hiya,
Sorry, “Gordon Glendinning”, never got on with him when i was there the only reason i had a decent motor when i was there was it suited him with me being on distance work i had to have something reliable, otherwise i’d have had the fleet banger.
thanks harry long retired.
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Hi
I believe Gordon Glendinning is in prison, or was in prison, not sure what for? Agree with you though Harry, not a nice bloke.
Hi,
brothertonmick:
One here that some of you will remember, should think these are now long gone ?.
Possitive Wrights of Tow Law are finished now.Dont know about the plant side(opp.side of road).
kevmac47:
Ps if I knew how to work the smilies I would use them now. regards kevmac47.
Kev if you look to the side of the page you will see the smilies just click on the one you would like then there it is
or I can call round & show you 
Wrights are finished, Durham City Transport took on the crane motors and repainted some for the pipe work out of Wavin Plastics
consettbell:
Wrights are finished, Durham City Transport took on the crane motors and repainted some for the pipe work out of Wavin Plastics
Durham City Transport bought out a firm from Melsonby,nr Scotch Corner,any one remember their name. 
Got it now,Potts transport i think.
Also Norman Ridley with the box vans from Blackhill, I think it went under G N Ridley used to be my barber before he a brain storm and started in haulage.
We seem to have forgotten the biggest employer in Consett where all the best apprentices came from! Consett Iron Company (CIC) before the British Steel Days. They had a large fleet working out of the garage a Berryedge, with vehicles from chauffeur cars to the 120t slag transporters. The fleet consisted of Ford,Bedford,Austin,Morris with the heavy fleet all AEC’s.
In my day they were double shiffting artics running billets down to the Jarrow Angle Mill, before the artics they were running AEC box tractors with Crane 12 wheel trailers (3 sets of 4 in line)on the job, these vehicles were required to have a drivers mate. They were still using some of these vehicles between company sites when I was there; one interesting load which these vehicles handled was the ‘hot pot’, a trailer loaded with moulton metal they used to double head the load through the main works up the bank and uncouple the front tractor in Consett town with one tractor running the last mile into the Hownsgill plate mill. What would H&S say now.
paw123:
Hi,
no mention about old Consett Tipper Hauliers,
Arthur Page, Tippers and coal merchants
Joe Page, Mortimer Street , Tippers and coal merchants
Dennis Moody, Shotley Bridge
John Walton, Castleside
Alan Butterfield, Castleside
Salkeld Bros. Castleside
Anyone got any photos of Victor Thompson tippers,he had a yrd round behind Alcan 
near Ashington■■?/b]
Hi,
Just thinking about all the tippers that ran out of CIC(The Company) Slag Reduction,Tarmac,Foam Slag etc.,
Scrap,Coal,Iron Ore etc in.
And of course Blooms,Billets and plate out. Cooks loading trailers at Hownsgill plate mill with the old Scammell
Handymans.
paw123:
Hi,
Just thinking about all the tippers that ran out of CIC(The Company) Slag Reduction,Tarmac,Foam Slag etc.,
Scrap,Coal,Iron Ore etc in.
And of course Blooms,Billets and plate out. Cooks loading trailers at Houndsgill plate mill with the old Scammell
Handymans.
Also the guys from up the Weardale running in with Ganister from Stanhope and Harthope, Wards, Corbets etc
brothertonmick:
One here that some of you will remember, should think these are now long gone ?.
Anyone got any pics of coxons anfield plain black aec with gold script lettering saw a black daf on the m11 recently with coxons on the door ,alan
Where did you get that photo from Brothertonmick? Nearly sure the unit on the left was my old truck ex Mulligans tipper motor. The one on the right was driven by old Harry Bolam while i was there. Can not remember the regs though. i must be geting old.
brothertonmick:
One here that some of you will remember, should think these are now long gone ?.
hi revman
my dad used to drive for them had an aec artic also know another driver called brian young he was badly injured in an accident driving one of their wagons. he worked at grady halls when i was there. sorry dont have any pics though
mick.
HI fisher, photo was taken by a friend of mine who travelled around photographing trucks in the late 80,s early 90,s, the day in question i was along as navigator, could not pass up the chance to get a shot of these two as were recognised as regular callers to normans at brotherton where we both grew up, regards mick.
brothertonmick:
HI fisher, photo was taken by a friend of mine who travelled around photographing trucks in the late 80,s early 90,s, the day in question i was along as navigator, could not pass up the chance to get a shot of these two as were recognised as regular callers to normans at brotherton where we both grew up, regards mick.
hiya,
Mick can you remember when when “the cafe” changed from Ma Greens to Normans funnily i never changed the name from the original right up to closure myself and one or two other “oldies” always referred to it as Ma Greens.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi harry, can’t remember that far back but have been told about ma greens by my parents when the old great north road ran through the village, who were you on for when you stopped there ?, regards mick.
transporter man:
paw123:
Hi,
Just thinking about all the tippers that ran out of CIC(The Company) Slag Reduction,Tarmac,Foam Slag etc.,
Scrap,Coal,Iron Ore etc in.
And of course Blooms,Billets and plate out. Cooks loading trailers at Houndsgill plate mill with the old Scammell
Handymans.Also the guys from up the Weardale running in with Ganister from Stanhope and Harthope, Wards, Corbets etc
Hi
Geo.Lee. another, The Weardale men were all big Foden users,Wards of Rookhope ran a lot of ERFs tanks
and tippers.
George Clay from Tow Law , Atkinson eight wheelers.
brothertonmick:
Hi harry, can’t remember that far back but have been told about ma greens by my parents when the old great north road ran through the village, who were you on for when you stopped there ?, regards mick.
I can remember Ma Greens used to go in when I was a Kid about 1958, in them days it was an old railway carriage dinner sweet and pint tea 2/6d (12 1/2 p now) and she used to give me an orange on the way out. Can also remember Normans son sitting outside counting the number of punters going through the doors would be about 1967. It did’nt take Norman longto get rid of the carriage and put up the prefabs. I was one of the first to sleep in there when the accomodtion opened all the beds had tartan rugs on them quite a few ended up in the cabs as bonnet covers. Getting out when the road was the A1 was a pain especially if you were going north bound.
And what about “The Fox” pub on the other side, a few drivers got into trouble there with the local ladies… 
One for the ex BRS men!
