oiltreader:
1964 Siddle Cook Scammell.
oiltreader
I was at Darlington when Cookies took us over and we took the steel contract over at Lackenby and got one of Consetts old Scammels with the old Scammel gate change only there was no gate in the cab it had been removed, what a bugger to work the gears out at first, my reg was 800D cant remember the letters, the gearbox blew out of it when I was passing Pickfords in Leeds and that was the last I saw of it, I then got a Seddon HUP669H they eventually sent that back to Consett and gave me an old Atkinson and the reg was 5F again cant remember the letters, I had that until we came under Road services Tyne Tees name and I got a new Big J guy, we were made redundant in 1975 and I went to Bass on the drays Dennis Blades
DennisR:
oiltreader:
1964 Siddle Cook Scammell.
oiltreader
I was at Darlington when Cookies took us over and we took the steel contract over at Lackenby and got one of Consetts old Scammels with the old Scammel gate change only there was no gate in the cab it had been removed, what a bugger to work the gears out at first, my reg was 800D cant remember the letters, the gearbox blew out of it when I was passing Pickfords in Leeds and that was the last I saw of it, I then got a Seddon HUP669H they eventually sent that back to Consett and gave me an old Atkinson and the reg was 5F again cant remember the letters, I had that until we came under Road services Tyne Tees name and I got a new Big J guy, we were made redundant in 1975 and I went to Bass on the drays Dennis Blades
Hiya Dennis,can’t find anything on 5F,I think the letters were YUP.Heres a photo of the Seddon you had,Vic.P.S. Scroll photo up to get the reg no.
v7victor:
DennisR:
oiltreader:
1964 Siddle Cook Scammell.
oiltreader
I was at Darlington when Cookies took us over and we took the steel contract over at Lackenby and got one of Consetts old Scammels with the old Scammel gate change only there was no gate in the cab it had been removed, what a bugger to work the gears out at first, my reg was 800D cant remember the letters, the gearbox blew out of it when I was passing Pickfords in Leeds and that was the last I saw of it, I then got a Seddon HUP669H they eventually sent that back to Consett and gave me an old Atkinson and the reg was 5F again cant remember the letters, I had that until we came under Road services Tyne Tees name and I got a new Big J guy, we were made redundant in 1975 and I went to Bass on the drays Dennis Blades
Hiya Dennis,can’t find anything on 5F,I think the letters were YUP.Heres a photo of the Seddon you had,Vic.P.S. Scroll photo up to get the reg no.
hiya,
Vic I too had this old girl for a while but it was painted in the Tayforth colours
lost it one night when a guy borrowed it to do a change-over trunk decided to
try doing a bit of off roading with it finished up in the Browney I think, it was a
good motor though pulled like a train, was sorry to lose it.
thanks harry, long retired.
v7victor:
DennisR:
oiltreader:
1964 Siddle Cook Scammell.
oiltreader
I was at Darlington when Cookies took us over and we took the steel contract over at Lackenby and got one of Consetts old Scammels with the old Scammel gate change only there was no gate in the cab it had been removed, what a bugger to work the gears out at first, my reg was 800D cant remember the letters, the gearbox blew out of it when I was passing Pickfords in Leeds and that was the last I saw of it, I then got a Seddon HUP669H they eventually sent that back to Consett and gave me an old Atkinson and the reg was 5F again cant remember the letters, I had that until we came under Road services Tyne Tees name and I got a new Big J guy, we were made redundant in 1975 and I went to Bass on the drays Dennis Blades
Hiya Dennis,can’t find anything on 5F,I think the letters were YUP.Heres a photo of the Seddon you had,Vic.P.S. Scroll photo up to get the reg no.
Brilliant photo Vic brings back memories, got those photos of the KM’S and my BigJ in Tyne Tees colours and my old AEC Mercury get them on when Denise will help me I got your info thanks but will need a bit of help, Dennis
harry_gill:
v7victor:
DennisR:
oiltreader:
1964 Siddle Cook Scammell.
oiltreader
I was at Darlington when Cookies took us over and we took the steel contract over at Lackenby and got one of Consetts old Scammels with the old Scammel gate change only there was no gate in the cab it had been removed, what a bugger to work the gears out at first, my reg was 800D cant remember the letters, the gearbox blew out of it when I was passing Pickfords in Leeds and that was the last I saw of it, I then got a Seddon HUP669H they eventually sent that back to Consett and gave me an old Atkinson and the reg was 5F again cant remember the letters, I had that until we came under Road services Tyne Tees name and I got a new Big J guy, we were made redundant in 1975 and I went to Bass on the drays Dennis Blades
Hiya Dennis,can’t find anything on 5F,I think the letters were YUP.Heres a photo of the Seddon you had,Vic.P.S. Scroll photo up to get the reg no.
