Talking of Coachbuilt cabs, can anyone remember the place on the left corner at the Four Lane Ends before you head down the bank to Longbenton, it had a sign outside shaped like a lorry (of the Fifties period). I always wanted to go inside for look as a laddie, somebody might recall the name, the sign was there for quite sometime. Franky.
Frankydobo:
Talking of Coachbuilt cabs, can anyone remember the place on the left corner at the Four Lane Ends before you head down the bank to Longbenton, it had a sign outside shaped like a lorry (of the Fifties period). I always wanted to go inside for look as a laddie, somebody might recall the name, the sign was there for quite sometime. Franky.
Hartleys Caravans had a place there â â ?, Regards Larry.
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One for Kevmac 47, your MAN with ECN73.
I havnât seen that shot before Iain, have you any more? Regards, Kev
Lawrence Dunbar:
Its not one of Cawthorns, There is a name plate inside the cab I think, But Crowbar will enlighten us when he reads our comments Im sure, Regards Larry.
Hi The cab was built by Pilot.
The Scammell Auto coupling which is heavier than the one used by British Rail Scarab which was rated at 3ton.
crowbar:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Its not one of Cawthorns, There is a name plate inside the cab I think, But Crowbar will enlighten us when he reads our comments Im sure, Regards Larry.Hi The cab was built by Pilot.
The Scammell Auto coupling which is heavier than the one used by British Rail Scarab which was rated at 3ton.0
hiya,
I used to drive an Albion LAD cabbed job Scammell coupler but also piped for
a fifth wheel coupling this would have been 65/66, there was an overlay to
enable it to pull tandem trailers, there was an old trailer in the yard where
I could leave the overlay hanging if I needed to use one of the Scammell one
axle trailers I hasten to add the firm I was working for only carried capacity
loads outbound but have overloaded the old girl a bit on return load traffic it
was quite a versatile little motor though and a bit of a novelty in those days,
I remember Jos Walsh another haulier used the same method on a couple of
old 5LW engined Atkiâs now he did put some weight on them.
thanks harry, long retired.
Thanks for the info re Pilot. This was the same company that made tipping gear, I have only seen conventional style coachbuilt cabs from Pilot and had a brochure at one time, there is a Chieftain or Clydesdale preserved in J & E Transport livery also W.P.Bell & Sons at Wigton had one, they had a one piece full flat screen full width of the cab with no centre supporting pillar and conventional D shaped quarter windows. I have a photo of the J&E Albion somewhere.
Cheers,Leyland 600
Hartleys Caravans had a place there â â ?, Regards Larry.
Hartleyâs, thatâs the one Larry, cheers, they must have done wagon cabs at one time but presume had stopped by the period I was talking about. Franky.
Leyland600:
Thanks for the info re Pilot. This was the same company that made tipping gear, I have only seen conventional style coachbuilt cabs from Pilot and had a brochure at one time, there is a Chieftain or Clydesdale preserved in J & E Transport livery also W.P.Bell & Sons at Wigton had one, they had a one piece full flat screen full width of the cab with no centre supporting pillar and conventional D shaped quarter windows. I have a photo of the J&E Albion somewhere.
Cheers,Leyland 600
hiya,
Ohâ Leyland 600 try and find the J and E picture I did a couple of spells
for them in the late 50s and mid 60s, good outfit to work for and the
tackle was always tip-top.
thanks harry, long retired.
Frankydobo:
Talking of Coachbuilt cabs, can anyone remember the place on the left corner at the Four Lane Ends before you head down the bank to Longbenton, it had a sign outside shaped like a lorry (of the Fifties period). I always wanted to go inside for look as a laddie, somebody might recall the name, the sign was there for quite sometime. Franky.
Amazing how did you remember that sign ? You have just taken me back 50 years. I can remember that sign when I was a kid and it was Hartleys caravans and I am sure it had âcoachworksâ written on it somwhere. Used to pass it every day when my Mother dragged me to the shops, bet it was that sign that influenced a young boy to to drive trucks when he was a big ladâŚha .
Colin,
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Lawrence Dunbar:
Its not one of Cawthorns, There is a name plate inside the cab I think, But Crowbar will enlighten us when he reads our comments Im sure, Regards Larry.
Hi The cab was built by Pilot.
