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@ @ @ F Bigham, the Mover Limited 8 By Dianne Denby â€" and his truck were hired by Bell Canada _ to opportunities down different E@‘*%@W | Bigham the Mover Ltd. is truly a _ to transport their men and equipment to . avenues. During the war they [:“)nggi’z*‘fi* company with reat history. The compaâ€" repair downed lines. This job lasted sevâ€" hauled shell forgings from Holâ€" Lx}:“%%ssi&i ae ny was founded in 1920 by Fred Bigham _ eral months and from that point on Fred man Machines to Hamilton to y ce . .. ._ AL LIED 3 when he purchased a 1916 Model "T" _ simply used his truck to move whatever be welded, returned them to | _ | \%Q * **MeCeesdMoves _ ;|; â€" Ford truck. As luck would have it â€" his people had to move. Gradually his busiâ€" Woodstock to be assembled and | W _ + . . Nes . luck anyway â€" a major ice storm hit ness evolved to specializing in the boxed, and then transported us ul y â€"~ se Oxford County shortly thereafter. Fred household goods area. them to Ajax where they were | _ > j In 1960 Fred shipped overseas. S n _ O passed away, but After the war, they again The truck of the 90‘s s the businessâ€"was, _ found the largest amount of their _ 3 by that time, being business to be private moves and eventuâ€" managed by his ally became a member of Allied Van office. The truck which was headed for son, Gordon. Lines. In the 1950‘s road transportation . the east COAsSt, luckily made a stop at an . Although the across the country became viable and Allied agent before leaving Montreal, and company has priâ€" â€" since that time they have, as members of â€" the hitchhiking cat was$ t}ble to be . ‘marily focused on Allied, moved families across the counâ€" |â€" promptly returned to his anxi0us o,wner. the business of try. Howard hastily added that they don‘t norâ€" moving households, mâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" z 1 mally move péets. they have also ; e l Although Gordon, who is now 82 never shut the door ) § y _|. â€"years of age, is still active in the compaâ€" _ M aammmnems ( [ . || o3 the rcins were taken over in 1977 by e lcm [ °[ Howard, a business graduate of the &* nlle l > * University of Western Ontario, has conâ€" hosscueak ul ol ‘WQ _| : tinued to expand on the service Bigham inss .. % \.»Q;i"-‘":‘. | _the Mover is known for, but has also s en ; 4 ponal C Sabes Te io. 2 . e fi}ii ,@“ ‘ | _ increased the business to include other e es aspects such as furniture storage. Fred G. Big’I'7a”m with his first truck, a 1916 Their onâ€"premise storage area is fully Font Medel 13 uhoh has made ts as 1| hevied in the wimer and is insulated to of 15 miles per hour. This vehicle is prevent wide temperature fluctuations in still in their fleet of trucks. the summer. Upholstered items are plasâ€" The company, which started with just one tic wrapped and s.lored.on individual employee 73 years ago, has gr , racks. Other furniture is padded, and $ grown to k i $ ; employ 8 fullâ€"time plus additional partâ€" together with boxed 1tf=,ms, is stored in time staff as the need requires. Bigham‘s large wooden containers. §torage also has additional qualified staff they ehargesiofe Dosedlonithceuble spact can call on during their peak moving seaâ€" Ns . son from May to September. 5 Plans for the. future of Bigham the | As a service oriented company, I\./Iover.Ltd. may include a fourth generaâ€" Bigham, has had to adapt themselves to tion Bigham at th'e wheel. Howard‘s 12 meet the particular needs of their cusâ€" _ YCaAr 018 son Daniel has shown an interâ€" tomers. For instnace, the requirements of _ °St in the company, but Dad says he‘ll an elderly customer selling a home to . WAit to see how his interests unfold move to an apartment, are different than _ D¢fore making any predictions. those of a young couple moving into . [T ; s their first home. chan Moving can mean anything from [ | i‘ ap transporting one valuable item to moving . | %@m ,.4??* F3 all of your possessions locally or crossâ€" [ _ * «imy/,_ ‘ 2 K â€" e country. It can also be as varied as purâ€" ([J NWP _ / / * [Â¥ chasing packaging paper and doing your || _ _ __â€" _ _ 7 x x2 I | own packing and box moving, leaving (| _ ul | _ _ _\ > major appliances and furniture to be | M ) # * mâ€"® ' moved by the movers. To the scenario ; | i ‘ ol E I‘m sure we would all rather have, walkâ€" _ ‘" M en ing out of your home as the movers are siatl C‘ Fighein The MoveL L. walking in to do all of your moving, yeâ€"s including packing. | & For the present, Howard s phllosoppy One of the company‘s most humorous is to. earmm a lfvmg by providing quality ’ moments came a few years back when servn.ce, and in th.e future the focus on | they were delivering a customers goods â€" IUality can only increase as customers to Montreal. In the neighbourhood there rightly PxDeS! work to be done right the lived a very curious cat who decided to . fitst time. * s have a look around the inside of the That sounds like a good philosophy truck. After Bigham‘s left, the neighbour | !9 ~¢‘ j \ suspecting that the missing cat may have been inside and called the Woodstock â€" a