More from Eddie hope they bring some happy memories back
Hi Lawrence, I dropped my wife off at the new St Mary’s Inn at Stannington last Wednesday for a lunch with some of her former college friends, in the meantime I called in at North Whitehouse Farm on the chance that Keith Slater would be there. Luckily he was sitting in the cafe with his driver as he cannot drive now due to eyesight problems, also he he tells me that Sheila his wife died last year. It was good to see him and have a crack about the good old days delivering hen meal to Bardon Mill and Stannington. It is 34 years since I last delivered at Stannington and saw Keith. He says tell the rest of the former drivers from Carr’s Flour Mills that he is still a grumpy old (zb) !!
Cheers Leyland 600
Leyland600:
Hi Lawrence, I dropped my wife off at the new St Mary’s Inn at Stannington last Wednesday for a lunch with some of her former college friends, in the meantime I called in at North Whitehouse Farm on the chance that Keith Slater would be there. Luckily he was sitting in the cafe with his driver as he cannot drive now due to eyesight problems, also he he tells me that Sheila his wife died last year. It was good to see him and have a crack about the good old days delivering hen meal to Bardon Mill and Stannington. It is 34 years since I last delivered at Stannington and saw Keith. He says tell the rest of the former drivers from Carr’s Flour Mills that he is still a grumpy old (zb) !!
Cheers Leyland 600
I was speaking to Kieth just a few weeks before his wife passed away He said she was very poorley at that time, I rented a Atcost Building that he owned at the White House , We used it it for quite some time as our operating center, Kieth is a great bloke IMO, His son Doanald ran a Leyland 8 wheeler tipper with a blower system for delivering animal feed , I belive he now works at the Whitehouse Farm where you vistited, Regards Larry.
hello gents and ladies hope yous enjoy the xmas bash, all the best to yous for 2015
regds
mark
marcus 22:
hello gents and ladies hope yous enjoy the xmas bash, all the best to yous for 2015regds
mark
Hiya,
Yes Mark another good “do” Eh’, sets you up for the New Year nice to meet old friends
again so lets all have a healthy and prosperous 2015 and stay well until the next “do”.
thanks harry, long retired.
Another good afternoon was had
keithfgb:
Found this online, the old Kate’s cabin.
Google Mike Jeffries, he paints some really nice old time truck scenes
This fine Scammell possibley driven by Jimmy Wilkinson on Powells Jam Job at Lowfell at one time in 1945/6 ish, Bumper sent me this photo, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
This fine Scammell possibley driven by Jimmy Wilkinson on Powells Jam Job at Lowfell at one time in 1945/6 ish, Bumper sent me this photo, Regards Larry.0
Hiya,
That’d sort the men from the boys Larry.
thanks harry, long retired.
Jim’s son Iain will confirm whether or not his dad drove that Scammell. Jim, at 89 now, only gave up his HGV licence in the last couple of years!!! Another possible driver who is still around is Bob Casey, he also worked at Powell’s. His sons, Darren and Sean run Tyneside Express Tranport, I’m sure we’ll hear from them also. Regards Kev.
Lawrence Dunbar:
This fine Scammell possibley driven by Jimmy Wilkinson on Powells Jam Job at Lowfell at one time in 1945/6 ish, Bumper sent me this photo, Regards Larry.0
How vehicle specs have changed over the years,when you look at how close those steer axles on the Scammell are set then looking at to-days 8 wheelers you could actually fit a third steering axle between the the two axles,I wonder what the thinking at Scammell was in those days to fit the two steer axles so close as to nearly touch ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
This fine Scammell possibley driven by Jimmy Wilkinson on Powells Jam Job at Lowfell at one time in 1945/6 ish, Bumper sent me this photo, Regards Larry.0How vehicle specs have changed over the years,when you look at how close those steer axles on the Scammell are set then looking at to-days 8 wheelers you could actually fit a third steering axle between the the two axles,I wonder what the thinking at Scammell was in those days to fit the two steer axles so close as to nearly touch ? Cheers Dennis.
Hiya,
Dennis, fact the bigger the space on the front two steering axles the heavier the steering.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
This fine Scammell possibley driven by Jimmy Wilkinson on Powells Jam Job at Lowfell at one time in 1945/6 ish, Bumper sent me this photo, Regards Larry.0How vehicle specs have changed over the years,when you look at how close those steer axles on the Scammell are set then looking at to-days 8 wheelers you could actually fit a third steering axle between the the two axles,I wonder what the thinking at Scammell was in those days to fit the two steer axles so close as to nearly touch ? Cheers Dennis.
Hiya,
Dennis, fact the bigger the space on the front two steering axles the heavier the steering.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hiya “H” Happy New Year and many of them !!With regard to my “laymans” technical question about the steer axles on 8 wheelers I am quite happy to defer to one of our ancient 
members as there was none of these Scammells running when I started out in the industry but they will have been fairly numerous when you entered the “job” I guess so first hand knowledge from “the horse’s mouth” is good enough for me regards Dennis.
Bewick:
harry_gill:
Bewick:
Lawrence Dunbar:
This fine Scammell possibley driven by Jimmy Wilkinson on Powells Jam Job at Lowfell at one time in 1945/6 ish, Bumper sent me this photo, Regards Larry.0How vehicle specs have changed over the years,when you look at how close those steer axles on the Scammell are set then looking at to-days 8 wheelers you could actually fit a third steering axle between the the two axles,I wonder what the thinking at Scammell was in those days to fit the two steer axles so close as to nearly touch ? Cheers Dennis.
Hiya,
Dennis, fact the bigger the space on the front two steering axles the heavier the steering.
thanks harry, long retired.Hiya “H” Happy New Year and many of them !!With regard to my “laymans” technical question about the steer axles on 8 wheelers I am quite happy to defer to one of our ancient
Hiya,
Dennis it didn’t matter when the power steering came into vogue you could bung the
steering axles as far apart as you wished then and when the axles un-powered were
nearly touching you could with a bit of clever loading take the weight off the handle-
bars quite a bit a bit handier if you was pulling a pup about as you will well know.
thanks harry, long retired.
The death of Norman Nattress from Sacriston at the age of 70 has been announced in this mornings Journal.
Norman and his late Father Harry were well known as Hay and straw dealers in the North East. Norman’s last wagon, a six wheel Volvo and drag is pictured somewhere on this thread. Tyneside
tyneside:
The death of Norman Nattress from Sacriston at the age of 70 has been announced in this mornings Journal.
Norman and his late Father Harry were well known as Hay and straw dealers in the North East. Norman’s last wagon, a six wheel Volvo and drag is pictured somewhere on this thread. Tyneside
So sad i just saw him the other day as he just lives over from me.Lovely bloke Norman was and his trucks were stunning.