alexsaville:
I remember Tam Doyle, didn’t he come from Maryhill?
As to the Fleet Number, I am now not sure it was 999, maybe it was 888!
Tam worked with Tam Ash at Carntyne on recovery after Smiths (No hill too steep - No ditch too deep!), last time I met him he was working for an Irish firm who hauled mushrooms. Haven’t seen him for years.
Alex
Hi alex the very same tam doyle he worked for ash for a few years then he ended up with mcburney running mushrooms and retired a few years ago
the fleed number is deffo right it was ND888 i drive coaches for a living and get the luxuray of hotels for my overnites not ike you huys had to sleep in the cab or shared digs wil mention your name yo my dad when im over
kind regards john
Here’s a shot of a Bewick 8LXB Big J poking out the Garage doors at Milnthorpe !! Bewick.
alexsaville:
I remember Tam Doyle, didn’t he come from Maryhill?
As to the Fleet Number, I am now not sure it was 999, maybe it was 888!
Tam worked with Tam Ash at Carntyne on recovery after Smiths (No hill too steep - No ditch too deep!), last time I met him he was working for an Irish firm who hauled mushrooms. Haven’t seen him for years.
Alex
Hi alex the very same tam doyle he worked for ash for a few years then he ended up with mcburney running mushrooms and retired a few years ago
the fleed number is deffo right it was ND888 i drive coaches for a living and get the luxuray of hotels for my overnites not ike you huys had to sleep in the cab or shared digs wil mention your name yo my dad when im over
kind regards john
Here’s a shot of a Bewick 8LXB Big J poking out the Garage doors at Milnthorpe !! Bewick.
alexsaville:
I remember Tam Doyle, didn’t he come from Maryhill?
As to the Fleet Number, I am now not sure it was 999, maybe it was 888!
Tam worked with Tam Ash at Carntyne on recovery after Smiths (No hill too steep - No ditch too deep!), last time I met him he was working for an Irish firm who hauled mushrooms. Haven’t seen him for years.
Alex
Hi alex the very same tam doyle he worked for ash for a few years then he ended up with mcburney running mushrooms and retired a few years ago
the fleed number is deffo right it was ND888 i drive coaches for a living and get the luxuray of hotels for my overnites not ike you huys had to sleep in the cab or shared digs wil mention your name yo my dad when im over
kind regards john
Here’s a shot of a Bewick 8LXB Big J poking out the Garage doors at Milnthorpe !! Bewick.
Yeh yeh,
Show us a shot of the back of the cab then
unconvinced of Penkridge ! (till I see a photo!)
Do you know Trev I never thought of taking one from the back but when I load some more photos onto photobucket I think I have a shot of a new Big J facing the garage so I will try to remember to put it on ! well its as good as the SOM offerings !! Cheers Bewick.
alexsaville:
I remember Tam Doyle, didn’t he come from Maryhill?
As to the Fleet Number, I am now not sure it was 999, maybe it was 888!
Tam worked with Tam Ash at Carntyne on recovery after Smiths (No hill too steep - No ditch too deep!), last time I met him he was working for an Irish firm who hauled mushrooms. Haven’t seen him for years.
Alex
Hi alex the very same tam doyle he worked for ash for a few years then he ended up with mcburney running mushrooms and retired a few years ago
the fleed number is deffo right it was ND888 i drive coaches for a living and get the luxuray of hotels for my overnites not ike you huys had to sleep in the cab or shared digs wil mention your name yo my dad when im over
kind regards john
Here’s a shot of a Bewick 8LXB Big J poking out the Garage doors at Milnthorpe !! Bewick.
Yeh yeh,
Show us a shot of the back of the cab then
unconvinced of Penkridge ! (till I see a photo!)
Do you know Trev I never thought of taking one from the back but when I load some more photos onto photobucket I think I have a shot of a new Big J facing the garage so I will try to remember to put it on ! well its as good as the SOM offerings !! Cheers Bewick.
Stick it on Google Earth Dennis,you can turn the pic around on there.
Cheers Dave.
alexsaville:
I remember Tam Doyle, didn’t he come from Maryhill?
