CLASSIC CLYDESDALE

David has lived in Scotland for many years, and comes from a haulage background.

“I was actually born in Liverpool, and lived in Runcorn for many years,” he recalls. “My father was originally involved in agriculture, before moving into haulage. In the 1960s the government offered subsidies for using lime in the fields to get rid of harmful acids. Like a lot of contractors at the time, my father had an old ex-army truck to haul the lime. He then bought an ex-brewery Leyland Comet. By this time, he had found a job in Scotland, and used to work away for weeks at a time. The rest of the family moved up to Edinburgh in 1961. Once I left school I worked at a couple of jobs, before I also got involved with transport. My father got me another old Comet and I started helping him haul the lime. I then bought a Bedford TK, which was a very popular lorry for local work.”

David remembers that during this period they were trading as DSW & Co.

“D S W stood for my father Derek Stanley Williams, and I