FLEET STREET
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Remember the seventies? Clam rock and satin flares? it was also, of course, the heyday of the Hawk's favourite fabric, the ever-stylish polyester. It was around that time, circa 1974, that this snap was taken. The photograph was kindly sent in by former ABM driver Derek Sadler of Bury St Edmunds, and the line-up shows ABM's fleet the way they were, with two Scarnmell Handyman s and Trim kers.
If you squint hard you can just about make Derek out standing next to his Trunker, second from right. Derek writes that the two Handymans had Gardiner 100s and the K-mg Trunkers all had Leyland Ms, apart from one L nag which had Rolls Royce Eagles. Soon after Ms picture was taken the fleet was switched to two Crusaders and eight Seddon Atkinson 400s. And, in case you're wondering, the tasty geezers flanking the escort van are Cordon, Chris, Colin and Nev. Where are they now? Reading this very page, we hope!