daibootsy:
not sure if illtyd thomas bought all the gardner 240s off morfa transport, this is one of them.
Hi daibootsy good to see some Morfa on this thread ,they had a few drivers in the Leominster area , one of them drove the Merc unit which was probably the first to be delivered to a S Wales haulier back in 1966 regards kk
Gordon Underhill and John Watkins drove for Morfa,also Peter Lloyd from Kington and Wyndham ( Kimmo ) Habberly from Llandrindod Wells.
Cheers Dave.
Hi dave,
Isn’t there a black and white picture of that bonneted merc on your thread I seem to recall seeing that.
Regards andrew.
Yes there is Andrew,it belonged to Llanelly Steel who were from Bilston,but ran down to South Wales everyday with it and back up to the Midlands.They had a couple of Guy’s,one a Big J and the other a Warrior,all double shifted,they parked at C M Philpotts yard who I drove for,he did the servicing etc on them.
Peter Lloyd with Andrew Stokes in the specs who drove the Merc and later the Renault below.
hi dave,
thanks for the picture.i bet they didn’t sell many of them in south wales during the 60’s
regards andrew.
The bloke that owned the firm was a scrap merchant in Bilston and they hauled scrap steel down to South Wales and finished stuff back to the Midlands.I can only remember drivers from Kington working for him.I suppose it was a good changeover point.
Cheers Dave.
daibootsy:
not sure if illtyd thomas bought all the gardner 240s off morfa transport, this is one of them.
Hi daibootsy good to see some Morfa on this thread ,they had a few drivers in the Leominster area , one of them drove the Merc unit which was probably the first to be delivered to a S Wales haulier back in 1966 regards kk
Gordon Underhill and John Watkins drove for Morfa,also Peter Lloyd from Kington and Wyndham ( Kimmo ) Habberly from Llandrindod Wells.
Cheers Dave.
Hi dave,
Isn’t there a black and white picture of that bonneted merc on your thread I seem to recall seeing that.
Regards andrew.
Yes there is Andrew,it belonged to Llanelly Steel who were from Bilston,but ran down to South Wales everyday with it and back up to the Midlands.They had a couple of Guy’s,one a Big J and the other a Warrior,all double shifted,they parked at C M Philpotts yard who I drove for,he did the servicing etc on them.
Peter Lloyd with Andrew Stokes in the specs who drove the Merc and later the Renault below.
hi dave,
thanks for the picture.i bet they didn’t sell many of them in south wales during the 60’s
regards andrew.
The bloke that owned the firm was a scrap merchant in Bilston and they hauled scrap steel down to South Wales and finished stuff back to the Midlands.I can only remember drivers from Kington working for him.I suppose it was a good changeover point.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave,
As I told you before – Clive Price from Hay on Wye drove this Merc aswell as my friends from Kington.
The two young men standing by the Merc also drove for Evans Llangenech hauling Llanelly Steel.
After driving this Merc – Clive Price was driving for Jones ( Joint Motorways ) then us in 69- Price of Llandovery hauling Cynghordy Bricks to the London area. Then in - 72 Clive started on his own with a Guy six wheeler hauling Grain as he is stil doing today with his son Russell.
regards - Hywel.
daibootsy:
not sure if illtyd thomas bought all the gardner 240s off morfa transport, this is one of them.
Hi daibootsy good to see some Morfa on this thread ,they had a few drivers in the Leominster area , one of them drove the Merc unit which was probably the first to be delivered to a S Wales haulier back in 1966 regards kk
Gordon Underhill and John Watkins drove for Morfa,also Peter Lloyd from Kington and Wyndham ( Kimmo ) Habberly from Llandrindod Wells.
Cheers Dave.
Hi dave,
Isn’t there a black and white picture of that bonneted merc on your thread I seem to recall seeing that.
Regards andrew.
Yes there is Andrew,it belonged to Llanelly Steel who were from Bilston,but ran down to South Wales everyday with it and back up to the Midlands.They had a couple of Guy’s,one a Big J and the other a Warrior,all double shifted,they parked at C M Philpotts yard who I drove for,he did the servicing etc on them.
Peter Lloyd with Andrew Stokes in the specs who drove the Merc and later the Renault below.
hi dave,
thanks for the picture.i bet they didn’t sell many of them in south wales during the 60’s
regards andrew.
The bloke that owned the firm was a scrap merchant in Bilston and they hauled scrap steel down to South Wales and finished stuff back to the Midlands.I can only remember drivers from Kington working for him.I suppose it was a good changeover point.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave,
As I told you before – Clive Price from Hay on Wye drove this Merc aswell as my friends from Kington.
