Seddon Atkinson 400.
DEANB:
Seddon Atkinson 400.
Ah, ‘Novelty’ - I always liked its name, as one of the prototype turbocharged Gardners. It served Riding’s for 17 years!
Thanks for the updates above Dean.
After a long illness long time serving Ridings driver John Fawcett aka “■■■■■■■■■■ John” sadly passed away peacefully at home on the 18th of January.
John aged 83 was one of the old school of the haulage industry and a true legend who was very well known and drove for Riding’s for many years.
The funeral service will take place at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Chipping on Monday the 31st of January at 1pm.
moomooland:
DEANB:
That website is a credit to you Paul. The information about how much he paid for each vehicle and how much he
sold it for plus the dates is amazing.Guy Big J 8lxb:
Couldn’t agree anymore, that website is fantastic, I’ve spent many an hour on there and thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you for your time Paul. RJThanks for the heads up and pleased you like the site.
I do have some trepidations though regarding the future of the website as i have received this email from host server Webs…
First, thanks for choosing Webs to create your website.
It’s been a pleasure to host your website and millions of others since we started our journey back in 2001.
In late 2011, Webs was acquired by Vistaprint, a company which specializes in customized marketing solutions for small businesses.
We have been maintaining website subscriptions under both Webs and Vistaprint for quite a while, but now it is time to bring all our customers to the Vistaprint brand.
During this transition, we launched a new website builder under the Vistaprint brand.
This builder provides a more modern and easy-to-use experience.
In March 2021 Webs will be moving your website to the Vistaprint website builder.
Don’t worry – we will take care of everything for you! We will ensure that your website design, domain, email, and all other data associated with your subscription will be available on the Vistaprint platform.
Additionally, your renewal term and price will be the same, and the upgrade itself will not cost any extra.I just hope the transition works well as the site contains a vast amount of detailed info and over 2000 pictures so will have to wait and see fingers crossed.
Well it’s finally happened 
As of the 31st of August 2023 the W & J Riding website will be closing down, even though i have paid Webs.com an annual fee this last 14 years.
After all their reassurances the host server Webs.com who was taken over by Vistaprint back in 2011, stated to me yesterday in a brief email the following…
While we initially anticipated to move over your website to another website builder, we were unfortunately unable to do so due to unexpected technical limitations.
As such, you must move your website to another provider by August 31st, 2023, as it will cease to exist.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
And that was that at the click of a button the history of W & J Riding containing over 2500 images, all with detailed information, will be gone.
Thank you all for your valued support over the last 14 years.
Paul Anderson (Admin)
“customised marketing solutions”. Vomit.
Tom would not be happy He would be kicking stones round the yard
What a shower of ■■■■■-that is such a shame.
Such a shame Paul after all your hardwork over the last 14 years. Best website i have seen for the history and information on a haulier.
Never ceased to amaze me with the information Tom kept regarding prices etc,always intresting to read.
DEANB:
Such a shame Paul after all your hardwork over the last 14 years. Best website i have seen for the history and information on a haulier.
Never ceased to amaze me with the information Tom kept regarding prices etc, always interesting to read.
Cheers Dean, As you know Vistaprint told me in 2021 “Don’t worry – we will take care of everything for you! We will ensure that your website design, domain, email, and all other data associated with your subscription will be available on the Vistaprint platform.
Additionally, your renewal term and price will be the same, and the upgrade itself will not cost any extra”.
Then out of the blue on Thursday said “Were unfortunately unable to do so due to unexpected technical limitations”. 
Its so big at 400MB with no download facility it’s impossible to move it over to another server even if i wanted to.
Anyway one for the road here’s the info on Paul’s picture.
Atkinson Borderer 4X2 tractor unit Reg No MVD 432L Fleet No 21 ‘Courageous’ was powered by a ■■■■■■■ 220 engine in line with a Fuller 610 gearbox and group axle it is pictured here in 1979 heading North on the M50 at the junction with the A417.
After unloading steel plate in South Wales from Motherwell it had collected a return load of 20 tons of bagged fertilizer.
This work was done of behalf behalf of W.H. Holmes of Garstang for delivery to their storage facility at Winmarleigh near Preston which was quite a regular job for Riding’s at the time.
W…H. Holmes later became Safeguard Storage who themselves were eventually taken over by TDG Ltd.
my dad worked for W H HOLMES taken hover by PETER & DAVID GARDNER 
1st ever 140 SCANIA i ever statin 
I’m sure for a reasonable fee a good ‘Webby’ would move it for you and arrange hosting at a more industry recognised Web Host.
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Oily
oiltreader:
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Oily
Sorry for late reply Oily but have looked at all those sites you mentioned but unfortunately none are suitable.
Have a month left to try and get things sorted but due to the vast size of the content on the site, 400MB, it’s not looking good.
moomooland:
oiltreader:
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OilySorry for late reply Oily but have looked at all those sites you mentioned but unfortunately none are suitable.
Have a month left to try and get things sorted but due to the vast size of the content on the site, 400GB, it’s not looking good.
Sorry to hear this. A forelorn hope, but contacting your local TV evening news about this is maybe worth the effort? It is certainly a human interest and local history story and their techies may have ideas.
Hi, I’ve sent you a pm with details of a guy who might be able to help.