Bakers Dolphin Coach Travel headquarters in Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare
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Bakers Dolphin Coach Travel headquarters in Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 6 Sep 2018
The firm's website states that the Baker Story began in 1889 when Charles Theodore Baker, aged 21, borrowed £25 from his elder brother to set up business in Weston-super-Mare with a pony chair for hire. The business prospered and he was soon able to buy additional horses and cabs, stabling them behind a house in Locking Road - still the firm's headquarters today. The early 1900s were busy years with the company providing coachmen, horses and broughams for the residents of Weston. Baker won the Royal Mail contract to deliver the post by horse-and-cab twice daily from Weston to the Cheddar Valley.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.34579
Longitude
-2.967673