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New Shildon Depot for Davisons Transport

7th September 1962
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Page 9, 7th September 1962 — New Shildon Depot for Davisons Transport
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I can run them satisfactorily unless they have got premises to which they can he brought to be inspected and maintained," said Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, the Northern Licensing Authority, when he opened the new £35,000 depot of Davisons' Transport, Ltd., at Shildon. County Durham, last Friday.

Davisons — who operate a 60-odd vehicle fleet between the North East and London, Birmingham and Manchester— carried out most of the construction work with their own staff, using their own vehicles to convey the materials.

Situated almost in the centre of Shildon, the whole site occupies some four acres, and last week's ceremony marked but the completion of stage 1— the development of two acres on which ,-.tand three large shed-like buildings and tm office block.

The first structure is directly concerned with maintenance, housing a large repair .tection with space for several machines, plus an inspection pit. The centre section contains a completely automatic greasing bay, while at the rear, completely sealed off, is the paint shop.

The centre building is a " re-distribu

tion shed and provides an internal raised loading bay and storage bank. Here vehicles can be loaded and unloaded

completely under cover in any weather.

Davisons offer storage facilities as part of their business, and so the third shed is a large warehouse—a steel and asbestos building housing, fully palletized, the resins and other commodities that the company's customers specialize in, in connection with the production of plastics.

The office block, situated close to the gateway, is unique in that it consists of two trussed steel prefabricated bungalow frames, placed side by side. Mrs. Davison, wife of the managing director, was responsible for the interior decorating within the block. No expense has been spared to provide the dozen or so administrative staff with modern, clean and attractive surroundings.

One room, initially intended for use as an office, has had to be given over to telephone equipment. Eventually it is intended to fit vehicles with short-wave radios, and the link will be provided through this office.

A good part of the parking area is surfaced with tarmac and eventually Mr. J. R. Davison—the company's managing director and founder—intends to have all the area hard-surfaced. Plans are under way to provide lean-to cover for 40 tractive units along one perimeter wall. This, plus the canteen building which is still under construction (and the men will have a rest room, washing and bath facilities here), will give the company a depot second to none in the Durham area—and last Friday's ceremony, as I have said, was only the completica of the first stage

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