Bewick:
I thought it might have the makings of an interesting thread that instead of amalgamating these old haulage companies with the final owners ,Bewick Group, a seperate archive could be delveloped and who knows who else out there might post some info & old photos !! As well as Hudson’s ,Davy’s in 63/64 bought out the buisness of another Minthorpe Haulier J.L.ION Ltd. which was made up of "A"licence vehicles and also two seperate “Contract” licences one with Libby’s and the other with Hargreaves Fertilizer of Bridlington.Davy’s also bought out at the same time the two "A"licenced vehicles of Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh.From that time on the Davy buisness was operated as follows.Davy’s traded as K.Fell & Co.and they had “A” licence vehicles,a "B"licence (tippers) Contract licences with Libby’s and contract/B licence for Milk collection for MMB ( this connection with Milk collection was the origional buisness of K.Fell &co when Davy’s bought them out in the late 40s)J.B.Hudson Ltd. traded seperatley(although the shares were owned by Davy& co ) with a 5 vehicle “A” licence.The J.B.Hudson side of the story is the most interesting in my opinion and I can ,I believe, relate the history from 1st hand testimony of the late John Davy and former (long retired) drivers. The old firm of J.B. Hudson was based at Sandside Westmorland and was a renouned heavy vehicle repair and recovery specialist.In 1960 with the death of “Maggie” Bowman ( The very formidable daughter of the firms founder J.B. Hudson )it was decided to dispose of the “A” licened haulage part of the firm which at that time consisted of 4 Leyland Octopus 8 leggers and 1 ERF 4 wheeler.The motors were primarily on nationwide tramping but they did have substantial local traffic from Barrow Steel ,Croppers,Libby’s,Gilkes , Breweries in Kendal,K Shoes and various other bits of traffic ( They sub-contracted to local hauliers as well ) they were also well connected in Scotland and South Wales. So in 1960 a buyer was sought and so ,I’m told, there was no-way the vehicles had to fall into the hands of Brady’s !!( why ,I could never find out) but I suspect it was Jack & Bob Snr. were the new up-starts on the block and had to be kept in check !!! Anyway the eventual purchaser was Athersmith Bros. of Barrow but they hit a problem immeadiately as the L.A. would not allow the “A” licence to be transferred into Barrow and be absorbed into the Athersmith fleet ( I wonder if the Brady lads stuck the oar in !! ) Athersmiths continued for 6 years to operate the Hudson buisness from Sandside which proved unsatisfactory so in June 1966 Davy & Co bought the J.B. Hudson Ltd. buisness from Athersmiths.The base of the firm was then moved into the Davy & co depot on the other side of Milnthorpe . Then in June 1976 (almost to the day )Bewick Group bought out what was left of J.B.Hudson Ltd.(along with K. Fell & Co ) in the form of two vehicles an ERF 6wheeler flat and a Seddon 34/4 tractor unit and 40ft T/A Crane Fruehauf platform.The garage buisness of J.B.Hudson had changed its title to Hudson Engineers Ltd. and also diversified into crane hire and continued as Leyland agents and in later years as ERF sales and service.I hope there is someone else with knowledge of Hudsons and would maybe put it on the thread ! I hope my long winded tale is of interest and I will put some photos of the Fell vehicles on this site rather than the Bewick ( superior ) site!!!
Thursday 26th June 1976 my first day in the Davy office I know it appears an odd date but it was on that day the Davy fleet insurances expired ! I transferred the 7 vehicles onto the Bewick Group insurance policy and reduced the anual premium by 50% !! Thats my car outside the office and was the first of many Mercs I ran over the years . Bewick.
Didn’t like to say Dennis,but thought it looked a bosses moter,you came a long way in eight years from that Ford V8.
Cheers Dave.
It was a cracking car Dave ! Head and shoulders above other makes Cheers Dennis.
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group stood at the depot in Milnthorpe.
