What a wonderful series. reminds of my youth when I'd go with Dad in the old Atkinson from Wolverhampton Goodyear's factory with tyres for the tractor factory in Glasgow. There used to be several cafe's that we would stop at, first of those used to be The Moss north of Carlisle, next we'd stop at Strawberry Bank, it wasn't a big place but did really nice meals. We never went past The Jungle without a stop (it's a caravan sales now) there used to be a little wooden hut on top of Shap on the left where we had to stop because the radiator would be steaming after that climb from the little bridge, I later worked for BRS and drove my own truck on that same road, slowly all the cafe's closed down, The Moss is now a garage (Shell, I think) all the rest have gone, they were hard but happy days.
Having just watched and thoroughly enjoyed all eleven episodes, can I just express my gratitude to all involved in this glorious production. Entertainment and history in one go; it doesn’t get much better than this!
you're welcome. I only uploaded this dvd so a friend who was board and isolating during lock down could watch this after i recommended a few other British transport videos including 'they take the high road' im amazed by the interest in these videos.
. Great videos. Last time I used Shap was before M6 motorway was completed and you had to go via Kendal Shap Penrith. Must do the old route again, forgot how great a journey it could be when it was dry and the sun was shining but different in the snow when you were likely to use the shovel it
Great series. I love the sound of those old diesels. One of my relatives came south with Bonnie Prince Charlie and settled in Trawden, so he must have travelled the original road.
I remember my dad telling stories of the A6 over Snap. Folk today just hurtle by on the M6 totally oblivious of the history of the area but I suppose thatnits the same wherever motorways slice through the countryside. Fabulous series, thoroughly enjoyed watching it, thanks!
That was really good and brought back memories of my first time in 69 with my fiancee and late wife. I had my first car a Ford E93A Ashley bodied special with lots of trick bits on the flat head 1172cc engine but boiled it going up the steep section. Thank you.
Excellent set of videos, really enjoyed them. I remember being on that road many times as a child, in the late 60s early 70s, when we drove from Stranraer to Liverpool to visit my granny, after taking the ferry form Northern Ireland.
Not sure why this appeared in my feed but a wonderful series. Cleverly constructed using the convoy of vintage trucks and buses as a thread really brought home the hard work involved in getting over the pass. Plus of course the original footage and first hand interviews. Well done and thank you.
When I was about 10 years old in the early 60’s I lived over in East Lothian. Dad worked out of Granton driving lorries as he had done from days of horse drawn cartage. At the time leading up to us leaving for Canada he was running fish from wherever the Granton trawler owners where landing their fish which Dad in turn ran down to the fish markets like Hull, and Grimsby. In the summer the trawlers where landing their catch in Ardrossan. After a long drive (30mph ) over from the terminal in Granton Harbour the day would be spent getting loaded with fresh fish packed in ice. The drivers, and labourers would stop at a local quayside pub for a libation, and I’d drink some cola out in the lorry prior to heading out in the long summer evening light. When we’d be trundling up Shap at a crawl pace in a relatively new AEC artic pulling a 4 in line trailer I’d be in need of relief. Dad would never stop for me, and I’d have to open the door, and brace myself against the door frame and let it go as we went. I miss those days. Everyday was an adventure. I’ve owned and am still driving HGV’s all over North America, since the mid 70’s. It’s just not the same. The sense of community amongst drivers is long gone. As a matter of fact it’s downright dangerous out there. Thank you for the wonderful film, wish my dad was still around to share it with. A big thank you to the dedicated people who maintain those beautiful old lorries shown. As my Dad would say, “ That’s a beautiful lookin yoke “
love the convoy, and kudos to the little A35 steadfastly keeping uo. congratulations to all concerned . A sterling effort, and a memorable and heartwarming celenration of times gone by, and how people were back then. A credit to your country and your people.
Excellent series of videos. Living in the West Country in the 60s always heard the stories of the lorries getting stuck. I drove up through there in 2019 and it was quiet never knew about the clock I will go to Kendal to see it this year if Kung flu has gone. Thanks very interesting.
@@walt-sh7ju Thanks for all the vids Walt. I really enjoyed being nosey n watching ALL ..........Made me realise what my dad had to get through in the 60s driving a wagon over Shap from Scotland to London hauling whiskey or rolls of paper, for Alan Walker of High Hesket to put food on the table for his wife and 3 little kids. But i have a sneaky feeling he enjoyed getting away from three little one's making a noise :) Probably why he also bought an A35 van to sell seafood to pubs all over Penrith and Carlisle as he stood tall in his white outfit n cap with wicker basket under arm selling shrimp, muscles and prawns etc to punters in pubs to try and get out of that cab. But never did.........drove all his life and i guess he loved the job :)
Thank you for uploading this, my late grandad used to work as a mechanic for scottish & newcastle breweries in kendal, he used to have to go to breakdowns up on shap in all weathers.
