Great pics Bonkey, those were the Volvo’s that I was referring to. Good pics of Phillips as well, they ran a lot of Leyland’s and Sed Aks toward the end. The Ballidon Foden S83 (TWB 37 S) had an interesting history, it was driven from new by Nick Hall (who sadly passed away suddenly at the young age of 57 just before Christmas) as a tipper. It came with multileaf springs and myself and another guy changed all eight for taperlite ones which improved the payload. Later on it had a Bitumen tank fitted and tar collected from Four Ashes and Coalvile to feed the midland’s tarmac plant’s operated by Tilcon. Eventually it was fitted with a powder tank and used for plant emptying, no doubt it has now been cut up!
Hiya… just for oldtime sake if you go onto Bill Clowes truck photo,s there,s a wh phillips atki but painted in whitfields
colours grey/red/yellow no sign of wh written on her but good memories chaesing down the A6 and up into alferton
John
What great pictures Bonkey,especially the W.H.Phillips ones,I’ll bet the Octopussies got some clog.
I remember the tar plant at Four Ashes but who owned the one at Coalville?
Hiya …thats some photo you,ve posted there donkey.i used to ride shotgun with a mate and loaded out of topley pike,
it looked like the photo in them days (1967/8).He drove for a firm called Davem plant.Bedford Km unit with a single
axle dump trailer.sorry no photos.I could say they was painted the same as TDG green/blue but thinking on all lorries
was white with dust in them days.
John
As you say John this is some photo, it’s got me mesmorised … taking you right back to those times again.
I 'd have only been about 9 then, but I can remember we would always park up beside those old bins for a butty and coffee before setting off back to Manchester.
The line up looks like a Commer Maxiload nearest the camera, ( I can only remember Heyworth Bros from Chinley with a motif on the doors like this ? )
Bedford TK … maybe one of Ashton & Vernons ? … that little Standard gets right in the way !!
Then one of Tommy Lambs Dodge Kews, (they only had 2 on the fleet with a very high headboard and greedy boards like that, one of them being my dads.)
The one at the front looks like a D series Ford going off the cab top and mirror arm.
The funny thing is though I can’t ever remember seeing any steam trains running about like that one on the bridge … I must have been blinkered .!!
Bonkey … when you say the lorry on the far left was one of Derbyshire Stones, do you mean the Commer ? I can only remember theirs painted black though at that time … BMC’s - Albion’s & Foden’s, you’ve got me wondering now unless it was an o/d.?
Where did you come across this one ? it deserves an award mate !!
John … can you remember a small brick weighbridge inside the quarry that would have been near the top of these bins, it only seemed to be in use at buisy times after the double sided stone weighbridge was built around 1965. Only my dad says he can’t remember it … but I have a vivid memory of being on this old weighbridge watching chunks of snow slowly sliding down the cab of one of their black BMC FF 's parked up by the garage.
I’m going to try and do a colour version of this photo for my files if I can, but it’s looking difficult and I don’t think it’s going to do it much justice.
Paul.
Hi Paul.
The One you say looks like one of Lambs Dodge’s looks more like a Trader to me check the height of the mirror it seems to be at the top of the cab whereas the Dodge mirrors were fitted to the top door hinge, plus the body do’sent look like an alloy one, which the one your Dad drove was if you are talking about ABA907B reg.(I maybe wrong though) Have you still got the photo with you stood in front of it when you were a youngster.(if you have can you email me a copy)
John
That is a great photo and the A6 isn’t much different now except it’s got white lines.The loco looks like a Stanier “8F” 2-8-0,a type of loco used a lot on the old Peak Line,closed long ago.Still open as far as Matlock at the bottom end and into Peak Forest at the top end and a bit of preserved line from Matlock to Rowsley.
I don’t recognise any of the hauliers though.
top man bonkey!..got any more old quarry pics?
got one or 2 of ballidon but still waiting for the old chap to dig em out!
would you have any bedford km 4 wheeler tipper pics would like to find some of ( j c lowndes and co from parwich…grey and black used to run out of ballidon they ran 5 at one point to late 1970s
I would say your right John, that 2nd wagon in the line up is more like a Trader. Having the silver step plate, and what I took was a front end ram on the first wagon is probably a mirror. Paul.
TIPIT:
I would say your right John, that 2nd wagon in the line up is more like a Trader. Having the silver step plate, and what I took was a front end ram on the first wagon is probably a mirror. Paul.
Your right Paul it could be the tipping ram(we will have to keep guessing mate) by the way thanks for the photos,I have had know luck finding the other one.
Firstly, I’m glad the photo has been enjoyed and invoked memories for all local to me. As soon as I saw it I just knew I had to put it on here!
It came from a good friend of mine who’s promised to look for others, though you understand the likes of this are few and far between!
As for the ID of the hauliers, I was led to believe the lorry to the far left was Derbyshire Stone, but it sounds like it’s not. It’s better to believe the people that were around at the time of the photo than someone who wasn’t.
I did wonder why all the lorries were bunched together in this fashion, but TIPIT answered it by saying the drivers were having their brew before setting off. I guess there was no room in the quarry itself as it’s a tight spot at the best of times!
What I also wondered was how come all the lorries appear to be four wheelers? Weren’t there any six or eight leggers in them days?
Finally, I was once told a tale by me old man back in the 80s about the bins you can see. Apparently they used to be used for storing Tarmac to be used by the council for patching up roads and could be left full overnight as the stuff wouldn’t go off. Anyway, one night a small wagon with a couple of ■■■■■ came by and backed under the bins. Set the chains open to start the Tarmac dropping into the wagon and they were rumbled by a quarry worker who was on nights.
They set off and left the bins emptying all on the floor and the lad who came down from the quarry couldn’t close the hopper. Dropped a good few tons on the floor and the manager wasn’t best pleased the next morning.
They were taken out of use shortly afterwards but they were still in situ until the early 90s IIRC.
Most did seem to be using 4 wheelers back then, I don’t know if it was just down to all the O/D’s around at the time finding them easier to afford. But even firms like Derbyshire Stone and Sammy’s had alot on their fleets, John Biesty’s had a few D850’s and Albion 4 wheelers. Allinson’s with 4 wheel Trader’s and TK’s in their early days, Frank Brown’s from Stepping Hill had 4 wheel Foden S21’s, Dodge’s and Guy Big J’s, plus Eldon running all those 4 wheel Commer’s.
Paul.
Oh Bonkey I’ve just remembered … some just pulled onto that spare ground to wash down their n/s tyres.
there were loads of 4 wheelers about at the time,…there was a good proffit to be had, when you think you could afford to pay a driver well on a 4 and now realy need an 8 to pay owt like on this type of work!
i worked out of calton hill & topley pike in 67 , when the lorry had earned £90 per WEEK , we were on bonus . average lorry earnings about £110 to £115 per week,different world !! cheers dave
Yeh 4 wheelers like theBedford TK.Leyland Comet.Thames Trader.Dodge 308 LAD. cabbed were the norm until around 1966/67 when the Albion Rievers & AEC Mamouth Major became popular with many tipper hauliers and then 68/69 the Scammell Routeman & Foden 8 wheeler seemed to take over.
