Edmond T Lennon

Edmond T Lennon traded as Lennon Towers Tallawarra and sold out to Heggie's Transport in the early 70's.First photo from Warren Noakes and the second photo , one of the Lennon's Hippo's repainted in Heggie's Transport colors, courtesy of Rick Russell.

That second picture, is that a tipper? Looks very much like a setup (colours and all) that a bloke up here in Brisbane has. He shows it at Rocklea every year.

Jarrod.

Leyland used to have adds in probably Truck and Bus magazine with these trucks in them, big long chassis and a aluminium tipper

They must of been okay and done the job I guess


Paul

wrote:

That second picture, is that a tipper? Looks very much like a setup (colours and all) that a bloke up here in Brisbane has. He shows it at Rocklea every year.

Jarrod.

All tippers except for the one in the add. Has anyone a photo of the truck Jarrod is talking about.

Manufacturers Bottle Co had them in Melbourne.
Bogie trailers servicing the brewery.
Garrett and Griffiths had two ( AEC ? ) with six horse
floats. Comfortable to drive and plenty of power for
that job. Mostly local, occasional run to Adelaide.

I think Jarrod is talking about the Harrier with tipping grain bin which I think was used on wharf work.

Hi,

this came via a few emails ....... I don't know any more than what you see and the email address that sent them in asking for them to be posted on the Forum.

Dear Mr. Whitworth,

Attached are c1954 photos of two trucks after they collided in a rear-end accident. Given the the damage to the cabin of the rear truck, it would be remarkable if there was not a fatality or serious injury. The rear truck has signage of Edmund T Lennon Pty Ltd of Sydney, a firm that also operated in the Illawarra (Wollongong). The other truck is an International Harvester prime mover, registration ISA006 pulling a loaded car carrier. I do not know where or when the collision occurred. It seems that after a 1956 court case with NSW Commissioner for Road Transport that went to the High Court and Privy Council, Edmund T Lennon Pty Ltd was broken-up and the divisions and/or assets sold into Lennon Towers, Heggies Bulkhaul and Brambles. There has been discussion regarding Edmund T Lennon trucks on your club forum. I thought your members may be interested and may be able to help with more information about the collision.


Regards,
Robert Campbell

Rear truck could be a Foden with S20 cab, fairly new at the time.

Interesting how people feel the need to brand photos that more than likely come from another source or if they do own the originals, what are they trying to achieve by denying access and archiving to a very historic subject? A small identifier on the bottom to establish the source as in Peter Ramsey's photos may be OK but huge water-marking or defacement?

Over the years I have seen quite a number of my photos appear similarly defaced with someone else's name or even neatly inscribed to give the impression they are their professional images. Not a few have appeared on Ebay for sale. Some culprits I have recognised - all of the rivet counter or plane-spotter cohort.

Just my opinion.

Lang

mammoth wrote:

Rear truck could be a Foden with S20 cab, fairly new at the time.

I had a good look at it when i posted it up and think it is probably a Leyland Comet from a few posts back. The Rego plate looks different and the tyres are different but I got matches on everything else I could see.



Terry