Fight Over Caravan Towing Ends in Grant
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THERE was such a shortage of caravan A transporters in the north west, that often they had to refuse to sell to members of the public, vans more than 22 ft. in length, alleged Mr. A. Ockwell, managing director of Ockwell Enterprises (Fleetwood), Ltd.,. at Blackburn last week. He was supporting an application by A. Clarke (Caravans), Ltd., to add one vehicle of 3i tons to their B licence. to carry caravans within 50 miles of their base at Blackburn, to a site at Poole, Dorset, and to another site at Ingleton, Yorkshire,
Mr. J. Back house, for the applicants, said that the two main reasons for the extra unit were that business was increasing, and the tendency was for people to transporters, but this meant delays, which resulted in loss of sales.
At this juncture, Mr. A. Jolly, Objecting for British Railways, said that last October, A. Clarke (Caravans), Ltd., had supported an application for a new LandRover. An undertaking had been given by them that if the application were granted, they would not apply to extend their licence in any way for two years. The case had been granted, and Mr. Jolly considered that the company had broken this undertaking by putting forward the present application.
Mr. A. Clarke, the director who had given this undertaking last October, said that he did not think it had been broken. On that occasion the evidence had only