CabacS80:
Not sure but I think James Pugh at macclesfield had that work for a while.
Now then Shaun, happy new year pal. I don’t suppose you’ve come across the pics of the wailing wall at Peakstone from the 80s? Be good to see the wagons parked up that were around back then. 
Punchy Dan:
CabacS80:
When did Ferodo finish its fleet ?About 1988. The trailers were then transferred to Sam Longsons and pulled by Longson liveried units. I seem to think some of the drivers came over too.
Cheers ,i thought Robert Somerset did it now .
somersets did the london underground work until the late 90s , then the rail department at ferodo closed and the finished parts came in from germany . good job to , the underground depots were all pokey , hard to get to places . i would have been ideal for your shopping trolley and drag dan . dave
Yes indeed ,ive done plenty of London underground Lille rd depot ,open 24 hrs shift change at 6am .
have you ever done neasden dan , what a poxy hole to try and turn a 40 foot trailer round , and reversing out onto the north circular was not an option .
Can’t remember Dave without looking through 19 diarys but probably .
rigsby:
have you ever done neasden dan , what a poxy hole to try and turn a 40 foot trailer round , and reversing out onto the north circular was not an option .
Went to Neasden late 90s when Ferodo were negotiating a new contract. Managed to secure a five year deal but it was ended mutually halfway through. LUL switched to cast iron blocks as the Ferodo blocks were 92% silica sand and was costing the Underground a lot of money to keep sending ‘hoover’ trains through the tunnels to clean up the deposits.
Yes Dave I did do Neasden not with the normal goods though ,it was the bits that you walk through between the carriages ,and another time with glass .
Ste46:
Punchy Dan:
Steve do you know why a comet mixer lorry would say Hilton gravel on but have punch lane bolton on the door address ?Hilton Gravel sold out to Blue Circle in 1989ish and ceased to exist in any form as B C immediately erased the name and even fired all the hauliers who had worked for H G for donkey’s years, literally on a week’s notice. I was never aware of them having any depots away from this area.
Incidentally, Hilton Gravel was a private company, owned solely by Mr J M Spurrier of Marston on Dove. His brother was Henry Marston Spurrier of the Lancashire Steam Motor Company, the foundation of Leyland Motors.
Steve
Typo - should be 1969, not 89, sorry.
Steve
Thanks Steve
From Derrick Petty on flickr hope he doesn’t mind .
Is Norrie still with us Dan, Frank Dale and him could tell a tale or two? 
Pete.
No pete ,he be gone a few yrs now I’d think .
Punchy Dan:
No pete ,he be gone a few yrs now I’d think .
Thank’s Dan, I thought that would probably be your answer. He had that D Series Ford six wheeler when I first knew him, a better truck than that blooming Volvo!
Pete.
I think that was the new volvo he bought as a 4 wheeler but either because of the cost of a extra axle or the waiting build time iam not sure but he had a axle fitted somewhere and the chassis cracked and volvo didn’t want to know .
So rather than welding it up he parked it up , iam not sure if he tried to take volvo to court over it ,don’t know where the lorry ended up ,someone on here may know a more accurate story ?
Punchy Dan:
I think that was the new volvo he bought as a 4 wheeler but either because of the cost of a extra axle or the waiting build time iam not sure but he had a axle fitted somewhere and the chassis cracked and volvo didn’t want to know .So rather than welding it up he parked it up , iam not sure if he tried to take volvo to court over it ,don’t know where the lorry ended up ,someone on here may know a more accurate story ?
Pretty well much as I recall it Dan, it wasn’t a success at all. I have an idea in the back of my mind that they tried to repossess it when he had parked it outside a shop or cafe but I may be totally off track there? Big Dad, or possibly Malmic, would probably know! Gilbert Taylor at Wirksworth had one as well, possibly a proper Volvo conversion though. His lad drove it (not Robert, the other one!) and it used to get stuck on sites, he had it in Ballidon when we were doing the M40 contract for a short while.
Pete.
Photo taken I think by Eric Gough in 1988 at Lutterworth at the start of what is now a huge industrial park
(Stands himself upright again Mick!) Magna Park, in the news again today as they want to extend it and the councillor wants to know why they can’t move it to where there is a job shortage as villagers don’t want trucks running down country lanes! That was a good job and an easy run down there, Freddie Brownlee took his last ever load there the day he retired and is still around now in his nineties!
Thank’s Dan, I was getting dizzy! 
Pete.
Thought I’d done quite well to scan and download a picture can’t expect it to be the right way round
Any more pics around Mick? i know Cliff Wigley took a few when he was finishing, I reckon he snapped virtually everybody on the tarmac gangs!
Pete.
