Memory Lane: First for Aveling Barford in Grantham
Published: 10:00, 31 October 2015
After seeing the photo of Aveling Barford’s last dumper truck in Memory Lane, Andy Watson kindly sent in this of the first.
Taken in October 1970, it shows the first prototype outside the development department at South Parade, with the test department (now Jacksons) behind.
Pictured from left - Pete Hodgkinson, Jim Gaut, Ernie Thompson, Dicky Bird, Geoff Kirkby, Dick Lewis, unknown, Don Chantry and Ray Parnham.
Click here for the photo of Aveling Barford’s last truck