Bewick:
I thought it might have the makings of an interesting thread that instead of amalgamating these old haulage companies with the final owners ,Bewick Group, a seperate archive could be delveloped and who knows who else out there might post some info & old photos !! As well as Hudson’s ,Davy’s in 63/64 bought out the buisness of another Minthorpe Haulier J.L.ION Ltd. which was made up of "A"licence vehicles and also two seperate “Contract” licences one with Libby’s and the other with Hargreaves Fertilizer of Bridlington.Davy’s also bought out at the same time the two "A"licenced vehicles of Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh.From that time on the Davy buisness was operated as follows.Davy’s traded as K.Fell & Co.and they had “A” licence vehicles,a "B"licence (tippers) Contract licences with Libby’s and contract/B licence for Milk collection for MMB ( this connection with Milk collection was the origional buisness of K.Fell &co when Davy’s bought them out in the late 40s)J.B.Hudson Ltd. traded seperatley(although the shares were owned by Davy& co ) with a 5 vehicle “A” licence.The J.B.Hudson side of the story is the most interesting in my opinion and I can ,I believe, relate the history from 1st hand testimony of the late John Davy and former (long retired) drivers. The old firm of J.B. Hudson was based at Sandside Westmorland and was a renouned heavy vehicle repair and recovery specialist.In 1960 with the death of “Maggie” Bowman ( The very formidable daughter of the firms founder J.B. Hudson )it was decided to dispose of the “A” licened haulage part of the firm which at that time consisted of 4 Leyland Octopus 8 leggers and 1 ERF 4 wheeler.The motors were primarily on nationwide tramping but they did have substantial local traffic from Barrow Steel ,Croppers,Libby’s,Gilkes , Breweries in Kendal,K Shoes and various other bits of traffic ( They sub-contracted to local hauliers as well ) they were also well connected in Scotland and South Wales. So in 1960 a buyer was sought and so ,I’m told, there was no-way the vehicles had to fall into the hands of Brady’s !!( why ,I could never find out) but I suspect it was Jack & Bob Snr. were the new up-starts on the block and had to be kept in check !!! Anyway the eventual purchaser was Athersmith Bros. of Barrow but they hit a problem immeadiately as the L.A. would not allow the “A” licence to be transferred into Barrow and be absorbed into the Athersmith fleet ( I wonder if the Brady lads stuck the oar in !! ) Athersmiths continued for 6 years to operate the Hudson buisness from Sandside which proved unsatisfactory so in June 1966 Davy & Co bought the J.B. Hudson Ltd. buisness from Athersmiths.The base of the firm was then moved into the Davy & co depot on the other side of Milnthorpe . Then in June 1976 (almost to the day )Bewick Group bought out what was left of J.B.Hudson Ltd.(along with K. Fell & Co ) in the form of two vehicles an ERF 6wheeler flat and a Seddon 34/4 tractor unit and 40ft T/A Crane Fruehauf platform.The garage buisness of J.B.Hudson had changed its title to Hudson Engineers Ltd. and also diversified into crane hire and continued as Leyland agents and in later years as ERF sales and service.I hope there is someone else with knowledge of Hudsons and would maybe put it on the thread ! I hope my long winded tale is of interest and I will put some photos of the Fell vehicles on this site rather than the Bewick ( superior ) site!!!
Thursday 26th June 1976 my first day in the Davy office I know it appears an odd date but it was on that day the Davy fleet insurances expired ! I transferred the 7 vehicles onto the Bewick Group insurance policy and reduced the anual premium by 50% !! Thats my car outside the office and was the first of many Mercs I ran over the years . Bewick.
Didn’t like to say Dennis,but thought it looked a bosses moter,you came a long way in eight years from that Ford V8.
Cheers Dave.
It was a cracking car Dave ! Head and shoulders above other makes Cheers Dennis.
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group stood at the depot in Milnthorpe.
We replaced the Seddon with a new 111 day cab 10 spd. UEC230R. seen here at Milnthorpe .the 111 on the left TEC641 is a 5spd a real cracker !
