SWEETING DYNASTY
PART ONE
The village of Sandford, some seven miles outside the Somerset seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare, will forever be synonymous in road haulage with the name of Sweeting. It could even be called the ‘Sweeting Triangle’ on account that there have been at least a dozen haulage firms in the triangle formed by Sandford, Banwell and Weston-Super-Mare, that have traded under the Sweeting name at one time or another.
Several firms still operate under the Sweeting name, these are noted for their individual and distinctive liveries, some vehicles also carrying names. All of them can trace their origins back to Robert Sweeting and his sons.
It was in Sandford after the First World War that Robert Sweeting ran the Railway Inn in the village, behind which were stables where he kept his horses and carts. Besides running the inn, Robert also carried-out the haulage of stone from nearby Sandford Quarry; then owned by the Sandford Quarries Company; for use by the County Council for road building and repairs. Indeed, it was the natural resource of the Mendips; limestone; that was to
