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FAMILY AFFAIR

The story starts in the 1920s with the end of the WW1, and my grandfather (William George Hill – affectionately known as Dick), having been demobbed from the Guards. He established a general haulage company with his brother in law, Lance Sherwood.

The company worked with various customers, including the local coal industry at a time when new mines

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