Bewick:
I thought it might have the makings of an interesting thread that instead of amalgamating these old haulage companies with the final owners ,Bewick Group, a seperate archive could be delveloped and who knows who else out there might post some info & old photos !! As well as Hudson’s ,Davy’s in 63/64 bought out the buisness of another Minthorpe Haulier J.L.ION Ltd. which was made up of "A"licence vehicles and also two seperate “Contract” licences one with Libby’s and the other with Hargreaves Fertilizer of Bridlington.Davy’s also bought out at the same time the two "A"licenced vehicles of Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh.From that time on the Davy buisness was operated as follows.Davy’s traded as K.Fell & Co.and they had “A” licence vehicles,a "B"licence (tippers) Contract licences with Libby’s and contract/B licence for Milk collection for MMB ( this connection with Milk collection was the origional buisness of K.Fell &co when Davy’s bought them out in the late 40s)J.B.Hudson Ltd. traded seperatley(although the shares were owned by Davy& co ) with a 5 vehicle “A” licence.The J.B.Hudson side of the story is the most interesting in my opinion and I can ,I believe, relate the history from 1st hand testimony of the late John Davy and former (long retired) drivers. The old firm of J.B. Hudson was based at Sandside Westmorland and was a renouned heavy vehicle repair and recovery specialist.In 1960 with the death of “Maggie” Bowman ( The very formidable daughter of the firms founder J.B. Hudson )it was decided to dispose of the “A” licened haulage part of the firm which at that time consisted of 4 Leyland Octopus 8 leggers and 1 ERF 4 wheeler.The motors were primarily on nationwide tramping but they did have substantial local traffic from Barrow Steel ,Croppers,Libby’s,Gilkes , Breweries in Kendal,K Shoes and various other bits of traffic ( They sub-contracted to local hauliers as well ) they were also well connected in Scotland and South Wales. So in 1960 a buyer was sought and so ,I’m told, there was no-way the vehicles had to fall into the hands of Brady’s !!( why ,I could never find out) but I suspect it was Jack & Bob Snr. were the new up-starts on the block and had to be kept in check !!! Anyway the eventual purchaser was Athersmith Bros. of Barrow but they hit a problem immeadiately as the L.A. would not allow the “A” licence to be transferred into Barrow and be absorbed into the Athersmith fleet ( I wonder if the Brady lads stuck the oar in !! ) Athersmiths continued for 6 years to operate the Hudson buisness from Sandside which proved unsatisfactory so in June 1966 Davy & Co bought the J.B. Hudson Ltd. buisness from Athersmiths.The base of the firm was then moved into the Davy & co depot on the other side of Milnthorpe . Then in June 1976 (almost to the day )Bewick Group bought out what was left of J.B.Hudson Ltd.(along with K. Fell & Co ) in the form of two vehicles an ERF 6wheeler flat and a Seddon 34/4 tractor unit and 40ft T/A Crane Fruehauf platform.The garage buisness of J.B.Hudson had changed its title to Hudson Engineers Ltd. and also diversified into crane hire and continued as Leyland agents and in later years as ERF sales and service.I hope there is someone else with knowledge of Hudsons and would maybe put it on the thread ! I hope my long winded tale is of interest and I will put some photos of the Fell vehicles on this site rather than the Bewick ( superior ) site!!!
Thursday 26th June 1976 my first day in the Davy office I know it appears an odd date but it was on that day the Davy fleet insurances expired ! I transferred the 7 vehicles onto the Bewick Group insurance policy and reduced the anual premium by 50% !! Thats my car outside the office and was the first of many Mercs I ran over the years . Bewick.
Didn’t like to say Dennis,but thought it looked a bosses moter,you came a long way in eight years from that Ford V8.
Cheers Dave.
It was a cracking car Dave ! Head and shoulders above other makes Cheers Dennis.
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group stood at the depot in Milnthorpe.
We replaced the Seddon with a new 111 day cab 10 spd. UEC230R. seen here at Milnthorpe .the 111 on the left TEC641 is a 5spd a real cracker !
What’s that Merc badge doing on it Dennis,was you trying too engineer a merger.
Cheers Dave.