These short films are a fantastic memory of shap the village the people who live there and all the help they would offer us in bad times of the year I've been snowed in no shap and not a experience I would like to repeat but the people were wonderful and ready with a hot cup of tea and somewhere warm to lay in the depths of winter a absolutely fantastic place .
Brought back many memories in the sixties when I was young. Shap in the winter in a cold cab, depended on the cafes to keep warm. My dad nearly got killed at strawberry bank when the lorry hit black ice
brilliant videos, brings back memories when your got behind a slow moving lorry at kendal you were still behind it at penrith, it was a wall of black smoke all the way, the old jungle cafe was like a 5 star hotel then it is now a caravan sales place, love to go back to the sixties them were the days
I remember the steam locomotives going up Shap and putting coins on the tracks. Being at Sedbergh school we were brought before the headmaster for trespassing and severely repremanded. Never stopped raining there though. And, we had to wear short trousers upto the age of A levels at eighteen.
I am an old-timer, I travel the road I sit in me wagon and lumber me load Me hotel is the jungle, the caff me abode And I'm well known to Blondie and Mary Me liquor is diesel oil laced with strong tea And the old Highway Code was me first ABC And I cut me eye-teeth on an old AEC And I'm champion at keeping them rolling I've sat in the cabin and broiled in the sun Been snowed up on Shap on the Manchester run I've crawled through the fog with me twentytwo ton Of fish that was stinking like blazes From London to Glasgow to the Newcastle quay From Liverpool, Preston and Bristol City The polones on the road give the thumb sign to me But I'm champion at keeping them rolling You may sing of your your soldiers and sailors so bold But there's many and many a hero untold Who sits at the wheel in the heat and the cold Day after day without sleeping So watch out for cops and slow down at the bend Check all your gauges and watch your big end And zig with your lights when you pass an old friend You'll be champion at keeping them rolling. Songwriters: Ewan MacColl / Traditional (pd)
I remember the jungle cafe, a good hot meal and a slot machine jackpot that paid out 15 pounds in old dispenses. Many a lorry overheated at the top of Shap and had to stop to cool down. The cafe at the top had good tea and cake. They were the good old days when drivers stopped to help each other.
Back in the 60's stayed in Shap on many a Sat. or Sunday night with Benny & Georgia Bentley in the Crown Inn great digs if the weather was bad tried to make Kendal just incase there was snow through the night :) happy days
It's lovely, fascinating and quaint, especially to me in the USA. I grew up in Pittsburgh, sometimes riding on the Pennsylvania Turnpike which has a tunnel at over 2000 feet built in 1939. And I've gone several times across the Rockies where passes are over 10,000 feet and kept open year round. Of course everywhere has different standards, and you invest only enough to keep things tolerable, I guess. But it's amazing to me that more wasn't invested in infrastructure to keep it open in the past. I'm not surprised that the Americans had a plan to modernize it in WWII. In Pittsburgh we also had things like runaway truck ramps so that trucks which lost their brakes could run up and stop safely. And there's the famous song about 40 thousand pounds of bananas coming into Scranton Pennsylvania, which happens to be Biden's hometown. So presumably he knows about runaway trucks, at least.
im still a novice with things like this but i get pointers off my 11 year old, i must of done something wrong when i uploaded. looking at the then modern day traffic it must be mid to late 90s.
They show this video in the Leyland Motor Museum and I wouldn't be surprised if they owned the vehicles and commissioned the documentary. I too was looking for the origin in the credits.
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What a wonderful series. reminds of my youth when I'd go with Dad in the old Atkinson from Wolverhampton Goodyear's factory with tyres for the tractor factory in Glasgow. There used to be several cafe's that we would stop at, first of those used to be The Moss north of Carlisle, next we'd stop at Strawberry Bank, it wasn't a big place but did really nice meals. We never went past The Jungle without a stop (it's a caravan sales now) there used to be a little wooden hut on top of Shap on the left where we had to stop because the radiator would be steaming after that climb from the little bridge, I later worked for BRS and drove my own truck on that same road, slowly all the cafe's closed down, The Moss is now a garage (Shell, I think) all the rest have gone, they were hard but happy days.
Great film, virtually every vehicle in it is now a classic, not just the old lorries.
Having just watched and thoroughly enjoyed all eleven episodes, can I just express my gratitude to all involved in this glorious production. Entertainment and history in one go; it doesn’t get much better than this!
you're welcome. I only uploaded this dvd so a friend who was board and isolating during lock down could watch this after i recommended a few other British transport videos including 'they take the high road'
im amazed by the interest in these videos.
