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A bag o coal costs £10.50

No, if you buy your coal from the 'Hope' (Fluff) it costs £10 - had two bags yesterday. Great photo of the coal lorry - fond memories of it delivering in the Quoybanks area - driven by a man called Titter/Tinter Linklater?? (please help). Does anyone have a photo of the old Ashy Cart (rounded top with sliding doors on the platform) that collected the refuse in the days that the 'Cooncil' used the open dump at Picky?

Did Jolly's really have a depot in Glasgow or has that just been made up to explain the presence of a Kirkwall coal lorry in the reconstruction of a typical Glasgow street?

Titta I think was the chaps name.(perhaps his name was Thomas but I'm not sure as everyone called him Titta) A friend of Bomber (Ian) Linklater. There was a Mr. John Foulis as well. Are you a relation?
As for the depot in Glasgow - no it must have just been for the museum as you said Paul.

Barbara - Ta for the info. I'm not sure if there was a John Foulis, but there was a Peter Foulis who worked on the coal lorry. He originally came from Westray and would be a distant relative - I ventured to very near his home croft for my dear wife (OK I did meet her in Kirkwall)

Geordie Seater from Egilsay also used to drive this truck. He can slso be remembered for being one of the singing Seater Brothers.

Yes you are right it was Peter Foulis and not John. (old age hitting me and memory problems!) John Foulis was a butcher I think. Geordie Seater never drove the old lorry but yes he was one of the coalmen and did go on the lorry. He sang with his brother Billo Seater. They also had a brother James who lived in the sooth. Keep the info coming - it's great.

Geordie Seater often drove the lorry, as I have had the honour of getting a lift from him. Brother Jimmo was a chief inspector in the Liverpool Police

I also recall Geordie Seatter driving that one when I was a boy. Peter Foulis(lived at Watergate) and Jock Milne of Upperfield Scapa(later 19 Queen Street) usually went with one of the bigger "square cabbed" Albions. Robbie Wylie drove one of the new (1964ish) Bedford TK BS7362 I think

I also recall Geordie Seater driving the old lorry maybe it was on days when a coal boat was working and the regular drivers were busy.

It is an Albion probably a Model 43 rated as a 2 tonner. Fitted with the 3.2 litre EN 58 engine rated at 20/40 HP.

Jolly's did not have a depot in Glasgow. Coal now costs nearly £17 a bag!

One old Albion had the hand brake on the right side of the driver who entered the cab from the left the engine was started handle or wap

One o Jollys Albion Larries came tae Lyness and was used by "Seamud"in the mid 70s ,I mind drivan her sometimes, she was flat nosed and I think is maybe at Rysa Farm still tae this day, I doot shae wina be in as good nick as the ane in the photo though!!.

Oh John - any chance of a photo if she still is in Rysa Farm please.