Hi dennis the brs erf bulker is shown coming thru the village of Staunton first place you come to after turning left at Monmouth on the a40, the pub is still open but the house on the on the right is gone.
here’s a few more from my scrapbook a couple of Atkinson’s , I also had a scrapbook which was a mixture of manufactures and have posted a few pages from that book. regards prattman.
bazztrucker:
Hi dennis the brs erf bulker is shown coming thru the village of Staunton first place you come to after turning left at Monmouth on the a40, the pub is still open but the house on the on the right is gone.
Well done, Baz. I didn’t recognise it after all these years. Presumably Len was caught going South toward Monmouth? I can’t even remember which side of the road the pub was situated on.
Hi, Prattman,
That’s a nice collection of photos- many liveries I’d forgotten. Keep 'em coming.
Retired Old ■■■■:
bazztrucker:
Hi dennis the brs erf bulker is shown coming thru the village of Staunton first place you come to after turning left at Monmouth on the a40, the pub is still open but the house on the on the right is gone.Well done, Baz. I didn’t recognise it after all these years. Presumably Len was caught going South toward Monmouth? I can’t even remember which side of the road the pub was situated on.
the white horse is on the left going to monmouth .he is going back to base in mitcheldean.old house is now a carpark for what was Standens car body repair shop.i only live 2 miles away.bob.
Hi Prattman
some good photos you have there. Parry’s bring back some memories. Did a lot of demolition. I did a college course with Neil ■■? (Son) in 1973. Odd times used to have a couple of pints with him up Stanley or Anfield Plain on a Saturday night. Bute Arms I think. Also on the same course were John Grady and Douglas Whitfield from Grady Hall and a lad from Ryton who worked in TT ( Tommy) Walker’s office.
Hi lads,Shakeysteve has sent me some old pics to put on the thread…he’ll probably tell us who the fella is with the nagbox,Cheers Bubbs, 
wideboybob:
Retired Old ■■■■:
bazztrucker:
Hi dennis the brs erf bulker is shown coming thru the village of Staunton first place you come to after turning left at Monmouth on the a40, the pub is still open but the house on the on the right is gone.Well done, Baz. I didn’t recognise it after all these years. Presumably Len was caught going South toward Monmouth? I can’t even remember which side of the road the pub was situated on.
the white horse is on the left going to monmouth .he is going back to base in mitcheldean.old house is now a carpark for what was Standens car body repair shop.i only live 2 miles away.bob.
Many thanks, Bob.
I had originally thought that it must be morning because of the apparent whiteness of Len’s shirt. He was the only bulker driver I ever knew who turned up in a clean white shirt every morning. His wife was keen on the laundry as well as being quite a looker!
hi tyneside
my friends father drove for Neil Parry that DAF was the truck he drove so if you want any more info on Parry then I can ask him, you also mentioned Douglas Whitfield, I met him a few years ago when I asked him if I could park my truck at his farm he said I could, he then went on to tell me he had been involved with Grady Hall, I then told him I had sold a photo to them years ago in the mid 80’s he said it could not have been me as this person had cycled to Harrogate and I said yes that was me because I had lost my driving license on medical grounds for two years so I cycled everywhere, on that occasion I had cycled to Thirsk stopping overnight at my step brothers house then the next day cycled to Tip-con at Harrogate returning to Thirsk then cycling back to Consett the next day. Dougie then told me all the number plates of all the wagons they had owned over the years, when I talk to him these days he always recalls some details of days gone bye. regards prattman.
prattman:
hi tynesidemy friends father drove for Neil Parry that DAF was the truck he drove so if you want any more info on Parry then I can ask him, you also mentioned Douglas Whitfield, I met him a few years ago when I asked him if I could park my truck at his farm he said I could, he then went on to tell me he had been involved with Grady Hall, I then told him I had sold a photo to them years ago in the mid 80’s he said it could not have been me as this person had cycled to Harrogate and I said yes that was me because I had lost my driving license on medical grounds for two years so I cycled everywhere, on that occasion I had cycled to Thirsk stopping overnight at my step brothers house then the next day cycled to Tip-con at Harrogate returning to Thirsk then cycling back to Consett the next day. Dougie then told me all the number plates of all the wagons they had owned over the years, when I talk to him these days he always recalls some details of days gone bye. regards prattman.