As to the Fleet Number, I am now not sure it was 999, maybe it was 888!
Tam worked with Tam Ash at Carntyne on recovery after Smiths (No hill too steep - No ditch too deep!), last time I met him he was working for an Irish firm who hauled mushrooms. Haven’t seen him for years.
Alex
Hi alex the very same tam doyle he worked for ash for a few years then he ended up with mcburney running mushrooms and retired a few years ago
the fleed number is deffo right it was ND888 i drive coaches for a living and get the luxuray of hotels for my overnites not ike you huys had to sleep in the cab or shared digs wil mention your name yo my dad when im over
kind regards john
Here’s a shot of a Bewick 8LXB Big J poking out the Garage doors at Milnthorpe !! Bewick.
Yeh yeh,
Show us a shot of the back of the cab then
unconvinced of Penkridge ! (till I see a photo!)
Do you know Trev I never thought of taking one from the back but when I load some more photos onto photobucket I think I have a shot of a new Big J facing the garage so I will try to remember to put it on ! well its as good as the SOM offerings !! Cheers Bewick.
Stick it on Google Earth Dennis,you can turn the pic around on there.
Cheers Dave.
I 've just done as you suggested Dave but there were no windows at the far end of the workshops so I couldn’t see the back of the tractor ! good Idea though Cheers Dennis.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Revman Alan,has got several Guy Big J’s on his British Steel thread,my eyesight is not as good as it was,but one looks as if it’s got a Gardner 240 on the front.
Cheers Dave.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Revman Alan,has got several Guy Big J’s on his British Steel thread,my eyesight is not as good as it was,but one looks as if it’s got a Gardner 240 on the front.
Cheers Dave.
I’ve just had another look ! You should have gone to Spec Savers like I told you Dave or are you trying to set another hare running !!! ? Dennis.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Revman Alan,has got several Guy Big J’s on his British Steel thread,my eyesight is not as good as it was,but one looks as if it’s got a Gardner 240 on the front.
Cheers Dave.
I’ve just had another look ! You should have gone to Spec Savers like I told you Dave or are you trying to set another hare running !!! ? Dennis.
Do they sell monocle’s at spec Savers, Dennis as I’ve only got an old one of my Grandads to look through.
Cheeers Dave.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Revman Alan,has got several Guy Big J’s on his British Steel thread,my eyesight is not as good as it was,but one looks as if it’s got a Gardner 240 on the front.
Cheers Dave.
I’ve just had another look ! You should have gone to Spec Savers like I told you Dave or are you trying to set another hare running !!! ? Dennis.
Do they sell monocle’s at spec Savers, Dennis as I’ve only got an old one of my Grandads to look through.
Cheeers Dave.
I’ll organise a whip round on the site and then send you a dog and a white stick !! Dennis.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Revman Alan,has got several Guy Big J’s on his British Steel thread,my eyesight is not as good as it was,but one looks as if it’s got a Gardner 240 on the front.
Cheers Dave.
I’ve just had another look ! You should have gone to Spec Savers like I told you Dave or are you trying to set another hare running !!! ? Dennis.
Do they sell monocle’s at spec Savers, Dennis as I’ve only got an old one of my Grandads to look through.
Cheeers Dave.
I’ll organise a whip round on the site and then send you a dog and a white stick !! Dennis.
Just get the stick Dennis,already got the Dog,hope it’s not the stick you beat your drivers witn all those years ago.
Cheers Dave.
Trev_H:
Dennis,
when you were on Google did you see that flying pig going over the workshops?
Hiya Trev we actually had a pink one up on the gable end as a weather vane !!! ( this is getting out of hand I’m nearly choking !!) Well no one is producing a photo so I sent all our Big Js for re-placement engines !! Dennis.
Revman Alan,has got several Guy Big J’s on his British Steel thread,my eyesight is not as good as it was,but one looks as if it’s got a Gardner 240 on the front.
Cheers Dave.
I’ve just had another look ! You should have gone to Spec Savers like I told you Dave or are you trying to set another hare running !!! ? Dennis.