The two young men standing by the Merc also drove for Evans Llangenech hauling Llanelly Steel.
After driving this Merc – Clive Price was driving for Jones ( Joint Motorways ) then us in 69- Price of Llandovery hauling Cynghordy Bricks to the London area. Then in - 72 Clive started on his own with a Guy six wheeler hauling Grain as he is stil doing today with his son Russell.
regards - Hywel.
Hi Hywel,
Yes I remember the driving for Evans.Peter Lloyd still drives for C W Griffiths,he’s past retirement age.Andrew Stokes gave up at Christmas,he’s70 now,but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him doing a bit of driving for someone now and again.
Clive and Russell Price have a fair fleet of artics these days. Did Clive have the six wheeler Guy off C M Philpotts,as they had one off Malcolm Richards from Rhayader.
Cheers Dave.
daibootsy:
not sure if illtyd thomas bought all the gardner 240s off morfa transport, this is one of them.
Hi daibootsy good to see some Morfa on this thread ,they had a few drivers in the Leominster area , one of them drove the Merc unit which was probably the first to be delivered to a S Wales haulier back in 1966 regards kk
Gordon Underhill and John Watkins drove for Morfa,also Peter Lloyd from Kington and Wyndham ( Kimmo ) Habberly from Llandrindod Wells.
Cheers Dave.
Hi dave,
Isn’t there a black and white picture of that bonneted merc on your thread I seem to recall seeing that.
Regards andrew.
Yes there is Andrew,it belonged to Llanelly Steel who were from Bilston,but ran down to South Wales everyday with it and back up to the Midlands.They had a couple of Guy’s,one a Big J and the other a Warrior,all double shifted,they parked at C M Philpotts yard who I drove for,he did the servicing etc on them.
Peter Lloyd with Andrew Stokes in the specs who drove the Merc and later the Renault below.
hi dave,
thanks for the picture.i bet they didn’t sell many of them in south wales during the 60’s
regards andrew.
The bloke that owned the firm was a scrap merchant in Bilston and they hauled scrap steel down to South Wales and finished stuff back to the Midlands.I can only remember drivers from Kington working for him.I suppose it was a good changeover point.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave,
As I told you before – Clive Price from Hay on Wye drove this Merc aswell as my friends from Kington.
The two young men standing by the Merc also drove for Evans Llangenech hauling Llanelly Steel.
After driving this Merc – Clive Price was driving for Jones ( Joint Motorways ) then us in 69- Price of Llandovery hauling Cynghordy Bricks to the London area. Then in - 72 Clive started on his own with a Guy six wheeler hauling Grain as he is stil doing today with his son Russell.
regards - Hywel.
Hi Hywel,
Yes I remember the driving for Evans.Peter Lloyd still drives for C W Griffiths,he’s past retirement age.Andrew Stokes gave up at Christmas,he’s70 now,but it wouldn’t surprise me to see him doing a bit of the first Merc in S Walesdriving for someone now and again.
Clive and Russell Price have a fair fleet of artics these days. Did Clive have the six wheeler Guy off C M Philpotts,as they had one off Malcolm Richards from Rhayader.
Cheers Dave.
Hi dave, the Morfa merc was on a D plate DTH …D for awhile it was driven by a driver from Monkland it later crashed at Glasbury, and we think Burgoynes scrapped it .
It was probably the first Merc in S Wales, along with a similar for Pinged Hill Transport soon afterwards regards keith
pete 359:
Another Cracking photo,courtesy m4dogwalker.
hi all, i remember morva they had the yard in llangennech my uncle worked for them also with illtyd as well i used to go with him on local,the lyn morgan volvo on the left was mine when i worked for lynn
daibootsy:
yes, i chap cmae from down from somewhere to buy the gardners, but buy mistake went to thomas,s yard, he wanted to know where morfa transports yard was,he was sent the long way down, but too late to buy the gardners, thomas,s bought them all, Dai neman drove that lorry for thomas,s. he also drove for Morfa, when they had atki,s, i got one of rossers albion pic, but as a flat. this is the other sed atkinson from morfa.
the white atki in the back was one of blue line fast truck that would fly winston drove it
daibootsy:
one of bob davies ,i think this was his first truck he bought after he fell out with w.g. davies.
Hello Dai,
Is this Bob Davies - the Mad Bob. He had a F86 and a F88 hauling steel.
R E Davies–a good friend of mine,- he always called in Little Hereford cafe.
– Hywel –
I seem to recall seeing that.
