South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

chris143:

chris143:

pete 359:
hi all,
had a great time with mechanic77 at abergavenny steam fair,shame it ■■■■■■ down,but hey ho.thanks for the email link to the conversion software neil mate :sunglasses: .chris143,saw your fh near coryton this morning,don’t think it was you driving though :question: here are some more of paul coventry’s brilliant middle east photos.this photo is from the trip featured recently when blue line’s loaned low loader was taken to iraq :laughing: .a young bob williams who lent the photos of that trip is seen here arms folded 2nd on the left.

hi andrew, no mate it wasnt me,steve used it for a job to total linsey immingham sunday night, regards chris.

hello again andrew, the man to the left of bob could be middle east driver for the Mcllenan twins ray davies,im almost positive :question:

hi chris,
you are right,i remember him with mclennan’s and blueline.

hello andrew.
i think the timing must have been out today as i didnt see you on the angel bridge,not to worry as i have a 777f on thursday.
graham.

gah1950:
hello andrew.
i think the timing must have been out today as i didnt see you on the angel bridge,not to worry as i have a 777f on thursday.
graham.

hi graham,
thanks for ringing mate.my car was parked just before the bridge,near a footpath above and to the left of you.the problem,was me :blush: i thought,“i’ll go where i used to go years ago”, along a footpath and get a better view.trouble was the last time i was there was bloody years ago and now it’s all overgrown :open_mouth: .so please ring me next time and i promise i will get a better photo,than this :blush: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
regards andrew.

pete 359:

He looks like he could give you a lot of problems if you ■■■■■■ him off. :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

altitude:

pete 359:

He looks like he could give you a lot of problems if you ■■■■■■ him off. :wink: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

hi,
here’s his mate ray davies,sitting on a drum of oil,cooking some “camion stew”. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

sorry lads,these photos were sent to me in pdf format and my scanner can’t read them.so i am taking photos of them on screen with my camera.it’s a shame,because they are brilliant high quality photos,time i’ve ■■■■■■ about with them they are crap :blush:

thanks to mechanic77,i can now scan the pictures.cheers neil :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

pete 359:

gah1950:
hello andrew.
i think the timing must have been out today as i didnt see you on the angel bridge,not to worry as i have a 777f on thursday.
graham.

hi graham,
thanks for ringing mate.my car was parked just before the bridge,near a footpath above and to the left of you.the problem,was me :blush: i thought,“i’ll go where i used to go years ago”, along a footpath and get a better view.trouble was the last time i was there was bloody years ago and now it’s all overgrown :open_mouth: .so please ring me next time and i promise i will get a better photo,than this :blush: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
regards andrew.

thanks for ringing today graham :sunglasses: .

pete 359:
thanks to mechanic77,i can now scan the pictures.cheers neil :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

Nice photos Andrew, in the one of Ray with the plate on his head and the kids, looks like he drops most of his down his T- Shirt :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: bit off topic but when are you getting to Gaydon :question: I’m hoping to be there Friday night do you know if anything goes on then :question:
cheers

John.

altitude:
Nice photos Andrew, in the one of Ray with the plate on his head and the kids, looks like he drops most of his down his T- Shirt :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: bit off topic but when are you getting to Gaydon :question: I’m hoping to be there Friday night do you know if anything goes on then :question:
cheers

John.

hi john,
thanks for that.we will be at gaydon around 4 pm saturday.i have never been there on friday night,though i know that a good few people will be there setting up.thanks to mechanic77 for converting more photos :sunglasses: .eating out of the side locker on the road to the middle east in an f88 :sunglasses: .brilliant :sunglasses:

full marks for the jpeg conversion neil mate :sunglasses:
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pete 359:
full marks for the jpeg conversion neil mate :sunglasses:

No problem, we all do our bit. Its good for these photos to be seen by people who value what those drivers achieved back then. :smiley:
Neil

pete 359:

altitude:
Nice photos Andrew, in the one of Ray with the plate on his head and the kids, looks like he drops most of his down his T- Shirt :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: bit off topic but when are you getting to Gaydon :question: I’m hoping to be there Friday night do you know if anything goes on then :question:
cheers

