Registered new in October 1957, and driven from new by the late Tommy Bagot, it is seen here in W & J Riding’s yard at Longridge.
Note all the sheets and ropes on the cab roof prior to loading up later in the yard with drums of triclorethylene.
On the left is 1948 registered four wheeler Leyland Beaver Reg No NVT 460 which was purchased in 1954 when six years old with it’s ‘S’ licenses from Preston BRS at Water Lane.
Riding’s ran this vehicle for eight years as a draw-bar trailer outfit until 1962 when it was taken into Riding’s own workshops and cut down and transformed into this 4X2 tractor unit pictured here below…
