Rushden Research Group: Messrs. T. Whitby and Sons

Messrs. T. Whitby and Sons

Engineers & machinery dealers, carriers & haulage

The company was established after WWI by Thomas Whitby

Several adverts appeared in the Rushden Echo during 1922 by both T Whitby and B Scroxton:

T Whitby & Sons

6 Fitzwilliam St, Rushden

Engineers and Machinery Dealers,
Motor Carriers and Haulage Contractors.

To the Public.
We wish to inform the Public that we have
taken over the Business carried on by

C H Scroxton

as Motor Haulage Contractors and General Carriers between Rushden and Leicester, and trust the Public will continue to favour us with their valued support. The Business will be carried on at the above address and at the yard at Portland-road, Rushden.

We assure you always of our best attention and remain,

Yours obediently,

T Whitby & Sons.

Bert Scroxton and Sons

wish the Public to understand that they have not disposed of their business to Mr Whitby, but are still carrying on at

14, Portland Rd, Rushden,

where all enquiries will receive prompt attention.

Rushden Echo, 22nd June 1923

Motor Damages Railings—Yesterday morning, about nine o’clock, a motor-lorry belonging to Messrs. T. Whitby and Son, standing outside Mr. T. Whitby’s house in Fitzwilliam-street, was left for a moment by the driver. A passing heavy vehicle appeared to have had the effect of releasing the brake, as the lorry ran down the hill, but fortunately in a diagonal direction. It struck the fence in front of Mrs. Harsant’s house, breaking down part of the ironwork and knocking off a few bricks. No other damage was done, and no one was injured.

Whitby Bros. bankruptcy 1930