Retired Old ■■■■:
I think most blokes develop Selective Memory over the years. Saves having to remember stupid, uninteresting things like the colour she’s chosen for the new curtains, where she told you to plant those flowers and who’s died this week in Corrie, Stenders, Ermindale, etc.
God knew the craic he made old married men hard of hearing as a good excuse for just about everything she tells you n you,ve forgot. Praise the Lord !
I think i qualify on that score coomsey , I have a matching pair of hearing aids . at the best part is the ability to discretely switch them off when she has a whinge on , they make good earplugs and if she twigs on I can say the battery has run out . Dave
N here I am Dave resisting getting a set of aids ■■!!
SHYTOT:
Just heard that Jack Hanson died a few weeks ago
Sadly John ( Jack) Hanson died just before Christmas and was laid to rest Jan 13th 2017. He was a true pioneer of the road haulage business and in his heyday must have had one of the largest haulage firms in Yorkshire if not the largest. He was one of the best customers of Atkinson vehicles, so much so they presented him with the 20000th chassis, which has been restored into its original livery, Sutton’s of St Helens had 10000th chassis but sadly this is in the big scrapyard in the sky. There are a couple of R Hanson vehicles awaiting restoration but as we all know they take a lot of time and money to fully restore.
Kenny Ball remember him well, Derek Russett, Jack Gelder, Wilf Crosland, Bert Taylor, Tommy Porter. Bob Douglas, George Hemingway, George Watson, Pete Everett (Ferret) Ernest Layccock,
the list goes on n on
Aiden (The painter) Eric Smith (the fitter)
SHYTOT:
Kenny Ball remember him well, Derek Russett, Jack Gelder, Wilf Crosland, Bert Taylor, Tommy Porter. Bob Douglas, George Hemingway, George Watson, Pete Everett (Ferret) Ernest Layccock,
the list goes on n on
Aiden (The painter) Eric Smith (the fitter)
I lived across the road from Ernest Laycock, when i was on my school hols I went miles with him LHL 660 4 wheeler Atki. Then he went onto 8 wheelers. David Tindall lived on the old lane Hall Green. I seem to recall Pete Everett was killed in an accident? His son went to the same school.
Correct me if I’m wrong but the green Hanson tippers were R. Hanson & Son which from what I recall was “Robert” and Lord Hanson’s Brother was called Robert ! and wasn’t their father called Bob Hanson ? So where did Jack Hanson come into the picture, he must have been a great age when he passed away in January surely. Cheers Bewick.
I think the “R” in R Hanson & Son stood for Reginald and John (Jack) was his son Hence R. Hanson & Son
Jack Hanson was pushing 90 when he died just before christmas
SHYTOT:
I think the “R” in R Hanson & Son stood for Reginald and John (Jack) was his son Hence R. Hanson & Son
Jack Hanson was pushing 90 when he died just before christmas
Thanks for the info “Shytot” , I am pleased to be corrected Cheers Bewick.
Sorry to bring this back up just wondering if anyone came accross any pics still not found any, Heard someone was restoring a tipper aswel but not heard anything for a while
my father used to work for jack hanson back in the late 60’s early 70’s he says then he used to have about 500 trucks.he started with them when they where at flockton then they moved to a bigger site at newmillerdam which then turned into a compound for merc trucks till they moved to wentworth ind est,then sanmar the container firm moved there.(just realised ow many posts ive made must be bed time )
Cheers Bewick.