this is me loading ■■■■■■■ marine engines in cheltenham
hi all followed this to tower collirey this week
a trailer loaded with colorcoat coils
2 abnormal loads going through llantrisant
stobarts named trailer pulled by s708art
mechanic77:
This photo was given to me today to scan by my work colleague Peter, it features his brother Bert [on the right]who worked for Bowns at the time and was using this Transcon to collect trailers from the north.
Neil.0
hi neil w jones removals had some fords of them the d series most firms on christie tyler had them see if they got pics at all cheers john
pete 359:
Hi all,
These few we’re kindly given to me an old family friend,cliff Godwin.during the 60’s he and my father worked together at joint’s.these pictures are all from the late 80’s when cliff worked for re plant in port talbot.
hi andrew, didnt cliff drive for lyn howells i knew cliff well cheers john
oiltreader:
Found this press cutting among a collection of snowplough stuff I have, no idea of origin but hopefully of interest on this thread, only detail I have is M4 at Pyle.
Cheers
Oily
god i remember that what a snow fall every thing got abandoned on the m4 i was a teen then
a couple of owens pics
smallcoal:
a trailer loaded with colorcoat coils
hi john,
cool images mate,the stobart fh is a 700,on loan from volvo.there’s not a lot (other than gravity) holding that load of colour coat coil on it’s trailer.cliff godwin (re plant driver) may have worked for lyn howell’s?i wouldn’t know to be honest. he did work for joint’s,j&M and norman’s roadways for definite.
regards andrew.
pete 359:
smallcoal:
a trailer loaded with colorcoat coilshi john,
cool images mate,the stobart fh is a 700,on loan from volvo.there’s not a lot (other than gravity) holding that load of colour coat coil on it’s trailer.cliff godwin (re plant driver) may have worked for lyn howell’s?i wouldn’t know to be honest. he did work for joint’s,j&M and norman’s roadways for definite.
regards andrew.
hi andrew, normans roadways that is it ,them coils were going to pontypool only had straps through the bore
hi john,
i see don norman occasionally,he lives in porthcawl. i will have to ask him for some photos,he had some old sheds,cliff drove an ex jr atki for norman’s,an l reg i think?
regards andrew.
pete 359:
hi john,
i see don norman occasionally,he lives in porthcawl. i will have to ask him for some photos,he had some old sheds,cliff drove an ex jr atki for norman’s,an l reg i think?
regards andrew.
cliff had the atki lynn drove the erf he then drove for scotts i rember now
this is one of the old iveco
some christie tyler as a teenager i used to go and load with the w jones boys
hi smallcole wat happened to all the furiture boys there used to be stacks of them all over the vallys regards rowly
rward:
hi smallcole wat happened to all the furiture boys there used to be stacks of them all over the vallys regards rowly
hi rowland, they all closed down outline llantrisant,action bridgend ,creative,i used to go to them all they were when u loaded them 3 high 30 drops all over the country good old days
hi matt what channel u alexander boys use on the cb cheers john