Family Affairs - Illustrated Histories Of Haulage Contractors From Somerset & Dorset

The principal industry of the neighbouring rural counties of Somerset and Dorset, has for centuries been in farming. Indeed it was due to agriculture that a number of companies started-out as hauliers, but it is the one common source of traffic, the transport of agricultural goods, that they have all played a part in. Second in importance has been the exploitation of the mineral resources from the ground such as the quarrying industry centred around the Mendips in Somerset and the Isles of Portland and Purbeck in Dorset. Also the sand and gravel pits at Moreton and Wareham and the extraction of Ball Clays at Furzebrook, which are more inconspicuous to visitors. The book is the result of years of research by author Michael Marshall and is packed with rare and unpublished images of the finest that Britain could build including Foden and Sentinel steamers plus the latest from the likes of Volvo, ERF and DAF. Quarry plant & machinery also feature in this book in the stories of Perry & Perry, Hine Bros. & Evemys (Asham Quarry) . Companies featured include Bird Bros., J.H. Clapcott, D.H. Cuff & Blandord Transport; Day Bros; Evemys & Asham Quarry; Hine Bros., Patten Bros., Perry & Perry including Yandle & Bishop and Weymouth Haulage Co; F. Read & Sons; D.W.Taylor, Taymix Transport Ltd & Translact Ltd. 196 pages. approx 300 b&w photos plus 16 pages of colour. hardback, portrait format printed on 150 gsm gloss paper. Another high quality book from Roundoak.