scania81:
LAA 976T in the background with a John Gregory trailer waiting to load.
Spencer Chillcot is in front of the humber which my dad sold to him.
Hi scania 81,
Can I ask where this photo was taken ?
The reason I ask is the Leyland box truck in the photo I new well…Jones Transpot Shrewsbury.
Regards Mark
Hello Marktaff,Jones transport were a reg8ular subbie and the photo was taken at British Tissues hanger 2 Llandow.
There was always various firms backloading like Bartrums and Smith of Madiston always had a few flats lined up.
They had a shunter based in Newport David? and i believe he became Carline,s trainer?
Regards
Dai
Hi Dai,
Thanks suprised to see her in the photo…she was a six wheeler always came to Swansea with Corned Beef
pete 359:
Hi Dai,
Great BRS photos and memories.Thanks.Was that DAF a bridgend motor? Where was Eddie Thomas from please?
Regards Andrew.
The Daf was a batch of 4 and parked in the Bridgend ranks.It was taken on a sunday morning and Eddie is to the right.
He was from Cymmer and lived in North Cornelly,ex N and C bus driver and then he worked for the oid D. David Tondu.
He done the Wrexham changeover on nights for years and last off drove MTC478R 111 scania.
Dai
pete 359:
Hi Dai,
Great BRS photos and memories.Thanks.Was that DAF a bridgend motor? Where was Eddie Thomas from please?
Regards Andrew.
The Daf was a batch of 4 and parked in the Bridgend ranks.It was taken on a sunday morning and Eddie is to the right.
He was from Cymmer and lived in North Cornelly,ex N and C bus driver and then he worked for the oid D. David Tondu.
He done the Wrexham changeover on nights for years and last off drove MTC478R 111 scania.
Dai
Hello Dai,
I think I knew Eddie? The one I’m thinking of was a very heavy smoker,he later drove for Joint Motorways? May well be wrong,lots of Eddie Thomas’ in mid Glamorgan then.Courtesy of the legend that is Bubbleman,Eric Hardwicks FODEN with Blue Line.
pete 359:
Hi Dai,
Great BRS photos and memories.Thanks.Was that DAF a bridgend motor? Where was Eddie Thomas from please?
Regards Andrew.
My old man and Dai page had one of those red dafs
Good photos Those Dai
Hello Dai what happened to Dai Page did he move to Bradford something is in the back of my head he did .
You are right Ian he transferred to Bradford depot.
He lived in crossroads near Keighley and returned to South Wales and sadly died about 3 years ago in a Cwmavon care home.
What a character,everyone on my travels seemed to know him and i will try and put his ex 81 photo on tomorrow.
Dai
pete 359:
Hi Dai,
Great BRS photos and memories.Thanks.Was that DAF a bridgend motor? Where was Eddie Thomas from please?
Regards Andrew.
My old man and Dai page had one of those red dafs
Good photos Those Dai
Hello Dai what happened to Dai Page did he move to Bradford something is in the back of my head he did .
You are right Ian he transferred to Bradford depot.
He lived in crossroads near Keighley and returned to South Wales and sadly died about 3 years ago in a Cwmavon care home.
What a character,everyone on my travels seemed to know him and i will try and put his ex 81 photo on tomorrow.
Dai
Hi Scania 81 So sad to hear that about Dai Page spent many a night out with him always a gang of us in Hayes social club or Bulwark on a Friday night . cheers Ian .
Ianto full pelt:
Hi Scania 81 So sad to hear that about Dai Page spent many a night out with him always a gang of us in Hayes social club or Bulwark on a Friday night . cheers Ian .
Hi Ian ,is that bulwark near Chepstow a club on an ind est cheers John
Ianto full pelt:
Hi Scania 81 So sad to hear that about Dai Page spent many a night out with him always a gang of us in Hayes social club or Bulwark on a Friday night . cheers Ian .
Hi Ian ,is that bulwark near Chepstow a club on an ind est cheers John
Yes John we were always there on a Friday night short run in on sat. morning I was on the BRS then .
Ianto full pelt:
Hi Scania 81 So sad to hear that about Dai Page spent many a night out with him always a gang of us in Hayes social club or Bulwark on a Friday night . cheers Ian .
Hi Ian ,is that bulwark near Chepstow a club on an ind est cheers John
Yes John we were always there on a Friday night short run in on sat. morning I was on the BRS then .
A load of us used to stop on Fridays in the 80,s tdw,Owens and the Welsh boys heading home I was driving a flatbed merc van on delanair work ,I was up there the other day tipping on the estate
1 for Chris 143,Dai pages 81.The only 81 to arrive that year and soon after Dai went onto VLJ 649X 82M sleeper that ended its days on the driving school.The 40 footer looks long without the side guards.
Ron Evans would have drove this 1 also Chris 143.
2 were a lot later sprayed up in the new colours and had the back to front gearbox .
Post more as the weeks go on .
Dai
