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| Hayton Coulthard History | |
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Peter Coulthard started the haulage company in 1916. He named the company after his eldest son, Hayton |
| His first vehicle was a motorbike and sidecar delivering newspapers around Galloway. | |
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Jimmy with two of his lorries in the 1940's
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then purchased a small lorry and started collecting milk cans from
surrounding farms for the local dairy in Kirkcudbright. Hayton was not interested in haulage and when into farming instead. Brother Jimmy then took over the reins expanding the business in the forties to include by starting Dunmhor Transport named after his two children Duncan and Morag. |
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Duncan with his father in 1947
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| Jimmy died in 1959 and Duncan, 14 at the time had to leave school to help his mother run the business, eventually taking over completely in 1967. | |
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The 1950's fleet in our current premises
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the same year he married Joyce they had three children Duncan, David
and Lynsay. On his retirement in 2000 control passed to Duncan Jnr, who now runs the company. |
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