Great to see old transport companies of St Helens, the wagon and drag in the Fibreglass livery is of particular interest to me as l was Distribution Manager in the 1980’s at Fibreglass the wagon shown preceded me but we had several in my time along with a variety of custom designed vehicles to carry our mainly light weight products. Ken Gaskell and l joined Fibreglass together in 1960 and we became best mates, Ken Being my ‘Best Man’ in 1965. Ken went on to work for Dennis Heaton’s transport before branching out on his own.His first vehicle was an old furniture van which we employed running products to local warehouslng companies like Fred Davies, Beeches and Sutton’s. Ken of course went on to bigger things. To be around St Helens in the 60’s with its vibrant industry and very active social scene( we saw the Beatles 3 times at the Plaza, the last occasion Please Please Me was No1 in the charts!) was terrific for us teenagers, the best time of our lives.
Great to see old transport companies of St Helens, the wagon and drag in the Fibreglass livery is of particular interest to me as l was Distribution Manager in the 1980’s at Fibreglass the wagon shown preceded me but we had several in my time along with a variety of custom designed vehicles to carry our mainly light weight products. Ken Gaskell and l joined Fibreglass together in 1960 and we became best mates, Ken Being my ‘Best Man’ in 1965. Ken went on to work for Dennis Heaton’s transport before branching out on his own.His first vehicle was an old furniture van which we employed running products to local warehouslng companies like Fred Davies, Beeches and Sutton’s. Ken of course went on to bigger things.
To be around St Helens in the 60’s with its vibrant industry and very active social scene( we saw the Beatles 3 times at the Plaza, the last occasion Please Please Me was No1 in the charts!) was terrific for us teenagers, the best time of our lives.
Brings back memories as we also used to haul out of Pilkingtons
What no Tommy Lloyd transport!!! Good to see the F&G Pie lorries though.
@ 1:43 J Rainford & Son Eccleston,Leyland Lynx UTE 324H, this truck used to fly till the block cracked!
Didn't see Ken Gaskell's trucks on here.
Andrew Gaskell not got none andy
the innkeeper - Remember the old Coxheads yard on bounded road. Always like the big 3600 Daf they had. Top motor
yes andrew i worked for kwik save we had one of the biggest fleet of dafs in the country all 2300s
the innkeeper ye wasn't they based in Ashton?
yes mate 25 years i drove for them finished in 1999 then they moved to lea green