![]() The 1950 specification makes interesting reading today. They always had boxer engines (horizontally opposed side valve twin cylinders, of 900 to 1200cc) and the bodies only changed slightly over the 30 years they were built. Commercial vehicles were introduced in 1922 and continued in production until 1953. Jowetts were made in Bradford by the Jowett Motor Manufacturing Co firm which started manufacturing cars in 1906. The pigcart has now grown in size somewhat and has a full length sign board advertising CandL and a ladder rack to which is strapped a dangerously long ladder.Īlso in the picture are two Jowett vans which were used for radio service. This arrangement continued for over a decade although the original bikes and pig carts were replaced by newer models as shown in the 1934 picture of Ariel House below. ![]() However as the partnership thrived they could afford to become "motorized" in the form of a motorbike and “pigcart” as the open top container attached to the side was always called in CandL society. The first “transport” CandL possessed was a handcart of the type that has been used for centuries for moving goods around.
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