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The Southampton-area distribution service which was the cause of the celebration in fact originated with Victory Transport in 1950. Victory was bought by the Amey group in 1968, and in 1972 Army was taken over by the Gold Fields group. Victory and Amey businesses were then merged with Greenwoods Transport, an existing subsidiary. And Gold Fields, of course, also owns Amey Road-stone Corporation with over 3,000 vehicles.
The distribution vehicles still operate in old as well as new liveries, but the gradual adoption of a standard livery incorporating a "big G" symbol will bring all the 400-plus units in the Greenwoods fleet into a common image.
I had not realised until my visit to Rownhams that Greenwoods now has over a million square feet of warehousing around the countr3 nor that it owned Foden distributors in two -areas and had recently branched into DAF marketing through Central Trucks (Lanes) at Ashton in Makerfield.