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Big A rises from the grave
25th October 1980, Page 31
25th October 1980
Page 31
Page 31, 25th October 1980
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AN EXHUMATION order has been made for the big A, which was ceremoniously buried by workers at the Seddon Atkinson plant at Walton-le-Dale, Preston, five years ago.
When this prestigious symbol was abandoned, work stopped as top-hatted pall bearers paraded through the shops with a coffin containing a big A and other items associated with the old Atkinson. Workers surrounded the grave into which the coffin was lowered and tears fell from eyes painted on the whitewashed windscreens of two lorries. The emotional appeal of the symbol has never dwindled, least of all among operators, and the revival of the big A on the new 401 Seddon Atkinson will cause general delight.