Stanfield:
An Atkinson 4x2 kit ready to be packed for export.1
An aerial view of Seddons woodstock factory site at Newhey Oldham in the mid 70s.Most of this site is now owned by the Howarth family and is let off into industrial units.0
Hiya John,what kind of drive axle would that one in the export kit be,dosen’t look like a Kirkstall BDR! and where do you think the Kit was bound for? S.Africa or Austrailia/New Zealand. Super shots,keep up the good work mate!! Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis.Dont know about the axle but apparently the kit was for export to Australia.
Frankydobo:
Still think its a shame though and a disgrace really, when an old established British company closes that not more is done to preserve documentation, photographs etc, of which there must have been an abundance at one time. Some old pics of new Seddon Diesels were put on this site recently dating from the late Fifties and excellent photo’s they were. However the poster claimed the pictures had been saved from the skip when the factory closed, just how many went into oblivion is anyone’s guess but it was a wasted opportunity that these records were not properly archived. I expect the likes of AEC, Leyland, Albion, GUY etc etc. went the same way, as most of the old photo’s we have on here are from personal collections and not company archives. Franky.
AEC had their own official photographers , when Tillotsons were on preston street in bradford they moved to new premises on tong street ,they threw a large quantity of photographs in their skip ,my cousin took them only for his sister to throw them away thinking they were rubbish.Tillotsons at the time always photographed new vehicles before they were delivered to their new owners.
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