Here’s a few more of Nigel Roe’s trucks I asked him how many he was running and he told me he was up to 10 with another one waiting to get converted into a flat this is the box van I have posted here, he also has a XF 6-wheel flat which came from the factory in that format this is driven by someone who I have not spoken to for a long time- Richie Bolam he was there this morning so it was nice to speak to him again, I have posted a photo of his Scania taken many moons ago at the Geordie truck show. regards prattman.
Are the 6 wheelers set up to be drags 
he must have a niche contract for trucks like that ,its not like having tactor units where you can put them on other work 
the 6 wheelers are set up to operate solo Nigel was telling me he did not set out to specialize in this field but over a period of time as he got established more and more people were contacting him offering him flat work, as he says there are only a few operators in the north east that have the capacity to do this work most other operators use artics. regards prattman.
Which one is Harry`s prattman
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.
Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
Thanks for the reply
Jackie Davison was one of the drivers he lived at Bedlington then moved up there think he may have been working on the open cast sites at some point not 100% sure though ,most of the old hands left when TNT got the contract only one stayed on but soon left.
Proper looking truck,remember Gallaghers delivering to argos[exel depot]at penkridge in 1990’s always smart,ta,Pete
stewood:
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
Thanks for the reply
Jackie Davison was one of the drivers he lived at Bedlington then moved up there think he may have been working on the open cast sites at some point not 100% sure though ,most of the old hands left when TNT got the contract only one stayed on but soon left.
Did Theo James take over the Thermalite premises as an operating centre ■■?
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
When i started at Fergusons in 1968 Thermilite at Cambios was 1 of several factories that made blocks.
George Kinghorn was the general manager and Cecil Swan was the hands on engineer,Olso a local lad from Bedlington and a young girl in the traffic office.
They had a d series ford tipper that did about 8 load of fly ash out of the power station to the factory per day.
We regulary loaded out of the Airth factory and brought blocks down to the n/east or Hams Hall factory Sutton Coalfield @Swinton factory at Manchester.
Fergusons and Wakeman transport of Whitley Bay had lorries based at the Swinton factory to do the Haulage.
Can remember one of the cambios drivers was killed between Longtown and Brampton when he skidded and ended in the river nr Irthing Bridge.
Im not sure of the year the factory was closed and every thing was sold and levelled as it still stands today.
[Tyneside]
Theo James bought a place at Sleekburn.
Regards
F Troop.
theo james yard was originally burn concrete who moved from stakeford was it not . jeh
jeh:
theo james yard was originally burn concrete who moved from stakeford was it not . jeh
That’s correct, It was a precast factory, North Tyne Roadstone from Moot Law Quarry used to supply them with Limstone Dust, Regards Larry.
f troop:
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
When i started at Fergusons in 1968 Thermilite at Cambios was 1 of several factories that made blocks.
George Kinghorn was the general manager and Cecil Swan was the hands on engineer,Olso a local lad from Bedlington and a young girl in the traffic office.
They had a d series ford tipper that did about 8 load of fly ash out of the power station to the factory per day.
We regulary loaded out of the Airth factory and brought blocks down to the n/east or Hams Hall factory Sutton Coalfield @Swinton factory at Manchester.
Fergusons and Wakeman transport of Whitley Bay had lorries based at the Swinton factory to do the Haulage.
Can remember one of the cambios drivers was killed between Longtown and Brampton when he skidded and ended in the river nr Irthing Bridge.
Im not sure of the year the factory was closed and every thing was sold and levelled as it still stands today.
[Tyneside]
Theo James bought a place at Sleekburn.Regards
F Troop.
Cheers F Troop,the factory closed in 92 they had closed the Scottish factory couple of years before and closed part of the Manchester factory also in 92.
I can remember George Kinghorn and Cecil Swan,Cecil was the manger when I started there in 88,Do you remember a lad called Bob Lee he was the tipper driver doing the ash from the power station? He removed the tipper body clean off the back of the truck when he hit the railway bridge on the Cambios road!!
They had Moodys do the ash from then on.
Cheers
Stephen
jeh:
theo james yard was originally burn concrete who moved from stakeford was it not . jeh
Ive been thinking about the precast factory, IIRC, Was it not called Whites or something like that Jeh, Or am I thinking of something else, ■■, Regards Larry.
stewood:
f troop:
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
When i started at Fergusons in 1968 Thermilite at Cambios was 1 of several factories that made blocks.
