billywhizzo:
anyone remember b.w.rees (farm milk collections)newport road cardiff i worked there avery many years collecting milk from farms and taking it to the creameries around wales and the rest of the uk a very good firm to work for but when the son took over he wanted general haulage and went into llanwern steel works but it didnt workout couldnt compete with the likes of r.g miles ken jones cardiff transport thats where i ended up workin for cardiff transport another good firm to work for my boy john worked at cardiff transport aswell hes now working for gwynedd shipping in llanwern hes been workin in llanwern delivering steel now for nearly 23 yrs lol
Hello Billywizzo,
Yes I remember BW Rees, they used to do the bulk pasteurised egg deliveries for a company on Llandough Trading Estate, Penarth Rd to the both Avana Bakeries and to Hales Cakes in Clevedon in the mid 70s to early 80s. Used to have a real old timer driving an Albion but canât for the life of me remember his name.
that was some trip cov was on his 2 week holiday with morris bros but all together it took us a month i could tell you some stories a bout that trip if any one seeâs cov ask him about the eggs we bought in turkey
billywhizzo:
anyone remember b.w.rees (farm milk collections)newport road cardiff i worked there avery many years collecting milk from farms and taking it to the creameries around wales and the rest of the uk a very good firm to work for but when the son took over he wanted general haulage and went into llanwern steel works but it didnt workout couldnt compete with the likes of r.g miles ken jones cardiff transport thats where i ended up workin for cardiff transport another good firm to work for my boy john worked at cardiff transport aswell hes now working for gwynedd shipping in llanwern hes been workin in llanwern delivering steel now for nearly 23 yrs lol
Hello Billywizzo,
Yes I remember BW Rees, they used to do the bulk pasteurised egg deliveries for a company on Llandough Trading Estate, Penarth Rd to the both Avana Bakeries and to Hales Cakes in Clevedon in the mid 70s to early 80s. Used to have a real old timer driving an Albion but canât for the life of me remember his name.
Hi Billywizzo,
I can just about remember B W Rees on Newport Road didnât they operate ERF A series tankers in green. I used to work on the Milk Marque contract out of Marshfield dairy for Wincanton from 1995 to 1998 and worked with some old B W Rees drivers there, do you remember Brian Gallivan, Phil James, Rod Fry, Frank Sainsbury, Neil May, Paul Butcher?. Regards Ian
Dave the Renegade:
Does anyone remember the south wales hauliers, such as Entress, Morfa Transport, Blue Line, Slver Roadways etc
Câmon Dave youvâe missed out the two best firms ---- Gwynne Bowen and Trevor Phillips !!! and you claiming to be a good Welshman and Plaid Cymry supporter !!!
Nay,Philip Jones from Fforestfach,W.G.Davies from Morriston,S.Protheroe from Swansea,Rosser from Pontillw they were all good owd South Welsh hauliers and weâve only just scratched the surface.Valley Carriers Penarth,Ely Transport Cardiff,Griff Fender Swansea,George Beer Swansea,South Wales Roadways,Nationwide Cardiff,Williams Brothers Crosshands,H.Morgan Cwm ---------------------------------Iâm off to bed.
Canât say goodneet in Welsh,help me out Dave
nos dda i worked for trevor phillips and to call it a good firm was stretching it a bit you had to work day and night for him on old 6lw atkis 30mph flat out unless you used silent 6th vacum brakes by the time you got down to libanus enroute to the north you may as well stick your foot against the front wheel i did move on to better firms the best of the best was brs bridgend
i drove a bedford like this for mostyn motors cwmavon he use to buy ex army and if they were long wheel base he would cut them down to make swb tippers i was on big money then 4 shillings and six pence an hour those where the days haha
pete 359:
Hi dave,
Thanks for sharing them mate.i never knew there were that many cranes on port talbot dock.
the crane is one of the old iron ore gantries for 1-2-3 blast furnace the dock was in front of the cranes i think that the yellow tankers might have been hatters but im not sure
Dave the Renegade:
Another long serving driver whose name escapes me.
The boss Miss Jean Sharples.
These are just a few of the vehicles that Sharples ran.
the tippers use to fetch moulding sand down and reload steel back the tipper sides use to fold down
Yes thats right , John Williams sands at Bromsgrove, initially via F W Cartwright of Stourbridge.
Joint Motorways when they ran tippers backloaded out of John Williams as well regards kk
Dave the Renegade:
Another long serving driver whose name escapes me.
The boss Miss Jean Sharples.
These are just a few of the vehicles that Sharples ran.
the tippers use to fetch moulding sand down and reload steel back the tipper sides use to fold down
Yes thats right , John Williams sands at Bromsgrove, initially via F W Cartwright of Stourbridge.
Joint Motorways when they ran tippers backloaded out of John Williams as well regards kk
There was a couple of Kington drivers on for F W Cartwright in the 1960âs Keith.They had Dodge Kewâs with the LAD cabs with four in line trailers.
Cheers Dave.
pete 359:
the chap in the yellow was a jointâs fitter, malcom davies,about 7 or 8 of us were on hand to clear the carnage.
Hi all,
Last Friday at only 59 years of age Malcolm Davies sadly passed away Malcolm a.k.a big bird had spent his working life in the haulage industry and was a very well known popular guy,he was both a fitter and driver for joint motorways for many years,working along side his brothers tony and Paul.malcolm did many trips abroad with joint.i can recall him being sent out to bring back the broken down and damaged motors from all over the uk and mainland europe.tony davies malcolmâs elder brother and jointâs transport manager kindly called into work last saturday to tell me the sad news and agreed to let me post these few words about a good friend who will be remembered fondly by all he once knew r.i.p. malc.
Regards andrew
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