A Pictorial History of Trade Vehicles
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W Slater, general carrier,Warter,Pocklington and Driffield.c.1900 Driffield
1906
Newland dairyman and float, c 1906. Location the Hull Bank district between
Newland and Dunswell. This area consisted mostly of dairy farms supplying a
large proportion of Hull's milk. The float depicted illustrates an example
of E.S.Annison coachwork
1906
H Moses, closed funeral carriage drawn by black Belgians was advertised by
the proprietors as Silent-Tyred Washington Cars,c.1906
1906
Market gardener or smallholders light cart, Endike Lane Cottingham district,
c.1906
H.Moses, Clarence wedding carriage pulled by a fine pair of white Dutch or Belgian horses and driven by liveried coachmen,c.1906
1908
Hearse embossed H Edwards, 10 Lewies Road, Brighton,c.
Great Central Railway Company parcels delivery van, fleet no.38 seen standing outside the company's depot at the Railway Dock goods station, Kingston Street,Hull,c.1908.To be noted is the van's poster informing the public that the G.C.R was able to offer 'Improved Service Trains from and to Hull, Paragon Station'
1908
Butter and provision importer Stanley Cartwright, Grafton Street, Beverley
Road, Hull,1908. Of special note is the splendidly groomed grey mare and
well turned out grocer's van.
In 1919 Mr.Cartwright turned his attention to hotel keeping, becoming
proprietor of the Manchester Hotel,George Street Hull.
1910
Hull Brewery draymen, Silver Street Hull,c.1910
1912
'Cleanliness next to godliness' would seem to be an apt description as far
as Allison's Steam Laundry was concerned, located as it was next door to a
branch of the Salvation Army in Hawthorne Avenue, West Hull. A pair of
Alison's horse-drawn vans,normally piled with wicker linen baskets, are
specially posed to promote the laundry,c.1912
This wagon is a fine advertisement, not only for the Lavender Sanitary Laundry run by F. and C. Miles, but also for it's makers J. Boon & Sons
This Brewery Wagon is standing outside J.Boon & Sons' yard in Park Road
where it was made.
1914
Delivery cart of Premier Mineral Water Co,c.1914. The manufactory was in
Market House. The mineral water was advertised as 'made in the shadow of the
Clock Tower'.
1920 Milk Float
Milk delivery in Ipswich in the 1920s, photo David Kindred
Smalley & Son's shop and delivery cart at 373 High Street, Lincoln. the firm had several shops in the city and surrounding district. Note the prominent sign for 'oysters' and the telephone number on the cart, which is being driven by a young lad.
Anfield Farm Dairy, Liverpool c.1913
The Tingley grocery shop on St Albans Road in the 1920s.John Tingley (on cart) and Albert Rumney in French Horn Lane before 1914.
Mr Wells, pictured here with his horse and Milk Float, was a milkman for the Highfield and Oaklands Dairies Ltd
Delivering Milk in Somertrees Avenue Croydon, c.1930
London Life: An East End Rag and Bone Man. Crockery is offered as an alternative to cash.
1932
Horse-drawn milk float at Ipswich in 1932. It was not until 1955 that horses
were last used in the Coop dairy at Ipswich and 1939 in the Coop
Greengrocery
Norwich Society horse-drawn bread delivery van with "Bill" Woolterson after coming second in the tradesman's class at the last Norfolk show before the Second World War.
Norwich Society delivery vehicle 1936; Arthur Preston left and Frank Tate right. CWS goods were highly regarded and well publicised. The poster reads, "Happy Shopper - ask for CWS Goods at your Co-operative Society".
Mr Jack Davey holding 'Blue Silver' with one of nineteen Ipswich Co-op greengrocery vans. All parts of Ipswich and Felixstowe were supplied three times weekly with fruit and vegetables. There were also grocery and dry goods delivery vans and customers were advised to leave word at the nearest co-op branch if they wanted the van to call.
Co-op float advertising "The Key to Good Health - Co-op Pure Milk", ready to set off from Carr Street, Ipswich, prior to 1960.
Farrier
Float
Hearse
Stoke Dairy Milk Float c1912
Milk Carriage before restoration
Milk Carriage after restoration at the London Harness Horse Parade
Bread Van
Bread Van
Cowley Baker
B M Luck Farrier
Cheshunt Milk Float
Milk Carriage
Farm Cart
c1900
Modern Restoration - DFS Upholstery
Hansom Cab London 1910
Rural Baker c 1920
Ireland Brothers - Grocers c 1905
Railway Parcel Van
GWR Parcel Van c1910
GWR Parcel Van 1910
Ridley Brewery Van
Ringtons Tea Van
Ringtons Tea Van
