pete 359:
That’s just GOT to be my favourite of them all! And with a decent cab on, as well!
pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s one from m4dogwalker on Briton ferry roundabout,anyone remember that McDonald’s was previously gavali’s cafe.he used to sing your food order through to the staff in the kitchen.he and my grandfather were good friends for many years.
I’ve been in that cafe several times when loading out of Baglan Bay in the 70s Andrew. The park sloped IIRC and one day either a Coastal or Wincanton parked on the slope on a nice hot sunny day and the Styrene in the tank expanded and ran down the overflow pipes forming puddles of the stuff all over. Styrene is a sweet-smelling product,can give you a nasty headache as well being inflammable. I found the driver and we went back outside,he moved the motor and we smothered the puddles of Styrene with stones/grit/owt and nobody was any the wiser. Happy days. 
Retired Old ■■■■:
pete 359:
That’s just GOT to be my favourite of them all! And with a decent cab on, as well!
And all “handball” as well,Luvely Jubbly !! Cheers Bewick.
hi andrew that cafe was great wat a caracter he was is it me dreaming or did he not sell pork sausages i cant remember or am thimking somewhere else he was always really happy and funny is he still with us regards rowly
Paul John:
gah1950:
hello paul john,
that pop firm was called Gay Day,it was right opposite the Dynevor arms in georgetown.hope your keeping well out there old pal.
kindest regards graham.Hi Graham, I am doing well thanks. Gay Day, thats the one.
Not sure if they are still in business, if not the company name would be worth a fortune these days.Regards Paul.
hello paul john.
the parent company was parpri,they are long gone now,
graham. 
Hi cousin roly, you are correct that cafe didn’t sell pork sausages. I don’t think that he is still alive. By efor now Graham.
hi couzin graham i thought so was that coz of his relgion it was dam good cafe cracking atmosphere regards couzin rowly
Paul John:
gah1950:
hello paul john,
that pop firm was called Gay Day,it was right opposite the Dynevor arms in georgetown.hope your keeping well out there old pal.
kindest regards graham.Hi Graham, I am doing well thanks. Gay Day, thats the one.
Not sure if they are still in business, if not the company name would be worth a fortune these days.Regards Paul.
T
Graham beat me to it. Gay Day it was. They left Merthyr, probably in the late sixties, for Stoke on Trent I believe. They stopped trading many years ago. The product was not the best. A good friend of mine worked for them as a salesman. Sales method was 13 to the dozen.
abtfinman:
Paul John:
gah1950:
hello paul john,
that pop firm was called Gay Day,it was right opposite the Dynevor arms in georgetown.hope your keeping well out there old pal.
kindest regards graham.Hi Graham, I am doing well thanks. Gay Day, thats the one.
Not sure if they are still in business, if not the company name would be worth a fortune these days.Regards Paul.
T
Graham beat me to it. Gay Day it was. They left Merthyr, probably in the late sixties, for Stoke on Trent I believe. They stopped trading many years ago. The product was not the best. A good friend of mine worked for them as a salesman. Sales method was 13 to the dozen.
Hi Graham and Alan. Thanks for the replies.
I must admit Corona pops were much better than anything else on the market at that time.
Their KMs with white double bumpers looked the business, bodie’s sloped into the centre and always nicely sheeted.
What became of Sterlings, fruit/veg and frozen foods? Their place was behind the railway station and coal yard. They ran a bunch of dark blue D series Fords, flat beds and early curtainsided/box bodie’s. The Commers had walk thru cabs with sliding/folding doors, fridge bodies and were light blue and white.
The likes of these companie’s, Robirch, Walls meats, Stan Thomas pies and Ready Roasted chickens would be seen 6 days a week deliveing to the high street and corner shops, not to forget the bread guys as well.
How about the milk that came out of Merthyr, can’t remember that company name but a lot of their guys drove for Morlias coaches as well, usually in the PM.
Was it Con------?
