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[tankerman]

Harry, are you sure it was Perth that J&E trunked to, I know they were bought out by Phillip Ridgeway from Dundee.

I knew one or two of the drivers on trunk and they changed over somewhere up the road. They did run artics.

One web site about J & E says that in the 1960’s they had 60 lorries, 40 based at Helmshore and the rest (would that be 20) based at Dundee.

Big posh apartments and houses now at Helmshore where J&E’s yard was.

Russell.

[harry_gill]

Lawrence Dunbar:
And also where is Harry is he lying low like our Dennis, come on you two , make an appearance, I speak for myself when I say this I like your crack, & I miss it, so show yourselves & put my mind at rest along with all the other threaders that will agree with me, Regard Larry.

hiya,
Just having a quiet spell Larry, have been doing my Florence Nightingale bit, my good lady has been under the weather, I’ve been looking in and don’t think I’ve missed anything but like your good self have been “wondering where’s our Dennis”■■ hope all is well and he is suffering nothing more than having to put up with his good lady either on holiday in foreign climes or making for foreign climes on board a cruise ship,I’ll have to make do with Whitley Bay on board the bus compliments of the bus pass, woman lead me to the winkle stall I’m hungry.
thanks harry long retired.

[chris_webb]

Tankerman:
Harry, are you sure it was Perth that J&E trunked to, I know they were bought out by Phillip Ridgeway from Dundee.

I knew one or two of the drivers on trunk and they changed over somewhere up the road. They did run artics.

One web site about J & E says that in the 1960’s they had 60 lorries, 40 based at Helmshore and the rest (would that be 20) based at Dundee.

Big posh apartments and houses now at Helmshore where J&E’s yard was.

Russell.

That’s a grand old photo Russell,I remember J and E Transport with those Mandators. Didn’t Allisons from Dundee get involved with J and E ?

[harry_gill]

Chris Webb:

Tankerman:
Harry, are you sure it was Perth that J&E trunked to, I know they were bought out by Phillip Ridgeway from Dundee.

I knew one or two of the drivers on trunk and they changed over somewhere up the road. They did run artics.

One web site about J & E says that in the 1960’s they had 60 lorries, 40 based at Helmshore and the rest (would that be 20) based at Dundee.

Big posh apartments and houses now at Helmshore where J&E’s yard was.

Russell.

That’s a grand old photo Russell,I remember J and E Transport with those Mandators. Didn’t Allisons from Dundee get involved with J and E ?

hiya,
In the late 50s when I did my bit for John and Edna they certainly didn’t have artics I was the only driver at that time who could drive them having taught myself at Fearings of Burnley, they trunked to Glasgow, Perth,and Dundee it was through trunking in those times up one night down the next the Dundee depot was a purpose built building like the Helmshore depot the Dundee end was run by father and son Ridgeway I knew Phil quite well, nice to see they did get into artiics eventually I suppose they had to, I think the Glasgow and the Perth operations was operated by carrier.
thanks harry long retired.

[tankerman]

On of Fearings drivers came to Gilbraith Tankers, he told me he had enough tea in his cellar to last him a life time, know what I mean Harry.
I can’t remember his name now but he had a little pickup truck with coach built wooden sides.

Russell.

[harry_gill]

Tankerman:
On of Fearings drivers came to Gilbraith Tankers, he told me he had enough tea in his cellar to last him a life time, know what I mean Harry.
I can’t remember his name now but he had a little pickup truck with coach built wooden sides.

Russell.

hiya,
Russell It was 1957 when I did my first stint for Fearings nearly always Hygrade Cartons out and whatever you could get back the tea was mainly trunked from London on an Octopus and drag and shunted into the Co-oP at Manchester after we’d all had our twopennorth, I don’t recollect the guy you are talking about but fair play it was a few baking days back, hows the good lady getting on Russell ■■ hope she’s feeling better.
thanks harry long retired.

[tankerman]

Good lady came home from hospital today Harry, it was another blue light and horns trip last Sunday. Heart nearly called it a day but the brave men and women pulled her through again.
It is back to Wythenshawe again next Monday with her, I am doing more miles on the motorways nowadays than I did when I was earning a living on them.

Harry, do you remember Pendle Haulage, a relation of mine, Norman Jowett, bought them out and we can’t find any photos of them. I have a few of Jowetts.
Jowett once asked me to do a trunk for him, about 1964. I went Todmorden to London on nights and the foreman down there told me the shunter hadn’t turned up. I didn’t know London so he sent his wife with me to show me the way round the drops and pick ups. I returned to Todmorden the night after, no sleep, and Jowett gave me a fiver. Relation or not I told him never to ask me to help him out again. It seems it happened quite often.

Russell.

[harry_gill]

Tankerman:
Good lady came home from hospital today Harry, it was another blue light and horns trip last Sunday. Heart nearly called it a day but the brave men and women pulled her through again.
It is back to Wythenshawe again next Monday with her, I am doing more miles on the motorways nowadays than I did when I was earning a living on them.

Harry, do you remember Pendle Haulage, a relation of mine, Norman Jowett, bought them out and we can’t find any photos of them. I have a few of Jowetts.
Jowett once asked me to do a trunk for him, about 1964. I went Todmorden to London on nights and the foreman down there told me the shunter hadn’t turned up. I didn’t know London so he sent his wife with me to show me the way round the drops and pick ups. I returned to Todmorden the night after, no sleep, and Jowett gave me a fiver. Relation or not I told him never to ask me to help him out again. It seems it happened quite often.

hiya,
Yes remember Pendle Haulage but only in that I saw them knocking about, now Norman Jowett he was well known and was running until quite recently I believe, I only stopped at his yard once to ask directions and he offered me a job but some of his lads seemed like “lifers” but he was a bit tight by the sound of it relative or no relative that fiver would have been stuffed out of sight in his orifice quicker than he could have yelled “no” it’s true what they say the ones you think you know are the ones you dont know, Russell give my regards to your “good lady”.
thanks harry long retired.

[norman_ingram]

kevmac47:

animal:

Norman Ingram:
Never mind Ang we all can call you, our little " Humpty Dumpty" hmm in leather, you will be all the rage for Easter! Please don’t fall over or it won’t be no yoke.

PMSL

Or i will have to be carefull as you might just roll me down a hill at Easter

Ang, can I be at the front of the “roll” queque please■■? .regards Kev.

Kev watch out, you might get trampled in the stampede! Now this brings me to a old song that was the rage during the war. " Roll me over in the clover, Roll me over lay me down, and do it again!

[dave_the_renegade]

Norman Ingram:

kevmac47:

animal:

Norman Ingram:
Never mind Ang we all can call you, our little " Humpty Dumpty" hmm in leather, you will be all the rage for Easter! Please don’t fall over or it won’t be no yoke.

PMSL

Or i will have to be carefull as you might just roll me down a hill at Easter

Ang, can I be at the front of the “roll” queque please■■? .regards Kev.

Kev watch out, you might get trampled in the stampede! Now this brings me to a old song that was the rage during the war. " Roll me over in the clover, Roll me over lay me down, and do it again!

Norm she is a young woman.Do you want to make a sacrifice at your age,but fair play she does look tasty .
Cheers Dave.

[norman_ingram]

Dave the Renegade:

Norman Ingram:

kevmac47:

animal:

Norman Ingram:
Never mind Ang we all can call you, our little " Humpty Dumpty" hmm in leather, you will be all the rage for Easter! Please don’t fall over or it won’t be no yoke.

PMSL

Or i will have to be carefull as you might just roll me down a hill at Easter

Ang, can I be at the front of the “roll” queque please■■? .regards Kev.

Kev watch out, you might get trampled in the stampede! Now this brings me to a old song that was the rage during the war. " Roll me over in the clover, Roll me over lay me down, and do it again!

Norm she is a young woman.Do you want to make a sacrifice at your age,but fair play she does look tasty .
Cheers Dave.

