Blimey Bewick they would have had to have been up at four in the morning to fire that up and have it ready for the road and we winged about not having a radio fitted! My old Grandad drove a light commercial when he was young, early 1900’s and said he had a night out going from Washington to Newcastle and back, if he got bored on the road he jumped out and walked along side to stretch his legs. Just think, you would have got fined for doing over 12 mph in those days, now those motors had real crash boxes in! Cheers Franky.
Im not from the North East, but what about Siddle C. Cook, ( Elddis ) ?
mick jones:
Im not from the North East, but what about Siddle C. Cook, ( Elddis ) ?
If you look through this post you might find some off both Siddle & Elddis
heres a couple of siddle cooks ,
think i have already put them up further back.
mark
Ray Wright Tow law now finished yard & everything up for sale got a months work off him when I was made redundant Elddis 2yr ago I knew it wasnt permanent as he was in the process of selling up to Durham City In the end that didnt work out & he only ended up selling them 6 units with cranes & the cage trailers. He kept one with a crane for plant work & has been doing containers for a couple of yr. Here`s the hos I had for the month & a couple with Cranes.
mickd1958:
hi f7sidd
excellent photos you have put on do you have any of Grady-Hall who ran out of Burnopfield then birtley
they had both tippers and tankers
thanks
mick
Hello Mick just read your post heres some Grady Hall pics for you
Hope these are ok for you
f7sidd
Anderson Bros Westerhope
Jimmy Chilton Acomb
F Henderson & Sons Ryton
Gurteens
Are you and mitch not going to take that job offer then f7sidd, arthur gurteen lives about 200 yards from me.
mark
marcus 22:
Are you and mitch not going to take that job offer then f7sidd, arthur gurteen lives about 200 yards from me.mark
You should give him a knock see if hes got any photos,
I can remember going to work with my dad one day when he was driving a 6 wheeler dodge for W Collins like that one you put on, we spent the day shouting at each other due to the raw it made and going home with a bad head and wishing he still had his f86 that he drove at his previous job for Alan Gillander.No i think we ll stick with our volvos Mark
No bother mate, arthur sometimes comes in my local pub never thought to ask him for any photos, i have not seen him for a while though , maybe he was not venturing out in the bad weather we have had.
mark
Never took any pics of the dodge but heres one of the 86
hi f7sidd
thanks for posting the pics of grady hall motors much appreciated
brings back a lot of memories
i worked for them from 1974-1990 as a mechanic
served my apprenticeship there when they had a mixed fleet of albion,volvo f86,aec, leyland,erf,foden,daf,seddon atkinson,volvo f7 and then eventually MAN
thanks
mick
Heres one of the 6 weeler 86 he drove before the 8 wheeler
another tipper firm from my neck of the woods JOHN J MAGUIRE
whats he doing in the river was the jet wash not working that day, looks like a couple restoration projects in the back ground.
mark