1946 Leyland brewery dray
Beverleys brewery was in Wakefield and following their purchase of John Baxter's Waterfoot brewery in 1952, Beverleys beers were delivered locally to pubs in Rochdale, Littleborough and Ashton.
Watneys purchased Beverley Brothers Ltd. in 1967 around the time the working life of this 1946 Leyland 121B Beaver dray, licence plate AHL 622, ended. Most of its restoration was carried out at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, in the 1980s. Quite by coincidence, the lorry's original trailer was found in Yorkshire and remarkably most of its original signwriting survived.
1946 Leyland brewery dray
Beverleys brewery was in Wakefield and following their purchase of John Baxter's Waterfoot brewery in 1952, Beverleys beers were delivered locally to pubs in Rochdale, Littleborough and Ashton.
Watneys purchased Beverley Brothers Ltd. in 1967 around the time the working life of this 1946 Leyland 121B Beaver dray, licence plate AHL 622, ended. Most of its restoration was carried out at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, in the 1980s. Quite by coincidence, the lorry's original trailer was found in Yorkshire and remarkably most of its original signwriting survived.