BELOW WE HAVE A SELECTION OF FOTOS FROM OUTSIDE OF NORTHAMPTON FOR A CHANGE. WE ARE AT LAST BEING ABLE TO SPREAD OUR COLLECTIVE WINGS ACROSS THE UK EMPIRE, IF NO FURTHER AS YET.
J.B.(BLACK JOHN) ROBERTSON (1966-83, 1987-91)….SO NAMED APPARENTLY BECAUSE THERE WERE 2 "JOHN ROBERTSON`S" AROUND IN THE NORTH AT THE SAME TIME, ONE WITH DARK HAIR, T`OTHER WITH WHITE….YES YOU GUESSED IT…. "WHITE JOHN" !! PERSONALLY, WE THINK IT WAS J.B.R.`S POCKETS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT……….BLACK & DEEP !!!!
ANYWAY, OFF WE GO WITH J.B.R.`S CONTRIBUTION….THE FIRST BEING FROM HIS EARLY DAYS AS THE LOADER DEMONSTRATION DRIVER, FOR EUCLID, WORKING WITH A MANAGER WHO FIGURED QUITE PROMINENTLY IN FOLLOWING YEARS, R.F.(BOB) GREENSHIELDS…WHEN JOHN SHOWED US THIS FIRST FOTO, WE ASKED IF MR. G HAD TRAVELLED WITH HIM IN THE OLD VAUXHALL HA VAN…."NORT ORFTEN".. WAS THE REPLY. YOUNG TOM R. STANDING NEAR HIS DA.
TECHNICALLY, J.B.R WORKED FROM CUMBERNAULD DURING THIS PERIOD, BUT COVERED UK, SO AS HE IS MOST REMEMBERED FROM PENRITH, WE HAVE USED A TAD OF LICENCE. 
ONTO LOADER SALES DIVISION DAYS….DEMONSTRATION AT WITHERS LIME, THOSE ATTENDING….YOU GET A POINT EACH FOR ANY 3 OF THE STANDING CHAPPIES, BUT A BONUS FOR THE DRIVER…..THEY ARE: ANDY WARTH, DEMO DRIVER, GM MAN (ANYBODY ??), J.B.R., HARRY ROBINSON OF WITHERS, PETER GOODLEY..AND THE DRIVER..LOOK AGAIN…………AL JOHNSON, MANAGER, LOADER SALES…"NORT MANY FOTOS OF AL IN THE DRIVING SEAT" SAID J.B.R.!!
LATE 1970`S NOW (??). 72-71A DEMO….LEFT TO RIGHT…PETER TOMLINSON, GM MAN (ANYBODY ??), GEORGE MULLINDER OF TILCON.
INTO THE EARLY 1980`S (?), WITHERS AGAIN, THIS TIME A SALE, IN FACT THE FIRST 72-61A SOLD IN THE UK (JBR), AND THIS WAS THE DELIVERY. INTERESTING THIS, BECAUSE THOSE PICTURED ARE HARRY ROBINSON (WITHERS), DRIVER, "WHITE JOHN" ROBERTSON ON AN "ENGLISH" VISIT, AND HIS BLACK COUNTERPART !!
THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW FOTOS FROM THE OPENING OF PENRITH DEPOT…NOT CERTAIN WHICH YEAR…SOMEBODY SHOULD KNOW, SO PLEASE TELL US…SOME LIKELY LADS FEATURED HAVING A FREE BEER ARE….
TERRY KENRICK & JACK LLOYD, PLUS CUSTOMERS…..
….DICK GALE, N/E SALESMAN FAR RIGHT, REST UNKNOWN….
…TEREX MEN (?) & CUSTOMERS….
AND FINALLY, J.B.R. WITH BILL MATTHEWS AND CUSTOMERS.
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