Do they sell monocle’s at spec Savers, Dennis as I’ve only got an old one of my Grandads to look through.
Cheeers Dave.
I’ll organise a whip round on the site and then send you a dog and a white stick !! Dennis.
Just get the stick Dennis,already got the Dog,hope it’s not the stick you beat your drivers witn all those years ago.
Cheers Dave.
It was “verbal stick” I used Dave anything else and I would have been had up for cruelty to animals !! Dennis.
How many of you out there knew that SoM had a tanker trailer that had 2 independant torpedo tanks bolted to the trailer chassis?
Both were filled with Bromine from Anglesea,the Bromine being distilled from seawee d,we then night trunked it to Maddiston,I seem to remember it was used by ICI,Grangemouth,IIRC!
5thwheel:
How many of you out there knew that SoM had a tanker trailer that had 2 independant torpedo tanks bolted to the trailer chassis?
Both were filled with Bromine from Anglesea,the Bromine being distilled from seawee d,we then night trunked it to Maddiston,I seem to remember it was used by ICI,Grangemouth,IIRC!
Take it easy
David
Never mind about the tanks David they didn’t need fly sheeting !! What about the sheeting and roping !! Cheers Dennis.
5thwheel:
How many of you out there knew that SoM had a tanker trailer that had 2 independant torpedo tanks bolted to the trailer chassis?
Both were filled with Bromine from Anglesea,the Bromine being distilled from seawee d,we then night trunked it to Maddiston,I seem to remember it was used by ICI,Grangemouth,IIRC!
Take it easy
loaded it a couple of times it was based in cheetham hill depot it was a 33’ highway trailer and the pods were lead lined if i remember very dodgy stuff lol…saftey gear was a wooden box will a pair of wellies and plastic goggles the guys that loaded it wore space suits lol
Dodgey stuff indeed,I wouldnt like it my mug of tea!!
But I think you are correct about the trailer,it was a 33ft,although I never had any H & S gear in the cab or on the trailer,easy days werent they■■?
We only had the one trailer,so I guess it took along time to empty @ ICI,before being shunted down again,I dont recall ever bringing it back from Crook,Tebay or Garstang where I used to change over with the Scots drivers from Maddiston,so it must have come back down perhaps to Newton Le Willows Branch and loaded up from there and driven to North St, Cheetham Hill to go up on nights,Newton only did southern change overs IIRC.
hi david
did it out of manchester depot on days went over to newton-le-willows depot on a fri night (remember tony ) went over to angelsey through the old bridge very tight lol loaded and back to newton sat night H & S gear was in a wodden box think it was wellies or rubber gloves and goggles
do you remember harold gilmour manchester manager and the haulage company he had could tell you a few tales about him lol
cheers bogieman
5thwheel:
Hi Bogieman,
Dodgey stuff indeed,I wouldnt like it my mug of tea!!
But I think you are correct about the trailer,it was a 33ft,although I never had any H & S gear in the cab or on the trailer,easy days werent they■■?
We only had the one trailer,so I guess it took along time to empty @ ICI,before being shunted down again,I dont recall ever bringing it back from Crook,Tebay or Garstang where I used to change over with the Scots drivers from Maddiston,so it must have come back down perhaps to Newton Le Willows Branch and loaded up from there and driven to North St, Cheetham Hill to go up on nights,Newton only did southern change overs IIRC.
Harold Gilmour,or Gilmore?,yes knew Harold well,depot Manager for some 7/8 years,I joined SoM when Humber McVeighs folded,Frank Jackson,“Jacko” also came over to SoM some months later,he was Yard Foreman,nice guys both of them.
I left in '81,start up my own business,but I remember most of the guys,do you remember "Tom Thumb"as we called him,from Maddiston,had an extra “thumb” on his thumb?Did a changeover @ Garstang with him for many years,on nights,great guy as were most of the Scots!
Caberboard used to be a regular nightmare of a load,chipboard that was very loosely steel banded,used to slip all over the place,one delivery was in Huddersfield,a coffin maker,they took 2 loads a week.
The trailer was doubled up over the axles,the top load used to move alot.
