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ukdave2002
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Where BRS the local delivery arm of the old British Rail?
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Rick
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Dipster
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| Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Rick wrote: | | ukdave2002 wrote: | Where BRS the local delivery arm of the old British Rail?
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Something to do with the nationalisation that took place of road haulage, some time after the war iirc (I'd have to look it up to be sure).
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Correct but separate from British Rail. I understand that they were renowned amongst their drivers for buying vehicles that always seemed to be quite unsuited for the task as the purchasing decision was only based on price! |
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Penman
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ukdave2002
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Interesting, so were all road hauliers nationalised in 1947? And then at some point de-nationalised back to individual private firms?
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Penman
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:49 am Post subject: |
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It looks that way, except that I can't see the smaller, local companies getting rolled up.
What is interesting is the apparent hiding of the "one corporation" by havinng different "brands". I had a friend at school whose father was a local manager for Pickfords I'm sure they competed with BRS for some jobs (heavy lifting for instance) though I don't think BRS ever entered the house move market.
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