Graham Manchester has just sent us this photo of one 2 Leyland Octopus's that belonged to the family firm,
Alfred Manchester Transport Co.
This picture was taken near Charlton Football Club, SE 7.
He says ". . as a member of the family business we were very proud that Corgi decided to use the Leyland Octopus as the choice for this model. The Alfred Manchester family goes back a long way with road transport starting in 1890 with steam trucks and remained loyal to the Leyland brand, even managing a large write up in both the RHA and truck magazine for the road trains of which we had a considerable number."
Note: there's a photo of a Corgi model of an Octopus tanker in this section of our Website, which Graham sent in a while ago, though the keen-eyed may spot several differences between these two pictures...
This picture was taken near Charlton Football Club, SE 7.
He says ". . as a member of the family business we were very proud that Corgi decided to use the Leyland Octopus as the choice for this model. The Alfred Manchester family goes back a long way with road transport starting in 1890 with steam trucks and remained loyal to the Leyland brand, even managing a large write up in both the RHA and truck magazine for the road trains of which we had a considerable number."
Note: there's a photo of a Corgi model of an Octopus tanker in this section of our Website, which Graham sent in a while ago, though the keen-eyed may spot several differences between these two pictures...