Day Group

The original company, Day & Sons Ltd, was established by the late John Day, who delivered coal to London's power stations, businesses and homes during the Second World War. The company was incorporated in 1947. By 1955 the Company had outgrown its site in Hanworth and moved to a British Rail Goods Yard at Brentford where its Headquarters is still based today.

In 1974 this railhead enabled limestone to be railed into London, for the first time on a regular basis, directly from Foster Yeoman's Torr Works quarry in Somerset. This, together with the demise of coal for power stations, businesses and homes shaped the future of Day Group. Over the subsequent years further railheads and wharves have been acquired throughout South London, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, giving the Company unparalleled coverage of its marketing area.

Pictured on 31/01/2020 on A102.
Photo courtesy of and copyrighted to Robert Matthews.
 

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