Bewick:
I thought it might have the makings of an interesting thread that instead of amalgamating these old haulage companies with the final owners ,Bewick Group, a seperate archive could be delveloped and who knows who else out there might post some info & old photos !! As well as Hudson’s ,Davy’s in 63/64 bought out the buisness of another Minthorpe Haulier J.L.ION Ltd. which was made up of "A"licence vehicles and also two seperate “Contract” licences one with Libby’s and the other with Hargreaves Fertilizer of Bridlington.Davy’s also bought out at the same time the two "A"licenced vehicles of Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh.From that time on the Davy buisness was operated as follows.Davy’s traded as K.Fell & Co.and they had “A” licence vehicles,a "B"licence (tippers) Contract licences with Libby’s and contract/B licence for Milk collection for MMB ( this connection with Milk collection was the origional buisness of K.Fell &co when Davy’s bought them out in the late 40s)J.B.Hudson Ltd. traded seperatley(although the shares were owned by Davy& co ) with a 5 vehicle “A” licence.The J.B.Hudson side of the story is the most interesting in my opinion and I can ,I believe, relate the history from 1st hand testimony of the late John Davy and former (long retired) drivers. The old firm of J.B. Hudson was based at Sandside Westmorland and was a renouned heavy vehicle repair and recovery specialist.In 1960 with the death of “Maggie” Bowman ( The very formidable daughter of the firms founder J.B. Hudson )it was decided to dispose of the “A” licened haulage part of the firm which at that time consisted of 4 Leyland Octopus 8 leggers and 1 ERF 4 wheeler.The motors were primarily on nationwide tramping but they did have substantial local traffic from Barrow Steel ,Croppers,Libby’s,Gilkes , Breweries in Kendal,K Shoes and various other bits of traffic ( They sub-contracted to local hauliers as well ) they were also well connected in Scotland and South Wales. So in 1960 a buyer was sought and so ,I’m told, there was no-way the vehicles had to fall into the hands of Brady’s !!( why ,I could never find out) but I suspect it was Jack & Bob Snr. were the new up-starts on the block and had to be kept in check !!! Anyway the eventual purchaser was Athersmith Bros. of Barrow but they hit a problem immeadiately as the L.A. would not allow the “A” licence to be transferred into Barrow and be absorbed into the Athersmith fleet ( I wonder if the Brady lads stuck the oar in !! ) Athersmiths continued for 6 years to operate the Hudson buisness from Sandside which proved unsatisfactory so in June 1966 Davy & Co bought the J.B. Hudson Ltd. buisness from Athersmiths.The base of the firm was then moved into the Davy & co depot on the other side of Milnthorpe . Then in June 1976 (almost to the day )Bewick Group bought out what was left of J.B.Hudson Ltd.(along with K. Fell & Co ) in the form of two vehicles an ERF 6wheeler flat and a Seddon 34/4 tractor unit and 40ft T/A Crane Fruehauf platform.The garage buisness of J.B.Hudson had changed its title to Hudson Engineers Ltd. and also diversified into crane hire and continued as Leyland agents and in later years as ERF sales and service.I hope there is someone else with knowledge of Hudsons and would maybe put it on the thread ! I hope my long winded tale is of interest and I will put some photos of the Fell vehicles on this site rather than the Bewick ( superior ) site!!!
Thursday 26th June 1976 my first day in the Davy office I know it appears an odd date but it was on that day the Davy fleet insurances expired ! I transferred the 7 vehicles onto the Bewick Group insurance policy and reduced the anual premium by 50% !! Thats my car outside the office and was the first of many Mercs I ran over the years . Bewick.
Didn’t like to say Dennis,but thought it looked a bosses moter,you came a long way in eight years from that Ford V8.
Cheers Dave.
It was a cracking car Dave ! Head and shoulders above other makes Cheers Dennis.
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group stood at the depot in Milnthorpe.
We replaced the Seddon with a new 111 day cab 10 spd. UEC230R. seen here at Milnthorpe .the 111 on the left TEC641 is a 5spd a real cracker !
What’s that Merc badge doing on it Dennis,was you trying too engineer a merger.
Cheers Dave.
That particular lad was an excellent driver ( in fact I forgot he had worked for ROH at one time but had seen the light and came to us ) but he only went and got himself bagged and lost his licence and had to pack in . Cheers ( no pun ) Dennis.
