LITERATURE.

	Kaleidoscope of Shelvoke & Drewry. Nick Balwin & William Negus. MarshallHarris & Baldwin 1980 ISBN 0906116 17 1 This is the definitive history of the Company up to the end of the 1970's. Using the unique collection of glass negatives from Clutterbucks, Commercial photographers of Letchworth, who recorded every vehicle that left the works from the day they started until 1952. Richly illustrated the book details both municipal vehicles from the first freighter, through the Fore & Aft tipper, Pakamatic and Revopak models, and includes details of Fork Lift Truck manufacture and the Special Vehicle division created in 1979.
	Vintage Lorry Annual. Edited by Nick Baldwin. Marshall Harris & Baldwin 1979. ISBN 0 90116 07 4  This Annual contains an article by Nick Baldwin about the 1927 S & D Freighter restored by apprentices in 1968 to the 1922 specification. Nick is taught how to drive the vehicle by Jack Hubbard the company's chief demonstration driver for forty years from 1936. The vehicle carries the livery of the Borough of Folkestone. Preserved Vehicles. An article about Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd. refers to S & D's use of their Mark III cabs.
	Municipal Refuse Collection Vehicles. Barrie C. Woods.Trans-Pennine Publishing Ltd. 1999. ISBN 0 9521070 4 X Barrie Woods is an ex-employee of Shelvoke & Drewry and Norba and he gives an informative history of British Municipal Refuse collection vehicles. Hardly surprisingly the largest descriptions are of S & D and Dennis vehicles.
	The Vintage Commercial Vehicle Magazine. Volume 6 No. 31 March/April 1991.  This issue contains an article by Bill Aldridge entitled "Municipal Workhorses - Refuse Collectors." The vehicles produced by S &D naturally feature prominently in this article. Volume 8 No.45 May/June 1993. An article "Bringing the Bricks to the Builder" by Bill Aldridge mainly concerns the road fleet of the London Brick Company. However reference is made to the fact that S & D supplied over 150 Fork Lift trucks to the company, and that some of these lasted in service for more than twenty years.
	Observers series. Trucks. Nick Baldwin. Penguin Books 1986 ISBN 1 85471 164 4 This small volume contains three photographs of vehicles produced under the Shelvoke Dempster name:- A PN Revopak. A Route Chief 623 with the American designed Dempster rear loading system. An SPV fire appliance chassis with Angloco bodywork.

CLASSIC and VINTAGE COMMERCIALS Magazine. The May 1999 Issue, (Volume 4 Number 9) carries an article about the history of S & D by Alex Kermotschuk with photographs of a number of the company's products. The July 1998 (Vol.3 No.11), March 1999 (Vol.4 No.7),August 1999 (Vol.4 No.12) and September 19999 (Vol.5 No.1) carry an account of the restoration of the Bradford TBN Pakamatic under the title 'Common as Muck', by the same writer. The author of this website was able to purchase these as back issues in March 2003. Kelsey Publishing Group 01959 541444  The January 2006 issue has an article about Clive MacDonald's preserved Newham recovery vehicle, along with a brief history of S&D.

An Anthology of The Worthing Tramocars. The Southdown Enthusiasts' Club. This book was published in 2002 by The Southdown Enthusiasts' Club. It tells the fascinating story of how, soon after the formation of Shelvoke & Drewry, W.R. Gates recognised the potential of the chassis as a passenger vehicle. The low entrance height made the Freighter suitable for sea front operations in Worthing. Gates gave his vehicle the name 'Tramocar', and built up to a fleet of eleven, before selling out to Southdown in 1938. The book contains 92 pages of text, with 12 black & white photographs with colour card covers. One section is a reproduction of an article from the November 1st 1924 edition of 'Modern Transport' in which the new S & D Freighter is described. Time Tables and Fare Tables are reproduced, and a full account of the Tramocar operation is given. Anyone with an interest in S & D will find a fascinating insight into a more unusual role for the Freighter within the pages of this book. For ordering details see: www.southdownenthusiastsclub.org.uk

 

SOE the scientific secrets FREDRIC BOYCE AND DOUGLAS EVERETT

SOE - the scietific secrets by Fredric Boyce & Douglas Everett. Published by Sutton Publishing. Paperback edition 2004 ISBN 0 7509 4005 0 The story of the Special Operations Executive is told by one of the scientists who worked for SOE at Station IX - the Frythe at Welwyn Garden City during World War II. Among their many projects was the design of the Welfreighter which S&D was commissioned to build. An account of the Welfreighter occupies six pages and nine photographs are included.

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