My father in law John Hickman who is 85 today used to drive a wagon and drag for Peter ■■■■■ Ltd from their depot near Darlington would like to contact any of the lads that might still be out there, a few names he gave me were Mick, Steve, Tony, Graham and Gary aka Lambo, Ado and Yoyo, please drop a line he would like to hear from you, DennisR
Do you mean Peter ■■■■■ Potatoes Ltd New Delights Tetney Grimsby because for many years i repaired their vehicles and knew their staff fairly well, i recall they had another company near Darlington which i believe was called Edwards but i cannot be sure about that.
Hi El Griffo yes that,s the outfit and my father in law did work for Edwards near Darlington then Peter ■■■■■ took them over then he retired with the outfit in 1992 thanks for the reply he,s quite chuft wiyh the replys DennisR
DennisR:
Hi El Griffo yes that,s the outfit and my father in law did work for Edwards near Darlington then Peter ■■■■■ took them over then he retired with the outfit in 1992 thanks for the reply he,s quite chuft wiyh the replys DennisR
Hiya Dennis its Vic,i some times sit with a couple on a saturday night ,John is about 75 and he worked for Edwards for a long time i think his second name is some thing like Goodiyear,can’t ask him now as he is in "spain"but i will check it out in a couple of weeks and mention your father in laws name to him.Hope you and the wife are ok as we are here.Regards Vic.P.S.Do you know if Les Boyd is still around ,Dennis C,Bernie B,and myself have not heard owt about him since he worked for McCunes?
Hiya Vic, everything’s good here, never heard much about les Boyd but I know when he left Mcunes he went doing security at one of the big supermarket chains because when I was on the brewery was delivering to a supermarket warehouse and I think it was somewhere in STockton he was a security guard at the gate, we recognised each other and had a quick word but never saw him again, give my regards to the lads when you see them, please have a word with your mate from Edwards. DennisR
DennisR:
Hiya Vic, everything’s good here, never heard much about les Boyd but I know when he left Mcunes he went doing security at one of the big supermarket chains because when I was on the brewery was delivering to a supermarket warehouse and I think it was somewhere in STockton he was a security guard at the gate, we recognised each other and had a quick word but never saw him again, give my regards to the lads when you see them, please have a word with your mate from Edwards. DennisR
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DennisR:
Hi El Griffo yes that,s the outfit and my father in law did work for Edwards near Darlington then Peter ■■■■■ took them over then he retired with the outfit in 1992 thanks for the reply he,s quite chuft wiyh the replys DennisR
I did not know any of the Darlington lads Dennis but i knew Peter himself very well he was a brilliant buisness man and a very nice person and like all of his staff he worked very hard. He knew the potato trade inside out and paid everyone promptly, he ran mainly AEC vehicles but then moved onto Volvo later. The crazy season was when the Pembroke potatoes were ready and then every vehicle went down there and were running 24 hours per day getting them to the markets all over the uk i’m not sure how the new digi-tachs would have coped in those days.
Peter’s main men at Tetney were Tony Boreham, big Ted from Epworth, Dave Nicholson and John Wrisdale (RIP) who went on found Louth Potato Co which is still flourishing today and of course his son Martin who had just started.
I remember them as a fine company with ■■■■ good staff.
I wish your father in law a very happy birthday and i hope some more of his friends get in touch after reading your thread.
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DennisR:
Hiya Vic, everything’s good here, never heard much about les Boyd but I know when he left Mcunes he went doing security at one of the big supermarket chains because when I was on the brewery was delivering to a supermarket warehouse and I think it was somewhere in STockton he was a security guard at the gate, we recognised each other and had a quick word but never saw him again, give my regards to the lads when you see them, please have a word with your mate from Edwards. DennisRWill do
Dennis one i “lent” from the Brewery thread,i thought you may not of seen this one 
Sorry Dennis the man i was talking about worked for Moors,i was talking to him tonight, i had some good crack,but it was the wrong company.Regards Vic.
Cheers Vic thanks for trying, good photo of the bass vehicle and I have one of those bottles in box presented for it,s 100th edition I think, I have an old photo of me with my dray wagon del at the Flask Inn the North York moors road and have forgotten how to get the pic on could you tell me again, cheers DennisR
DennisR:
Cheers Vic thanks for trying, good photo of the bass vehicle and I have one of those bottles in box presented for it,s 100th edition I think, I have an old photo of me with my dray wagon del at the Flask Inn the North York moors road and have forgotten how to get the pic on could you tell me again, cheers DennisR
Yea,left click on reply or quote put in your mesage,then l/click on upload attachment,l/click on browse and find your photo l/click on it,l/click on open,l/click submit, done.Vic.
Thanks for the pic Vic (I,m a poet and did,nt know it) and I,ve put a couple of shots on from Bass so thanks for the info DennisR
Hi all I used to spend my school holidays either at New delights with my father
(Roy Ellis) in the workshop or in the cab of the MANs going to either Manchester or
Bradford (Uriah jagger). Seeing this brought back all the memories. Then they went
On to volvo’s if my memory serves me right Mick lambert had the last new truck at
Tetney a volvo F7 wagon and drag with taut liner gosh not roping and sheeting.
Some names I remember
Mick lambert, Mick yeoman, Steve Addison, Barry Stevens, Ian Kirk,Gordon Pridgen.
Happy days at Peter c ■■■■■ in the late 70’s to 1984■■? When they left tetney
To go to scawby. The last trip down the old concrete road