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G'day Nevil I am sure many of us on here would be delighted if you could sketch out a little of the Whitlock history (including the Agricultural side). If I remember correctly the factory site at Gt Yeldham was taken over by various companies including the Hunnable group and Spot machinery and now ...

Yes welcome Nevil , if you don't mind me getting straight into it , one question springs to mind - Some websites credit Whitlock with producing the very first tractor mounted backhoe / loader, beating JCB etc to the market, do you think this is correct ? Craig Coincidentally spotted this old but so...

Just been introduced to this site and find it fascinating and , as the last living male member of the Whitlock family who was involved at the factory from 1962 till 1972 ( my father being Carleton Whitlock who was responsible for the introduction of tractor mounted backhoes back in the early 50s and...