Bewick:
I thought it might have the makings of an interesting thread that instead of amalgamating these old haulage companies with the final owners ,Bewick Group, a seperate archive could be delveloped and who knows who else out there might post some info & old photos !! As well as Hudson’s ,Davy’s in 63/64 bought out the buisness of another Minthorpe Haulier J.L.ION Ltd. which was made up of "A"licence vehicles and also two seperate “Contract” licences one with Libby’s and the other with Hargreaves Fertilizer of Bridlington.Davy’s also bought out at the same time the two "A"licenced vehicles of Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh.From that time on the Davy buisness was operated as follows.Davy’s traded as K.Fell & Co.and they had “A” licence vehicles,a "B"licence (tippers) Contract licences with Libby’s and contract/B licence for Milk collection for MMB ( this connection with Milk collection was the origional buisness of K.Fell &co when Davy’s bought them out in the late 40s)J.B.Hudson Ltd. traded seperatley(although the shares were owned by Davy& co ) with a 5 vehicle “A” licence.The J.B.Hudson side of the story is the most interesting in my opinion and I can ,I believe, relate the history from 1st hand testimony of the late John Davy and former (long retired) drivers. The old firm of J.B. Hudson was based at Sandside Westmorland and was a renouned heavy vehicle repair and recovery specialist.In 1960 with the death of “Maggie” Bowman ( The very formidable daughter of the firms founder J.B. Hudson )it was decided to dispose of the “A” licened haulage part of the firm which at that time consisted of 4 Leyland Octopus 8 leggers and 1 ERF 4 wheeler.The motors were primarily on nationwide tramping but they did have substantial local traffic from Barrow Steel ,Croppers,Libby’s,Gilkes , Breweries in Kendal,K Shoes and various other bits of traffic ( They sub-contracted to local hauliers as well ) they were also well connected in Scotland and South Wales. So in 1960 a buyer was sought and so ,I’m told, there was no-way the vehicles had to fall into the hands of Brady’s !!( why ,I could never find out) but I suspect it was Jack & Bob Snr. were the new up-starts on the block and had to be kept in check !!! Anyway the eventual purchaser was Athersmith Bros. of Barrow but they hit a problem immeadiately as the L.A. would not allow the “A” licence to be transferred into Barrow and be absorbed into the Athersmith fleet ( I wonder if the Brady lads stuck the oar in !! ) Athersmiths continued for 6 years to operate the Hudson buisness from Sandside which proved unsatisfactory so in June 1966 Davy & Co bought the J.B. Hudson Ltd. buisness from Athersmiths.The base of the firm was then moved into the Davy & co depot on the other side of Milnthorpe . Then in June 1976 (almost to the day )Bewick Group bought out what was left of J.B.Hudson Ltd.(along with K. Fell & Co ) in the form of two vehicles an ERF 6wheeler flat and a Seddon 34/4 tractor unit and 40ft T/A Crane Fruehauf platform.The garage buisness of J.B.Hudson had changed its title to Hudson Engineers Ltd. and also diversified into crane hire and continued as Leyland agents and in later years as ERF sales and service.I hope there is someone else with knowledge of Hudsons and would maybe put it on the thread ! I hope my long winded tale is of interest and I will put some photos of the Fell vehicles on this site rather than the Bewick ( superior ) site!!!
Thursday 26th June 1976 my first day in the Davy office I know it appears an odd date but it was on that day the Davy fleet insurances expired ! I transferred the 7 vehicles onto the Bewick Group insurance policy and reduced the anual premium by 50% !! Thats my car outside the office and was the first of many Mercs I ran over the years . Bewick.
Didn’t like to say Dennis,but thought it looked a bosses moter,you came a long way in eight years from that Ford V8.
Cheers Dave.
It was a cracking car Dave ! Head and shoulders above other makes Cheers Dennis.
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group stood at the depot in Milnthorpe.
We replaced the Seddon with a new 111 day cab 10 spd. UEC230R. seen here at Milnthorpe .the 111 on the left TEC641 is a 5spd a real cracker !
