A well used Vulcan lorry without any markings. As Robert Robinson used to seel Vulcan Lorries, there is a good possibility that this was from the Hartlepool area.

HHT&N 689

An early Pearson's flatbed lorry, presumably parked in the builder's yard or on a job.

A slightly blurred photograph of, in the foreground, a mobile shop (the name is very indistinct under the serving shelf at the back of the vehicle), with a 'Teesside Farmer's' lorry ahead. 

A driver poses in front of his of a Bee Line Roadways lorry.

HHT&N 829

A J.W. Cameron's steam lorry and trailer, date unknown.

This is a very rare Mann steam lorry with dual steering which was maufactured in Leeds.

Camerons delivery wagon seen at Helmsley Steam Show July 2015. Does anyone remember this driving around Hartlepool? It was registered in 1953.

A two-ton Sedan Lorry built in February 1908 in the Seaham Harbour Engine Works. It was used for deliveries of 'Coalite' smokeless fuel, and had a top speed of 15 miles an hour. It is not known if it was used in Hartlepool.

HHT&N 680

A large Foster Wheeler De-aerator passing Christ Church - this de-aerator was nicknamed the "Dear Rita" after the wife of one of the company's workers!

You might ask yourself why a vehicle belonging to a London firm is on this website. The simple answer is that the company, Brand & Co. Ltd., was taken over by Cerebos in 1959. You can only presume that their vehicles came to Hartlepool as part of the deal.

HHT&n 682

You might ask yourself why a vehicle belonging to a London firm is on this website. The simple answer is that the company, Brand & Co. Ltd., was taken over by Cerebos in 1959. You can only presume that their vehicles came to Hartlepool as part of the deal.

HHT&N 650

HGV driver Howard Robinson stands beside his 'Aladdin' delivery lorry, sometime between 1970-74.

Earnshaw's Morris Commercial van parked at the Elwick Road end of Osborne Road. The van would have been new in 1945. C Earnshaw Bros. Ltd. were well known in Hartlepool. Their premises were at 5 Thornton Street.

An image from Chris Walker's family photograph album featuring Farrow's delivery lorry, with Chris' Great Uncle Donny on the right.

G.W. Carter's delivery lorry outside their hardware supplies premises in Burn Road. Most of Burn Road is beyond the Belle Vue Way roundabout now but this short area remains near Stockton Road. The image is probably from the late 1950s.

This shop and G.Waugh on the far right are where the car park of Frank's Factory Flooring is now. The next two shops with the attic windows are what are now Curls Aloud hairdressing and Sorella Fashions. Beyond them is the right turn into Vicarage Gardens. The building facing the camera to the left of the lorry is no longer there but was the Lion Social Club belonging to Cameron's. It was rebuilt in the late 1960s, became Cameron's Sports and Social Club and is now a snooker centre.

Shop on the corner of Rugby Street and Oxford Road taken in 1962 which is now converted into a house. The shop at some time has probably been called Ryan's indicated by the blind. Note the Mothers Pride bread delivery.

HHT&N 919

A rather grainy image taken from a small 1950s pocket diary produced by W. Gray & Co., showing the conpany's 'lorries and road portables'.

Vulcan wagon parked outside the warehouse at 'Wagga'.  The vehicle was new to Mr W. Hodgson in 1921.

A Vulcan vehicle used to transport fish from the quay & to buyers. It is parked outside Hodgson's warehouse at 'Wagga' Belle View. The building was destroyed during the bombardment in WW1.

George Phillips, mechanic for J Henderson Carriers Ltd sits behind the wheel of one of the new fleet of delivery trucks.

A Commer delivery lorry belonging to the Paragon Packing Co. in Oxford Street, sometime around 1932.

HHT&N 643

Advert on van door reads 'Ding Dong Bell and all will be well'. On the bottom of the lorry is printed Speed 20 MPH. Reg No. EF4488

A 1950s photograph of the Paynes bros. delivery van. The driver's first name was Stan.

Margaret Chappell relaxes on the grass at a holiday camp in Yarmouth, with the family's works van in the background. 

One of Cameron's Scammell three-wheeler vehicles, taken by George Robinson, one of the company's drivers.

Agent for Needler's chocolate & sweet makers in Hull advertised on side of warehouse & on back of van. R Stobbs & Son Hart Road on side of van.

A Stobbs Brothers delivery van parked outside their confectionery wholesale premises in Lower Park Road. It was approximately opposite where The Arches is now.

A picture of two men stood beside two lorries. One has DWAC on the door.

A website user has contacted us with some information. DWAC stands for Durham War Agricultural Committee and the lorries were used transport POWS to and from farms and mines where they worked.

If anyone has any further information please let us know.

HHT&N 669

A vehicle used by A J Raine, Haulage Contractor, Park Road, Hartlepool