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Griff’s EAGER BEAVER

Paul ‘Griff’ Griffith has lived in Shropshire all his life and is a fitter by trade, having served his time with a local company in the 1960s. That soon changed though…

“My father was a builder, so I ended up working with him” Griff explained. But when he retired in the late 1970s, he returned to spanner work, joining Mason Transport. “They were involved with a lot of farming work. I then switched to Salop Haulage Ltd and I’m still with them now. They have been operating for over 40 years and are generally recognised as one of the leading transport companies in Shropshire.”

‘Griff’ recalls that the

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