Advert for the J Hodson motor vehicle hire service Pic: Preston Digital Archive Advertisements were often placed in local newspapers and magazines that feat
Advertisements were often placed in local newspapers and magazines that featured the transport of the day. Through these ads, you can trace the history of transport as well as local Preston companies. Some of them became large operators. The lead image shows J Hodson’s motor vehicle hire service, which started in 1919. This company was to be the origin of Ribble Motor Services.Horsepower dominated until around 1910, and many early ads featured horse-drawn vehicles.
Walton’s Limited had a car dealership on Walker Street, early in the 20th century. This sold Ford cars as well as some makes you may not have heard of, such as Waverley. Waverley Cars was a short-lived company that only manufactured vehicles between 1910 and 1928. They were based in London. Adams was even more short-lived lasting from 1905 to 1914. Ford began mass production in the UK in 1910 and the low price of the Model T was to sweep away many small manufacturers.
Before the motor vehicle, horses dominated transport. Many support industries existed to supply horse tack and equipment. Most of these had gone by 1910. Goods were delivered by horse and supplied from the railway station goods yard or the company’s premises.The image above shows a typical horse-drawn delivery wagon. Mineral water would have been delivered to pubs and cafes, as well as domestic customers. The water probably came from a local spring.
One company that is still trading today is coffin manufacturers Cartmell and Barlow. John Cartmell had a joinery business in Grimshaw Street. In 1887 his son joined the company and they began working from Albion Mill in Park Road. The ad is from the horse-drawn era.The motor car begins to dominateBy the mid-1920s the car had come to dominate. However, It was still largely a preserve of the rich. The working classes mostly used the railways or buses.
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