SCAMMELL CENTENARY CELEBRATION

Exactly 100 years to the day after Scammell Lorries Ltd opened its Tolpits Lane factory in Watford, on 1 May 1922, one of the largest Scammell-only gatherings took place just down the road to celebrate the milestone anniversary. Zack Stiling went along to see the mighty truck up close.

Thanks to the generosity and co-operation of Watford Borough Council, the Scammell Register commandeered the King George V Playing Fields for a rally which saw 27 Scammells congregate over the bank holiday weekend, plus a solitary Austin A40 van in the livery of Parker Bent, the haulage contractor and Scammell service agent.

Scammell’s origins actually go back much further than 1922. It was in the late 19th century that George Scammell founded G Scammell & Nephew on Fashion Street in Spitalfields as a wheelwright and body-building firm. The business first expanded to include the sale and maintenance of Foden tractors, and one customer, haulier Edward Rudd, had imported a Knox from America and