Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 24 August 1978: … More and more vehicles are taking to the roads with potential disasters aboard, but as yet their near impeccable safety record has held. In Huddersfield, a number of people are concerned that the safety record will be upheld and are determined that disasters such as the Spanish holiday camp horror will not happen here. … Mr George Farndale, Group Training Officer for the Kirkbuton based Sykes Group, said “Our own checks are done very frequently. We have monthly inspections of all our vehicles by trained mechanics, and any faults are rectified immediately. In addition, the drivers sometimes notice defects while on the road and these are repaired as soon as they are reported. All the loading and unloading equipment is regularly maintained, and all our vehicles are subjected to the yearly MOT tests for road worthiness. Any work that we are called to do involving chemicals involves more precautions, and we meet with the company concerned beforehand to arrange for special protective clothing to be provided if necessary.”...

Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 16 October 1978: THE SYKES GROUP OF COMPANIES require HGV CLASS I LICENSED DRIOVERS. The successful applicants will have at least five years heavy goods experience in driving 30 ton articulators and in handling a wide variety of chemicals. For application form please contact: Mr G Farndale, Group Training Officer, Huddersfield.

2012

George Derrick Farndale died on 26 April 2012 at Stockton on Tees, aged 70.