rocky 7:
I managed to make it one time to the Jungle cafe In a bad snowstorm and I was stuck there for 3 days
Hi Rocky , I think most of us had a story to tell about Shap and Jungle -not forgetting the crazy scottish fish lads ! mine is loosing drive just turning in to the park one winters night -pulled halfshafts and both ok -rang through -sending fitter and diff overnight -do what you can to prepare for diff change ! thanks a bunch i’m here to sleep .morning came no fitter so started the job -by the time he came i had the diff out . any how it was a quick job to get back together and back on the road to Glasgow once he arrived --see that happening these days -part of the job those days wasnt it --toshboy
dafdave:
Anybody remember the digs in penrith across rd from main Leyland agents,i think the name of the agents was andersons 1970s.Got towed in there with a super comet 4 wheeler with a rocker arm broke,had to wait o/night for the repair,the dig was excellent but cant recall the name,come on you owd uns help me out.
regards dave.
I think the repair firm would have been Davidsons,they were a similar operation to Hudsons of Sandside,I believe they met each other on Shap summit,Hudsons looking after the southern slopes and Davidsons the northern end down to Penrith. Cheers Bewick
Thanks dennis you are spot on there.
regards dave.
trunker08:
I cant recall that one, but stayed at Mrs O’shea , “Drum Lee” not far from lorry park by the river, very good,
Clara’s (Mrs.Ediss) would have been the main digs in Kendal during the years prior to the M6 opening,her place was at the top end of New Road car park in the shadow of the Provincial Insurance building,her digs were always busy,night and day.Great old lass,I used to deliver her newspapers as a lad,got the best Christmas tip on the round there for the few years I did the round.Happy Days,Cheers Bewick.
Dennis was it "Clara’s where there was a big bowl of rice pudding on the hearth in front of the fire to keep it warm
cheers Johnnie
dafdave:
Anybody remember the digs in penrith across rd from main Leyland agents,i think the name of the agents was andersons 1970s.Got towed in there with a super comet 4 wheeler with a rocker arm broke,had to wait o/night for the repair,the dig was excellent but cant recall the name,come on you owd uns help me out.
regards dave.
Dave I used several digs in Penrith the Albion which was halfway up the hill and all the wagons had to change down just out side and another at the top of the hill just as it flattened out that was on the right and quieter plus there was a few down in the square
cheers Johnnie
cattle wagon man:
Just for all you old timers ,…Hudson`s A.E.C. is ready at your assistance .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
P.S. The sun wasn`t shining that day, - no colour .
Hi Cattlewagon man,
I might be getting old and confused but according to my sight that ‘AEC’ says Leyland on the front
Best wishes
Carl
Hi Carl,
You are correct !
There is a A.E.C. Mk 5 chassis lurking underneath the “Leyland” (replacement) Ergomatic cab.
Originally owned by Nelsons of Arnside , The A.E.C. cab deteriorated , so Hudson`s own staff altered an
Ergomatic cab to fit around all the gadgetry , - of which Dennis ( Bewick ) will no doubt be able to explain in better details to you.
cattle wagon man:
Just for all you old timers ,…Hudson`s A.E.C. is ready at your assistance .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
P.S. The sun wasn`t shining that day, - no colour .
Hi Cattlewagon man,
I might be getting old and confused but according to my sight that ‘AEC’ says Leyland on the front
Best wishes
Carl
Hi Carl,
You are correct !
There is a A.E.C. Mk 5 chassis lurking underneath the “Leyland” (replacement) Ergomatic cab.
Originally owned by Nelsons of Arnside , The A.E.C. cab deteriorated , so Hudson`s own staff altered an
Ergomatic cab to fit around all the gadgetry , - of which Dennis ( Bewick ) will no doubt be able to explain in better details to you.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
I did hear that the AEC chassis was origionally an E.Nelson short wheelbase tipper,but apart from that I can’t comment,safe to say we never had to avail ourselves of it’s services Ted “Sweety” Lowe’s(RIP) “Millie” (AEC Millitant) wrecker,yes,on a couple of occaisions locally over the years the details of which I will relate at a later time Cheers Dennis
trunker08:
I cant recall that one, but stayed at Mrs O’shea , “Drum Lee” not far from lorry park by the river, very good,
Clara’s (Mrs.Ediss) would have been the main digs in Kendal during the years prior to the M6 opening,her place was at the top end of New Road car park in the shadow of the Provincial Insurance building,her digs were always busy,night and day.Great old lass,I used to deliver her newspapers as a lad,got the best Christmas tip on the round there for the few years I did the round.Happy Days,Cheers Bewick.
Dennis was it "Clara’s where there was a big bowl of rice pudding on the hearth in front of the fire to keep it warm
cheers Johnnie
Clara always had a big fire going,night and day,Johnnie,don’t know about the rice pud though.She used to wear a wrap over pinney which she kept her brass in the pockets I recall her regularly ratching about in it to to get her paper money out plus a couple of “bob” for me Usually a load of Scotsman in the Kitchen coming and going at whatever time of day. Genuine days a long time ago Johnnie I would be 12/13 at that time Dennis.
cattle wagon man:
Just for all you old timers ,…Hudson`s A.E.C. is ready at your assistance .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
P.S. The sun wasn`t shining that day, - no colour .
