Old Firms in Oxford Area

My late father drove for a company called BOOTY’S TRANSPORT in the early 1960’s, does anyone remember them? They were based somewhere in Oxford and had car transporters, but dad drove a BMC 701 seven ton dropsider. I used to travel with him in the school holidays and remember collecting animal feed from London and taking it to farms around the Berks/Oxon area. He told me that one day the 2 speed stuck in neutral in Trafalgar Square and a passing Policeman took the little plate off of the control unit on the axle and jammed it in gear with a piece of wood! Would give you a ticket nowadays! Dad travelled from Reading to Oxford each day on a Victoria moped, some journey, and used to collect me on the way to London (a bit off route I know). I guess that the firm is now long gone, like my dad!

Pete.