shugg:
I don’t notice Gilbraith`s TS Ltd recently in the news by being taken over by Pollock/Scotrans .
Ah, but I mentioned P & G Fogarty, which was the basis for Gilbraith Transtore
You learn something new every day , many thanks 240 Gardner .
My pleasure! Fogarty’s was the family business of Carl Fogarty, the motorcycle racer, and who lived in Tockholes as I recall. It was they who first set up that rail terminal (in the late 80s, I think). It was later acquired by Gilbraith Transport (not Tankers) from Accrington and who, by then, had dwindled to a very small operation from the large business it had once been.
I used to deliver reels of paper to Fogartys, They stored it for Crown at Potters Branch at Darwen, A much better tip I must say, I also reloaded with waste paper but had to go to Shirleys I think was the name to get weighed, Regards Larry.
chembro:
Ironfeild i think they was called had grey 6 wheeler erf s from accrington, bracewell are still going i think from accrington, Alan barker transport from altham, hoyle and dean accrington, i know its not Blackburn but they are/was from surrounding area.
Ironfield was in Clayton-le-Moors, and sold out many years ago to an outfit called Richmond Distribution - didn’t last long.
Allan Matthews Bracewell is still going, and is based in Dill Hall Lane, Church
Haven’t seen one of Hoyle & Dean’s green motors for a while, but they are somewhere in Accrington, I think
Whoever designed the Hollands livery was a genius, it was unique and their vans were always very smartly turned out. Bedford was their preferred, and only marque, for many years. And the pies weren’t bad either.
gingerfold:
Whoever designed the Hollands livery was a genius, it was unique and their vans were always very smartly turned out. Bedford was their preferred, and only marque, for many years. And the pies weren’t bad either.
I remember an article in a magazine about Holland’s, they always stripped the wings, bumper’s etc off of a new Bedford and greased all the bolt’s before reassembly to ensure a rapid turnaround in the event of accidental damage to them in service. We try to get their pies in Morrisons when we can, tasty!
Aye that’s the name Shirleys, A bit of an awkward place to get in to get weighed the floor was allways very slippy & not much room to manouver with a 45 ft trailer on, The good old days long gone now sad to say, Regards Larry.
Literally 40 years ago when I was a drivers mate at PDM we used to go into Hollands collecting after the they had finished boning out the beef which came from locally and abroad. In 1978 when I started back at PDM as a driver that run was my first regular job, though nothing had changed at Hollands including most of the people. Next to where we loaded there was a full time van washer bloke who covered everything in de-greaser before making a start on what was then stil all Bedfords (TJ’s I think). When I worked elsewhere in 1982, I well remember the TM artic doing multi drop work round M/cr at various “Shopping Giant” stores and the friendly chap who drove it. Decade’s later when we started loading out of Hollands it was a suprise to see what I assume was the same trailer, being used as a static on the bay though when I last went a few months back for the first time in a couple of years, it had gone. The van fleet seems down to 3.5 tonnners and the place seemed a shadow of itself. Always a friendly bunch though.
gingerfold:
Whoever designed the Hollands livery was a genius, it was unique and their vans were always very smartly turned out. Bedford was their preferred, and only marque, for many years. And the pies weren’t bad either.
Yes they were Bedford TJs forward control lovely motors with coach built bodirs i remember . thank you Trevor .
Nice pic of Percliff truck.They went into liquidation late last year,dont know if they can be rescued.once bought a D800 tipper off him, before he went full time he worked at a builders yard in Blackburn,his first name was Brian,cant remember his last name.They had a good run but being in plant & tippers and the building job being jiggered this is what happens.