Whoe ho, If you have got go, What a way to go, doing a bit for your country and bringing a gleam in a lassies eyes.

[dave_the_renegade]

Norman Ingram:

Dave the Renegade:

Norman Ingram:

kevmac47:

animal:

Norman Ingram:
Never mind Ang we all can call you, our little " Humpty Dumpty" hmm in leather, you will be all the rage for Easter! Please don’t fall over or it won’t be no yoke.

PMSL

Or i will have to be carefull as you might just roll me down a hill at Easter

Ang, can I be at the front of the “roll” queque please■■? .regards Kev.

Kev watch out, you might get trampled in the stampede! Now this brings me to a old song that was the rage during the war. " Roll me over in the clover, Roll me over lay me down, and do it again!

Norm she is a young woman.Do you want to make a sacrifice at your age,but fair play she does look tasty .
Cheers Dave.

Whoe ho, If you have got go, What a way to go, doing a bit for your country and bringing a gleam in a lassies eyes.

I saw two Hare’s cavorting about in a field last Saturday Norm.Sounds as if you are getting frisky like them .
Cheers Dave.

[harry_gill]

hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

There could be a lot of Leveret’s about if the Hare’s are as frisky as Norm appears to be Harry .
Cheers Dave.

[harry_gill]

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

There could be a lot of Leveret’s about if the Hare’s are as frisky as Norm appears to be Harry .
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
Dave in Norms case it would have to be crane on, crane off, methinks.
thanks harry long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

There could be a lot of Leveret’s about if the Hare’s are as frisky as Norm appears to be Harry .
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
Dave in Norms case it would have to be crane on, crane off, methinks.
thanks harry long retired.

Perhaps this was on its way to Northampton Harry .
Cheers Dave.

[sammyopisite]

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

There could be a lot of Leveret’s about if the Hare’s are as frisky as Norm appears to be Harry .
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
Dave in Norms case it would have to be crane on, crane off, methinks.
thanks harry long retired.

Perhaps this was on its way to Northampton Harry .
Cheers Dave.

Dave if Norman as his wallet in his pocket that crane will not be able to do the job you will require one with a greater lifting capacity
cheers Johnnie

[harry_gill]

sammyopisite:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

There could be a lot of Leveret’s about if the Hare’s are as frisky as Norm appears to be Harry .
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
Dave in Norms case it would have to be crane on, crane off, methinks.
thanks harry long retired.

Perhaps this was on its way to Northampton Harry .
Cheers Dave.

Dave if Norman as his wallet in his pocket that crane will not be able to do the job you will require one with a greater lifting capacity
cheers Johnnie

hiya,
Ah’ yes Normans wallet I have sort of seen it, he did buy me a breakfast once,
it was at The Lincoln Farm Cafe about eighteen months ago, I did overhear him
say to the ■■■■■■■ the till something like “how much” the brief glimpse I did get
of it it was it’s very fat.
thanks harry long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

harry_gill:

sammyopisite:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave I think I saw those two hares doing their frisky bit, but to be honest
seeing so much energy made me knackered, and all I wanted to do was
get home for a kip.
thanks harry long retired.

There could be a lot of Leveret’s about if the Hare’s are as frisky as Norm appears to be Harry .
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
Dave in Norms case it would have to be crane on, crane off, methinks.
thanks harry long retired.

Perhaps this was on its way to Northampton Harry .
Cheers Dave.

Dave if Norman as his wallet in his pocket that crane will not be able to do the job you will require one with a greater lifting capacity
cheers Johnnie

hiya,
Ah’ yes Normans wallet I have sort of seen it, he did buy me a breakfast once,
it was at The Lincoln Farm Cafe about eighteen months ago, I did overhear him
say to the ■■■■■■■ the till something like “how much” the brief glimpse I did get
of it it was it’s very fat.
thanks harry long retired.

I presume you are referring to his wallet Harry .
Cheers Dave.

[lawrence_dunbar]

Harry when are you coming out to play ?, Regards Larry.