Some more to add to the list of companies now possibly gone
Wardells of Warrington [Blue Guy Big J,s]
Moore of Preistner [Green fodens]
Appletons of warrington [Steel coil carriers]
Padleys of sleaford [Bulk grain merchants]
Wareings of sleaford
Dee Valley of Llangollen [Red f88,s]
Brierley Hill Haulage of Birmingham
Spiers of Melksham [Brown Mandators]
Crow Carrying co. [Blue scammell routemans]
Harrisons of Morecambe
Fox bros. Birmingham [ Blue Fodens]
Fox ,s of blackburn? [Yellow & green Fodens]
Smith,s of bury
Bewick transport of Milnethorpe [Worked for libby Foods rRd & White scanias]
Brady of Barrow in furness 
Crow Carrying went into the TDG group, I think
Bewick of Milnthorpe went bust and were taken over by WRM / Taygroup 
Smiths of Bury ( I presume Fred Smith ) are still going with Tauts and flats, walking distance from where I live.
NEJ:
Some more to add to the list of companies now possibly gone
Wardells of Warrington [Blue Guy Big J,s]
Moore of Preistner [Green fodens]
Appletons of warrington [Steel coil carriers]
Padleys of sleaford [Bulk grain merchants]
Wareings of sleaford
Dee Valley of Llangollen [Red f88,s]
Brierley Hill Haulage of Birmingham
Spiers of Melksham [Brown Mandators]
Crow Carrying co. [Blue scammell routemans]
Harrisons of Morecambe
Fox bros. Birmingham [ Blue Fodens]
Fox ,s of blackburn? [Yellow & green Fodens]
Smith,s of bury
Bewick transport of Milnethorpe [Worked for libby Foods rRd & White scanias]
Brady of Barrow in furness
Dee Valley Transport - Gone (bought by Pearsons of Liverpool)
Spiers of Melksham - Gone (TDG)
Crow Carrying Company - Gone (TDG)
Bewicks - Gone (bought by WRM Coolchain)
T Brady - Gone, then back, then gone again, now back yet again.
marky:
NEJ:
Some more to add to the list of companies now possibly gone
Wardells of Warrington [Blue Guy Big J,s]
Moore of Preistner [Green fodens]
Appletons of warrington [Steel coil carriers]
Padleys of sleaford [Bulk grain merchants]
Wareings of sleaford
Dee Valley of Llangollen [Red f88,s]
Brierley Hill Haulage of Birmingham
Spiers of Melksham [Brown Mandators]
Crow Carrying co. [Blue scammell routemans]
Harrisons of Morecambe
Fox bros. Birmingham [ Blue Fodens]
Fox ,s of blackburn? [Yellow & green Fodens]
Smith,s of bury
Bewick transport of Milnethorpe [Worked for libby Foods rRd & White scanias]
Brady of Barrow in furnessDee Valley Transport - Gone (bought by Pearsons of Liverpool)
Spiers of Melksham - Gone (TDG)
Crow Carrying Company - Gone (TDG)
Bewicks - Gone (bought by WRM Coolchain)
T Brady - Gone, then back, then gone again, now back yet again.
Fox Bros of Blackburn shut down haulage operations in 1980s ( they were friut & veg merchants too) and carried on with commercial vehicle sale. Now JDS Trucks, Blackburn depot
Wardells stopped transport, I think, but had large storage depots at Stretton Airfield, storing for Lever Brothers, amongst others
Priestner’s of Moore - I think they just wrapped up.
Does anyone remember Aber Carriers of Welshpool Powys with the red units my father-in-law used to work for them many moons ago before they ceased trading
scaniaman:
Does anyone remember Aber Carriers of Welshpool Powys with the red units my father-in-law used to work for them many moons ago before they ceased trading
yes - used to backload them from Lever Brothers at Port Sunlight when I worked for Bowker. I think that the traffic chap was called Mike. They used to do 2 or 3 a day for us. Would it have been about 1985 that they finished?
Does anyone remember Santa fe express from cheltenham dont know what come of them but i think the owners of atchkinson topeca had something to do with santa fe, they were a wellturned out fleet scania 111 141 and mercs
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Does anyone remember Santa fe express from cheltenham dont know what come of them but i think the owners of atchkinson topeca had something to do with santa fe, they were a wellturned out fleet scania 111 141 and mercs
Yes, the founder of Santa Fé took its name from the US railroad Atchison Topeka & Santa Fé and then sold the company. Later when he decided he wanted another company he used the other half of the orginal. Must have been a railway fan 
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Salut, David.
just to help you all off to sleep… a few more
ellerpack, rotherham
j.r.courtney, portsmouth
a.m.schoonbroodt, battice (belgium)
p.d.taylor, brownhills
harrisons of dewsbury
cambro, clay cross
monks international, uxbridge
any takers? 
PD Taylor I remember well, the yard is still there as far as I know, with subby’s and suchlike in there now. never drove for them, but a old workmate of mine Dave Dent did.
Thare ]was another Taylor in Lichfield just up the road, Robin Taylor, a bloke I knew called it Robin ■■■■■■■ though, and there are e few tales I would not print here about that outfit!
jj72:
just to help you all off to sleep… a few moreellerpack, rotherham
j.r.courtney, portsmouth
a.m.schoonbroodt, battice (belgium)
p.d.taylor, brownhills
harrisons of dewsbury
cambro, clay cross
monks international, uxbridgeany takers?
Hmm, Ellerpack was, or became, Allinson’s Rotherham depot
I think that Cambro sold out to one of the civil engineering companies (their splendid Atkinson Venturer 6x4 tractor has survived into preservation, though not in their colours)
What about some of the big one’s -
Swift - the red livery with the black outline of a bird - they used to be everywhere, I believe they are now Salvensen.
Brain Haulage
Draper Transport - used to see at least one of them every time went out.
ACL (Aston Clinton) - believe they are part of Norbert now.
Shows how fragile trucking is.
cogob:
Swift - the red livery with the black outline of a bird - they used to be everywhere, I believe they are now Salvensen.
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Were they originally from Skegness, or is that a different Swift’s?
Salut, David.
Swift - Used to deal with a depot in Northampton (they had the New Holland contract before Transmec) - they also had a depot in Kent. They must have had depots elsewhere.
They were everywhere.
Draper Transport - The owner of it would have made a good stand in for Captain Birdseye (I used to know his son and daughter they lived in a huge house in Hadleigh. Essex overlooking the Thames Estuary).
cogob:
What about some of the big one’s -
Swift - the red livery with the black outline of a bird - they used to be everywhere, I believe they are now Salvensen.
Brain Haulage
Draper Transport - used to see at least one of them every time went out.
ACL (Aston Clinton) - believe they are part of Norbert now.
Shows how fragile trucking is.
Yep - Swift sold out to Christian Salvesen
Draper to TDG (Draper’s in Purfleet, you mean?)
Brain went down
ACL went to Norman Deathstrangler
Spardo:
cogob:
Swift - the red livery with the black outline of a bird - they used to be everywhere, I believe they are now Salvensen.
.Were they originally from Skegness, or is that a different Swift’s?
Salut, David.
yes, they were in Skegness. I think that Northampton became their head office (New Duston, I think) although I do recall subbing work to the Skegness office in the early 1980s
Thought so, I seem to remember them running D cabbed Fords.
Salut, David.
welcome to senility corner (myself included 
) just a point, it was ACH at aylesbury - ACL run BIG blue ships out of liverpool, see www.aclcargo.com
jj72:
welcome to senility corner (myself included
sorry, that was a genuine typo! Even though I work for a boat operator myself…