hiya,
Vic I too had this old girl for a while but it was painted in the Tayforth colours
lost it one night when a guy borrowed it to do a change-over trunk decided to
try doing a bit of off roading with it finished up in the Browney I think, it was a
good motor though pulled like a train, was sorry to lose it.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yeah Harry,we got them from Consett after our good motors went back to Falkirk, i think this would be the start of Tyne Tees Forth as it was known at the begining,Dennis R might remember more as he was still there after i left,he’s just joined T.N. from Spain you might know him from Tayforth days.Vic
Hi lads,heres todays bunch,Cheers Bubbs, 
Hiya guys , yes 669H did pull like a train , I passed the chief mechanic from Consett called George something cant remember his second name going down the A1 fully loaded and passed him like he was standing still, I got a bit of a bollocking when I got back from that trip off the boss I think it was still Les Boyd,anyway shortly after that they took it off me and it went back to Consett and they gave me a right load of crap an old Atkinson reg ended 5F, you had to spray easy start into air intake which was in the passenger side if I remember correctly, bloody freezing in all weathers it was, glad when we went over to Tyne Tees and got some new motors but 669 went like s–t off a stick
v7victor:
harry_gill:
v7victor:
DennisR:
oiltreader:
1964 Siddle Cook Scammell.
oiltreader
I was at Darlington when Cookies took us over and we took the steel contract over at Lackenby and got one of Consetts old Scammels with the old Scammel gate change only there was no gate in the cab it had been removed, what a bugger to work the gears out at first, my reg was 800D cant remember the letters, the gearbox blew out of it when I was passing Pickfords in Leeds and that was the last I saw of it, I then got a Seddon HUP669H they eventually sent that back to Consett and gave me an old Atkinson and the reg was 5F again cant remember the letters, I had that until we came under Road services Tyne Tees name and I got a new Big J guy, we were made redundant in 1975 and I went to Bass on the drays Dennis Blades
Hiya Dennis,can’t find anything on 5F,I think the letters were YUP.Heres a photo of the Seddon you had,Vic.P.S. Scroll photo up to get the reg no.
hiya,
Vic I too had this old girl for a while but it was painted in the Tayforth colours
lost it one night when a guy borrowed it to do a change-over trunk decided to
try doing a bit of off roading with it finished up in the Browney I think, it was a
good motor though pulled like a train, was sorry to lose it.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yeah Harry,we got them from Consett after our good motors went back to Falkirk, i think this would be the start of Tyne Tees Forth as it was known at the begining,Dennis R might remember more as he was still there after i left,he’s just joined T.N. from Spain you might know him from Tayforth days.Vic
Hiya guys still getting the hang of this had to write it twice, 669H went like s–t off a stick, Ipassed the big boss from Consett garage going down the A1 one day fully loaded I think his name was George something and got a bit of a bollocking when I got back off Les Boyd I think it was then, anyway they took it off me shortly after that and it went back to Consett they then gave me a right load of crap which was an old Atkinson, bloody freezing with holes in the floor round the steering column and you had to use easy start on a morning to get it going the reg was 5F vic reckons it was YUP5F and I think he is right
euromat:
bubbleman:
Hope these are of interest,
Cheers Bubbs,
yes they are!!! any idea where this was taken? keep them coming, love the c b morgan picture, another company sadly no longer with us
Hi, I’m new to trucknet, great thread.
Yes, sadly Morgan’s shut down in 2008 after 75 years in business. I used to go with my uncles in school holidays
during early 70’s when he drove such vehicles as Albion Reiver XRV 203, Leyland Mastiff BYA 264J, Merc 2419 XYD 825S, Merc 2421 LOT 998Y, ERF E8 G374 VCR. I remember the MAN unit being a demonstrator on their stand at Truckfest, Peterborough when it first appeared. Morgan’s already had two F90’s on order, D401 NYD and D402 NYD, but they did’nt arrive in time for Truckfest and by coincidence they later ran this lorry in their fleet.
This is my first motor with Forth late 69 or early 70 in some long forgotten transport cafe with Charlie Bailey, DennisR
You got the photo on ok,nice one from all those years ago,and knowing Charlie and yourself you both look like your off out for a pint or two!!! Vic. Heres another motor you will remember GMS 529 D.
Hi Vic looks like this might loaded with plate out of Whessoe for one of their sites DennisR
Here,s another load out of whessoe but loaded with site gear, DennisR
Here,s another shot at Whessoe with my dad and Charlie Bailey, DennisR
richardp2012:
euromat:
bubbleman:
Hope these are of interest,
Cheers Bubbs,
yes they are!!! any idea where this was taken? keep them coming, love the c b morgan picture, another company sadly no longer with us
Hi, I’m new to trucknet, great thread.
Yes, sadly Morgan’s shut down in 2008 after 75 years in business. I used to go with my uncles in school holidays
during early 70’s when he drove such vehicles as Albion Reiver XRV 203, Leyland Mastiff BYA 264J, Merc 2419 XYD 825S, Merc 2421 LOT 998Y, ERF E8 G374 VCR. I remember the MAN unit being a demonstrator on their stand at Truckfest, Peterborough when it first appeared. Morgan’s already had two F90’s on order, D401 NYD and D402 NYD, but they did’nt arrive in time for Truckfest and by coincidence they later ran this lorry in their fleet.
Welcome to TN! Morgan’s were a real favourite of mine, I photographed their trucks wherever I could, and visited their yard on a lovely sunny day around 1986 and got most of the fleet, and captured a few on Weymouth quay the morning after the hurricane in 87. I got friendly with a chap called Les who drove Hilltop Highwayman and sent him some of the photos I had taken of his truck. A good few years later I was going to pop into the yard and ask if I could photograph what was there, there was a lovely Scania with cattle trailer on being washed, and for some reason I lost my nerve and didn’t, regret it now as a couple of years later they closed without me updating my pictures.
Some more play time pics… 
Hiya Vic here,s a couple of my Big J I had this till they closed the depot I think, DennisR
Here,s another one, DennisR
DennisR:
Hiya Vic here,s a couple of my Big J I had this till they closed the depot I think, DennisR
Good photo’s Dennis,might be good on the Forth thread,Vic.P.S. That looks like the same dog as on the old Albion photo in our yard!!!.Heres two of my last motors just before i retired,the MAN was the last one i had,a big let down after the Scania,and something you won’t see much of now (snow)
