Hobbs Brothers Ltd

A short history of the Company

By Peter Harrison

Hobbs Brothers have been delivering fuel oil around Gloucestershire for over 100 years. The business started in Stroud by Clement Hobbs in the late 1890's and still operates in Gloucester today under the direction of his great grandsons, Mark and David

The Hobbs family Tree

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The early years

The  business began in Paganhill with Clement Hobbs delivering paraffin by horse and cart around the Stroud area. The oil came in drums by train from London and was collected from the railway station. The business then moved to Cashes Green and then to the Wharf at Bridgend, Stonehouse in the 1940's. The Company graduated from horse to motor transport and their vans were a familiar sight around the Five Valleys and beyond.

Bridgend

The natural progression for Hobbs Bros. was to move into the farm and domestic fuel business and this led to the purchase of the site at the Wharf, Bridgend  from where they operated  for over 30 years.

Monkmeadow Dock   

The business went from strength to strength and the premises at Bridgend were outgrown, so in the early 1970's the Company moved to Monkmeadow Dock in Hempsted, Gloucester where they remain today as distributors of Texaco fuels and lubricants in Gloucestershire.Hobbs have always had a reputation for delivering to sites that no one else can get to and they have always operated  a small four wheel drive tanker for this purpose. The current vehicle is a Unimog with a carrying capacity of 3600 litres