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RD'S Bridgend plant was host 11 stranded lorry drivers, as II as to 125 of the staff, for five (5 during January's great eze-up. Three canteen rkers gallantly served more in 1,000 meals during this nod.
aut man cannot live by food ine. Some of the hardier rits dug a path for a mile to Model T pub a mile away. 'risoners of the weather ght have been incarcerated even longer if 160 army drivers in 72 sixteen-ton lorries had not driven nearly 80,000 miles in five days to deliver 2,000 tons of salt from Winsford, Cheshire, to Wales, as well as 1,200 tons to Bristol. The soldiers, two to a lorry, worked under appalling conditions for at least 16 hours a day and in some cases for 24 hours at a stretch.
The brunt of Operation Cerebos was borne by 66 Sqdn, Royal Corps of Transport, whose OC, Maj Nick Beard, said the weather was even worse than in Norway.