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Bridges Transport Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Bridges, Harold, Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire, Lancashire, North West, England
  • Preston, Lancashire, Lancashire, North West, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Road haulage, carrier & carting services

Notes:

Established at Lytham in c1920 as a carrier business by Harold Bridges. 1930s moved to Preston. 1936 incorporated as Harold Bridges Ltd. Expanded rapidly to provide services in Lancashire and Cheshire. c1950 acquired by British Transport Commission when Harold Bridges established a new business, Bridges Transport Ltd. 1966 acquired by Tayforth Ltd of Edinburgh

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