1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176 
PEOPLE
Page 34
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
D.L. Green has been appointed traffic manager of BRS Parcels Ltd. He was previously sales manager His new appointment arises through the impending retirement of N.H.J. Kevan. G. Owen becomes area manager (designate), North Eastern area. He is at present management services manager. His appointment arises through the retirement of the present manager, H.L. Fenton, which will take place at the end of the year. I. Abernethy becomes Scottish area manager. He was previously manager of the parcels division of Northern Ireland Carriers Ltd. Mr Abernethy's appointment follows the retirement of J .L. Rule.
Ian Harrison has been appointed general manager of Miles Druce's express parcel business and is responsible for the integrated activities of Carryfast Ltd and Harrisons of Dewsbury Ltd. He becomes a
Mr I. Harrison director of both companies. Mr Harrison joined Miles Druce in August 1971 and for the past two years has been the strategic planning manager for the Group.
Brian Armstrong, North Western Gas Board transport officer for North Cheshire has succeeded Fred Randerson, who has retired, at St Helens and is now responsible for South Lanes and mid-Cheshire, as well as for the regional transport body workshop at Pocket Nook. Albert Goodwill, transport officer for Central Lancashire, has succeeded Alfred Eland, who has also retired, as transport officer for Manchester and now looks after both Manchester and North Cheshire. Mr Goodwill is based at Stockport. Leonard Macklin, transport officer for West Lanes and northern areas, assumes additional responsibility as transport officer for Central Lanes and is based at Breightmet, Bolton.
Alan McLaurin, 30, is to succeed George McLeod as W. Alexander and Sons (Northern) Ltd district traffic manager at Blairgowrie, Perthshire. Mr McLeod became district traffic inspector at Kirkcaldy, Fife, in June. Mr McLaurin joined Scottish Omnibuses (Edinburgh) Ltd in 1961 and was an inspector in the Edinburgh area.
John Cadden has been appointed managing director of Paisley-based,haulier McKelvie and Co. In 1966, Mr Cadden moved from BRS to BRS Parcels Ltd, where he became branch traffic superintendent at new Glasgow branch on Dixon's Blazes industrial estate.
D. S. Wooles is succeeded as the National Coal Board's Yorkshire area road transport officer by G. Pierrepoint and has transferred to South Midlands area rto. Mr Pierrepoint was previously assistant area rto for the Staffordshire area.
James A. Broster, a vice-president and past national chairman of the Institute of Traffic Administration, takes up a new appointment as commercial manager with Transport and Warehousing Ltd, part of the Dundee, Perth and London Securities Group. He will be based at H. Nuttal and Sons Ltd, Heywood, Lancs. Mr Broster leaves the William Nuttall Transport Group, recently involved in the Renwick Group merger.
Tony Holland, 21, who joined Pickfords Removals in 1968 at its Exeter branch, has been appointed manager of the company's Rugby branch. W. Ian Green has been appointed marketing director — Europe for the Rockwell Standard Division of Rockwell International, USA, which plans to expand in the European truck and bus drive-axle business. Mr Green joined Thompson Trailmobile in 1965 and two years later moved to Crane Fruehauf as international sales director of Crane Fruehauf ConMr W. I. Green tainers Ltd.
George King, 44, director of BLMC truck and bus manufacturing, has been appointed to the new post of director of manufacturing controls. He also takes charge of traffic and delivery services.
G. D. Morton, deputy chairman of Freight Bonallack becomes, chief executive in succession to D. R. Peters who has resigned from his position as managing director of Freight Bonallack Ltd and his membership of the board of Alcan Booth Industries to take up a new post outside the Alcan Group.
Phil Ives moves up from general manager of Ailsa Trucks Ltd to deputy managing director and joins the board. Before joining Ailsa Trucks in 1972 he was British Leyland truck and bus division truck marketing manager.
OBITUARY We record with regret the death of Jeffery Pearson.
Mr Pearson, 44, was chief engineer of East Midland Motor Services Ltd and Mansfield District Traction Co Ltd.