Peter Slater Ltd.+ Other Coalmen from the 50s/60s onwards

flatman001:

Chris Webb:
Hi John,they are a blast from the past - NCC Ollerton,was it the National Carbonising Company with a trade name of "Rexco"or summat like that and who was the main contractor for them,I’ve seen a photo somewhere which may have been yours of their fleet lined up in their yard.And Smiles for Miles,I remember them running out of the North-East coking plants,Derwenthaugh,Norwood and Monckton Jarrow spring to mind. :sunglasses:
I reckon that Atki of Smiles is ex Hanson,Wakefield going by the reg.

Great stuff :smiley:

Hello Chris it was National Carbonizing Co Ltd (Rexco), the main haulier was J Clarke (Haulage) Ltd of Ollerton who NCC owned, I think all their vehicles ran on B licence, below is an application to add vehicles to a B various licence in the East Midlands from February 1965.

Thanks John,they ran in a green livery,mostly if not all Atkinsons,a bit like Hansons from Wakefield? They were a regular sight on the A1 and the A616 from Ollerton to Sheffield via Barlborough in the dark ages :laughing: .
Them days are long gone,who would have thought that the NCC plant would have gone so quickly just like a lot of the coal industry sites. :frowning: