went up to Ayr to visit a friend a couple of weeks ago & I was surprised to see the old Tammashanter Cafe was finished at ■■■■■■■ another good watering hole.Regards Larry
I wonder if the Retreat Mohotel, Polhill at Sevenoaks is still on the go, it was highly praised by the Headlight Inspector in 1970 as top notch for the driver. I only ate there once but it was good , very mod, for that era. I used to deliver to a place at Ightham cant remember the name but I tipped & loaded there & returned home , one of the very few good jobs.
Another old transport cafe,Taylors Cafe & Garage Chepstow dinned there a few times on my way to RTBs at llanwern, probabley long gone by now.50/60s days when I was last in.
Lawrence Dunbar:
I wonder if the Retreat Mohotel, Polhill at Sevenoaks is still on the go, it was highly praised by the Headlight Inspector in 1970 as top notch for the driver. I only ate there once but it was good , very mod, for that era. I used to deliver to a place at Ightham cant remember the name but I tipped & loaded there & returned home , one of the very few good jobs.
stopped there a few times late 80’s.it was quite a big parking area. looked on google streetview ( brilliant tool ),they split it up into seperate yards cant remember if cafe still open !!
One comes to mind from the late 60s, the Tam o’shanter was it on the A76 road sth of Kilmarnock, good place on a thirsty road,is it still around?
v7victor:
One comes to mind from the late 60s, the Tam o’shanter was it on the A76 road sth of Kilmarnock, good place on a thirsty road,is it still around?
burnt down not long ago
curnock:
Lawrence Dunbar:
I wonder if the Retreat Mohotel, Polhill at Sevenoaks is still on the go, it was highly praised by the Headlight Inspector in 1970 as top notch for the driver. I only ate there once but it was good , very mod, for that era. I used to deliver to a place at Ightham cant remember the name but I tipped & loaded there & returned home , one of the very few good jobs.stopped there a few times late 80’s.it was quite a big parking area. looked on google streetview ( brilliant tool ),they split it up into seperate yards cant remember if cafe still open !!
taylors was still going in the late 90s larry , the same old couple running it , they had run it for 51 years , they must have both have been in their late 70s or early 80s . cracking brew and a good meal , cheers , dave
Hullo ,
I was in the Navigation in the 'Boro today (another match was won today 
, Brum 
) and I got talking to a bloke who drives for Wilton Transport. He said that the Cafe I was looking for ( the one that is now buried beneath the new A1(M) is or was called The Woodside. As I said before I remember the Cafe, but the exact location and the name escapes me completely. Does this seem right? Now does antbody recollect it ■■
Cheers, Archie.
Archie Paice:
Hullo ,
I was in the Navigation in the 'Boro today (another match was won today
Cheers, Archie.
If i remember rightly archie the woodside cafe was just north of the a64 leeds/malton exit slip n/bound on the a1[someone will correct me].
regards dave.
dafdave:
Archie Paice:
Hullo ,
I was in the Navigation in the 'Boro today (another match was won today
Cheers, Archie.If i remember rightly archie the woodside cafe was just north of the a64 leeds/malton exit slip n/bound on the a1[someone will correct me].
regards dave.
I don’t recall a cafe called the Woodside on the A1 Archie/Dave,only on the A19 north of Thirsk.
Mind you if there was one near the A64 it would have been too near home for me to stop,but I wouldn’t have seen it anyway as I flashed by in my Albion/AEC or whatever. 
The Woodside I remember is at Knayton & was still open 2 years ago.
As i said im not sure exactly were itv was but you came up the slip off the a1 turned right,ran about 500yds an the cafe was on your left,it was big with a sloping t/park to the left and rear.Hope this helps.
regards dave.
P.S.The one at knayton i do know and used it when i was on the road also the one facing it on the s/bound lane.
Aye the one opposite was Georges Cafe open 24 hours it was one of the good ones , slept there many a time, but sadly to say its long gone, not many goodens left, Regards Larry
dafdave:
As i said im not sure exactly were itv was but you came up the slip off the a1 turned right,ran about 500yds an the cafe was on your left,it was big with a sloping t/park to the left and rear.Hope this helps.regards dave.
P.S.The one at knayton i do know and used it when i was on the road also the one facing it on the s/bound lane.
I think on reflection the cafe im refering to may have been called the woodlands if this helps.
regards dave.