John.

hi john,
thanks for that.we will be at gaydon around 4 pm saturday.i have never been there on friday night,though i know that a good few people will be there setting up.thanks to mechanic77 for converting more photos :sunglasses: .eating out of the side locker on the road to the middle east in an f88 :sunglasses: .brilliant :sunglasses:

OK Andrew will try and catch you Saturday night. Some really good middle east pic’s, these guys ane legends.
cheers
John

altitude:

pete 359:

altitude:
Nice photos Andrew, in the one of Ray with the plate on his head and the kids, looks like he drops most of his down his T- Shirt :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: bit off topic but when are you getting to Gaydon :question: I’m hoping to be there Friday night do you know if anything goes on then :question:
cheers

John.

hi john,
thanks for that.we will be at gaydon around 4 pm saturday.i have never been there on friday night,though i know that a good few people will be there setting up.thanks to mechanic77 for converting more photos :sunglasses: .eating out of the side locker on the road to the middle east in an f88 :sunglasses: .brilliant :sunglasses:

OK Andrew will try and catch you Saturday night. Some really good middle east pic’s, these guys ane legends.
cheers
John

hi john,
thanks for the reply.we always have a big party saturday night at gaydon,got elvis again this year,will be great :sunglasses: .the guys on the middle east were/are legendary.

chris143:

pete 359:
hi all,
had a great time with mechanic77 at abergavenny steam fair,shame it ■■■■■■ down,but hey ho.thanks for the email link to the conversion software neil mate :sunglasses: .chris143,saw your fh near coryton this morning,don’t think it was you driving though :question: here are some more of paul coventry’s brilliant middle east photos.this photo is from the trip featured recently when blue line’s loaned low loader was taken to iraq :laughing: .a young bob williams who lent the photos of that trip is seen here arms folded 2nd on the left.

hi andrew, no mate it wasnt me,steve used it for a job to total linsey immingham sunday night, regards chris.

hi all , the one on the end is ray davies drove for blue iine then carline ,the one with his shirt open is john brown ex protheroes driver he drove for protheroes for years i see him in tescos sometimes cheers john

smallcoal:

chris143:

pete 359:
hi all,
had a great time with mechanic77 at abergavenny steam fair,shame it ■■■■■■ down,but hey ho.thanks for the email link to the conversion software neil mate :sunglasses: .chris143,saw your fh near coryton this morning,don’t think it was you driving though :question: here are some more of paul coventry’s brilliant middle east photos.this photo is from the trip featured recently when blue line’s loaned low loader was taken to iraq :laughing: .a young bob williams who lent the photos of that trip is seen here arms folded 2nd on the left.

hi andrew, no mate it wasnt me,steve used it for a job to total linsey immingham sunday night, regards chris.

hi all , the one on the end is ray davies drove for blue iine then carline ,the one with his shirt open is john brown ex protheroes driver he drove for protheroes for years i see him in tescos sometimes cheers john

hi john,
i was wondering who he was?can’t say he is familiar to me.i recognise all the others.

A Scania belonging to my former employer, Catnic steel lintels, Caerphilly. Rowland.

andrew this is “HOSS” john brown when he was a tramper for bridgend brs in the 60’s/70’s when i was there ,tony

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smallcoal:

chris143:

pete 359:
hi all,
had a great time with mechanic77 at abergavenny steam fair,shame it ■■■■■■ down,but hey ho.thanks for the email link to the conversion software neil mate :sunglasses: .chris143,saw your fh near coryton this morning,don’t think it was you driving though :question: here are some more of paul coventry’s brilliant middle east photos.this photo is from the trip featured recently when blue line’s loaned low loader was taken to iraq :laughing: .a young bob williams who lent the photos of that trip is seen here arms folded 2nd on the left.

hi andrew, no mate it wasnt me,steve used it for a job to total linsey immingham sunday night, regards chris.

hi all , the one on the end is ray davies drove for blue iine then carline ,the one with his shirt open is john brown ex protheroes driver he drove for protheroes for years i see him in tescos sometimes cheers john

hi john, john brown drove for Dennis Seabourne on the T reg 1626 merc aswell, regards chris,