pete 359:
Hi all,
I can remember seeing this man regularly on the m4.i think? It was from Fishguard?
More towards St Davids way Andrew. He had a bad accident with that wagon & drag on Llanidloes bypass. His name is Thomas Lewis and he ended up in the same state as me. I used to talk to him on the CB before his accident, and then met him at the spinal injuries unit at Gobowen where he was a patient, and I was back in for an outpatients check up. A nice bloke, his CB handle was Shenandoah.
Cheers Dave.
pete 359:
Hi all,
I can remember seeing this man regularly on the m4.i think? It was from Fishguard?
More towards St Davids way Andrew. He had a bad accident with that wagon & drag on Llanidloes bypass. His name is Thomas Lewis and he ended up in the same state as me. I used to talk to him on the CB before his accident, and then met him at the spinal injuries unit at Gobowen where he was a patient, and I was back in for an outpatients check up. A nice bloke, his CB handle was Shenandoah.
Cheers Dave.
hi DAVE AND ALL Thomas and his family at fishguard top people I was really shocked when heard of accident. when I was saying over in our yard in fishguard he would fetch me up to his home for dinner top bloke.
pete 359:
Hi all,
I can remember seeing this man regularly on the m4.i think? It was from Fishguard?
More towards St Davids way Andrew. He had a bad accident with that wagon & drag on Llanidloes bypass. His name is Thomas Lewis and he ended up in the same state as me. I used to talk to him on the CB before his accident, and then met him at the spinal injuries unit at Gobowen where he was a patient, and I was back in for an outpatients check up. A nice bloke, his CB handle was Shenandoah.
Cheers Dave.
hi DAVE AND ALL Thomas and his family at fishguard top people I was really shocked when heard of accident. when I was saying over in our yard in fishguard he would fetch me up to his home for dinner top bloke.
Iâm not sure about a St Davidâs connection Dave -IIRC his yard was up at Stop and Call, Goodwick (up on the very steep hill pretty close to Fishguard ferry port) but he more recently had a farm near Trecwn (couple of miles out of Fishguard off the A40). I delivered straw to the farm about six years ago, the accident had left him completely paralysed and in an electric wheelchair, and we had a good chat about wagons - it was clear he was still keeping an eye on the industry.
Donât like to correct you Dave but it wasnât the MAN in the pic he had the accident in, it was his later lorry,: an immaculate Daf 3600 drawbar in the same colours which I remember well - although I canât quite picture if it was a 4x2 or 6x2.
Thanks for posting Andrew, very evocative memories of seeing this and the later Daf running round this way as a kid.
pete 359:
Hi all,
I can remember seeing this man regularly on the m4.i think? It was from Fishguard?
More towards St Davids way Andrew. He had a bad accident with that wagon & drag on Llanidloes bypass. His name is Thomas Lewis and he ended up in the same state as me. I used to talk to him on the CB before his accident, and then met him at the spinal injuries unit at Gobowen where he was a patient, and I was back in for an outpatients check up. A nice bloke, his CB handle was Shenandoah.
Cheers Dave.
hi DAVE AND ALL Thomas and his family at fishguard top people I was really shocked when heard of accident. when I was saying over in our yard in fishguard he would fetch me up to his home for dinner top bloke.
Iâm not sure about a St Davidâs connection Dave -IIRC his yard was up at Stop and Call, Goodwick (up on the very steep hill pretty close to Fishguard ferry port) but he more recently had a farm near Trecwn (couple of miles out of Fishguard off the A40). I delivered straw to the farm about six years ago, the accident had left him completely paralysed and in an electric wheelchair, and we had a good chat about wagons - it was clear he was still keeping an eye on the industry.
Donât like to correct you Dave but it wasnât the MAN in the pic he had the accident in, it was his later lorry,: an immaculate Daf 3600 drawbar in the same colours which I remember well - although I canât quite picture if it was a 4x2 or 6x2.
Thanks for posting Andrew, very evocative memories of seeing this and the later Daf running round this way as a kid.
Hi sime17,
Thanks for the comments.i remember seeing the 3600 daf,maybe the only one of itâs type in Wales?.ron wetherall made a good model of it.i saw it at Shepton mallet truckfest years ago.
Regards andrew.
pete 359:
Hi all,
I can remember seeing this man regularly on the m4.i think? It was from Fishguard?
