tyneside:
I am sure there is some photos of Mcphee’s on the North East thread, very well known company in Newcastle. Taken over, I think, by the Wild Group from the West Mids. Tyneside
Thanks for the info “Tyneside” had a feeling you would know summit about them, Buzzer
I used to see McPhees trunkers taking the A614 off A1 on their way to Wolverhampton depot early 60s. Somebody told me they did Newcastle - Wolves - Newcastle in a shift,before A1/M18/M1/A38 days.Seemed a bit of cafe talk at time though.
tyneside:
I am sure there is some photos of Mcphee’s on the North East thread, very well known company in Newcastle. Taken over, I think, by the Wild Group from the West Mids. Tyneside
Thanks for the info “Tyneside” had a feeling you would know summit about them, Buzzer
I used to see McPhees trunkers taking the A614 off A1 on their way to Wolverhampton depot early 60s. Somebody told me they did Newcastle - Wolves - Newcastle in a shift,before A1/M18/M1/A38 days.Seemed a bit of cafe talk at time though.
Hi Chris,
Here is a pic of McPhee’s Wolverhampton depot, my Dad said one of McPhee’s drivers told him that they did Newcastle- Wolves-Newcastle in a shift, he only worked half a mile away from that depot and was a mechanic, so he would have heard that first hand.
McPhees did in fact do Newcastle To Wolverhampton & back in a shift, They had brand new Scanias J regs, They were soon looking old & tired, They ceased trading not long after that, Their traffic manager whos office was on The Newcastle Quayside, He was called Edgar , He went on to
work for Van Hee & took the Anglo Great Lakes work at Newburn with him, Regards Larry.
That Venture bus XUP 399 at Marlborough Crescent is an Albion Aberdonian which was quite a rare machine… I remember the Newcastle Corporation AEC Regent MkVs pulling up at the stop just over the wall with their Ashanco exhaust brakes roaring.
Cheers, Leyand 600.
Lawrence Dunbar:
McPhees did in fact do Newcastle To Wolverhampton & back in a shift, They had brand new Scanias J regs, They were soon looking old & tired, They ceased trading not long after that, Their traffic manager whos office was on The Newcastle Quayside, He was called Edgar , He went on to
work for Van Hee & took the Anglo Great Lakes work at Newburn with him, Regards Larry.
Larry,I backloaded electrodes out of Anglo Great Lakes off McPhees in 1968,for BSC Shepcote Lane Sheffield. When I rung gaffer to tell him he went spare,ranting on about not getting paid.When I managed to get a word in I told him that his nephew,who drove for us,told me to ring them.I tipped them same day but never found out if they paid up.
peterm:
Those blokes with the Elswick works fire engine must have been on their way to put out a dolls house fire. Sorry, it’s just that it looks so tiny.
I thought they were doing their window cleaning round in fancy dress !! : Tyneside
gingerfold:
Does anyone know what make this unique vehicle is? It was the only one built. (Pete Smith isn’t allowed to answer!)
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Was it a Thomson autotanker …with a rear Leyland 680 motor at the rear ? …designed around 1959 …the my father says he had a Matchbox toy model of one …Geraint
peterm:
Those blokes with the Elswick works fire engine must have been on their way to put out a dolls house fire. Sorry, it’s just that it looks so tiny.
I thought they were doing their window cleaning round in fancy dress !! : Tyneside
gingerfold:
Does anyone know what make this unique vehicle is? It was the only one built. (Pete Smith isn’t allowed to answer!)
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Was it a Thomson autotanker …with a rear Leyland 680 motor at the rear ? …designed around 1959 …the my father says he had a Matchbox toy model of one …Geraint
Correct, jointly designed by Leyland and Thompson tankers, known as the integral Road Tanker. 4,000 gallons capacity. Leyland O.680 Power-Plus engine, rear mounted as in the Atlantean bus, 4-speed SCG semi-automatic gearbox with 2-speed axle. Entrance door in the centre, no mirrors, but a rear view periscope system designed by Barr and Stroud, which pre-dates by 50 years Mercedes current claim that it can do away with rear view mirrors by replacing them with cameras.
gingerfold:
Does anyone know what make this unique vehicle is? It was the only one built. (Pete Smith isn’t allowed to answer!)
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Was it a Thomson autotanker …with a rear Leyland 680 motor at the rear ? …designed around 1959 …the my father says he had a Matchbox toy model of one …Geraint
Correct, jointly designed by Leyland and Thompson tankers, known as the integral Road Tanker. 4,000 gallons capacity. Leyland O.680 Power-Plus engine, rear mounted as in the Atlantean bus, 4-speed SCG semi-automatic gearbox with 2-speed axle. Entrance door in the centre, no mirrors, but a rear view periscope system designed by Barr and Stroud, which pre-dates by 50 years Mercedes current claim that it can do away with rear view mirrors by replacing them with cameras.
all credit to Rab Lawrence for the photo.
