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H Keightley & Son (Carriers)

H Keightley father and son

Horace Keightley (seen on the left above) and his father George Herbert Keightley started a carrier’s business in 1919. The address of the business was 204 High Street but their yard was opposite on the corner of Rosebery Street and Finedon Road.

Aerial view showing Finedon Road and Rosebery Street with Keightley’s yard arrowed.

Photograph in the mid 1930s showing the fleet of lorries with Mr Keightley, young Ivan Keightley, Mr Ashby and Mr Haynes.

Horace Keightley with his lorry in the yard.

Photograph in the mid 1930’s of the old Ford lorry with Herbert at the wheel. Mrs Herbert Keightley, Mrs Horace Keightley and the son, Ivan Keightley.

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