Delivering Household Electrical Appliances
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"1'HE Eastern Electricity Board have recently taken I delivery of a fleet of Morrison-Electricar 20-cwt. vans, each having special coachwork by Bristol Industries, Ltd. These vans are to be used in the Board's Northmet, Chilterns, Suffolk and Norfolk sub-areas for the delivery of heavy electrical appliances, such as cookers, refrigerators and washing machines. To help to handle these bulky loads, each van is equipped with a Burtonwood tailboard loader, This tailboard, which is operated manually, can be raised from the ground to a height of 3 ft. above the van floor and can be fitted with castors and used as a trolley, When the tailboard is closed a roller shutter completely encloses the rear end of the van.
The vehicles are made by Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles, Ltd., Webb Lane, Hail Green, Birmingham. 12.