South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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gah1950:

pete 359:
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morning andrew.
is that the new viaduct in the south of france there?,i have been threatening myself and the manageress a visit down there at some stage.
graham. :smiley:

hi graham,
kelvin took that picture at what looks to me? like the egratz viaduct near chamonix.it’s quite a view looking down to the steelworks from there :sunglasses: .this is in southern france and very near the italian border. maybe the new viaduct you mention is the millau? which is a fair bit south of the egratz.the millau cuts i think? 80 miles off the previous route. i haven’t been over that one,yet.like you been threatening for a while though :laughing:
regards andrew.

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hi all,
my mate stan loaded this in lynemouth tyneside this morning,thanks for the crap picture mate :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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hiya andrew,
millau is the one i thought of when i saw that shot,i was talking to bob beech a few weeks ago about it and he also knew about that one ,magnificant engineering.
regards graham.

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gah1950:
hiya andrew,
millau is the one i thought of when i saw that shot,i was talking to bob beech a few weeks ago about it and he also knew about that one ,magnificant engineering.
regards graham.

hi graham,
that millau viaduct is an awesome sight.a customer of ours has vehicles using it several times a month and says it’s a revelation for them.it was designed by an english architect sir norman foster.would love to go over there in my peterbilt :laughing: :sunglasses: .looks a long way down though :exclamation:
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hiya andrew,
i will get there one day but i just dont fancy driving on the wrong side of the road,
graham.

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gah1950:
hiya andrew,
i will get there one day but i just dont fancy driving on the wrong side of the road,
graham.

Hi graham,
My mrs drives on the wrong side of the road in wales :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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it was like a scene from a railway yard in destination doha in south cornelly yesterday :laughing:a big thanks to lance and bob for ringing and stan for calling in to help :sunglasses: .
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pete 359:

gah1950:
hiya andrew,
i will get there one day but i just dont fancy driving on the wrong side of the road,
graham.

Hi graham,
My mrs drives on the wrong side of the road in wales :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

lol

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pete 359:
it was like a scene from a railway yard in destination doha in south cornelly yesterday :laughing:a big thanks to lance and bob for ringing and stan for calling in to help :sunglasses: .
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I like the grill collection Andrew.

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Hi Neil,
Thanks for the pm.yes and yes :wink:

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Rsm international from penclawd,daibootsy’ could tell you all about them :wink:

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One of the man’s based at ford’s Bridgend engine plant.

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Here’s one for my mate tanktrotter, b.b. read were from his area :sunglasses: .

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hi all,
we had a visitor at work today, a legend of the south wales haulage industry,our old friend.a.s. griffiths,good to see you al.as it was tuesday my father (who worked with alun at joint motorways in the 60’s)was there also,they were going on like the two old gits off the muppets.there were lots of diesel fumes in south cornelly this afternoon :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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Nice picture of Alun there Andrew,if you see him again please give him my regards,the last time I clapped eyes on him was a little while after Sid`s funeral.

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Bookworm:
Nice picture of Alun there Andrew,if you see him again please give him my regards,the last time I clapped eyes on him was a little while after Sid`s funeral.

Hi mike,
Thanks, Sid Evans passed away 6 years ago this December,so it has been a while.alun will be calling in again tomorrow and he also looks in on our thread regularly.my father mentioned Viking transport today,I had forgotten about them :blush: they ran early 110 Scania’s along with monarch,I think? They were based in llandow? Any info on them?
Regards Andrew.

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Hello Andrew,I dont remember Viking Transport at all.At the time Monarch were running out of the Abbey Works I used to run with them regularly as well as shunting in Port Talbot. Perhaps they didnt carry steel.

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Hi mike,
I think Len Tyler drove for Viking,used to see an atki parked in the large layby at bryntyrion many years ago,they were red/ maroon colour,I thought they worked out of the abbey and were ■■■■■■■ with monarch :question: a bit like protheroe’s and northways transport.

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hi andrew
viking transport did not last very long they were yellow scanias i think smiths enterprises had a share in them
they did not do much in the abbey
regards tony