G H Martin & Son was
established in 1934 with just one Bedford 3 way tipper
that was driven and owned by Mr Martin senior. This
vehicle was involved in delivering aggregate, concrete
blocks and bath stone products from local quarries to
sites all across the south west of England.
By 1950 as demand increased and additional lorries were
purchased so by 1955 there were 6 lorries in the fleet,
still delivering aggregates and concrete blocks and
stone.
Specialised vehicles were purchased at this time to
include Seddon four wheeled 7t flat beds, these worked
exclusively for the admiralty collecting ammunition
from Thingley Rail head and distributing to Monkton
Farley, Spring Quarry and Copenacre.
In 1969 the fleet had increased to 13 vehicles still
all rigid's, a mixture of flats and tippers. |
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In 1982 the Falkland conflict started, Martins
were heavily involved on a twenty four hour basis
moving ammunition and equipment from Royal Naval Stores
at Monks Park to Naval ports across the south.
Through changing work and customers needs the artic
cranes were disposed of as vehicles moved into transferring
stock.
Unfortunately in June 1995 Mr Martin senior passed
away.
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To accommodate the rising payloads of deliveries in
1978 Mr Martin purchased an artic crane which again
joined the other lorries delivering concrete products
for Bradleys, which was later to become ECC, Camas and
to whom we work for now Aggregate Industries.
Shortly after this time more articulated tractor units
and trailers were purchased these were mainly DAF 2300,
these were involved with work delivering large blocks
of bath stone from quarries in the southwest to include
Monks Park, Hartham Park and Portland and delivered
to stone masons in and around Wiltshire, the main customer
for that work was Bath and Portland, later this company
was to change to Hanson Bath and Portland. |
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In October 2000 the company incorporated and his son
David to become managing director and his daughter Barbara
to become company secretary.
In January 2000 Barbara's son in law Michael Fletcher
joined the company to bring new ideas and perhaps a
younger outlook to the company. Shortly after the company
increased its customer flexibility by purchasing curtain
sided trailers which now make up 40% of the fleet.
Currently the company has a fleet of 20 vehicles made
up of rigids, artics, cranes and tippers and we have
over 150 different customers.
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