Nice stack of hand-ball bricks there.
Just cant the outside bricks up onto the rave, to get the outer stack leaning inwards.
“She won`t go no-where, Drive” 
What was it? 6,000 house bricks for 20 tons?
About the same for roof tiles?
Didnt need gym membership in the 70s.
Just a few notes re these recent photos on this thread.
Henry Thompson was from Pelton Fell above Chester le Street, he ran a few tippers back in the sixties when there was a lot of Open Cast coal sites on the doorstep. Henry died a few years ago and his son Ian runs a Volvo unit and Low Loader, does a fair bit of Plant for AB Volvo who have a workshop/sales depot at Portobello, Birtley behind the motorway services.
Laws Stores were a large retail concern based in Gateshead and had numerous grocery stores around the NE. IIRC they eventually disappeared into the Presto organisation. My Mother was manageress of the store in Coatsworth Road, Gateshead just after the war, still keep in touch with the errand boy that worked for her and went on to manage his own store, he’s 94 now !!
Tyneside
Franglais:
Nice stack of hand-ball bricks there.
Just cant the outside bricks up onto the rave, to get the outer stack leaning inwards.“She won`t go no-where, Drive”
What was it? 6,000 house bricks for 20 tons?
About the same for roof tiles?Didn
t need gym membership in the70s.
How long is a piece of string Franglais ? With 8000 Golden bricks,Butterley, 26 t ,8whlr with crane gross.
8000 Butterley deep reds ,30 t,n if it rained overnight overweight and you could tell on the road. If you got the"Thumbs down" from a fella coming the other way, you soon did a U turn 
coomsey:
Franglais:
Nice stack of hand-ball bricks there.
Just cant the outside bricks up onto the rave, to get the outer stack leaning inwards.“She won`t go no-where, Drive”
What was it? 6,000 house bricks for 20 tons?
About the same for roof tiles?Didn
t need gym membership in the70s.How long is a piece of string Franglais ? With 8000 Golden bricks,Butterley, 26 t ,8whlr with crane gross.
8000 Butterley deep reds ,30 t,n if it rained overnight overweight and you could tell on the road. If you got the"Thumbs down" from a fella coming the other way, you soon did a U turn
You’re spot on coomsey, it’s amazing how much water bricks absorb, as you say rain overnight and the weight goes up enormously.
Thanks to Buzzer, Lawrence Dunbar, servo88, Dennis Javelin, vwvanman0, windrush, mushrooman for the photos also Carryfast for the link
Oily
Sneaked past the border guards again Oily . Sitting watching the boats in Bernie harbour .
rigsby:
Sneaked past the border guards again Oily . Sitting watching the boats in Bernie harbour .
That’s brilliant rigsby you’ve made again, it’s been a while since the last time.
Cheers
Oily
Revman asked;
sheffield show 1968 anyone know the low loader is it a berliet?
It has the front end of the military Berliet but the cab will have had some work done to it as the military version had a soft roof. Franky.
Geordielad:
Revman asked;
sheffield show 1968 anyone know the low loader is it a berliet?
It has the front end of the military Berliet but the cab will have had some work done to it as the military version had a soft roof. Franky.
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I believe it is a Berliet. And I think it does have a canvas roof too.
