Fishwick's Centenary Celebrations
In 1907 John Fishwick started a haulage business in Leyland with a steam lorry. Later he utilised a charabanc body to replace the flat deck of the lorry and used it for services to local markets. In 1910 John purchased his first purpose built bus from local supplier Leyland Motors.
During 2007 the John Fishwick & Sons will be celebrating the Centenary of the founding of the business in a number of ways.
Centenary Book
John Fishwick & Sons Centenary Book will be available for putchase from early summer 2007. Compiled and written by David Prescott, who published J. Fishwick and Sons 1907 to 1997 to coincide with the company’s 90th Anniversary, this completely new publication will chart our history throughout the last 100 years.
To order your copy please email enquiries@fishwicks.co.uk.
Centenary Logo
The company adopted a logo for Centenary Year which appeared on all our vehicles, Company publications, correspondence and staff uniforms.
Centenary Year Vehicles
During the course of the year the Company will be adding two new coaches and two new service buses to the fleet.
The coaches will be DAF 4000 chassis with luxury air conditioned 42 seat Van Hool T9 bodies of the type well established in our fleet.
The buses will be based on DAF 200 SB chassis with 44 seat Plaxton Centro bodies. These latter vehicles are a change from the Wright bodies which have been our standard type for the last ten years.