5thwheel:
John West:
‘The big ship sails on the alley-alley-o’Who remembers Manchester Liners in the Seventies. They had a notice inside the containers. Something like ‘We handle your goods as well as we can, but we can’t help the Atlantic being rough. Please pack carefully’.
John.
John,
There is a thread on here re Manchester docks,Manchester Liners,and their half height 20footers are mentioned.
Waughs of Newcastle were part of the M/Liners group in the seventies, along with Wardles of Warrington, Craig’s of Barrhead, and Commercial Cartage from London. The half-heights mentioned were usually loaded with spring steel for Newton Aycliffe. We always sent them back to Trafford Park four at a time, they were at least 4tons each empty! The base/chassis on them was an RSJ about a foot deep. Regards Kev.
David