South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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

ec14:
After glyn john had finished with PTX 297R it was bought by LLan concrete frm Ammanford. I had the pleasure of driving it and working on it on the odd occasion.

Thanks for the info, there’s loads more photos of it I’ve had sent to be by the driver John Rees :smiley: :smiley:

Sorry trying do two things at once,the photos 296, here’s the puppy you mean :smiley:

And would be grateful for any photos or info for the glyn John transport page I’ve put up on facebook :smiley:

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gah1950:

pete 359:

gah1950:

pete 359:
hi all,
here is one of our romanian friends :wink: experiencing sat-nav issues in abercynon :laughing: :laughing:

hello andrew,
Dont think it,s abercynon as i live there,it is the Old Bwl above Ynysybwl the back road that will take you to llanwonno and ferndale as well as to mountain ash,it is a bit on the tight side for sure.
:wink:

Hi graham,
I reckon your right mate :sunglasses: . It was the bridge near Garth bakery.what are these “driver’s” thinking :open_mouth: :unamused:
Regards andrew.

That bridge near Garth bakery is locally known as the Quarter mile bridge,I seen my fair share of mishaps there over the years.

Hi all, Graham and Andrew I looked at that shot and thought it may of been the road that crossed over from Abercynon to Mountain Ash. That one was tight, and Iirc Graham there was a coal yard there as well, or was that further up towards Aberdare.
I was out with my mate from Mountain Ash earlier and meant to ask him the name of the road, and the colliery. Phillip’s coaches had a depot in the Mount and ran a bunch of ex Merthyr Corporation Leyland double deckers on school contracts.

Regards Paul.

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Lance Biscomb:
Are there any steel boys going to Donnington tomorrow night?

Brrrrrr to cold !!! I guess the bloke with a new series 1 FH will go on Saturday

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Paul John:

gah1950:

pete 359:

gah1950:

pete 359:
hi all,
here is one of our romanian friends :wink: experiencing sat-nav issues in abercynon :laughing: :laughing:

hello andrew,
Dont think it,s abercynon as i live there,it is the Old Bwl above Ynysybwl the back road that will take you to llanwonno and ferndale as well as to mountain ash,it is a bit on the tight side for sure.
:wink:

Hi graham,
I reckon your right mate :sunglasses: . It was the bridge near Garth bakery.what are these “driver’s” thinking :open_mouth: :unamused:
Regards andrew.

That bridge near Garth bakery is locally known as the Quarter mile bridge,I seen my fair share of mishaps there over the years.

Hi all, Graham and Andrew I looked at that shot and thought it may of been the road that crossed over from Abercynon to Mountain Ash. That one was tight, and Iirc Graham there was a coal yard there as well, or was that further up towards Aberdare.
I was out with my mate from Mountain Ash earlier and meant to ask him the name of the road, and the colliery. Phillip’s coaches had a depot in the Mount and ran a bunch of ex Merthyr Corporation Leyland double deckers on school contracts.

Regards Paul.

Hello Paul ,that particular road you are talking about is called the quarter mile bridge,a very nasty bend on it,it brought you over from the A4059 Cardiff road to the B4275 Abercynon road which indeed took you passed Phillips coach depot in penrhiwceiber and on to mountain ash where you could rejoin the A4059 by the old town hall,Paul the coal yard you mean was situated in the old Abergorki colliery in mount. :smiley:

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You are obviousy short of some decent material to-night Andrew,so you better have an interlude shot while you find some good shots :frowning: PS IIRC my brother Richard is at the wheel of this Atki,no prizes for guessing which Atki,? you’ve guessed it,the one that could beat every one of JR’s 8LXB Atkys out of South Wales “hands down” :sunglasses: :sunglasses: Cheers Dennis.

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Not that boring. looks like an Eaton 2 speed. Good day at Donnington

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Lance Biscomb:
Not that boring. looks like an Eaton 2 speed. Good day at Donnington

And an RTO 610 Fuller box “Lance” :sunglasses:

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Hearse one I’ve just bought off eBay, not seen this photo of this one before, looks like it could have been when it was new

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Hi all,
Whilst looking on a belgian Facebook friends photos,I found this and look what’s in the background!!two of j&m’s f88’s driven by bob pierce and Sid evans.

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PRICE BROS, Neath

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pete 359:
Hi all,
Whilst looking on a belgian Facebook friends photos,I found this and look what’s in the background!!two of j&m’s f88’s driven by bob pierce and Sid evans.

Hey Koops ! just like the panto…their behind youuuuuuu!

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Hi, Steelboy F 10 , Have you seen the photo of Boswels 8 WHEEL ERF in there yard i would say about 1960 ish have not seen this one before ,Cheers Barry