what ever happened to blue band motors of lockerbie, they had parcel depots all over the country, i remember them buying oban transport and trading.
i believe that lockerbie transport where somehow related.
georgeking:
what ever happened to blue band motors of lockerbie, they had parcel depots all over the country, i remember them buying oban transport and trading.i believe that lockerbie transport where somehow related.
I remember them George but don’t know what happened to them.Weren’t Ramage of Glespin parcel carriers as well,further up the A74 near Douglas?
They are now called Freightroute, been this for a long time. Not sure if they were bought or merged.
15 years or so ago I did a few months on the agency night trunking from their depot on Shaw Rd. Royton to the hub in Rushden.
Thought they went to the wall about 5 years back. The Royton depot is now Tuffnells.
I also did some agency work for them out of the Royton Depot, must have been late 87, it was usually a night trunk to Hinckley, Leics; the only problems were the old tackle they had but never had a breakdown. Job was easy really always got 10 hrs min; and it helped keep the food on the table at the time.
Think they’ve been out of the game for about 10yrs but not sure if they were bought out or just threw their hands in and shut up shop.
Regards
Dave Penn;
Tipped a few times at there Falkirk depot with fridges & washers from Candy in Bromborough
for onward delivery to all points north of Falkirk back in 92.
blue band motors was owned bye the cousin of lockerbie transport.both not drading now.lockerbie depod is now a tufnells +a tyre fitter+houstons coaches.all bbm depods were sold of bye receiver
They used to run a bus service from Lockerbie to Glasgow and back.It carried parcels as well as passengers.
Hi presto51,
You mentioned Lockerbie Transport did they have the slaughter house at Lockerbie.I sat my hgv with a mechanic who worked with them.That was in 1972 at the RTITB in willowholme estate Carlisle.
lockerbie transport was the haulage side of the abbatoir.running nightly to smithfield.
+london costomers+.t the glasgow and ayrshire area.back loads from down south were mostly parcells whitch they distrubuted t the same areas about 8 lorries in late 70s cadwalleder of oswestry did the export loads
presto51:
lockerbie transport was the haulage side of the abbatoir.running nightly to smithfield.
+london costomers+.t the glasgow and ayrshire area.back loads from down south were mostly parcells whitch they distrubuted t the same areas about 8 lorries in late 70s cadwalleder of oswestry did the export loads
thanks presto51, can you remember dalgleish brothers of moffat the plant hire company and also creighton’s coaches and garage of moffat.
george.cant remamber criehtons coaches .do u remember rays of boreland who ran the bus from lockerbie to eskdalmuir+had the sawmill and lorries
Didn’t Rae’s finnish up in the early 90’s. used to bring fertiliser up from Ince to the Borders for UKF after tipping pulp at Ellesmere.
This fridge came from Lockerbie Transport in the late 70’s, it was on a Fruhauf chassis with container locks. Was only sold about a year ago to Gray & Adams to make a new replica for someone.
A bit of useless info for you all
george.ure right about raes .im past president of lockerbie bowling club.father rae is now retired.he helps his son whith the green at club +odd jobs.and babysits for their grandchildren.dopod is now owned bye dalgliesh i think its related t the 1 from moffat tippers+lowloaders.good photo of the erf
Slightly off subject
Can any of you mind a Company based in Dumfrieshire called Robinsons Scotch Provost Oats (Provost Mills). your help would solve a wee mystery surrounding this photo
