28th April 2011, Page 34
28th April 2011
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Shaping Britain’s Haulage Industry
And in no particular order... Edward Stobart (1954-2011) While it was Eddie Stobart who started the company (buying his frst truck – a Guy Invincible in 1960), it’s his son......
James Sumner And Henry Spurrier
In 1896, engineers James Sumner and Henry Spurrier joined forces to create the Lancashire Steam Motor Company. Within a decade, with some help from Crossley, it had made its......
Richard Beeching Aka Doctor Beeching (1913-1985)
Beeching trained as a physicist and engineer and became chairman of British Railways. He became infamous in Britain in the early 1960s for his report The Reshaping of British......