Leyland Historical Society

The Rubber Road comes to Whitehall curtesy of the Leyland & Birmingham Rubber Company Limited

1950 Leyland Fire Brigade Team in Fire Station

1950s L & B stand at exhibition

1952 Leyland Festival Lorry

1940's

1950's

1965 - The New Boiler House

A regular annual event was the Works Bowling Handicap Tournament held at the Eagle & Child Bowling Green off Church Road.

The 1930's, 1940's, 1950's & 1960's.

1930's Adverts.

April 1964 – Demolition of Warehouse                                                                    June 1965 – New Boiler House

10th October 1942
Leyland Fire Brigade Team

John Houghton – aged 48

1940 - 1942

Spotters at L & B LW Turner & RA Barton

Four Senior Management Personal at the Bowling Handicap Tournament

Left to right

Mr Porter – Hose Section Manager

Mr Sharp – General Manager (remember the little lad behind the fire engine in 1880)

Mr Parkinson – Sales

Mr Jackson – Chief Chemist

1964

These photographs were taken before the demolition of the warehouse line of buildings in early 1964.

The three storey building in the distance is the new building from 1913