Page 3. Shelvoke & Drewry Enthusiasts' Club Newsletter - Autumn 2011.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO FORMER SD EMPLOYEES.
ALEX TAYLOR.
We were sad to learn that Alex Taylor died on 22nd July at the age of 86. A well liked and respected member of the Company Alex was responsible for sales of fork lift trucks and for sales of the specialist vehicles designed by the SPV Division which was created in 1974.
Alex had been in poor health for a number of years. Former SD employees were among the congregation for the funeral service at Harewood Crematorium, Stevenage on Thursday 4th August.
This photo from 1976 shows from the left:- Alex Taylor, Sales Manager Special Purpose Vehicles, Len Newman, Sales Manager Municipal Vehicles Division, Stanley Quin, Managing Director, Basil Barber, Sales Director, and Tom Hall, Export Manager.
EX-SD APPRENTICES REUNION LUNCH.
The reunion organised by Bob Bowker will take place on Saturday 26th November where a Lunch has been arranged for Ex-SD Apprentices at Letchworth Golf Club.
The Lunch will comprise of an inclusive two course carvery to be served at 1.00PM. Meet at 12.30PM.
The cost will be £15 per head which is required to be paid in full by Monday 21st.October 2010.
I can give you Bob's contact details. Bob tells me he is indebted to Stanley Quin for facilitating the arrangement with the Letchworth Golf Club. Those of us who had the good fortune to be SD apprentices owe a lot to the Company and I hope to see many of you there to remember our younger days.
'W' type Parts List or Instruction Manual.
Peter Johnston is looking for an Instruction Manual, Workshop Manual or Spares Parts List for his 'W' type ex-Fore & Aft tipper - photocopies would do. Can anyone please help?
S&D in the DAILY MIRROR.
On 7th July readers of the Daily Mirror under the heading 'I've bin everywhere' were able to read a report on Steve Jones' fascination with dustcarts. Spread over pages 28 & 29 Euan Stretch recalled how Steve used to go out with the local dustmen when on holiday. A selection of photos showed Steve on holiday often alongside a Shelvoke. Another picture is of him driving his restored ex-Isles of Scilly PN Revopak SCY 786 X.
Sadly Steve had hoped the article would tell of his desire to re-patriate a Shelvoke 'N' series from Malta which has long been a dream for him. But it was the 'Life is rubbish for Steve' angle that fascinated the journalist. However the article has generated some interesting leads for Steve.
The Guardian on 9th July picked up the theme under "Rubbish Holidays."