Stanfield:
How about these 3 then Chamberlains ERF.Highland Haulage 1967 AEC Marshal and J R Adams1964 AEC Marshal.
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The Chamerlain ERF could have been a lot tidier on the fron’t end otherwise a decent job,no comment on the other two as I don’t want a bollocking off Larry Cheers Dennis.
Dennis, Would I give you a bollicking over roping & sheeting, I think not , Anyway the 6 wheeler has a load of dead pigs on, (Danish Bacon) Ha Ha, Not the best of sheeting but perhaps the driver was in a hurry Eh, Regards Larry.
I don’t think we’d get away with loading hessian wrapped pigs like that to-day Larry, before you could blink there’d be Trading Standards,‘Elf an’ Safety,VOSA and Old Bill surrounding the motor !! But was there any mass food poisoning in them days? no chance, more likely to happen to-day eh! with all the fancy rules and regs ! Cheers Dennis.
Aye Dennis, The bacon was on the Tyne ready to load Ex Ship the Blenda MV, IIRC, I used to load first thing & straight down to Manchester get there mid afternoon tip at J,Stocks Ltd in Hanging Ditch depot in the city center they used to give me 10 bob tip for getting their bacon there earley, They started boning & rolling it straight away & sometimes 4 ton of it was put back on to my wagon for Broughs, or The Meadow Dairy shops in the Toon, Plus there stuff would be in the Manchester shops on the Tuesday morning, Fresher than Fresh I would say, Those good old days which I enjoyed every minute of, Regards Larry.
And I just bet you had some great fry ups in your house at times Larry ! Anyway what spoils this late 70’s depot shot on a Sunday morning and it’s not the VW Golf (I’m driving that!).
Bewick:
And I just bet you had some great fry ups in your house at times Larry ! Anyway what spoils this late 70’s depot shot on a Sunday morning and it’s not the VW Golf (I’m driving that!).
Aye Dennis bacon tasted much nicer in those days, The stuff that’s on sale now is a different taste altogether IMO, Off course my taste buds might be slightly impaired with the Malts that I enjoy , Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Bewick:
This is a shot of a motor belonging to another long gone Marra of mine frae’ Penrith, Wee Georgie Holiday,supped some stuff with George over the years I knew him hic! hic!,used to think that the A6 over Shap was a 6 lane highway coming south at some god awful hour The haulier Pal of both George and me was Brian Harris and he used multi coloured sheets as well,and he could Sup some stuff as well !! What chance did a young fella like me have I ask you Cheers Bewick.
Let me guess Dennis - it’s all those ugly, old fashioned roped and sheeted loads, while the obvious star here is the game changing, time efficient, curtain sider!
John West:
Let me guess Dennis - it’s all those ugly, old fashioned roped and sheeted loads, while the obvious star here is the game changing, time efficient, curtain sider!
John
Oh! aye,I should have said which trailer spoils this fine shot !! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
This a shot of one of my West ■■■■■■■■ marra’s fleet the late Harry Thompson,a great guy,one of the finest! One thing the “marras” excelled at was sheeting and roping.
John West:
Let me guess Dennis - it’s all those ugly, old fashioned roped and sheeted loads, while the obvious star here is the game changing, time efficient, curtain sider!
John
Oh! aye,I should have said which trailer spoils this fine shot !! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
This a shot of one of my West ■■■■■■■■ marra’s fleet the late Harry Thompson,a great guy,one of the finest! One thing the “marras” excelled at was sheeting and roping.
Another thing they excel at is bragging about it
Well you’ve nothing to bragg about if the handkerchief on that little Commer tipper is anything to be judged on ! Bewick.
rigsby:
learning from older drivers and shunters was the only way to go . i went in at the deep end on a commer ts2 , subbing for marshals at bulwell , export wooden cases any size and shape . the depot shunters were brilliant , how to stack them and sheet them so the sheets didn’t get torn and how to rope them securely . i was grateful for their help and it must have shown in my attitude because they were always willing to help me out . i had a full load of bike wheel rims in dozens wrapped in hessian , they taught me to interlock the stacks or i would have left a trail for miles . raleigh shipped bikes in component parts or everyone in liverpool would have ridden a bike had they been shipped complete . good days and a steep learning curve , dave[/quote
Hiya Rigsby do you remember Billy Betteridge from Marshalls ?
i think one of the lads in the yard was called billy , but it’s getting on for 50 years ago and the braincells are fading . i do remember one of the girls in the office that i lusted after , bit of a hippy chick . dave
Couldn’t resist Mike ! About 47 years between this shot of a 21 year old ■■ and the shot of your newest 20 year old driver! How come he hasn’t got a ■■■■■■ boiler suit on then, it used to be “de rigure” in those far off 60’s days otherwise you couldn’t claim to be a “proper” driver Cheers Dennis.PS sounds like very much to me that Dan has obviously nicked those sheets and doesn’t know what they are for, hope I don’t find out they are T.C.S. rip stop blue and any of them have B.T.S. stencilled on them And I will see if any are lettered M.A. Ponsonby !! (doubt it very much otherwise you couldn’t put up the fine shots of your sheeting and roping efforts) But if there is any of our sheets you and I can pay him a visit with a pick shaft apiece !! You’ll have to go first though to take any “incoming blows” !! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Couldn’t resist Mike ! About 47 years between this shot of a 21 year old ■■ and the shot of your newest 20 year old driver! How come he hasn’t got a [zb] boiler suit on then, it used to be “de rigure” in those far off 60’s days otherwise you couldn’t claim to be a “proper” driver Cheers Dennis.PS sounds like very much to me that Dan has obviously nicked those sheets and doesn’t know what they are for, hope I don’t find out they are T.C.S. rip stop blue and any of them have B.T.S. stencilled on them And I will see if any are lettered M.A. Ponsonby !! (doubt it very much otherwise you couldn’t put up the fine shots of your sheeting and roping efforts) But if there is any of our sheets you and I can pay him a visit with a pick shaft apiece !! You’ll have to go first though to take any “incoming blows” !! Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis, The fellow that used to make our sheets used to stencil STOLEN FROM DUNBARS TRANSPORT PONTELAND, On the underside of them, Because a lot of sheet thieves would put then on inside out to hide the name on the correct side, Mind you these tealeafs were not proper hauliers anyway, they just lived by their wits, & should never ever been allowed to operate among us good guys, Regards Larry.
Cheers Dennis.
Cheers Bewick
