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This week’s pictures from the past
Friday 20th November 2009, 11:03AM GMT.
Jack Evans on the weigh bridge at the Squilver quarry near Bishop's Castle, circa 1930
This photo loaned by Mr Raymond Evans of Pontesbury shows his late father, Mr Jack Evans, on the weighbridge at the Squilver quarry near Bishop’s Castle, and is thought to date from the early 1930s. Jack Evans is standing on the right the person behind the lorry is unidentified.
“He started his haulage business at Pontesford, Pontesbury, and in 1933 he moved to the heart of Pontesbury into the Old Rectory. The weighbridge shown in the photo still stands today,” said Mr Evans.
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