Hiya… bloody hell they took your licence on medical grounds and you can ride a bike that far. it donsn’t look good for me i only ride 3/4 of a mile through the factory and i’am knackered. good on you prattman.
John
Hiya,nice stuff from Prattman…well done mate for putting your cuttings on here,I’ve dried up so its nice to see new stuff on 
,Jenson,nice pics too and thanks for the pic of the Bubble ,
Cheers Bubbs,
Prattman,have you any pics of tipcon harrogate you could put on,always looking for tipper pics.Regards paul.
prattman:
hi tynesidemy friends father drove for Neil Parry that DAF was the truck he drove so if you want any more info on Parry then I can ask him, you also mentioned Douglas Whitfield, I met him a few years ago when I asked him if I could park my truck at his farm he said I could, he then went on to tell me he had been involved with Grady Hall, I then told him I had sold a photo to them years ago in the mid 80’s he said it could not have been me as this person had cycled to Harrogate and I said yes that was me because I had lost my driving license on medical grounds for two years so I cycled everywhere, on that occasion I had cycled to Thirsk stopping overnight at my step brothers house then the next day cycled to Tip-con at Harrogate returning to Thirsk then cycling back to Consett the next day. Dougie then told me all the number plates of all the wagons they had owned over the years, when I talk to him these days he always recalls some details of days gone bye. regards prattman.
hi prattman
i served my apprenticeship at grady halls worked ther for sixteen year from 1974 till 1990. havent seen douglas since i left pass his farm regularly but havent seen him knocking around. john grady died a number of years ago. douglas is married to randolph gradys daughter, he was a director and transport manager.
cheers
mick
ps next time you talk to him ask him if he can remember AUP280L AND AUP281L they were two AEC mammoth major eight wheelers they used to have a large photo of them together in the office. i have purchased a number of grady halls trucks off the internet
hi john
my cycling days were about thirty years ago, that is when I cycled around the north quite a lot as I said I lost my licence for a period of two years, I loved lorries I could not drive them I was also told at the time that my HGV licence would be revoked for good so I decided if I could not drive them I would take photo’s of them and try and sell them back to the firms as framed enlargements as long as I covered my costs I was happy and over the years I have made some good friends some of which I am still in contact with to this day.
I spent a lot of time cycling to North Yorkshire at first I stayed with my step brother at Thirsk but when they had an addition to the family I had to find somewhere else so Allen Brown from Knayton would let me sleep in one of his lorries overnight or sometimes I would do it as a round trip setting off at 4.00am and returning home sometimes after 11.00pm or later. After getting my licence back the cycling took a back seat but I still have a bike and occasionally I will ride it, a couple of years ago I cycled to work on it quite regularly a distance of 13 miles, the last time was about a year ago it only takes me an hour to get there by vehicle it takes 20-25 minutes, cycling home takes longer as it is all uphill.
The reason why I lost my licence was because in 1986 whilst unloading a 7.5 tonner I blacked out and fell to the ground resulting in a fractured
skull, I was off work for six weeks, I was given the go ahead to go back to work as the doctors could not find a reason for me collapsing, but on the Saturday I blacked out again this was at home and witnessed by my mother who said it was an epileptic fit so the doctors put this down as the reason for my blackouts and so lost I my licence and so with it my job.
I was given medication to take which for the first few years I took regularly but later on I sort of weaned myself off it and with the doctors advice stopped taking it about 20 years ago.
Fast forward to 2005 and my wife was considering fostering one of the conditions is you have to have a full medical whilst undergoing my medical the doctor noted my heartbeat was irregular, and so despatched me off to the freeman hospital to see a specialist, he noted that I had three different heart rates a slow one,a normal one and a fast one he zapped the fast one there and then and said he wanted me back in six months, about three months later whilst loading the 7.5 tonner I was driving I collapsed again. I was in hospital for a week had my licence revoked for six months the firm I work for kept me on giving me light duties at first then letting me back in the depot lifting heavier gear.
