A couple of Tulips yard, sad to see it empty now.
F7Sidd, I was in the TA with a Dave Tulip, I’m sure he was related to the said company but not sure if he was involved directly. Nice lad, haven’t seen him for a while though so not sure what he is doing now. Franky.
Frankydobo:
F7Sidd, I was in the TA with a Dave Tulip, I’m sure he was related to the said company but not sure if he was involved directly. Nice lad, haven’t seen him for a while though so not sure what he is doing now. Franky.
Hello Franky, cant say the name rings any bells, there was a lot of family but only a couple of them were involved with the wagons.
Heres a more upto date photo of the yard taken in 1998.
Another brand new constructor
This alloy bulker we are loading,was for my mates Daf 8 wheeler which was a flour tanker, he converted it & made a super job of it, I helped him out with it , Its been on the road for over 6 years & performs very well, its a R reg. Regards Larry.
Danscania:
0Heres one for F7 sidd
And heres 3 for Danscania.
cranedog:
a few of John Dees
Heres a couple more for you cranedog.
Marley Tiles Ebchester.
f7sidd:
Marley Tiles Ebchester.
EKO 974Y had that at nicholls would have loved to have had it from new 
harry_gill:
BIGJEFF:
glenny54:
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■■■■■ that elldis with the fridge could be Jimmy Gudrum or Pica they were always on the fridgesdeffo Billy (the bus) Dawson,pica’s cherau fridge was the same as mine the elddis transport decals were at the back of the trailer (elddis above transport)there were 3 merc 2429,mine( which was origionally Norman Todds),the bus and pica, Jimmy gudrum had a daf ,and you never swapped trailers.
there was another 3 2429’s,Tony Maughn(who sadly died behind the wheel) Davy Watson and Big Jeff,the reason i mention this is i can remember they were all giving problems that was costing a lot of money,well Jeffs packed in,and Geoff Cooke came down and said and i qoute,TAKE IT OVER THERE AND SET IT ALIGHT AND YOU’LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER MERCEDES IN MY YARD!!! famous last words eh.Your spot on there Peter the gearbox packed in on jct 15 slip road on the M5 igot it up to Gossington cafe on the emergency 1st gear took over an hour me fingers were killing me but someone said you were there buying teas how easy i was fooled in those days any way john pullman collected it with one of gallaghers low loaders put it in the corner and they were cookies exact words and i got a brand new eurotech
hiya,
John “Jackie” Pullman nice lad worked with him at Consett BRS he was also my sergeant in Korea and Malaya back in the mid 50s, haven’t seen him for a lot of years he’ll be in his late 70s now I think certainly a bit more ancient than me.
thanks harry long retired.
it was young pullman who pulled the merc in he worked for gallaghers as well elddis subbed the job to them as a b ackload he pulled it on backwards and the deflectors blew off on the way up
This was Baxters Road Services Service van 1959 ish, Tim Nichol used to drive it delivering locally when the fitters didnt need it., Regards Larry.
Elddis Transport.
George Taylor.
Great Photos F7Sid, I know Taylor packed in but there was another Taylor with a blue Scania ? I havent seen that one about for a while are they still going, I new the driver but I cant bring his name to mind, the last time I saw him was in Moot Law Quarry. Regards Larry.
Blue Scania belongs to Edwin Taylor,driver is or was Don Bucannon from Corbridge
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great Photos F7Sid, I know Taylor packed in but there was another Taylor with a blue Scania ? I havent seen that one about for a while are they still going, I new the driver but I cant bring his name to mind, the last time I saw him was in Moot Law Quarry. Regards Larry.
paw123:
Blue Scania belongs to Edwin Taylor,driver is or was Don Bucannon from Corbridge Thats him Don canny lad as I recall, Regards Larry.Lawrence Dunbar:
Great Photos F7Sid, I know Taylor packed in but there was another Taylor with a blue Scania ? I havent seen that one about for a while are they still going, I new the driver but I cant bring his name to mind, the last time I saw him was in Moot Law Quarry. Regards Larry.