Andrew, not meaning to hi-jack the thread.
Great photo’s as usual, Daibootsy didn’t Port Eynon run F86s and 1625/8 merc’s. Similar paint scheme to W.A. and V.B. Davies.
Regards to all,
Paul.
hi, paul, spoke to bernard, (porteynontransport) yesterday. he only got 2pics of erf. will have them by the eeekend.
rward:
hi couzin graham i thought so was that coz of his relgion it was dam good cafe cracking atmosphere regards couzin rowly
Hello all,in the late seventies–early eighties I worked for Maxiheat in LLantrisant we used to call in that cafe most mornings for acup of tea,we knew it as Ron’s,there were four of us most days i’m not sure how much a cup of tea was,but Ron would always say the price and tell you there was a penny off for no sugar!!! I agree it was a good cafe.all the best,Derrick
A truck that spent most of its life working around South Wales up for sale here:
pete 359:
Hi all,
As march and the season opener at Malvern gets ever nearer,I am beginning to think that harry and I will be going with a spare wheel carrier and no wheel.am having real difficulty getting a steel or aluminium 11 x 24.5 inch American stud pattern road wheel.anybody out there know of one for sale please.
Regards andrew.
Hi all,
Had a stroke of luck with finding a wheel,thanks to rob Morgan from a40 garage 
.
Mighty f12.
Was the White still there Andrew?
mechanic77:
Was the White still there Andrew?
Hi Neil,
The white and gmc are both sold.the f12 and the erf do the heavy work now.you wouldn’t want to drive into that erf’s bumper 
he was a really nice guy,had spoke to him at Carmarthen truck show a while back.that white was a beast of a motor
Regards andrew.
Paul John:
abtfinman:
Paul John:
gah1950:
hello paul john,
that pop firm was called Gay Day,it was right opposite the Dynevor arms in georgetown.hope your keeping well out there old pal.
kindest regards graham.Hi Graham, I am doing well thanks. Gay Day, thats the one.
Not sure if they are still in business, if not the company name would be worth a fortune these days.Regards Paul.
T
Graham beat me to it. Gay Day it was. They left Merthyr, probably in the late sixties, for Stoke on Trent I believe. They stopped trading many years ago. The product was not the best. A good friend of mine worked for them as a salesman. Sales method was 13 to the dozen.
Hi Graham and Alan. Thanks for the replies.
I must admit Corona pops were much better than anything else on the market at that time.
Their KMs with white double bumpers looked the business, bodie’s sloped into the centre and always nicely sheeted.What became of Sterlings, fruit/veg and frozen foods? Their place was behind the railway station and coal yard. They ran a bunch of dark blue D series Fords, flat beds and early curtainsided/box bodie’s. The Commers had walk thru cabs with sliding/folding doors, fridge bodies and were light blue and white.
The likes of these companie’s, Robirch, Walls meats, Stan Thomas pies and Ready Roasted chickens would be seen 6 days a week deliveing to the high street and corner shops, not to forget the bread guys as well.How about the milk that came out of Merthyr, can’t remember that company name but a lot of their guys drove for Morlias coaches as well, usually in the PM.
Was it Con------?Andrew, not meaning to hi-jack the thread.
Great photo’s as usual, Daibootsy didn’t Port Eynon run F86s and 1625/8 merc’s. Similar paint scheme to W.A. and V.B. Davies.Regards to all,
Paul.
hello paul john,
conways milk was the name probably,sterlings had a purpose built facility down on dix,s field a really big cold store,its still there but not sure who owns it these days.
graham,
pete 359:
Mighty f12.
Hey great news on the wheel front, true enough , you never know what’s on your doorstep! Love the F12 
Lookin a bit European with a spare wheel, will you be looking for a Gardner 180 and David Brown box for the Texan Atki
Hi all,
Nice one sbf10 member yorkiefaff has sent some more tony Morgan pictures to share the bogie was used on the costain beams,many years earlier it was a double drive atki tractor