The specialist was now of the opinion that my original collapse was caused by my heart defect and that my epileptic fit was caused because I had banged my head when falling of the truck.
After getting my car licence back I applied to the dvla for my 7.5 licence but now it is classed as a hgv and after a year of letters back and forth they eventually said no but would reconsider if I had a pacemaker fitted, the specialist always said he would fit one so I went ahead and had one fitted in in 2007. I got my hgv back, shortly after the firm I work for replaced the 7.5 tonner with a 18 tonner fitted with a hiab so that is what I drive these days or sometimes I will be out and about in the other vehicles in the fleet transit vans and the like, I have been with this firm for18 years. regards prattman
Jenson:
These are a few photo’s i have i thought belonged on here hope that’s ok12345670
The photo of the Seddon brings back memories, its fitted with a York trailing axle, we had one fitted in an Albion Clydsdale. If you look at the photo you can see the axle beam is split into two & worked indapendintally on a trunnion. When the trunnion bushes were worn the inside tyre of the twins took more weight as the axle ends went up.
prattman:
hi john
You certainly deserve your licence back after all that determination Prattman!
my cycling days were about thirty years ago, that is when I cycled around the north quite a lot as I said I lost my licence for a period of two years, I loved lorries I could not drive them I was also told at the time that my HGV licence would be revoked for good so I decided if I could not drive them I would take photo’s of them and try and sell them back to the firms as framed enlargements as long as I covered my costs I was happy and over the years I have made some good friends some of which I am still in contact with to this day.
I spent a lot of time cycling to North Yorkshire at first I stayed with my step brother at Thirsk but when they had an addition to the family I had to find somewhere else so Allen Brown from Knayton would let me sleep in one of his lorries overnight or sometimes I would do it as a round trip setting off at 4.00am and returning home sometimes after 11.00pm or later. After getting my licence back the cycling took a back seat but I still have a bike and occasionally I will ride it, a couple of years ago I cycled to work on it quite regularly a distance of 13 miles, the last time was about a year ago it only takes me an hour to get there by vehicle it takes 20-25 minutes, cycling home takes longer as it is all uphill.
The reason why I lost my licence was because in 1986 whilst unloading a 7.5 tonner I blacked out and fell to the ground resulting in a fractured
skull, I was off work for six weeks, I was given the go ahead to go back to work as the doctors could not find a reason for me collapsing, but on the Saturday I blacked out again this was at home and witnessed by my mother who said it was an epileptic fit so the doctors put this down as the reason for my blackouts and so lost I my licence and so with it my job.
I was given medication to take which for the first few years I took regularly but later on I sort of weaned myself off it and with the doctors advice stopped taking it about 20 years ago.
Fast forward to 2005 and my wife was considering fostering one of the conditions is you have to have a full medical whilst undergoing my medical the doctor noted my heartbeat was irregular, and so despatched me off to the freeman hospital to see a specialist, he noted that I had three different heart rates a slow one,a normal one and a fast one he zapped the fast one there and then and said he wanted me back in six months, about three months later whilst loading the 7.5 tonner I was driving I collapsed again. I was in hospital for a week had my licence revoked for six months the firm I work for kept me on giving me light duties at first then letting me back in the depot lifting heavier gear.
The specialist was now of the opinion that my original collapse was caused by my heart defect and that my epileptic fit was caused because I had banged my head when falling of the truck.
After getting my car licence back I applied to the dvla for my 7.5 licence but now it is classed as a hgv and after a year of letters back and forth they eventually said no but would reconsider if I had a pacemaker fitted, the specialist always said he would fit one so I went ahead and had one fitted in in 2007. I got my hgv back, shortly after the firm I work for replaced the 7.5 tonner with a 18 tonner fitted with a hiab so that is what I drive these days or sometimes I will be out and about in the other vehicles in the fleet transit vans and the like, I have been with this firm for18 years. regards prattman