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Connals Transport (Wigan Depot)

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Connals Scania 110
Connals Scania 110
Photo: Ray Smyth
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Item #: 29175
One of Connals Scania 110 Artic units at their
operating depot,in the Railway Goods Yard at
the rear of King Street. The building on the
right was the Wigan Depot of Robert Baillie
Transport of Portsmouth. Connals was a Transport
company from Maryhill,Glasgow. Picture courtesy
of Ozymandias.

Comment by: Garry on 19th March 2017 at 06:44

Another Swedish truck that put our British truck makers to shame, we couldn't match them ie Volvo, Scania, Daf and Mercedes. We never kept up with the times. I can't think of any British truck makers today. If we have, they'll have some sort of Foreign connection.

Comment by: Howard P on 19th March 2017 at 06:54

Nothing Aerodynamic about this lorry.
I thought we'd seen the last of this subject.

Comment by: Ken on 19th March 2017 at 09:36

Well said Garry worked at Daf Eindhoven for 30 years we tested Layland trucks when Daf took them over rubbish 20 years behind the times.

Comment by: puddle on 19th March 2017 at 11:52

Gary,
All DAFs copied from Leyland trucks.

Comment by: Alan on 19th March 2017 at 12:33

Where is Eddie (AKA Ozymandias) these days.
Thought he would have had to say a word or two.....lol.

Comment by: Colin Harlow on 19th March 2017 at 14:22

Some models sold with the Daf brand were designed and built by Leyland trucks at Farington, Preston. In 1987, Daf merged with Leyland and became Leyland Daf trucks and was floated on the Dutch stock exchange as Daf NV. The company then traded as Leyland Daf in the UK. In 1993, Leyland Daf became insolvent and Layland Daf went into receivership. Now Daf trucks parent company is Paccar holding BV.

Comment by: Alan on 19th March 2017 at 14:34

You can say that about cars aswell.
DTease don't make sense??

Comment by: DTease on 19th March 2017 at 18:53

Alan, I think Ozymandias as gone to cast his seed on more fertile soil.

Comment by: . Ozymandias . on 19th March 2017 at 20:25

Matron, I wonder, could you run a quick check on Alan ?, as he appears to be rambling incoherently and may possibly have OD'd on his Temazepam.

Comment by: Veronica on 19th March 2017 at 21:15

DTease/Alan our friend Ozy has probably gone in search of even older pictures of wagons for his portfolio...going back to when the wheel was invented! That should cheer Howard up!

Comment by: GW. on 20th March 2017 at 08:49

The Laxey wheel was invented in Wigan......Just sayin'

Comment by: Ray Smyth on 20th March 2017 at 14:29

Hi Howard P, If you click on "Upload Your Photos", the red
writing says "No recent photos", only old photos please.
This photo is from 1972, so I feel that it is quite old and the location is OK. Behind the building in the picture is King Street, To the left of the lorry is Wigan North Western Station.

Comment by: puddle on 20th March 2017 at 20:06

Ken,
Leyland Trucks were never TAKEN OVER by DAF they merged.

Comment by: MikeW on 21st March 2017 at 10:50

Ay-up
Put your anoraks on again.

Comment by: Alan on 21st March 2017 at 18:32

Beeb beeb vrom vrom this is a 10 4 good buddy.

Comment by: C.W. McCall on 26th March 2017 at 11:53

This Here rubber duck and i about to put the hammer down, CONVOY.LOL.

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