just remembered another company from stoke, j warburton from sandyford opposite newfield ind est, used to do alot of work for danial platts, they used to run some light brown & white marathons & roadtrains & they’re still runnin although they moved down to garner street in etruria a couple of years ago.
anybody remember em or has any pics post em up please.
cheers
gaz
His brother in law or some close relation is the warehouse manager at JTF in Fenton, if you ever go in there ask for Mozza he’s a helpful chap and am sure he will point you in the right direction.
I remember them well,or i should do because i am one of the partners,i have got a load of old and new photos knocking about somewhere i will try to dig them out and get them posted,my mother has some old classic photos of the trucks my grandad drove before the marathons and atki bordereors were invented
yeh mate it would be good to see some pictures of the marathons & roadtrains, i was thinking of doing a model of them.
i used to work across the road in newfield ind estate for t p hewitt tarpaulins & used to live just down adams ave so used to see em quite regular.
i get down garner street regular aswell in me car doin a bit of truckspotting, i cant drive a truck anymore due to me accident in 89.
Back in the late 1950s my father went to collect a Leyland Octopus sold by a firm based in Stoke-on-Trent somewhere called (I think) Scraggs.
They had a fleet of smart Leylands that were dark blue IIRC.
the flying foden:
i have bean asked to post these pics for a friend of a friend. a few pics of a well known haulier and also a mate of my old man . RIP billy
That’s some load on the ERF don’t want to many narrow roads with that and what a great send off for the person had in the last shot.
Hi all
I have just joined so I thought I would say hello.I have been in the job 40yrs & like most of you followed my dad & grandad into the industry. I would very much like to thank the Flying Foden for posting all the pics sent to him via mr Cobby ,especialy the one of me standing next to the old Atki when I worked for Mountfords of Bucknall as when the ■■■■■■■■ got hold of it at work it was posted up all over the place & even put up as a screensaver, Ah what it was like to be thin.I have lots more pics to send so stand by Goeff or is it Jeff .Thanks a lot mate,this website has brought back a lot of wonderfull memories & names from the past,keep up the good work lads
Cheers
Wild Thing
wild thing:
Hi all
I have just joined so I thought I would say hello.I have been in the job 40yrs & like most of you followed my dad & grandad into the industry. I would very much like to thank the Flying Foden for posting all the pics sent to him via mr Cobby ,especialy the one of me standing next to the old Atki when I worked for Mountfords of Bucknall as when the [zb] got hold of it at work it was posted up all over the place & even put up as a screensaver, Ah what it was like to be thin.I have lots more pics to send so stand by Goeff or is it Jeff .Thanks a lot mate,this website has brought back a lot of wonderfull memories & names from the past,keep up the good work lads
Cheers
Wild Thing
my pleasure mate just give the pic’s to dave cobby and will post them up for you
regards jeff
paul smith (smudger) is on for Reynolds was talking to him today . paddy Barnet and John devil work for Shirley’s transport , Jeff Jones is on for brentag .
does anyone recall sc ferneyhough from macclesfield, i think they had a yard in sneyd hill, i seem to recall brand new volvo f12 and tipping trailers, red and cream,anyone have any info?
Stan ferneyhough was based at his farm in swythamley did’nt know he had a base at sneyd hill,most lads i met on there took the motors home.Anybody know when stan got let out ?
Fernyhoughs, many a story use to go around about them. Used to work with a bloke who drove for them, but not for long. A couple of the stories were that 1 of his wagons was pulled on its way to Cornwall,and trippng the weighbridge out at over 50t, and then spotted by the same copper in Stoke a few hours later, another one was when the ministry paid a visit to his yard, only to be faced with 2 f12 Volvos with the same reg plates. Dont know if these were true, they were told to me by the bloke I used to work with.
don’t want to many narrow roads with that 
and what a great send off for the person had in the last shot.