. Great videos. Last time I used Shap was before M6 motorway was completed and you had to go via Kendal Shap Penrith. Must do the old route again, forgot how great a journey it could be when it was dry and the sun was shining but different in the snow when you were likely to use the shovel it
Have binge watched all 11 episodes. great to hear the old tales from the locals. They were better times.
Thank you for watching.
They were originally uploaded to show a friend when we were in lock down.
Great series. I love the sound of those old diesels. One of my relatives came south with Bonnie Prince Charlie and settled in Trawden, so he must have travelled the original road.
I remember my dad telling stories of the A6 over Snap.
Folk today just hurtle by on the M6 totally oblivious of the history of the area but I suppose thatnits the same wherever motorways slice through the countryside.
Fabulous series, thoroughly enjoyed watching it, thanks!
Thank you for watching.
That was really good and brought back memories of my first time in 69 with my fiancee and late wife. I had my first car a Ford E93A Ashley bodied special with lots of trick bits on the flat head 1172cc engine but boiled it going up the steep section. Thank you.
You're welcome.
I know the engine, we have a late 100e van with the same or very similar engine with a 3 speed box and vaccum wipers.
What a lovely testimony to roads, trucks and villagers. Thankyou.
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent set of videos, really enjoyed them. I remember being on that road many times as a child, in the late 60s early 70s, when we drove from Stranraer to Liverpool to visit my granny, after taking the ferry form Northern Ireland.
A Brilliant series of videos. Thanks for posting.
Not sure why this appeared in my feed but a wonderful series. Cleverly constructed using the convoy of vintage trucks and buses as a thread really brought home the hard work involved in getting over the pass. Plus of course the original footage and first hand interviews. Well done and thank you.
Glad this video appeared for you.
Wow, that brings back memories before the M6. A stunning set of videos, just wonderful to watch.
That was excellent, happened on it purely by chance. Thoroughly enjoyed that.
When I was about 10 years old in the early 60’s I lived over in East Lothian. Dad worked out of Granton driving lorries as he had done from days of horse drawn cartage. At the time leading up to us leaving for Canada he was running fish from wherever the Granton trawler owners where landing their fish
which Dad in turn ran down to the fish markets like Hull, and Grimsby. In the summer the trawlers where landing their catch in Ardrossan.
After a long drive (30mph ) over from the terminal in Granton Harbour the day would be spent getting loaded with fresh fish packed in ice.
The drivers, and labourers would stop at a local quayside pub for a libation, and I’d drink some cola out in the lorry prior to heading out in the long summer
evening light. When we’d be trundling up Shap at a crawl pace in a relatively new AEC artic pulling a 4 in line trailer I’d be in need of relief. Dad would never
stop for me, and I’d have to open the door, and brace myself against the door frame and let it go as we went. I miss those days. Everyday was an adventure.
I’ve owned and am still driving HGV’s all over North America, since the mid 70’s. It’s just not the same. The sense of community amongst drivers is long gone.
As a matter of fact it’s downright dangerous out there. Thank you for the wonderful film, wish my dad was still around to share it with.
A big thank you to the dedicated people who maintain those beautiful old lorries shown. As my Dad would say, “ That’s a beautiful lookin yoke “
Thanks so much for uploading these films. I've just watched all of them. So many memories.
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching.
love the convoy, and kudos to the little A35 steadfastly keeping uo. congratulations to all concerned . A sterling effort, and a memorable and heartwarming celenration of times gone by, and how people were back then.
A credit to your country and your people.
Excellent series of videos. Living in the West Country in the 60s always heard the stories of the lorries getting stuck. I drove up through there in 2019 and it was quiet never knew about the clock I will go to Kendal to see it this year if Kung flu has gone. Thanks very interesting.
You're welcome.
They were originally uploaded to show a friend during lockdown.
I can't beleave how many people have been Intrested in the videos.
@@walt-sh7ju Thanks for all the vids Walt. I really enjoyed being nosey n watching ALL ..........Made me realise what my dad had to get through in the 60s driving a wagon over Shap from Scotland to London hauling whiskey or rolls of paper, for Alan Walker of High Hesket to put food on the table for his wife and 3 little kids. But i have a sneaky feeling he enjoyed getting away from three little one's making a noise :) Probably why he also bought an A35 van to sell seafood to pubs all over Penrith and Carlisle as he stood tall in his white outfit n cap with wicker basket under arm selling shrimp, muscles and prawns etc to punters in pubs to try and get out of that cab. But never did.........drove all his life and i guess he loved the job :)
Thank you for showing these wonderful clips. I've enjoyed each and every one!
