Alec:
Hi boatchaser, thanks for the post, Was your uncle Joe Conner the fleet engineer, I know the name ,but can’t put a face to it .Did he move to Bracknell Depot The fleet engineer that I remember was Terry Stamford .I was only there 10 years then Wincanton took over in 94, then everything changed in the Garage, a good friend of mine worked in the Garage at my time at AP, whom ime sure your uncle will remember by the name of Mike Ryan . I hope this info is of some use to you. All the best.Alec McCance.
Alec Joe was my dads best mate they grew up together in Eccles, as I said sure Joe started his working days with a company called Stevenson Hardy . His apprentice can you believe at one point was Freddie Garrity ( Freddie and the dreamers ) and when he join Air Products it was in Bracknell and moved to Carrington . I think he moved from Manchester to Basildon with Stevenson Hardy then moved to Air Products. Does anyone have any info on Stevenson Hardy from I think Eccles, Urmston area !!!