THE FIFTIES
The business began trading from a site by the rail tracks in
Starbeck, Harrogate. It was advertised as offering the most
economical form of roller hire, with rollers for any compacting
application from soil, shale and hot dressings to trenches or
foundations.
The rollers could be delivered to site, with instruction given
where needed on using the new technology.
Another valuable service offered to customers was the
overhauling and maintenance of diesel and petrol engines. The
company operated as an accredited servicing and repair specialist
for Stothert and Pitt Limited, who were renowned for their
construction equipment and regularly exhibited their compaction
machines at the Great Yorkshire Show.
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(above)
Examples of early
compaction machines
exhibited at the Great
Yorkshire Show
(opposite)
Early marketing material