Thank you for uploading this, my late grandad used to work as a mechanic for scottish & newcastle breweries in kendal, he used to have to go to breakdowns up on shap in all weathers.
Ex 1960s driver west brom to BMC bathgate. Hard but I loved it .
These short films are a fantastic memory of shap the village the people who live there and all the help they would offer us in bad times of the year I've been snowed in no shap and not a experience I would like to repeat but the people were wonderful and ready with a hot cup of tea and somewhere warm to lay in the depths of winter a absolutely fantastic place .
Brought back many memories in the sixties when I was young. Shap in the winter in a cold cab, depended on the cafes to keep warm. My dad nearly got killed at strawberry bank when the lorry hit black ice
Well, that was top notch!! I might have to watch them all again. I'll just get myself a brew :)
Yehh me too and maybe a few ginger snaps for dunking :)
I’ll just get myself another beer!
*Superb series, watched them all. Well Done*
You're welcome.
brilliant videos, brings back memories when your got behind a slow moving lorry at kendal you were still behind it at penrith, it was a wall of black smoke all the way, the old jungle cafe was like a 5 star hotel then it is now a caravan sales place, love to go back to the sixties them were the days
I remember the steam locomotives going up Shap and putting coins on the tracks. Being at Sedbergh school we were brought before the headmaster for trespassing and severely repremanded. Never stopped raining there though. And, we had to wear short trousers upto the age of A levels at eighteen.
great set of flims .
Thank you for watching.
I am an old-timer, I travel the road
I sit in me wagon and lumber me load
Me hotel is the jungle, the caff me abode
And I'm well known to Blondie and Mary
Me liquor is diesel oil laced with strong tea
And the old Highway Code was me first ABC
And I cut me eye-teeth on an old AEC
And I'm champion at keeping them rolling
I've sat in the cabin and broiled in the sun
Been snowed up on Shap on the Manchester run
I've crawled through the fog with me twentytwo ton
Of fish that was stinking like blazes
From London to Glasgow to the Newcastle quay
From Liverpool, Preston and Bristol City
The polones on the road give the thumb sign to me
But I'm champion at keeping them rolling
You may sing of your your soldiers and sailors so bold
But there's many and many a hero untold
Who sits at the wheel in the heat and the cold
Day after day without sleeping
So watch out for cops and slow down at the bend
Check all your gauges and watch your big end
And zig with your lights when you pass an old friend
You'll be champion at keeping them rolling.
Songwriters: Ewan MacColl / Traditional (pd)
Great tune.
I remember the jungle cafe, a good hot meal and a slot machine jackpot that paid out 15 pounds in old dispenses. Many a lorry overheated at the top of Shap and had to stop to cool down. The cafe at the top had good tea and cake. They were the good old days when drivers stopped to help each other.
Will there be a 12th episode. I thoroughly enjoy the series. I live to the East of the Eden district, the Eden valley.
These were uploaded for a friend to watch while we were in lock down last year.
I'm surprised how popular they have been.
I'm going back through to make sure I have 'liked' them all.
Back in the 60's stayed in Shap on many a Sat. or Sunday night with Benny & Georgia Bentley in the Crown Inn great digs if the weather was bad tried to make Kendal just incase there was snow through the night :) happy days
It's lovely, fascinating and quaint, especially to me in the USA. I grew up in Pittsburgh, sometimes riding on the Pennsylvania Turnpike which has a tunnel at over 2000 feet built in 1939. And I've gone several times across the Rockies where passes are over 10,000 feet and kept open year round. Of course everywhere has different standards, and you invest only enough to keep things tolerable, I guess. But it's amazing to me that more wasn't invested in infrastructure to keep it open in the past. I'm not surprised that the Americans had a plan to modernize it in WWII.
In Pittsburgh we also had things like runaway truck ramps so that trucks which lost their brakes could run up and stop safely. And there's the famous song about 40 thousand pounds of bananas coming into Scranton Pennsylvania, which happens to be Biden's hometown. So presumably he knows about runaway trucks, at least.
Excellent. I really enjoyed this. I would have appreciated knowing ,how long the total running time was.
They were Men sheets and Rope, No Power steering, cold cabs I know because I went with my Dad in the Lorrys in 70s,
Why did you cut off the credits? When was this made?
im still a novice with things like this but i get pointers off my 11 year old, i must of done something wrong when i uploaded.
looking at the then modern day traffic it must be mid to late 90s.
They show this video in the Leyland Motor Museum and I wouldn't be surprised if they owned the vehicles and commissioned the documentary. I too was looking for the origin in the credits.
Great to watch, however, most of us would prefer it WITHOUT the music its terrible