The business of Eagles and Crawford, established over 60 years ago, is soon to close. The current owners Ken and Paul Eagles are to set to retire.
The business was started by William Crawford and his stepson John Frederick Eagles in the 1960's and initially the firm operated taxis. They worked school contracts and some required a capacity greater than a taxi and therefore the first minibus was obtained in March 1962. More minibuses followed and by 1970 the business developed into full size vehicles.
In October 1977 the first double decker bus was acquired and many others joined the fleet over the years. By 1992 there was 7 double deckers in the fleet mainly operating school and college services.
By 1986 both sons of John Eagles, Ken and Paul, joined the business as partners.
The main operating depot was at 53 New Street, Mold which appeared at times to be a very confined location with access in to the premises not being entirely easy. In 2006 the New Street premises was sold and these premises is now occupied by housing and the main depot became the Rainbow Garage in Gwernymynydd which had been used by the firm for a number of years previously.
Sadly John Eagles died in the summer of 2020 at the age of 92. He was a character and he is sadly missed.
Whilst a decision to close has been made the business will run for a few weeks into September to fulfil bookings. However the school contracts will not be operated in the autumn. The garage at Gwernymynydd is to be sold together with the current fleet of 8 buses. A full list of the current fleet and also details of every bus and coach operated by the firm can be found within the website RonsBusesandCoaches.com