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BRIAN OAKLEY

THE pioneer of luxury horsebox transportation as it is recognised today has died at his Hertfordshire home, aged 92.

Brian Oakley, right, with David Broome and an early box THE pioneer of luxury horsebox transportation as it is recognised today has died at his Hertfordshire home, aged 92. Starting from scratch, Brian spent eight decades building the Oakley Horsebox Company. At 14, he put skills learned in school carpentry lessons to use building his first horsebox on the chassis of an ex-Army lorry bought by his father for £40. Brian always claimed he was never paid for his efforts when his father sold the hor...

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