Hello Carl, who did the Roe bodied Leyland Tiger bus belong to in this photograph ? my guess is Sunderaland and District Omnibus Co dark blue and ivory.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Leyland600:
Hello Carl, who did the Roe bodied Leyland Tiger bus belong to in this photograph ? my guess is Sunderaland and District Omnibus Co dark blue and ivory.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Hi Leyland 600
It was Durham County Library, based at the Spennymoor branch, which was round the corner from where it was parked, It was garaged with us in our garage at Marmaduke Street Spennymoor, and if you look on the W.H.Williams thread it tells you about it, and there is a better photo when it was parked in Ferryhill Market place. Durham County Council took over a year converting it into a library (Fast hard working people!). Throughout its years of service with Durham County Council it had severe oil leaks that they chose not to repair, that would have got any transport operator an immediate GV9. Also starting on a cold morning was a near impossible task.
Carl
For your ease, its on page 69 and discussed further down that page and mentioned several times on page 70, where someone identified it as ex Yorkshire Woollen, and put on a link to a photo of a sister vehicle whilst operating in that fleet
greek:
My 1st job after getting Class 1 Oct 1974 JR Young nippy arse time new boy tipping Dolamite backing up a stock pile at Ravenscraig with an artic
Bet your arse was going if it was that hoyner they gave you ?
THE GREEN PIMPERNEL:
greek:
My 1st job after getting Class 1 Oct 1974 JR Young nippy arse time new boy tipping Dolamite backing up a stock pile at Ravenscraig with an articBet your arse was going if it was that hoyner they gave you ?
Don’t think the Hoynors were that bad, the way they were designed it was like a normal tipper with a stabilizer with the frame pivoting in the middle of the chassis. They were certainly more stable on the road than a Fruehauf or Tasker as the load was so much lower. If I have one gripe it was drivers leaving the lock pins in when tipping or leaving them out when uncoupling ending up with the rubbing plate on the floor.
hi lads took this today, nice to see that some drivers are still willing give other drivers, a hand to fold the sheets up, bumper
Hi Bumper, It is good to see that some drivers today still know how to fold a sheet.
Cheers Leyland 600
Here’s a few of J. R. Youngs mainly of their garage and a couple of Cookies lined up. regards prattman.
Father and son Thomas and Darren Spresser from Coxhoe, Tommy has retired now do not know what Darren is doing now.regards prattman.
here’s a couple of one of Tommy’s earlier Fodens taken in 1991 and the man himself and one of Rushyfords Scania’s lined up in Raisby’s quarry. regards prattman.
Tennick and Telfers no longer going Allinson’s still going strong, what about Coopers still going or not ?. regards prattman.
Far as I can remember Coopers still going
animal:
Far as I can remember Coopers still going
hi gazza25, yes coopers still going they are in volvo,s old depot under kitty brewster bridge bedlington they pull a lot of giroud trailers from stirling ?
marcus 22:
Here’s one for Larry off the Northumbria lorry thread
Hi Marcus,
I notice on the right hand side one of Moffat’s pf Ponteland. They used to call into our depot at Green Lane Industrial Estate Spennymoor to get washed in our Wilcomatic vehicle wash as many other operators used to, I remember they had a female driver who was quite attractive who drove with her alsatian dog in the cab to look after her. I guarantee she didn’t get too much attention as it used to go mad if anyone went anywhere near
Carl
Hi Carl theirs quite a few photos of your family lorrys on that Facebook page Northumbria lorry photos it’s called , some great old pics on their , Regards mark
hi lads, mark elddis wagon&drag think bobby dodds, drove one, not sure about the other one, think they were on the purfleet job, bumper