THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 6 2017
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Richards Brothers go from strength to strength ESTABLISHED in May 1943
by William Richards, Richards Brothers Buses is a bus operating company based in Cardigan. Over the years, Richards
Brothers have purchased many smaller bus companies over and currently has 65 vehicles running local bus services and school buses in south-west Wales, primarily in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, with some Carmarthenshire services. As well as coach tours, Richard
Brothers Buses also share the new demand-responsive Bwcabus service, making it much easier for people living in very rural communities to access local towns
and villages to do their shopping, pay their bills and use other services.
The beginning The company began operating
under the name W.G. Richards & Sons, Brodawel, Moylgrove. W.G in the 1940s. Richards was a general haulage
contractor with a steam engine, and was offered a contract with Higgs and Hill when the R.N.A.D. Trecwn, a valley three miles south of Fishguard, was being built. He carried workmen in 14 seat vans to the construction site at R.N.A.D. The first true bus was a Bedford
OWB utility bus with wooden seats, bought in May 1943. The OWB was
a wartime version of B e d f o r d OB, the OB itself was introduced to
Bedford’s
range in 1939 but due to the outbreak of the second world war only a small number of vehicles were produced before Bedford switched its attention to
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