South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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[harry_gill]

hiya,
I used to pass John Raymond’s yard frequently in the days of the Borderers
and there was always lots of vehicles lined up as if the job had gone “quiet”
this was at any time of day these motors were all runners at the time, just
seemed strange to see so many motors standing idle during working hours,
I could have understood it over the weekend but not Monday to Friday.
thanks harry, long retired.

[bubbleman]

Well done lads…400 pages Keep up the good work,my favorite thread.
Cheers Bubbs,

[mercman123]

Nice one 400 pages Andrew , Dave and every one that has put stuff on this thread Keep the pics and stories coming in . Tony

[dave_the_renegade]

Good one Andrew,another milestone for your thread,keep it going mate.
Cheers Dave.

[cattle_wagon_man]

Page 400,…and a Seddon Atkinson 400 at the top of the page !!

Thanks to all the contributors, and keep the thread going.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

[vanman99]

Seeing those 400’s of ‘JR’s’ lined up reminds me that the old man (JR himself) would insist that on a Saturday ALL the trucks wheels were checked for flaking paint & repainted ready for Monday morning, so tin of red paint in hand and off you go son… Gave me acouple of hours overtime on a Saturday at least & not hard work, except when it rained!

[pete_359]

Hi all,
Thanks for all the positive comments boys .our thread has had some great pictures and stories from many different people.thanks to each and everyone of you daibootsy some cool old jr pictures there mate .
for those that don’t know these pair of Renault trabant’s are owned by cardiff based FSEW,a couple of mates drive them,one of them is member dai echo whose 143 has been seen on here many times.

[smallcoal]

hi all,good going getting to 400 pages i came across this pic what a selection of vheicles

[bluemikehill]

sime17:

After seeing Billy Belt’s MAN with a B+I trailer - here’s another B+I subbie - Pembroke Transport. For the life of me I can’t remember which thread I got this off or who’s it is - apologies if anyone recognises it - I’m not passing it off as my own tho I recall these wagons well, from Pembroke (dur) and based just over the river from the castle IIRC. I don’t remember Watkins (in the background) at all but I think they were from Kilgetty way.

do u have any photos from band i days .wakins were from sageston

[smallcoal]

a couple of old eddie stobart, the merc looks realy smart

[pete_359]

D661 when fairly new heading for shotton,near hay on wye.this was joint’s first 1635,was doubled shifted for years and gave very little trouble and was one of the best 35’s joint had,she was new to long serving driver billy Hathaway (r.i.p),you always had a good motor after billy .

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bluemikehill:

sime17:
After seeing Billy Belt’s MAN with a B+I trailer - here’s another B+I subbie - Pembroke Transport. For the life of me I can’t remember which thread I got this off or who’s it is - apologies if anyone recognises it - I’m not passing it off as my own tho I recall these wagons well, from Pembroke (dur) and based just over the river from the castle IIRC. I don’t remember Watkins (in the background) at all but I think they were from Kilgetty way.

do u have any photos from band i days .wakins were from sageston

Hi Mike,

I’m afraid I don’t have old pics unless I find them on here - like I said the f88 wasn’t my image which makes me feel a bit guilty but I’m only really re-posting within trucknet. It’s photos like that that drew me to this brilliant thread - such memories!

So Watkins was from Sageston! I don’t remember them at all for some reason. Who was the guy near Cross Hands Martletwy with the white Transconti’s?

Speaking of Transconti’s from Pembrokeshire - here’s one from Carmarthen Truckshow a couple of years back:

[rward]

hi sime 17 transcon proper looking truck specially red regards rowly

[sime17]

rward:
hi sime 17 transcon proper looking truck specially red regards rowly

Mr Ward - taken at the same show, you might like this one (another proper truck!)