lemonmouth:
E & J Meeks? were they the ones on the Tele when the Miners Strike was on back in the 70’s? I seem to remember their motors from that period
Possibly so, I was a bit young then (but not now) however I do remember some well used looking Dafs & Erfs pulling tippers and a few bitumen tankers in the 80s & 90s.
Mackem:
lemonmouth:
E & J Meeks? were they the ones on the Tele when the Miners Strike was on back in the 70’s? I seem to remember their motors from that periodPossibly so, I was a bit young then (but not now) however I do remember some well used looking Dafs & Erfs pulling tippers and a few bitumen tankers in the 80s & 90s.
Yes E.J.Meeks from Sutton- in Ashfield were prominent in the 1984 miners strike.I remember seeing them being convoyed out of Orgreave coking plant.They had a lot of tankers running tar products and a lot were double-shifted.ERFs mainly I think.
I was never at Orgreave but was running for Bulkliners/NCC out of Coalite at
Bolsover in the 70’s strike, there were a lot of Meeks there then.
As regards Longsons, old Sam was the chairman (I think) of Derby County
years ago and it was the clash of 2 giant personalities that saw the back of
Brian Clough (reverent bow) from there after winning the top slot and his
eventual arrival at Forest. The rest, as they say, is history, and I wonder how
many ex-football managers are held in such high esteem by 2 cities
that they have the connecting highway between them named after them. 
Spardo:
I was never at Orgreave but was running for Bulkliners/NCC out of Coalite at
Bolsover in the 70’s strike, there were a lot of Meeks there then.As regards Longsons, old Sam was the chairman (I think) of Derby County
years ago and it was the clash of 2 giant personalities that saw the back of
Brian Clough (reverent bow) from there after winning the top slot and his
eventual arrival at Forest. The rest, as they say, is history, and I wonder how
many ex-football managers are held in such high esteem by 2 cities
that they have the connecting highway between them named after them.
Another nice place,Coalite 
at Bolsover ,Spardo.Used to run boiler fuel in there.There was a pit across the road called Shuttlewood I think.If you could get on driving for Coalite it was a good job I heard.
The other NCC place was at Ollerton,I think it’s been gone a few years now.
Just found this one Danny 
Any good 
Chris Webb:
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Another nice place,Coalite
in there.There was a pit across the road called Shuttlewood I think.If you could
get on driving for Coalite it was a good job I heard.
The other NCC place was at Ollerton,I think it’s been gone a few years now.
Shuttleworth was the pit at Bolsover I think and I expect Coalite was a good job
though I was never tempted to investigate because so was Bulkliners. I
worked for them about 3 different times in between bouts of other stuff and
was always welcomed back, till the last time when the maintenance was
going downhill and they accused me of blowing an engine.
Ollerton was the NCC HQ and we used to run out of there frequently with the
open top containers for Freightliner at Beeston, Nottingham. However,
because of the latter’s inefficiency we often as not used to take them on by
road.
We both had good looking fleets in the early days, all Atkis, ours in a sort of
salmon pink and theirs in a green that wasn’t very much different from that 8
wheeler just posted by Lemonmouth.
Tony Rogers was the boss at Bulkliners and when I first went for a job he
shared an office with the boss of Philip Smith’s whom they had just bought
out. At first I was interviewed by this bloke but when he got to the bit
about ‘have you got a strong back for all the heavy lifting?’ I panicked realising
that I was talking to the wrong one. Smith’s did nothing but handball great
lumps of cast iron for Beeston Boiler and that was definitely not what I had in
mind. So I was passed over to Tony who, thankfully, had a job going on the
boxes. I repaid him by smacking 2 Yanks into a ditch near Upper Heyford base
on my first trip - they didn’t seem to have quite grasped the principle of driving
on the left. Our police were a bit stern but the Yanks arrived in a blue and white
and threw their blokes unceremoniously in the back while enquiring with great
concern after my health. My clean bill of health was nearly disrupted when one
of the white faced and very shaken Yanks attempted to light a ■■■ next to the
ruptured fuel pipe of his Anglia Van.
The boss at NCC was a man called Corbet who had his fingers in other pies
at the time I think.
Chris Webb:
Spardo:
I was never at Orgreave but was running for Bulkliners/NCC out of Coalite at
Bolsover in the 70’s strike, there were a lot of Meeks there then.As regards Longsons, old Sam was the chairman (I think) of Derby County
years ago and it was the clash of 2 giant personalities that saw the back of
Brian Clough (reverent bow) from there after winning the top slot and his
eventual arrival at Forest. The rest, as they say, is history, and I wonder how
many ex-football managers are held in such high esteem by 2 cities
that they have the connecting highway between them named after them.Another nice place,Coalite
And as if by magic,some photos appear !
trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic. … 553#288553
The other NCC place was at Ollerton,I think it’s been gone a few years now.
lemonmouth:
Just found this one Danny
A couple more…
Here’s another from me.Bit newer,but good all the same !
BonkeyDollocks:
Here’s another from me.Bit newer,but good all the same !
Very smart, BD, thanks very much!
240 Gardner:
BonkeyDollocks:
Here’s another from me.Bit newer,but good all the same !Very smart, BD, thanks very much!
You’re very welcome mate.
That’s what this forum is for IMO,getting your collection of photos up and share them with like minded enthusiasts and lorry drivers.
Also,I have a feeling I have a few more Hanson tippers from Wakefield in an old album somewhere. 
I shall endeavour to look for it over the course of the weekend.
BonkeyDollocks:
Here’s another from me.Bit newer,but good all the same !
That,if I’m not mistaken,is the junction,now a roundabout,at Grange Moor,on the A642 between Wakefield and Huddersfield,right outside the Blacksmiths Arms.
Hansons garage was about 75 yards behind that queue,on the right hand side as we look.
Also,this might be interesting: vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPor … =link.next
Ken.
What is there now,Ken,where the garage used to be ?
There still is a commercial vehicle workshop,of a kind,but I don’t know who owns it,but I’m guessing that if you were to go up,and get permission to root around,some interesting articles could turn up.This is usually the case with old places like this.
Ken.
hi,theres a pic of a hansons maggi on ebay at the moment,4 days to go item no 130197565035 if thats any help to ya.
Sorry not posted before not been on net for a while, Many thanks for all pictures especially LNW 813P which whilst wasn’t his motor he did drive
Missed ebay pics which is a shame, apparantly someone from Wakefield is restoring/restored one keep the pics comming lol
Hansons drivers
Used to think up ways they could work for nothing,like driving through a field to put an extra load in for a pat on the back
As far as I’m aware, this is the only “Skippy”-cabbed Atki ever to grace the U.K.
The cab was imported and mounted on a U.K. chassis, exhibited in the demonstration park at the 1968 Earl’s Court show,
and then sold to Hanson’s.
My mates Dad ( Ernest Shakespeare ) was a mechanic at Hanson’s Newmillerdam.I think they moved up to Grange Moor on the A637 in the early seventies. I’ll ask Ernie when I next phone them if he has any old photos.
danny_mk2:
Sorry not posted before not been on net for a while, Many thanks for all pictures especially LNW 813P which whilst wasn’t his motor he did driveMissed ebay pics which is a shame, apparantly someone from Wakefield is restoring/restored one keep the pics comming lol
i have a pic of this truck parked up in the workshop? a got that off ebay. a mate of mine is restoring the 20,000th aki. when a see him i will get some pics, i no he has alot of pics off the trucks, but most are in black and white.
