NOVEMBER 2022 Ӏ PAST REFLECTIONS


ANNIVERSARY


Golden Moments


We take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with some of the people that have helped make Cranes T


Cranes Today started life in November 1972. It was formed by founder publisher Ian MacLaren in conjunction with its first editor Chris Wilson, under the name MW Publishers. The duo had previously worked together on Cranes magazine under the ownership of Morgan Grampian.


When Grampian wanted to


close Cranes (or, worse, merge it with sister magazine Muck Shifter) outrage from the crane industry convinced MacLaren and Wilson there was a continued need for a magazine catering just for them. And so Cranes Today was born. The first issue contained a


thank-you to the magazine's supporters who had inspired them and stood by them while they put the new magazine together. And that thank you continues


today. Without your support we simply wouldn't be here celebrating our 50th. To mark this 'golden


anniversary' we've reached out to some past editors for their memories of working on the industry’s longest running title; we also have a special contribution from long-time reader Dirk Knoester, who visited the publication’s office in 1974 on a trip to London aged just 14!


26 CRANES TODAY oday an enduring brand.


14-year-old I had to visit MW Publishers at 84 Edgware Way, Edgware, Middlesex. I was warmly welcomed by the then editor- in-chief (unfortunately I can't remember his name…) and I was given the latest edition as a thank you. My crane magazine collection could begin! Because I wasn't working in


the industry (yet) and didn't want to miss a single issue anymore, I decided to take out a subscription from my savings; pricey but worth every penny in my opinion! The’70s, ’80s and ’90s, I've always loved them and thanks to Cranes Today I was able to keep a close eye on the developments. England played an extremely


LOYAL READER: DIRK KNOESTER – SENIOR ADVISOR MAMMOET Looking back, my passion for cranes must have started around the age of 12. On holiday with my parents in Germany and France, I had the opportunity to visit the necessary crane rental companies and manufacturers, and that is how I came into contact with Cranes Today magazine.


In the summer of 1974 we went to London and of course the then


The first edition


of Cranes Today, Nov 1972


important (crane) role at that time with names such as Coles, Jones, NCK-Rapier, Ruston-Bucyrus, Smith, Iron Fairy, Hydrocon and Cosmos as leading manufacturers. The list of large crane rental companies was, in my opinion, perhaps even more impressive. Sparrows, White, Scotts, Greenham, Grayston, Stanley Davies, Baldwins, etc. But the articles in Cranes Today


also crossed the (English) border and gave a good picture of global developments. In the 1980s there was even a partly bilingual (English and Dutch) version on the market. In my memory I have always kept


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