Eddie Stobart had died aged 95.
The country’s most renowned haulage company of the same name was famous for each green lorry having its own unique name.
Eddie Pears Stobart, who started up the company in the 1940s, was born in Cumbria and originally worked as a farmer before setting up the hugely successful business.
The entrepreneur died on November 25, .
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In 1960 Eddie bought his first truck which was painted post-office red and Brunswick green with yellow lettering.
But Eddie was said to believe there was no money to be made in haulage, seeing his small fleet simply as ‘a tool for my main business’ and in 1973 at the age of just 19 Eddie’s second-youngest child Edward took over as CEO and made the business into a household name.
Having started with eight trucks and 12 employees in 1976, by the turn of the century the fleet had expanded to about 1,000 trucks and 2,000 employees, with depots all over the country.
The business now has a fleet of over 5,000 vehicles, including over 2,700 vehicles and over 3,500 trailers.
Eddie named his trucks after women to give them a sense of personality and character with the first truck being named after Twiggy.
Eddie Stobart had died aged 95 (Image: Getty)
The next three trucks were respectively called Tammy Wynette, , and Suzi Quatro.
Other names include Tuula Karina, Angharad, Anstice, and Saoirse Erin.
Under Edward’s stewardship, drivers of Stobart trucks also wore collars and ties and were instructed to wave back and honk their horn when signalled by a passer-by.