Besides the Associated Equipment Company there are three other companies in the Lea Valley that built Lorries and Buses. They are Bedford, Commer, and Straker Squires.
Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a subsidiary of Vauxhall Motors, itself the British subsidiary of General Motors (GM), established in 1930; and constructing commercial vehicles. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international truck manufacture.
Commer was a British manufacturer of commercial vehicles which existed from 1905 until 1979. Commer vehicles included car derived vans, light vans, medium to heavy commercial trucks, military vehicles and buses.
Straker-Squire began its early life by supplying a small number of buses to GWR road motor services before expanding rapidly to cater for the London Bus market. In 1905 work included the bus chassis used for Royal Army Medical Corps ambulances and they manufactured 50 omnibus chassis and engines for London buses.
Above is just a brief history of these companies.