…and with an Austin Champ behind the Leyland/AEC!
David
Hi Dave,
Errrr…could it have been the day that the S.A.S. were training on Shap Fell summit ?
The camouflage they used that day were the nearby sheep .
NZ JAMIE:
I’ve only been over Shap Fell once,back in the summer of 98. It was a bit like driving Route 66 or taking the trans Siberian for me. I’d read so many story of blokes struggling over in the winter in old under powered over weight motors.
If I closed my eyes a little bit while letting the revs die on my mums Nissan Bluebird estate and then double de-clutching down a cog I could imagine I was driving one of T Bradys LAD ‘Power Plus’ Octopus’ and dangler. It just wasn’t quite the same in a car in summer
Anyhow here’s a pic of the famous ‘High Brow Bridge’ at the bottom of the main climb. With my mums Bluebird ‘Power Plus’ parked up while the bakes cool down a bit.
I did and felt the same about 7 years ago. I did it in my HSF DAF XF though. Reading this thread makes me want to do it in my current truck soon.
trunker08:
I cant recall that one, but stayed at Mrs O’shea , “Drum Lee” not far from lorry park by the river, very good,
Clara’s (Mrs.Ediss) would have been the main digs in Kendal during the years prior to the M6 opening,her place was at the top end of New Road car park in the shadow of the Provincial Insurance building,her digs were always busy,night and day.Great old lass,I used to deliver her newspapers as a lad,got the best Christmas tip on the round there for the few years I did the round.Happy Days,Cheers Bewick.
Dennis was it "Clara’s where there was a big bowl of rice pudding on the hearth in front of the fire to keep it warm
cheers Johnnie
It was Clara,s that had the big Basin of Rice Pudding sitting in the Hearth keeping it warm, it was as a large metal oval Basin with a Handle at each end the same as my Mother used to Bath us in when wee were Kids the Digs were always just about filled with Allisons of Dundee,s Driver,s good Digs good Grub.
I remember shap very well we spent many day/night stuck in the snow on our way
up to Glasgow/Edinbourgh wholesale fruit markets from queens square mkt L/Pool
There is an old company that I remember who was up and down day and night they changed
over Carlisle then again at Chorley They were mostley loaded with steel from Ravenscraig steel
works.They had macks if my memory serves me right I think they were called
P R Robinson. King of the road was plastered across there bumper think one of the drivers was
nicknamed the flying Dutchman.Nutters we thought then but compare them to a lot now they were
good aimers.Ithink quite afew met the fate coming down the strawberry out of stick.Ifeel that somebody
out there will remember.( There is one thing abou them days you never changed a wheel on your own)
Take care all you aged
guesty
Guesty44:
I remember shap very well we spent many day/night stuck in the snow on our way
up to Glasgow/Edinbourgh wholesale fruit markets from queens square mkt L/Pool
There is an old company that I remember who was up and down day and night they changed
over Carlisle then again at Chorley They were mostley loaded with steel from Ravenscraig steel
works.They had macks if my memory serves me right I think they were called
P R Robinson. King of the road was plastered across there bumper think one of the drivers was
nicknamed the flying Dutchman.Nutters we thought then but compare them to a lot now they were
good aimers.Ithink quite afew met the fate coming down the strawberry out of stick.Ifeel that somebody
out there will remember.( There is one thing abou them days you never changed a wheel on your own)
Take care all you aged
guesty
They were called P&S Contracts Paterson&Stark from Baillieston Glasgow they carried Steel mainly from Beardmores Parkhead Forge,i think the Flying Duchman you are refering to drove a Scammell Highwayman for Moores of Ayr. there is a lot of P&S Pictures on sites on here.
The only motors that I can remember with King of the Road on them were P.&.S Contracts {Patterson & Son} From Glasgow, they ran over Shap all the time usually loaded with castings from Bearedmores Factory at Park Head X, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
The only motors that I can remember with King of the Road on them were P.&.S Contracts {Patterson & Son} From Glasgow, they ran over Shap all the time usually loaded with castings from Bearedmores Factory at Park Head X, Regards Larry.
Its my memory are they those that done the changover in chorley?
that sounds more like it.lawrence.
Not sure about the changeovers you mention, But the did run down to Rotherham & back in a shift, & they didn’t hang about those Macks were flying machines on the level, & allways fully loaded, The good old days Eh, Regards Larry.
Ted “Sweety” Lowe’s(RIP) “Millie” (AEC Millitant) wrecker,yes,on a couple of occaisions locally over the years the details of which I will relate at a later time 
I recall her regularly ratching about in it to to get her paper money out plus a couple of “bob” for me 
Usually a load of Scotsman in the Kitchen coming and going at whatever time of day. Genuine days a long time ago Johnnie 
Dennis.
