zippy155:
WOODY R:
I was wondering what ever happened to Hiltons transport, as before Stobarts came along, i think Hiltons must have been the biggest transport firm in the country.
I loaded out of Hiltons yard in Charlton hundreds of times, i can always remember they had a huge workshop/ hanger where they had one of the Hitons power boats, i seem to remember one of them was the brtish power boat champion, was it Johnny ?They had two powerboats one called “858” as per the telephone code fro charlton 01 858 and the the other 585 (for some reason!) They had leyland engines in them originally and then threw them out in favor of Sabre diesels. if you call sabre’s workshop now (see address on google) there are some guys there that worked on the boats even to this day. The boat won the London to Monte Carlo race and Charlton was never the same after that LOL!!! The cast for the Brothers TV series used to drink at the two pubs at the top of anchor and hope lane !
Went spectacularly bust in 1976 which was a shame but it happens. I guess you cannot make enough money in transport to race powerboats as well something had to give
Z
I thought the powerboats had Ford engines
jeffreyk:
zippy155:
WOODY R:
I was wondering what ever happened to Hiltons transport, as before Stobarts came along, i think Hiltons must have been the biggest transport firm in the country.
I loaded out of Hiltons yard in Charlton hundreds of times, i can always remember they had a huge workshop/ hanger where they had one of the Hitons power boats, i seem to remember one of them was the brtish power boat champion, was it Johnny ?They had two powerboats one called “858” as per the telephone code fro charlton 01 858 and the the other 585 (for some reason!) They had leyland engines in them originally and then threw them out in favor of Sabre diesels. if you call sabre’s workshop now (see address on google) there are some guys there that worked on the boats even to this day. The boat won the London to Monte Carlo race and Charlton was never the same after that LOL!!! The cast for the Brothers TV series used to drink at the two pubs at the top of anchor and hope lane !
Went spectacularly bust in 1976 which was a shame but it happens. I guess you cannot make enough money in transport to race powerboats as well something had to give
Z
I thought the powerboats had Ford engines
The Sabre engines were Ford.
David
WOODY R:
Zippy, Interesting bit of history on the power boats. I think the two pubs you mention, one was The Anchor & Hope and i think the other one was The Antigalagan
The Watermans arms, long gone… Anchor and hope on the river front still there and frequented by the new owner of Charlton Football club when he is in the UK
I was wondering what ever happened to Hiltons transport, as before Stobarts came along, i think Hiltons must have been the biggest transport firm in the country.
I loaded out of Hiltons yard in Charlton hundreds of times, i can always remember they had a huge workshop/ hanger where they had one of the Hitons power boats, i seem to remember one of them was the brtish power boat champion, was it Johnny ?
Hi WOODY R,
Wasn’t Hiltons transport used by the BBC to base the Brothers series on,the Hammond Brothers as it was known. I had an Aunt living in Charlton at the time. I’m sure she said it was their firm it was filmed at or partly based on.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave, Yes that’s right they did use Hiltons in The Brothers. I was just coming out the gate as they were filming there one day, i thought they might have left it in the shot, but i think they cut it.
WOODY R:
Hi Dave, Yes that’s right they did use Hiltons in The Brothers. I was just coming out the gate as they were filming there one day, i thought they might have left it in the shot, but i think they cut it.
I think Ralph Hilton bought Pollocks of Musselborough out then when they went bust pollocks got their firm back and started again !! Bewick
hiltons changed their name to roadships ltd before they finished altogether and being investigated under the companies act.
WOODY R:
I was wondering what ever happened to Hiltons transport, as before Stobarts came along, i think Hiltons must have been the biggest transport firm in the country.
I loaded out of Hiltons yard in Charlton hundreds of times, i can always remember they had a huge workshop/ hanger where they had one of the Hitons power boats, i seem to remember one of them was the brtish power boat champion, was it Johnny ?
They had two powerboats one called “858” as per the telephone code fro charlton 01 858 and the the other 585 (for some reason!) They had leyland engines in them originally and then threw them out in favor of Sabre diesels. if you call sabre’s workshop now (see address on google) there are some guys there that worked on the boats even to this day. The boat won the London to Monte Carlo race and Charlton was never the same after that LOL!!! The cast for the Brothers TV series used to drink at the two pubs at the top of anchor and hope lane !
Went spectacularly bust in 1976 which was a shame but it happens. I guess you cannot make enough money in transport to race powerboats as well something had to give
Z
Zippy, Interesting bit of history on the power boats. I think the two pubs you mention, one was The Anchor & Hope and i think the other one was The Antigalagan
I would think what happened to Hiltons was the same as happened to a few more firms, Stobarts came along… game over.
