stubo:
Donald Brown in Leith ran the fish.
His 141 that I drove for a while.
Great photo, my dad drove the W reg 141 for him!
Onward Transport had a depot at Livingston just outside Edinburgh on the Houston ind est
Big Aw
oiltreader:
These from the collection my good friend Ronnie Cameron (RIP).
Oily
I like those Croans, very smart looking.
Although not an Edinburgh registered company,Multiple Fruit Supplies,part of Glass Glover Distribution,had a depot at Newbridge,next to United Glass.They had the Littlewoods contract,most of the deliveries being done at night. They had a driver based at Perth who did Inverness store,his trailer trunked up to him.I think his name was Donald Davidson.Maltby depot ran 6 trunks a night to either Morpeth,Carlisle,Penrith or Lockerbie over the years and they had four drivers at Penrith,two on afternoons,two on nights,who did Ayr,Carlisle,Glasgow Sauchiehall and Glasgow Argyle Streets.
Alec Glass was the founder of GGD,he had a stall in Edinburgh fruit market in early days.
Chris Webb:
Although not an Edinburgh registered company,Multiple Fruit Supplies,part of Glass Glover Distribution,had a depot at Newbridge,next to United Glass.They had the Littlewoods contract,most of the deliveries being done at night. They had a driver based at Perth who did Inverness store,his trailer trunked up to him.I think his name was Donald Davidson.Maltby depot ran 6 trunks a night to either Morpeth,Carlisle,Penrith or Lockerbie over the years and they had four drivers at Penrith,two on afternoons,two on nights,who did Ayr,Carlisle,Glasgow Sauchiehall and Glasgow Argyle Streets.
Alec Glass was the founder of GGD,he had a stall in Edinburgh fruit market in early days.
Wincantion took over Glass Glover, it all went downhill after that.
United Wire Transport. Granton Edinburgh.
They supplied wire mesh/cloth for the production of paper.
There were numerous Paper Mills within a 25 mile radius
of Edinburgh. The mills were responsible for a lot of goods being
transported by Edinburgh area Hauliers
Transporting raw materials from Leith & Granton docks and elsewhere
to the mills.
Also the transport of the Paper Mills finished products to their customers.
There were mills in Penicuik, Balerno, Inverkeithing, Guardbridge. Leslie
and West Lothian,
Dobson (Edin) Ltd was mostly responsible for the transport of Raw Material
from the Leith & Granton docks to the Mills.
IIRC There was a firm called Goldies of Mussleburgh, Then ran S Type Bedford long w/base drop sider flats they used to piggy back them down to the Durham area & load maglime back up to Scotland, This was in the 50s Any of you oldies like me remember them, Regards Larry.
lczjs:
Does anyone remember Popeye from West Lothian■■?
Were they not a clearing house? they advertised backloads in all the transport magazines
Lawrence Dunbar:
IIRC There was a firm called Goldies of Mussleburgh, Then ran S Type Bedford long w/base drop sider flats they used to piggy back them down to the Durham area & load maglime back up to Scotland, This was in the 50s Any of you oldies like me remember them, Regards Larry.
Just about to give my age away like you Larry , I can recall every haulier in Scotland and their dog on the lime job at one time .
Guiy de Montfort:
oiltreader:
These from the collection my good friend Ronnie Cameron (RIP).
OilyI like those Croans, very smart looking.
Yes I agree Guiy de Montfort,
Robert Croan was a good company and kept tidy well painted lorries and
well maintained.
I worked for them in the early 60s on the night trunk from Granton to Melton Mowbray
heavy laden with fish.
It was a long trunk down the A1 in the 60s Unload & Wash Trailer then sleep in a caravan and back up the next night.
In Scammell Coupling S Type and TK Bedford Units.
Robert Croan’s was acquired by Salvesen 1972 then later acquired by J & J Denholm Glasgow.
in the 80s. But that is all history now.
Thanks to Brian Edgar for this collection of R Croan’s Fleet: Click Slideshow when Page Opens:
Does anyone remember Mike Sloan’s Transport and Cold Storage Co Broxburn.
lczjs:
Does anyone remember Mike Sloan’s Transport and Cold Storage Co Broxburn.
Mike had Broxburn Haulage and Continental Freeze Broxburn and the Cold Storage Warehouse.
at Greendykes Estate Broxburn.
Pics from the R Lumsden (RIP) Collection
Wm Swan, Saddler, Forth Transport Companies,
were eventually taken over by the Morrison Group.
Are transport take overs better or worse is the question.
So many big Scottish companies have been taken over
by TDG never to be seen again.
Scotnat:
lczjs:
Does anyone remember Mike Sloan’s Transport and Cold Storage Co Broxburn.Mike had Broxburn Haulage and Continental Freeze Broxburn and the Cold Storage Warehouse.
at Greendykes Estate Broxburn.
Was this one of Mike Sloan’s Trucks Pulling a Powder Tanker ■■?
