RICHARDSONS COACHES

Before 1920, Thomas Richardson, genarally known as Tot, was a butchers boy. In that year, together with his brothers Arthur and Bill, he set himself up in the transport business. He started by buying a truck. Then his grandfather, John, not a member of the firm but a joiner in his own right, built a body to fit on the back of a truck to turn it into a charabanc. At their premises in Oxford Road Tot served the business as an engineer with Arthur and Bill doing the driving, deciding on destinations and advertising trips.

Primary location: Oxford Road United Kingdom