youtu.be/G6HzjRHBQwo good vid of renwicks iveco
can anyone tell me if this transport company had a depot in bently mill lane walsall.just off junction 10 m6 in the early 70’s
I think they did but i can tell you that in the 70s they were linked with a good few com. I lived in bolton at that time and worked for nuttalls at clifton m/c who they were linked with.They were also linked with,halls of bury,james galloway of harthill lanarkshire and a firm in the midlands[i can,t think the name of] which makes me think you may be right.Hope this helps.-
Renwick bought out Wm Nuttall of Clifton Junction, along with Halls of Bury.
i can remember the depot and the colors but not the name because i was only a kid at the time,and was riding round with me dad.their depot was just off junction ten at the rear of showcase cinema
marky:
Renwick bought out Wm Nuttall of Clifton Junction, along with Halls of Bury.
Marky i had just finished working for nutts at the time of the sale. You can maybe reseach this better than me,i heard tell that there was some underhand dealing went on [due to ken nuttall being in hosp.for a knee op] him being man.director.When he found out it was said that he bought the nuttalls part of the group back.
I seem to remember that Renwicks were a pale canary yellow and the Atkiis is in the Nuttall colours
Wheel Nut:
I seem to remember that Renwicks were a pale canary yellow and the Atkiis is in the Nuttall colours
Yes, Nuttall’s newer colours, but is that “Edwards Transport of Lydbrook” that I can see on the doors? Perhaps they were another Renwick victim?
I remember subbing work to Renwick’s depot at Wanstrow (was that where they originally came from?) but I recall that the whole rise and fall of Renwick Freight has some distinctly dodgy undertones with talk of asset-stripping and other misdemeanours. It must have been about 1983/4 when they finished?
all this is new to me.all i can remember is that these were the colors,and where they were based.my father drove for charles richards fasteners in darlaston in the early 70’s and this firm used to haul some work for them
I HAVE EMAILED NUTTALLS AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A DEPOT IN WALSALL
Which Nuttalls did you email??
James Nuttall are nothing to do with Wm Nuttall - and you’re right; they’ve never had a yard in Walsall.
There was also another Nuttall who only packed up a few years ago from up Bury somewhere - red motors (ERFs, S-As).
marky:
Which Nuttalls did you email??James Nuttall are nothing to do with Wm Nuttall - and you’re right; they’ve never had a yard in Walsall.
There was also another Nuttall who only packed up a few years ago from up Bury somewhere - red motors (ERFs, S-As).
That was H Nuttall, of Canal Street, Heywood
i didnt know that.thats why i am gettin confused,i can remember the fleet colors were blue and orange as is the atki,so when james nuttall said they never had a depot in walsall i was stumped then i seen the renwicks atki so i thought i had the wrong company name.i am almost certain the name was nuttalls
240 Gardner:
That was H Nuttall, of Canal Street, Heywood
See - I just knew if I struggled with that recollection, you’d help me with it. Ta for that.
I seem to recall looking through a rather large album of H Nuttall pictures at one of Squeaky Dave’s slideshows a couple of years ago. I don’t know where he got them from, but it was a very large collection. It was the same night that Peter Lynch explained the links (or rather lack of them) between the Nuttall companies.
Apparently, H Nuttall had several motors in sheds (away from the yard) which were still in factory primer - SA400s if I remember the tale correctly.
So, back to the original plot - James Nuttalls may well sport an orange & blue livery, but were in no way connected with Wm. Nuttall/Renwicks. Its pure coincidence that the Atki pictured is orange and blue. What with all the upheaval at the time, it’s perfectly possible that the motor was indeed a post buy-out Edwards of Lydbrook wagon - with RENWICK added in a hurry.
One man who is sure to know is Malcolm Mortimer, who (at a slideshow last year) presented a very good account of which firms were swallowed up by Renwicks, along with several slides and pictures depicting vehicles from some of the fleets.
are we talking about Renwicks of Exeter? If so I know a little about.So will wait for conformation.
marky:
240 Gardner:
That was H Nuttall, of Canal Street, HeywoodSee - I just knew if I struggled with that recollection, you’d help me with it. Ta for that.
I seem to recall looking through a rather large album of H Nuttall pictures at one of Squeaky Dave’s slideshows a couple of years ago. I don’t know where he got them from, but it was a very large collection. It was the same night that Peter Lynch explained the links (or rather lack of them) between the Nuttall companies.
Apparently, H Nuttall had several motors in sheds (away from the yard) which were still in factory primer - SA400s if I remember the tale correctly.
So, back to the original plot - James Nuttalls may well sport an orange & blue livery, but were in no way connected with Wm. Nuttall/Renwicks. Its pure coincidence that the Atki pictured is orange and blue. What with all the upheaval at the time, it’s perfectly possible that the motor was indeed a post buy-out Edwards of Lydbrook wagon - with RENWICK added in a hurry.
One man who is sure to know is Malcolm Mortimer, who (at a slideshow last year) presented a very good account of which firms were swallowed up by Renwicks, along with several slides and pictures depicting vehicles from some of the fleets.
Ah, just to confuse you further, that orange/blue livery in the pic IS the William Nuttall livery! I’m sure I have a pic SOMEwhere!
Found it - Peter Davies’ Atki book - page 77!!
Yes - I recall that picture well Chris. I should’ve said in my last post that the livery on the Edwards of Lydbrook Borderer is indeed the Wm Nuttall livery of the period.
I much prefer the royal blue cabs, red chassis and white roof which preceeded it (and the Renwick buy-out) but thats just personal choice. The majority of companies at the time were radically changing lieries from the traditional to the (in some cases) garish and ugly. Just look at the transformation of the Harry Hague fleet - now that really was a crying shame…
Yeah Charlie 1, I reckon thats the Renwicks that we knew. It seems to have gone a bit off the subject. The Renwicks I’m sure we are on about is the mainly fridge company. Yellow and I think like a lime green signwriting but definitely with a beaver motif. The same company bought out Walter Hatton
Ltd. of Woodside Road. Eastleigh. They used to run a lot of DAF’s.
I worked for Renwicks, in the 7o’s from there Horn Lane depot in Greenwich South London, I did the night trunk, to Exeter, we used to change over trailers at Stonehenge in that Lay-by there, he used to come up in a Old Atki 150 Gardener, and I had a brand new spanking Daf 2600, that’s the one with the spit screen, and sleeper cab, they where yellow with a Green Beaver symbol on them, I remember them taking over Nuttals, and the yard being filled up with these old motors, when they took my DAF from me I was out of there, boy was I king of the road in that thing, it was the first in the country of the new Continental Motors, sleeper cabs and sprung seats, and best of all Power Steering.
Little Al.
Thanks for that little Al. Nuff said, glad I didn’t imagine the beaver.(Has a whole different meaning nowadays).