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In this issue of WHOTT Web News we take a brief look at the vehicles used for the transportation of local goods, Drive-a-Bus Day and Pangs of Nostaliga. |
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 Pangs
of Nostalgia ... as Bert looks back
- In this issue Bert looks at the skills of the employees and the
expansion of the company William Mumford Limited, which was
established as a motor and carriage building works at Glanville
Street in Plymouth in 1900. Turnover in the first year was £500.
Four years later, and now expanded to new premises at Ebrington
Street, the turnover had leapt to £2500! By 1913 further
expansion was necessary and Mumford's orchard in Salisbury Road was
used on which to build an up-to-date garage and showroom. In March
1923 a week-long motor show was staged there, demonstrating the vast
range of makes and models Mumford could supply both to the private
and commercial customer. Among the commercial chassis advertised
were Leyland, Durant, SPA, G&J, REO, Daimler and Overland, but
Mumford grew to become the recognised dealership for a host of other
makes too. Want to read the full story, then
become a member
and receive our quarterly newslettersMain entrance to the Billacombe factory circa 1934 with about fifty employees, most wearing flat caps, about to leave work. This site is now occupied by Fairway Furniture. |
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| Forwarding the Load - Richard Wills (friend 217), reflects on the time he spend hauling goods, working out of Temple Meads and other Bristol rail freight forwarding depots. The yard was home to a variety of vehicle types including the Thornycroft Nippy 3-ton van, with Swindon safety cab with a sliding door; also some Austin 3-ton vans, articulated tractor units of various types, Scammell 3 and 6-ton Scarab mechanical horses, Karrier Bantam, Bedford OSS, Austin Series 3, plus several older 3 and 6 ton Scammell MH (Mechanical Horse) units used for yard shifting duties. The full story can be found in the current copy of WHOTT News. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Plus:Devon County Show Points of View Western National 1221's First Year in Preservation The Culture of the Royal Blue Driver Archive update Summer Holiday The Future (events and activities for Trust friends) A recent photograph of WN 1121 together with Tim Robbins' ex-Plymouth all-Leyland PD2 No. 397 taken at John Barley's 'base' in West Sussex. |
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Drive
a Bus Day - Friends of
WHOTT turned up at Westpoint on 9th May to sample the controls of
five different types of bus from a Ford Transit to a Bristol LDL, a
Bristol VRT, a Leyland National and an Albion Nimbus. Colin & Vi
Morris have recorded what happen during the day. Colin has produced
some very fine colour A4 landscape photographs of the vehicles
taking part, and another of the delegates standing in front of the
vehicles (see right). If you would like a copy of any of these, they
can be ordered through WHOTT at £5 each, plus 50p for P&P. For every
copy ordered, Colin has kindly offered to donate £1 to WHOTT. For
further pictures of the event