The Yeoman Story by Robin Thornes

The story begins in the Yorkshire port of Scarborough and follows the fortunes of John Yeoman's grandfather, Francis, who rose to become a shipowner and public figure in his adopted town of Hartlepool.  It then goes on the tell of how John's father, Foster, worked his way up within the iron and steel industry and, after seeing active service in France in World War I, came to Somerset to establish the quarrying company which bore his name.  The Yeoman Story is, first and foremost, a history of that company - Foster Yeoman Ltd - the business in which John spent his working life and built up into an acknowledged leader in the industry.  Its development is traced from its early days at Dulcote Quarry near Wells in the 1920s, through to the creation of a superquarry at Glensanda in Scotland in the 1980s.