Famed trucking firm founder Eddie Stobart suffered many heartbreaks before ... Eddie wanted his trucks to be known for more than their deliveries, so he started a famous tradition of naming ...
Campaigners appealed to Eddie Stobart to name a truck after him as the 18-year-old "loved the company" and collected memorabilia. But the company said it only gave its trucks female names.
The truck debuted in the famous Eddie Stobart green and red colouring, with the small company possessing just eight lorries and 12 employees when it launched. Mr Stobart died on November 25 aged ...
His name was emblazoned on more than 2,000 trucks, each with individual decor, leading to a children’s craze for spotting them on motorways Eddie Stobart, who has died aged 95, was a Cumbrian ...
A teenager who died at an NHS unit has had a bomb detection truck named in his honour, after Eddie Stobart refused to commemorate him. Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, had epilepsy and drowned in a bath ...
Eddie Stobart trucks have always turned heads with their unique tradition of naming their vehicles after women, a quirky practice started by the company's founder in the 1940s. Trucks bearing ...
Eddie Stobart reached some fame for allowing drivers to name the truck to which they drove - a tradition started by Mr Stobart himself. In an attempt to expand his family name and stop being known ...
Eddie Pears Stobart, who founded the eponymous Stobart group in the 1940s, died on November 25, aged 95-years-old. The man behind ... flanked by the emblazoned trucks he helped make famous ...
That in turn led to the creation of a fan club with thousands of members, and a thriving sideline in Eddie Stobart model trucks and other branded merchandise. Eddie’s son Edward at his Carlisle ...
When his son Edward died in 2011, aged 56, a huge funeral procession featuring Eddie Stobart trucks were seen in Carlisle. Mr Stobart leaves behind a legacy that continues to influence British ...