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1919 Establishment of Foster and Seddon Ltd - coach proprietors, road transport operators, servicing and distribution of cars and commercial road vehicles
1937/8 Started vehicle manufacture under the trademark Seddon, after 18 years of servicing and distribution of vehicles. The first vehicle was a 6-ton with a Perkins P6 diesel engine.
1944 Advert for diesel lorry. (Foster and Seddon)
1946 Took lease on Woodstock Factory at Oldham
1948 Moved from Salford to the Woodstock factory, Higginshaw, Oldham.
Became Fosdon Ltd
1948 became Seddon Motors Ltd except for a small department engaged in sale and repair of motor cars.
1950 Produced and launched a 3-ton with a Perkins engine which remained in production until 1963.
1951 Became a public company, Seddon Diesel Vehicles.