George Kinghorn was the general manager and Cecil Swan was the hands on engineer,Olso a local lad from Bedlington and a young girl in the traffic office.
They had a d series ford tipper that did about 8 load of fly ash out of the power station to the factory per day.
We regulary loaded out of the Airth factory and brought blocks down to the n/east or Hams Hall factory Sutton Coalfield @Swinton factory at Manchester.
Fergusons and Wakeman transport of Whitley Bay had lorries based at the Swinton factory to do the Haulage.
Can remember one of the cambios drivers was killed between Longtown and Brampton when he skidded and ended in the river nr Irthing Bridge.
Im not sure of the year the factory was closed and every thing was sold and levelled as it still stands today.
[Tyneside]
Theo James bought a place at Sleekburn.Regards
F Troop.
Cheers F Troop,the factory closed in 92 they had closed the Scottish factory couple of years before and closed part of the Manchester factory also in 92.
I can remember George Kinghorn and Cecil Swan,Cecil was the manger when I started there in 88,Do you remember a lad called Bob Lee he was the tipper driver doing the ash from the power station? He removed the tipper body clean off the back of the truck when he hit the railway bridge on the Cambios road!!
They had Moodys do the ash from then on.
Cheers
Stephen
IIRC There was a 8 wheeler did some work out of there, They had a ramp so as the loading shovel could clear the top of the body, It used to come into Tilcons at Blaydon now & then for sand, It was a Beige colour, I never new who owned it though, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
jeh:
theo james yard was originally burn concrete who moved from stakeford was it not . jehIve been thinking about the precast factory, IIRC, Was it not called Whites or something like that Jeh, Or am I thinking of something else, ■■, Regards Larry.
did they take over nw concrete products barrasford or visa versa
jeh
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
f troop:
Lawrence Dunbar:
stewood:
Hi all, does anyone remember Thermalite at Cambios Blyth? I used to go along with the drivers in the late 70s early 80s Jock, Tweedy and Jackie (my dad worked in the factory) . They had Leyland’s and seddons 301/401. Remember John Gornells and Nicholson’s been in there as sub contractors.Aye Thermalite that’s a blast from the past, I used to load out of there in the 80s, local work & sometimes a load for their Manchester works at Agecroft, Also loaded there a few times for Croydon, One of their drivers came to work for Boistons at Seaton Burn on an 8 wheeler Foden Tipper he lived at Cresswell IIRC, he was called Jack ■■? it was decent work, But sometimes when heading south you could have problems at the Tyne Tunnel depending who was on, Happy days, Regards Larry. PS Was it Jack Davison perhaps.■■
When i started at Fergusons in 1968 Thermilite at Cambios was 1 of several factories that made blocks.
George Kinghorn was the general manager and Cecil Swan was the hands on engineer,Olso a local lad from Bedlington and a young girl in the traffic office.
They had a d series ford tipper that did about 8 load of fly ash out of the power station to the factory per day.
We regulary loaded out of the Airth factory and brought blocks down to the n/east or Hams Hall factory Sutton Coalfield @Swinton factory at Manchester.
Fergusons and Wakeman transport of Whitley Bay had lorries based at the Swinton factory to do the Haulage.
Can remember one of the cambios drivers was killed between Longtown and Brampton when he skidded and ended in the river nr Irthing Bridge.
Im not sure of the year the factory was closed and every thing was sold and levelled as it still stands today.
[Tyneside]
Theo James bought a place at Sleekburn.Regards
F Troop.
Cheers F Troop,the factory closed in 92 they had closed the Scottish factory couple of years before and closed part of the Manchester factory also in 92.
I can remember George Kinghorn and Cecil Swan,Cecil was the manger when I started there in 88,Do you remember a lad called Bob Lee he was the tipper driver doing the ash from the power station? He removed the tipper body clean off the back of the truck when he hit the railway bridge on the Cambios road!!
They had Moodys do the ash from then on.
Cheers
StephenIIRC There was a 8 wheeler did some work out of there, They had a ramp so as the loading shovel could clear the top of the body, It used to come into Tilcons at Blaydon now & then for sand, It was a Beige colour, I never new who owned it though, Regards Larry.
Hi Larry, think the tipper Thermalite had was possibly owned by them. There was a brick company that came in called Whites Cramlington area? The transport manger at Thermalite was a lad called Harry Stroud.
Would be great if any had any photos
Thanks for the replies.
Stephen