marktaff:
Hi John,
Sid Halfpenny went under the name of the drunken duck when he was with WG Davies…then is son Paul took the name on when he started driving…I know both Halfpenny’s yes but I know Paul more than is father…Sid McVeigh also had a son Paul to he also drives to…he drives for T Quality in Swansea he also done time o’m the Removals to.
Some nice old pics you have put up there again John…
I remeber the Falconers Austin still on the road and working in the 90s.
Regards Mark
hi mark.thats where i got confused on the name of them both i remember sid halfpenny turning one of jones trucks over as it went over he unclipped his k40 cb ariel as not to damage it he told me that
JAKEY:
Hello Smallcoal , great pictures of the Austin ,tea chests , picture attached of our one in the 60s , my dad posing next to it .
hi jakey.glad you like them tea chest used to cut your hands sometimes you dont see them being used anymore which is a shame no more old school removals not many of us about mate
smallcoal:
hi mark next time im in ammanford i will try to ge
t photos of falconers yard
Ok John that would be nice to see…
When Sid Halfpenny drove for Jones’s John i’m sure he had Johnnie Brimfields old Abrahams sleeper the M ref ?
Didn’t the higher the roof on it from behind the Luton back ?
JAKEY:
Hello Smallcoal , great pictures of the Austin ,tea chests , picture attached of our one in the 60s , my dad posing next to it .
hi jakey.glad you like them tea chest used to cut your hands sometimes yeou dont see them being used anymore which is a shame no more old school removals not many of us about mate
Yes very much so…the amount of times I cut my hands on those T Chests…and the amount of times arriving on a job where the customer had been given the T Chests before hand to pack…to find they had filled one or two of them with books…mind you still the same today with the cartons still fill them with books…just no common dance
Thank you DEANB for the recent pictures and story .
Small coal , its a like time since we used tea chests ,I got two on my patio (under cover) with a old barrow as a ornament ,it reminds me of torn skin etc .
this was how my dad got carried on his last trip ,he asked for it and we did what he wished ,although he did asked to be buried in a wardrobe carton !!! but we couldn’t do that .
I used to know a lot of Cardiff Transport lads, they used to work out of BSC Gartcosh and Ravenscraig when I did with KTS between 83 and 86 ish.
I remember one hectic night in a working mens club in Bellshill with about 5 of them, and about 10 others.
Can’t remember any of their names unfortunately .but some of them may even be on here.
I was the young and cool skinny lad with the Magnum tache and long permed mullet ( ) with an Atki Borderer,.and later on a 2800 DAF, Kirkbride Transport Services…(I’m now a fat bald guy with a Merc Actros, so you’ve no chance of recognising me if you do see me. )
JAKEY:
Thank you DEANB for the recent pictures and story .
Small coal , its a like time since we used tea chests ,I got two on my patio (under cover) with a old barrow as a ornament ,it reminds me of torn skin etc .
this was how my dad got carried on his last trip ,he asked for it and we did what he wished ,although he did asked to be buried in a wardrobe carton !!! but we couldn’t do that .
Hi Jakey…sounds like your Dad had a good sence of humour mate…very fitting send off mate
JAKEY:
Thank you DEANB for the recent pictures and story .
Small coal , its a like time since we used tea chests ,I got two on my patio (under cover) with a old barrow as a ornament ,it reminds me of torn skin etc .
this was how my dad got carried on his last trip ,he asked for it and we did what he wished ,although he did asked to be buried in a wardrobe carton !!! but we couldn’t do that .
Hi Jakey…sounds like your Dad had a good sence of humour mate…very fitting send off mate
Yes I agree a very fitting send off ,bet all the removal men are drinking tea all the time in the big house in the sky now ,mark regarding johnnys truck it got damaged in clydach Johnny was turning into the car park a transporter was sticking out he drove into the top of it ,the fitter bought a similar truck of Herbert’s maesteg and done his own conversion job that is why it was tall on the Luton ,Sid turned a ford over ps I see the piano trolley on the back jakey
JAKEY:
Thank you DEANB for the recent pictures and story .
Small coal , its a like time since we used tea chests ,I got two on my patio (under cover) with a old barrow as a ornament ,it reminds me of torn skin etc .
this was how my dad got carried on his last trip ,he asked for it and we did what he wished ,although he did asked to be buried in a wardrobe carton !!! but we couldn’t do that .
Hi Jakey…sounds like your Dad had a good sence of humour mate…very fitting send off mate
Yes I agree a very fitting send off ,bet all the removal men are drinking tea all the time in the big house in the sky now ,mark regarding johnnys truck it got damaged in clydach Johnny was turning into the car park a transporter was sticking out he drove into the top of it ,the fitter bought a similar truck of Herbert’s maesteg and done his own conversion job that is why it was tall on the Luton ,Sid turned a ford over ps I see the piano trolley on the back jakey
I thought so John…couldn’t work out why it was higher above the Luton…also there’s another Name now no more Herbert’s…Roy and Mark…Yes they also had an Abrahams sleeper to…wasn’t one of there relatives drove for CT ?
Didn’t he park is wagon in there hard in Maesteg.
That’s the one we bought off them they were based at the bottom of maesteg they are still around yes there was a ct that parked there I don’t remember his name some pics of his firm
Hi Dean,
Gwyn R. Davies Transport were from south wales.Based near Cowbridge and for many years they used to work out of a builders merchant next door to us in South Cornelly.Davies’ ceased trading over 10 years ago now…
What is the hardest removal you have ever done ,we had one in London 8th floor flat with a piano as well we had to hire a crane to lift the piano down to the van never again
Hi small coal , bloody hell I have to have a good think , maybe getting some where in Dublin before you good google map a gate entrance and having to walk 500 yards with about 4000 cuft ,and the neighbours kept moaning about the lane blocked !!! I have a think today and get back to you , as marktaff says we could all write a book about removals !!! I think I have seen it all .
I have grown up with removals but I did start my working life as a yts/apprentice then a full time fitter then a driver for British road services Oxford depot , but removals is in my blood, I love it, customers are the hardest to figure out at times , I get grumpy quick these days if they have already packed the tea stuff by the time to start ! that just rattles me
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