The Scammell Auto coupling which is heavier than the one used by British Rail Scarab which was rated at 3ton.0[
Hi crowbar,
i remember in the seventies and eighties at Thorn at Spennymoor they had three or four old trailers parked up and used for storage.which were automatic coupling. signwritten Atlas Lighting and ferguson TV (Old Thorn names). The transport manager who had been there since the fifties kept an old Thames Trader tractor with automatic coupling to use if ever they needed moving. Time went by and he retired. A university graduate with no working knowledge of transport was appointed and seeing the Thames Trader sent it for scrap (To keep the site tidy). Then came the problem, he had never heard of automatic coupling and they needed the trailers moving, and they couldnât. It cost them a fortune to move them with cranes and low loaders and have them scrapped.
Carl
Here you are Harry, D,ye think you could still manage a little Chieftain like this. â â
Photo taken at Dumfries Transport Group Road Run 2007. I think it might belong to Len Isherwood from Bacup.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Carl Williams:
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Lawrence Dunbar:
Its not one of Cawthorns, There is a name plate inside the cab I think, But Crowbar will enlighten us when he reads our comments Im sure, Regards Larry.Hi The cab was built by Pilot.
The Scammell Auto coupling which is heavier than the one used by British Rail Scarab which was rated at 3ton.0[Hi crowbar,
i remember in the seventies and eighties at Thorn at Spennymoor they had three or four old trailers parked up and used for storage.which were automatic coupling. signwritten Atlas Lighting and ferguson TV (Old Thorn names). The transport manager who had been there since the fifties kept an old Thames Trader tractor with automatic coupling to use if ever they needed moving. Time went by and he retired. A university graduate with no working knowledge of transport was appointed and seeing the Thames Trader sent it for scrap (To keep the site tidy). Then came the problem, he had never heard of automatic coupling and they needed the trailers moving, and they couldnât. It cost them a fortune to move them with cranes and low loaders and have them scrapped.
Carl
that is a nice little story that love it. 
hi every 1, has anybody got any old photos of peacocks trucks from blakestone lane, in stockton, used to be containers
bigrod1608:
hi every 1, has anybody got any old photos of peacocks trucks from blakestone lane, in stockton, used to be containers
Sorry got no pics but I remember Peacocks, used to run blue and pink 88s if I not mistook. Their yard was over the railway bridge then turn in right up a bumpy track. When I worked for Clarks Haulage in Sunderland we got one of Peacocks old 88s for spares and I nicked the blue sun visor for my motor.
night shift bri:
bigrod1608:
hi every 1, has anybody got any old photos of peacocks trucks from blakestone lane, in stockton, used to be containersSorry got no pics but I remember Peacocks, used to run blue and pink 88s if I not mistook. Their yard was over the railway bridge then turn in right up a bumpy track. When I worked for Clarks Haulage in Sunderland we got one of Peacocks old 88s for spares and I nicked the blue sun visor for my motor.
thats the 1 ,it was great i used to watch all the trucks at the bridge when i was a kid , i hope some 1 has sum photos, its a new housing estate on that site now
Hi Kev Please keep you eyes open coming out of the round about at Brocks Bushes as a YOUNG [ha ha] lady was waving to you today. 
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PS Just remembered you will not have known the Range Rover that overtook you. 
crowbar:
Hi Kev Please keep you eyes open coming out of the round about at Brocks Bushes as a YOUNG [ha ha] lady was waving to you today.
PS Just remembered you will not have known the Range Rover that overtook you.
I didnât recognize the car Ralph, but I did wave. Ps that definitely wasnât RWC regards Kev.
Spec savers Kev, I dont think so Eh Regards Larry.
I started down the road in 65 and my run from Dundee was the NE coast starting in Newcastle finishing in Hull then most places in between every week for 2 years do any of you older lads remember Alfred Bell from memory down near the quay â â ? that was my first drop (linoleum ) without fail was never help up âŚwhat a great bunch of lads
Also I used to often meet up at Lawsons cafe Catterick with a couple of drivers from Sunderland âŚthey had Silver Commers and I think the Co was National Galvenisers â â ? We used to play the bally machines and forget the time then have to go like the clappers to catch up !!! that would have been 66 /67 ⌠tHem were the days