From another thread , bumper said they used to have a office on the quayside and my dad says they were regulars in the Tyne and Wear and Durham area
hello,you didnt work for mr blenkinsop did you night shift bri
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andyclarke123:
hello,you didnt work for mr blenkinsop did you night shift bri
Gladly no, I worked for Alex Smiles (RIP) for 10 years. I remember when Blenky was busy setting up a mini skip hire business with skips he’d “borrowed” from Smilsey’s compound. Mind you I think all these scrap men were the same, not happy unless they were pulling a fast one on somebody. Alex’s favourite was to mix mill scale in with the turnings, then when the load got knocked a couple of ton it was the drivers fault. I once got sent to Liverpool with a load like that and they put it all back on me and rejected the lot. When I rang the office Alex told me to take it to another place on Liverpool docks and luckily they were just about to knock off for dinner so the checker signed my ticket and told me to tip it then disappeared for his bait, so I got away with it. Needless to say I never got a thanks or anything for getting shot of it.
High N S Bri, Did you ever come accross a driver at the Late Alex Smiles firm called Derek Jonhston ■■?, Regards Larry.
little ha ba:
Hi Frankydobo nice pic of pentleton and hare seddon,this was driven by my uncle and i am planning on a 1/24 th scale version
Does any of these pics stir up any memories.There must be some old time drivers remeber who drove some of these motors.
Brilliant photos bseries , hope you have plenty more the 110 looks like it was the drivers pride and joy. And they all look like they were well looked after. Regards mark
marcus 22:
Brilliant photos bseries , hope you have plenty more the 110 looks like it was the drivers pride and joy. And they all look like they were well looked after. Regards mark
It was the very 1st sleeper cab P&H ran,bought 2nd hand around 6 months old a near wreck after it had been to the middle east a few times.
marcus 22:
Brilliant photos bseries , hope you have plenty more the 110 looks like it was the drivers pride and joy. And they all look like they were well looked after. Regards mark
Hi Mark,
I’m going to take a guess that the driver of the blinged up 110 was a YOUNG Ray Hare.
daveymk:
marcus 22:
Brilliant photos bseries , hope you have plenty more the 110 looks like it was the drivers pride and joy. And they all look like they were well looked after. Regards markHi Mark,
I’m going to take a guess that the driver of the blinged up 110 was a YOUNG Ray Hare.
Wrong that motor was driven by Jimmy Shepard,Steves father.)Photographed across the road from his house,as in those days most of the drivers took their motors home at a weekend.
Great Photos of an old firm , I went to college with Bernard Hare in the earley 50s Skerrys in Newcastle I used to get a lift in twice a week from Seaton Burn where I lived in those days in a O Model petrol Bedford, Thats when P & H did their carrier service & parked in Newcastle,s Morden Street for their return parcel traffic, They are the days of my life I will never forget, When I started driving wagons I met up with Bernard a few times when he driving an S Type 4 wheel Bedford, he used to deliver to Baxters Warehouse on the Milk Market sometimes in the 50/60s era, & In later years we picked one of their trailers up & delivered the load to Falkirk loaded with concrete pipes from Howick, Happy enjoyable long gone days, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great Photos of an old firm , I went to college with Bernard Hare in the earley 50s Skerrys in Newcastle I used to get a lift in twice a week from Seaton Burn where I lived in those days in a O Model petrol Bedford, Thats when P & H did their carrier service & parked in Newcastle,s Morden Street for their return parcel traffic, They are the days of my life I will never forget, When I started driving wagons I met up with Bernard a few times when he driving an S Type 4 wheel Bedford, he used to deliver to Baxters Warehouse on the Milk Market sometimes in the 50/60s era, & In later years we picked one of their trailers up & delivered the load to Falkirk loaded with concrete pipes from Howick, Happy enjoyable long gone days, Regards Larry.
Bernard passed away last summer,but I can remember listening to the tales Bernard and Malcolm got up to in their younger days on long distance with their S type Bedfords.I take it those were the days!!Heres another one from the collection.
Great stuff I remember Malcom driving a Dodge Artic, Delivering to Lloyd Street in Rutherglen, To J & R Wrights depot next door to British Ropes, This was in the 60s, I drove a Dodge Artic in those days for Baxters Road Services, JTN 222.D, With a 635 NA Perkins engine, Is Malcom still about ?, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great stuff I remember Malcom driving a Dodge Artic, Delivering to Lloyd Street in Rutherglen, To J & R Wrights depot next door to British Ropes, This was in the 60s, I drove a Dodge Artic in those days for Baxters Road Services, JTN 222.D, With a 635 NA Perkins engine, Is Malcom still about ?, Regards Larry.
Malcolm is still around,I have a photo of that Dodge but not on computer,but it was a one like this,it had a ■■■■■■■ V8 I think(KNL863E).I know they had a 4 wheeler Dodge GTY 882D with a ■■■■■■■ V8 in.
Class photo’s b series they remind me of my days of going with my dad in the school holidays. .
And looking back a what they drove I’m not going to complain about being back in a truck with 3 pedals. .
daveymk:
Class photo’s b series they remind me of my days of going with my dad in the school holidays. .
And looking back a what they drove I’m not going to complain about being back in a truck with 3 pedals. .
4 and 5 nights a week across the bonnet no night heater,most old timers have either tinnitus with the noise in the cab,or deafness along with worn out hip and knee joints.NOW they are the boys I would call knights of the road.
B series:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great stuff I remember Malcom driving a Dodge Artic, Delivering to Lloyd Street in Rutherglen, To J & R Wrights depot next door to British Ropes, This was in the 60s, I drove a Dodge Artic in those days for Baxters Road Services, JTN 222.D, With a 635 NA Perkins engine, Is Malcom still about ?, Regards Larry.Malcolm is still around,I have a photo of that Dodge but not on computer,but it was a one like this,it had a ■■■■■■■ V8 I think(KNL863E).I know they had a 4 wheeler Dodge GTY 882D with a ■■■■■■■ V8 in.
Hello B series,
Can remember loading and tipping at a few places and parking up with a Pentleton and Hare driver called Joe Lamb [RIP] who drove a Bedford KM artic with a short trailer on,he was a hard worker and would always give you a hand with your ropes and sheets as most drivers did in them days.
At the time i was driving a Guy Warrior 8w for Fergusons.
Regards
F Troop.
marcus 22:
From another thread , bumper said they used to have a office on the quayside and my dad says they were regulars in the Tyne and Wear and Durham area
I think Feather and Kent finished on the Quayside in about 1970. Don’t remember the traffic manager’s name but he was known as “Snuffy Norman”.