What’s that Merc badge doing on it Dennis,was you trying too engineer a merger.
Cheers Dave.
That particular lad was an excellent driver ( in fact I forgot he had worked for ROH at one time but had seen the light and came to us ) but he only went and got himself bagged and lost his licence and had to pack in . Cheers ( no pun ) Dennis.
This was the other Hudson motor NEC172K 6 wheeler flat .A 1972 ERF 150LX/DB/Eaton single drive.
Bewick:
I thought it might have the makings of an interesting thread that instead of amalgamating these old haulage companies with the final owners ,Bewick Group, a seperate archive could be delveloped and who knows who else out there might post some info & old photos !! As well as Hudson’s ,Davy’s in 63/64 bought out the buisness of another Minthorpe Haulier J.L.ION Ltd. which was made up of "A"licence vehicles and also two seperate “Contract” licences one with Libby’s and the other with Hargreaves Fertilizer of Bridlington.Davy’s also bought out at the same time the two "A"licenced vehicles of Wearing Bros. of Flookburgh.From that time on the Davy buisness was operated as follows.Davy’s traded as K.Fell & Co.and they had “A” licence vehicles,a "B"licence (tippers) Contract licences with Libby’s and contract/B licence for Milk collection for MMB ( this connection with Milk collection was the origional buisness of K.Fell &co when Davy’s bought them out in the late 40s)J.B.Hudson Ltd. traded seperatley(although the shares were owned by Davy& co ) with a 5 vehicle “A” licence.The J.B.Hudson side of the story is the most interesting in my opinion and I can ,I believe, relate the history from 1st hand testimony of the late John Davy and former (long retired) drivers. The old firm of J.B. Hudson was based at Sandside Westmorland and was a renouned heavy vehicle repair and recovery specialist.In 1960 with the death of “Maggie” Bowman ( The very formidable daughter of the firms founder J.B. Hudson )it was decided to dispose of the “A” licened haulage part of the firm which at that time consisted of 4 Leyland Octopus 8 leggers and 1 ERF 4 wheeler.The motors were primarily on nationwide tramping but they did have substantial local traffic from Barrow Steel ,Croppers,Libby’s,Gilkes , Breweries in Kendal,K Shoes and various other bits of traffic ( They sub-contracted to local hauliers as well ) they were also well connected in Scotland and South Wales. So in 1960 a buyer was sought and so ,I’m told, there was no-way the vehicles had to fall into the hands of Brady’s !!( why ,I could never find out) but I suspect it was Jack & Bob Snr. were the new up-starts on the block and had to be kept in check !!! Anyway the eventual purchaser was Athersmith Bros. of Barrow but they hit a problem immeadiately as the L.A. would not allow the “A” licence to be transferred into Barrow and be absorbed into the Athersmith fleet ( I wonder if the Brady lads stuck the oar in !! ) Athersmiths continued for 6 years to operate the Hudson buisness from Sandside which proved unsatisfactory so in June 1966 Davy & Co bought the J.B. Hudson Ltd. buisness from Athersmiths.The base of the firm was then moved into the Davy & co depot on the other side of Milnthorpe . Then in June 1976 (almost to the day )Bewick Group bought out what was left of J.B.Hudson Ltd.(along with K. Fell & Co ) in the form of two vehicles an ERF 6wheeler flat and a Seddon 34/4 tractor unit and 40ft T/A Crane Fruehauf platform.The garage buisness of J.B.Hudson had changed its title to Hudson Engineers Ltd. and also diversified into crane hire and continued as Leyland agents and in later years as ERF sales and service.I hope there is someone else with knowledge of Hudsons and would maybe put it on the thread ! I hope my long winded tale is of interest and I will put some photos of the Fell vehicles on this site rather than the Bewick ( superior ) site!!!
Thursday 26th June 1976 my first day in the Davy office I know it appears an odd date but it was on that day the Davy fleet insurances expired ! I transferred the 7 vehicles onto the Bewick Group insurance policy and reduced the anual premium by 50% !! Thats my car outside the office and was the first of many Mercs I ran over the years . Bewick.
