[2] LJ Cotton assessed a 1-ton version of Holes' PCV during a two-day road test for Commercial Motor in August 1951.

No reverse gear was provided, but this was achieved by lifting a safety catch and turning the tiller through 180 degrees in relation to the wheel.

Transition between the stages was controlled by an automatic hydraulic dashpot, and helical gearing and a differential in the rear axle ensured that the vehicle was very manoeuvrable.

A vertical steering column and wheel were mounted in the centre of the platform, and the automatic controller was activated by a foot-operated switch.

The vehicle could carry 110 gallons of milk, with crates stacked three high, and had a range of about 20 miles (32 km), based on 200 stops and hilly terrain.

[7] The fleet of Windsor and Eton Dairies included 4 Manulectric 13 cwt standing driver vehicles with solid tyres in 1963.

As a result of using a system of flow-line building for the vehicles, the price had not been increased for 5 years, despite rising labour costs.

[9] At some point ownership passed to L & P Engineering Co, who were also based in Exeter, as this was the company that sold the manufacturing rights for Manulectric PCVs to Crompton Electricars (formerly Morrison-Electricar) in 1972.

Electricars had been built at Tredegar since 1968, and literature at the time stated that Manulectrics were suitable for use in hospitals and by municipal, commercial and industrial customers, as well as for the delivery of milk.

This included some Manulectric trolley trucks, but details of the deal and the precise dates are a little sketchy, as a copy of the agreement has not been found.

One is a pedestrian controlled van that was built in Brighton in the 1950s, supplied new to Royal Mail, and is now in private ownership in Monmouthshire.

It carries the registration number 219 TPC, and according to the caption on the Classic Commercial Motor Vehicles website, was built by the Stanley Engineering Co Ltd, which was based at Egham, Surrey at the time.