windrush:
Birdie4x4:
An old Toft Bros and Tomlinson lorry from Darley Dale, it still has the logo on the cab after being taken over by BRS.
I started my driving career with TB&T. I think they ceased trading around 1974.
NMP
0They ceased in 1975 Birdie. When I married and moved north to Matlock Bath in March '75 I was unemployed and the Labour Exchange offered me two fitting jobs: Tofts and Tilcon at Ballidon. I went with Ballidon as both father in law and brother in law worked there, I think that Tofts folded later that year.
Pete.
That’s about right, I was still working for them when they packed up, it was a shame as they were a good firm to work for, after they closed I went to Matlock Transport as they bought a couple of Toft’s artics, the first they had on the fleet, then to Joseph Hoyle’s and then on the Middle East for a few years before buying and running my own lorry.
Quite a few of my mates ran out of Tilcon at Ballidon.