Didn’t like to say Dennis,but thought it looked a bosses moter,you came a long way in eight years from that Ford V8.
Cheers Dave.
It was a cracking car Dave ! Head and shoulders above other makes Cheers Dennis.
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group stood at the depot in Milnthorpe.
We replaced the Seddon with a new 111 day cab 10 spd. UEC230R. seen here at Milnthorpe .the 111 on the left TEC641 is a 5spd a real cracker !
What’s that Merc badge doing on it Dennis,was you trying too engineer a merger.
Cheers Dave.
That particular lad was an excellent driver ( in fact I forgot he had worked for ROH at one time but had seen the light and came to us ) but he only went and got himself bagged and lost his licence and had to pack in . Cheers ( no pun ) Dennis.
This was the other Hudson motor NEC172K 6 wheeler flat .A 1972 ERF 150LX/DB/Eaton single drive.
This is the tractor we replaced the ERF with a new Sed/Atk 180LXB/DB/Eaton 2spd. It is pictured outside a main customer’s premises in Leicester where we collected shoe components for K Shoes Kendal twice a week.It more or less pulled a 37ft trailer all the time on this twice weekly service round the east midlands and we would load it with paper or Libby’s to the midlands on the outward trip.Again a lucrative bit of traffic until Clarkes bought out K Shoes in the 80s !
Bewick:
Here’s a shot of the J.B.Hudson Ltd. Seddon 34/4 RR220/Fuller610/Group sto
Was this once owned by H Barker?
I wouldn’t have thought so as it had a Rolls engine and I don’t think Barkers were RR people! I didn’t sell it to them when we disposed of it anyway.Bewick.
Chris Webb:
Interesting stuff Dennis,I take it Bradys ran Barrow then.I know they bought Athersmiths and when I used that road to Glaxo Ulverston or Cellophane at Barrow they were the two I remember most.“K” Shoes,Croppers and Kendal mints are also in my memory
I wondered if you had seen this Peter Davies photo,a Milnthorpe AEC Marshall belonging to Hodgsons,thought you might know them.One of my favourite AEC pics.
Hiya Chris yea I have seen that shot ! The AEC is loaded with Paper from Henry Cookes the local Mill .It was taken before I started and is shot outside their garage in Milnthorpe in the mid 60s .When R O Hodgsons moved to Carnforth ( they were then owned by Boddy Industries of Sheffield ) I eventually aquired this Garage and offices in 1972 from a third party ! Hodgsons were kicked out of the Mill in 1970 and we started growing relentless like from then on ! even though Hodgsons packed in their haulage division to concentrate on their warehousing we continued to "hate each other " with a vengeance . But they really were a rate cutting shower and I wouldn’t have given any of their drivers a start ( thats the reason they packed in with haulage ) Neither Boddy’s or ROH have existed for many years now . I’ll tell you a trick that ROHs manager was caught doing one Sunday morning in Fell’s yard ----- looking under the sheets to see where they were all loaded for !! It was obviously a few years before I took over and although I’m not a violent man I could and would have made an exception for that A******e of a a manager !!!
Now they are part of Norbert Dentressangle, however the ownership of the warehouse remains with Laxey Partners.
I believe that Kimberly Clark are re-locating their warehousing operation to a new site in Chorley so who knows what will become of the Carnforth warehouse! Dennis.
georgeking:
Now they are part of Norbert Dentressangle, however the ownership of the warehouse remains with Laxey Partners.
I believe that Kimberly Clark are re-locating their warehousing operation to a new site in Chorley so who knows what will become of the Carnforth warehouse! Dennis.
Would I be correct in saying that Kimberley Clark still use T Brady for their warehousing?
Yeh TDG are opening at Chorley and closing down Carnforth I think the owners of the houses are breathing a sigh of relief. Also Bradys are storing for K-C mainly parent reels but also finished goods and some stuff for vital supplies. They have one unit ( a scania ) shunting between the mill and the yard. I think Bob Brady is making more now than when he had a fleet of trucks.
od at the depot in Milnthorpe.
the 111 on the left TEC641 is a 5spd a real cracker !
