Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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J.F.G:

Kempston:
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Can you imagine a transport company being allowed to have a depot as close to houses as this photo without some sort of ruling about start and finish times.

In the Early sixties my Dad was a HGV mechanic for A.S Jones Ltd ( Tankers ) their premises in South hill Road Liverpool 8 was totally surrounded and overlooked by three storey tenement blocks, A.S. Jones carried some horrendous liquids including Naptha
in their tanks.

Regards

John

K&M Hauliers had to move from their yard between Bulwell and Hucknall (just past the boundary of Nottingham City where the trollybuses turned round) because of, I think, pressure from nearby residents… The yard was long and relatively narrow sandwiched between the railway and a row of houses. It used to be a railway shunting yard, before I believe the building of the houses, so, if true, would have pre-dated them for nuisance.

For those who know the area but not the history, it is now enclosed by Shelton avenue and the new houses built on the site. :slight_smile: I think the railway is now the tram line, not sure though.