Mobile Shop Van

[andysfootball]

Can anyone remember them ?

My only memory is one that used to do the rounds and visit Marion Way in the mid to late 60's.

You used to walk up stairs at the back.

[baldy.smith]

We've still got one which comes around every week where I live. Caters mostly for old people.

[gazza]

there used to be one parked up in south fregga all the time.......
it was a dirty green...........

[Delilahcat]

The one in Frederick St belonged to a bloke called Tommy Taskas who owned the general dealers shop.He took it round the outlying estates at Gateshead.

[gazza]

well they obviously didnt sell a good shammy..........it was always mingin.........heheheh, mingin........where did that come from..?

[Delilahcat]

Where there's muck there's money and that old mobile shop made a fortune.
I first came across the word 'minger' in the early 70s. It was used to describe small children. As in ....a houseful of mingers.

[gazza]

thats true.........

[Axeman]

Can anyone in Marsden remember ' Georges Bus '

At first it was a old single decker bus that was turned into a mobile shop. Then he must of made enough to buy a bright yellow Bedford Lorry.

I'm not sure how far he went with it, but he was always on time and stopped in the street. Always had customers waiting when he got there.

[robpapE2]

Can anyone remember them ?

My only memory is one that used to do the rounds and visit Marion Way in the mid to late 60's.

You used to walk up stairs at the back.

I've seen a one in Heaton Gardens a few years ago when I was on my
maybe someone can verify it being seen recently ?????

[brian c]

In Jarrow the butchers shop at the corner of Albert Road and Bede Burn Road still use a van as a shop.

I can't remember their name but I expect Jarrow Pete will know

[robpapE2]

In Jarrow the butchers shop at the corner of Albert Road and Bede Burn Road still use a van as a shop.

I can't remember their name but I expect Jarrow Pete will know

One simple question....who rode shotgun....Buffalo Bill ??????

[Deka]

Remember a bloke from Sima called Billy Woodley
used to come around Whiteleas.

[captain beefheart]

we still have the mobile butcher van coming to the village each week

[Jake]

Can anyone in Marsden remember ' Georges Bus '

At first it was a old single decker bus that was turned into a mobile shop. Then he must of made enough to buy a bright yellow Bedford Lorry.

I'm not sure how far he went with it, but he was always on time and stopped in the street. Always had customers waiting when he got there.

Yes I can remember that bus, Axeman, and he was always on time,
Can you remember TOT, he used to come round in a small van selling fruit and veg.

[Axeman]

Was that TOT Reynolds Jake ?

Yeah I remember him.

[Barney]

I remember a few of those.
Woodley used to have a blue Commer van that you entered from the back.
There was another one (Duncan's) that was like a big grey schoolbus, you entered from the side. "What time is it? Ha'past cheese by Duncan's bacon, two eggs slow!"
Thompsons, on Dean Road, had a green one, that used to also deliver our "order" on a Friday afternoon.

Also, can anyone remember the Co-Op bread van. The one that used to visit Whiteleas was like a covered electric milk float.

[Jarrow Pete]

Was that TOT Reynolds Jake ?

Yeah I remember him.

Was he the one who had no fingers, we used to pinch the peas in the pods from the back of the van. Tot was once on the wireless describing how he saw a plane crash into the sea off Whitburn.

[Jarrow Pete]

In Jarrow the butchers shop at the corner of Albert Road and Bede Burn Road still use a van as a shop.

I can't remember their name but I expect Jarrow Pete will know

Brian the name was Grieves, unfortunetly the shop closed down a couple of years ago, its now a double glazing showroom.

[brian c]

If they are selling double glazing in that part of Jarrow I hope it's bullet proof!

[brian c]

It's a pitty theve shut as they used to produce beautiful black pudding.

I always used to buy a great lump of it when I was in Jarrow.