THE SWEETING DYNASTY PART FOUR
In the last chapter we examined Fred Sweeting and his sons’ involvement in the Sweeting haulage dynasty. In this article we look at his oldest son Frederick William’s association in the family concern.
Frederick William (but always known as Bill) Sweeting was born in June 1928 and was the eldest son of Fred and Margaret who had a big family of ten children, eight boys and two girls. When they were old enough, all the sons went to work for their father’s haulage business.
Bill had started driving in 1942 at the young age of 14 for his father’s small haulage firm, which was kept busy post war by hauling road construction materials from Sandford Quarry and tarmac from Shipham Hill Quarry for asphalt and tarmacadam manufacturers Crow, Catchpole & Co. Ltd. The tarmac was for repairs to runways at many aerodromes
