Hello ERF, Thank you for your post and comments regarding FPO 12C.
I am so pleased to learn that a Baillies Atkinson is still around, albeit
in need of restoration. Regarding the Atkinson FPO 13C, that was
rolled over at Steventon in Oxfordshire, it was rebuilt with a new cab,
by Terry Walker (Father of Tim Walker,on this thread),and the mechanics
at Horndean depot. There was an article in the “Oxford Mail” referring to
the lorry crash,with the headline “Tomato Squash”, because it had left
Horndean with a full load of Guernsey Tomatoes, heading for Wigan Depot,
where I was waiting for it to deliver the load to the Wholesale Fruit Market
at Edge Lane, Liverpool. This happened early 1970. If you look at the first
picture on this thread, you can see FPO 13C with its new cab, and a homemade
full width aluminium signed cab headboard. (Picture quality not too good)
Depending on where FPO 12C is, I would like to see it, I live in Wigan.
Kind Regards, Ray Smyth.