My dad used to work for hiltons from 1968 until 1982 , they changed there name to WBS in about 1975 when they moved from charlton to plough way in surrey docks which is now known as surrey quays , they also had a small depot on west ferry road on the isle of dogs that was where my dad was based driving a ford d series 4 wheeler ( NJD 617L ) on the ford warrentry contract , when that depot closed he was moved to surrey docks site doing the kent warrentry run driving a leyland marathon 2 day cab ( BUL 81T ) , he then went on to running up to fords at daventry with a full load of empty cages then down to J9 on the M1 with a loaded trailer do a trailer swap go back to daventry then back down to london every day , he then split with my mum in 1982 & moved to northampton & carried on at WBS 4 a while then went to drive with E M ROGERS until 1995 when he had had enough of drinving trucks ,
i think WBS went bust in about 1983/84
Has anyone got any HTS or WBS pics ?
sorry about the essay !!!
Andy
TRANSCON ANDY:
My dad used to work for hiltons from 1968 until 1982 , they changed there name to WBS in about 1975 when they moved from charlton to plough way in surrey docks which is now known as surrey quays , they also had a small depot on west ferry road on the isle of dogs that was where my dad was based driving a ford d series 4 wheeler ( NJD 617L ) on the ford warrentry contract , when that depot closed he was moved to surrey docks site doing the kent warrentry run driving a leyland marathon 2 day cab ( BUL 81T ) , he then went on to running up to fords at daventry with a full load of empty cages then down to J9 on the M1 with a loaded trailer do a trailer swap go back to daventry then back down to london every day , he then split with my mum in 1982 & moved to northampton & carried on at WBS 4 a while then went to drive with E M ROGERS until 1995 when he had had enough of drinving trucks ,i think WBS went bust in about 1983/84
Has anyone got any HTS or WBS pics ?
sorry about the essay !!!
Andy
Hi Andy try this link: hankstruckpictures.com/len_rogers8.htm
Hiltons went bust in 1976, Mr Hilton went quiet for a while then he bought William beadle Subsidiaries and renamed it WBS and changed the blue HTS color to green and changed the HTS logo to WBS…
Z
WOODY R:
Zippy, Interesting bit of history on the power boats. I think the two pubs you mention, one was The Anchor & Hope and i think the other one was The Antigalagan
Yes certainly the Antigalagan but not 100% about the other one called the Anchor and Hope, I thought that was the other end of Anchor & Hope lane? I’ll try and find out.
I guess the boats must be around somewhere!!
Z
TRANSCON ANDY:
My dad used to work for hiltons from 1968 until 1982 , they changed there name to WBS in about 1975 when they moved from charlton to plough way in surrey docks which is now known as surrey quays , they also had a small depot on west ferry road on the isle of dogs that was where my dad was based driving a ford d series 4 wheeler ( NJD 617L ) on the ford warrentry contract , when that depot closed he was moved to surrey docks site doing the kent warrentry run driving a leyland marathon 2 day cab ( BUL 81T ) , he then went on to running up to fords at daventry with a full load of empty cages then down to J9 on the M1 with a loaded trailer do a trailer swap go back to daventry then back down to london every day , he then split with my mum in 1982 & moved to northampton & carried on at WBS 4 a while then went to drive with E M ROGERS until 1995 when he had had enough of drinving trucks ,i think WBS went bust in about 1983/84
Has anyone got any HTS or WBS pics ?
sorry about the essay !!!
Andy
I have one for you but cannot put it on here for some reason! Its a New HTS Seddon, for which they had a few!!!
.
That would be great could you send it to my e:mail ANDYSLIONS1885@LIVE.CO.UK . I remember a seddon with a 20 foot fridge box in the livery of WBS at the west ferry road depot which my dad used to take up to a tesco’s depot in ashton under lyme in manchester some friday nights , maybe it could be the same one ■■
zippy155:
TRANSCON ANDY:
My dad used to work for hiltons from 1968 until 1982 , they changed there name to WBS in about 1975 when they moved from charlton to plough way in surrey docks which is now known as surrey quays , they also had a small depot on west ferry road on the isle of dogs that was where my dad was based driving a ford d series 4 wheeler ( NJD 617L ) on the ford warrentry contract , when that depot closed he was moved to surrey docks site doing the kent warrentry run driving a leyland marathon 2 day cab ( BUL 81T ) , he then went on to running up to fords at daventry with a full load of empty cages then down to J9 on the M1 with a loaded trailer do a trailer swap go back to daventry then back down to london every day , he then split with my mum in 1982 & moved to northampton & carried on at WBS 4 a while then went to drive with E M ROGERS until 1995 when he had had enough of drinving trucks ,i think WBS went bust in about 1983/84
Has anyone got any HTS or WBS pics ?
sorry about the essay !!!
AndyI have one for you but cannot put it on here for some reason! Its a New HTS Seddon, for which they had a few!!!