A Cantay van: the firm who took over the Archer Cowley business in 1969: with their name dominant and the AC&Co name on the cab door and at the rear of the body of the van.

Phil’s History:

A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

This photograph does not have a date. Presumably it is in the early days after the takeover in 1969.

Phil’s History:

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A Cantay van: the firm who took over the Archer Cowley business in 1969: with their name dominant and the AC&Co name on the cab door and at the rear of the body of the van.