Bewick:
I have just remembered a sad ending to one of Colin Ashbys drivers who died in the big fire that engulfed the Bowater Scott warehouse in Barrow in 1973. Apparently the Ashby driver had been allowed to kip in his cab in the warehouse and when the fire really got hold there was a lot of smoke which woke up the driver and he got out of his cab but couldn’t get out of the warehouse. He was found dead of smoke inhalation lying behind one of the big doors. It was hard to understand how Bowater Scotts allowed this driver to kip in the warehouse as being a new Mill they were always extremely safety conscious, well they certainly were after the fire !
Cheers Bewick.
Thanks for that info Bewick, I didn’t know about that driver, but I do remember one of the handyman’s catching fire(not sure if it was the same truck), my Father started there in 1974 and worked there until 1997.
