AC & Co vans at work:

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.

A very rare graphic showing Archer Cowley & Co vans and staff at work on a client’s removal in the (at a guess) 1920s or early 1930s. I need expert input to identify the specific model of vehicles seen here. I do have a list of the vehicles owned by AC&Co and must add this to the site, since it may make it very clear as to the exact identity of the vehicles. Are they loading or unloading? I cannot tell. And is that a third van on the extreme left, partly-hidden by the foliage? Or is it a steam wagon? Which would indicate a somewhat earlier date. Are the man (on the right) and the woman, wearing aprons, and standing in the house’s entrance porch, members of the removals staff or are they domestic staff of the house? (pba.20.8.15).

Phil’s History:

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