Page 9 - AVRO News Issue 1 March
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EET YOUR AVRO NATIONAL COUNCIL
AVRO BOARD
Graham Steedman John Rogers Eric Hammond
AVRO Business Region 5 Region 6
Consultant
I joined the Vehicle Recovery I am a Director of Unity Recovery I started recovery life in 1960 at Bick-
Industry after 40 Years ( Ford Service, Leicester , now in its enhill in Warwickshire where my moth-
/Volvo/Honda ) in the Retail seventieth year in the recovery er and father ran a petrol station with
a café attached and after a few years
Motor Trade. Newly retired profession. moved to my present site in the vil-
General Manager of M8 lage of Fillongley ready for when the
Recovery Ltd for last six years I became an officer of AVRO on M6 opened. We have been a Police
one of the Largest Recovery its inauguration in May 1977, and contractor now for some 58 years and
Operators in Scotland. became the first Vice Chairman agents for a number of the major clubs
of the Association followed by two as well as many haulage and manu-
terms as National Chairman, and facturers agents in the area.
to this day I still remains heavily
involved with the Association as The business still is a family run one
well as representing Region five with Joy, my wife, in the office and my
as their Council Member.
Son, Philip taking over much of the
running of the company. I was made
Chairman of Region 6 many years
ago and later became a Council Mem-
ber which is the position I hold to this
day. I am also Chairman of the AVRO
Benevolent Fund and sit on the Work-
ing Group 2 Committee of survive on
behalf of AVRO.
In 2010 I was presented with a clock
to commemorate 50 years’ service to
Warwickshire Police and in 2016 I was
inducted into the Hall of Fame at the
International Museum for Recovery
and Towing in Chattanooga for service
to the industry.
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