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• A Chorley, Lanes, road construction concern which had been the subject of four unsatisfactory maintenance reports in the past two years had its operators' licence entirely revoked at a hearing under Section 69 in Liverpool on Monday. However, the four partners in the concern, originally trading as McGuigan and Sons, of Chorley, and a fifth relative were granted a six months' interim licence under the name of T. McGuigan and Sons (Road Construction Ltd — formed in May last year — at the same hearing.
The deputy North Western LA, Mr P. G. Hayward, who heard both cases, was told that in the past the partnership had been the subject of several unsatisfactory maintenance reports, its vehicles had received a number of prohibition notices and the partnership itself had been convicted on several occasions.
Mr J. Bober, a vehicle examiner, told Mr Hayward that the last inspection, on January 6 this year, revealed that the depot then used by McGuigan and Sons proved to be a derelict mill and an area of deeply rutted muddy land, where he found it impossible to examine the vehicles. One of these vehicles, a tipper, was inaccessible as it was "blocked in" by plant equipment. Records were produced but these only related to the two vehicles and not to the trailer.
For the company, Mr John Backhouse said that new premises were to be built and plans of these were shown to the deputy LA who referred to them as "impressive". A staff of skilled fitters was to be employed and it was the intention of the company, which had applied for a licence to cover two vehicles and two trailers, to acquire new vehicles.
Mr Backhouse added that although the mill had been used as a depot a nearby garage had carried out all repairs and inspections.
On deciding to grant the interim licence, Mr Hayward warned the company that a vehicle examiner would carry out at least one inspection in the six-month period it would run.