More towards St Davids way Andrew. He had a bad accident with that wagon & drag on Llanidloes bypass. His name is Thomas Lewis and he ended up in the same state as me. I used to talk to him on the CB before his accident, and then met him at the spinal injuries unit at Gobowen where he was a patient, and I was back in for an outpatients check up. A nice bloke, his CB handle was Shenandoah.
Cheers Dave.
hi DAVE AND ALL Thomas and his family at fishguard top people I was really shocked when heard of accident. when I was saying over in our yard in fishguard he would fetch me up to his home for dinner top bloke.
Iâm not sure about a St Davidâs connection Dave -IIRC his yard was up at Stop and Call, Goodwick (up on the very steep hill pretty close to Fishguard ferry port) but he more recently had a farm near Trecwn (couple of miles out of Fishguard off the A40). I delivered straw to the farm about six years ago, the accident had left him completely paralysed and in an electric wheelchair, and we had a good chat about wagons - it was clear he was still keeping an eye on the industry.
Donât like to correct you Dave but it wasnât the MAN in the pic he had the accident in, it was his later lorry,: an immaculate Daf 3600 drawbar in the same colours which I remember well - although I canât quite picture if it was a 4x2 or 6x2.
Thanks for posting Andrew, very evocative memories of seeing this and the later Daf running round this way as a kid.
Hi sime17,
Thanks for the comments.i remember seeing the 3600 daf,maybe the only one of itâs type in Wales?.ron wetherall made a good model of it.i saw it at Shepton mallet truckfest years ago.
Regards andrew.
Quite right sime17, it was a Daf, its a long time ago. I sold him a shakespeare home base CB aerial before he had his accident, as no metal twig could stick the high winds wheere he lived. The shakespeare big stick was fibre glass and would bend with the wind. I remember the Daf now you mention it, as far as I know it was a 6X4 with a trailer which he carried cattle in.
Cheers Dave.
pete 359:
Hi all,
I can remember seeing this man regularly on the m4.i think? It was from Fishguard?
More towards St Davids way Andrew. He had a bad accident with that wagon & drag on Llanidloes bypass. His name is Thomas Lewis and he ended up in the same state as me. I used to talk to him on the CB before his accident, and then met him at the spinal injuries unit at Gobowen where he was a patient, and I was back in for an outpatients check up. A nice bloke, his CB handle was Shenandoah.
Cheers Dave.
hi DAVE AND ALL Thomas and his family at fishguard top people I was really shocked when heard of accident. when I was saying over in our yard in fishguard he would fetch me up to his home for dinner top bloke.
Iâm not sure about a St Davidâs connection Dave -IIRC his yard was up at Stop and Call, Goodwick (up on the very steep hill pretty close to Fishguard ferry port) but he more recently had a farm near Trecwn (couple of miles out of Fishguard off the A40). I delivered straw to the farm about six years ago, the accident had left him completely paralysed and in an electric wheelchair, and we had a good chat about wagons - it was clear he was still keeping an eye on the industry.
Donât like to correct you Dave but it wasnât the MAN in the pic he had the accident in, it was his later lorry,: an immaculate Daf 3600 drawbar in the same colours which I remember well - although I canât quite picture if it was a 4x2 or 6x2.
Thanks for posting Andrew, very evocative memories of seeing this and the later Daf running round this way as a kid.
Hi sime17,
Thanks for the comments.i remember seeing the 3600 daf,maybe the only one of itâs type in Wales?.ron wetherall made a good model of it.i saw it at Shepton mallet truckfest years ago.
Regards andrew.
Quite right sime17, it was a Daf, its a long time ago. I sold him a shakespeare home base CB aerial before he had his accident, as no metal twig could stick the high winds wheere he lived. The shakespeare big stick was fibre glass and would bend with the wind. I remember the Daf now you mention it, as far as I know it was a 6X4 with a trailer which he carried cattle in.
Cheers Dave.
We certainly do wind very well down here Dave - with the South Westerlies off the Irish Sea - itâs one of our biggest exports! Would love to see a pic of that Daf, maybe Ron has a pic of the model Andrew mentionedâŚ
Re M lewis and son cattle boxes,they had a F88 6 wheeler unfortunatly no pic a 4wh MAN then the 6 wh MAN then the 6wh DAF and a 4 wheel Man 7 1/2 ton, will dig out pics and put on my flickr site the models were done for Tom
ron weatherall:
M Lewis F88 reg was FMK920J and pulled a tailer, MAN 4wh regVBX883T,Leyland terrier 4wh regADE160v,MAN 6wh HDE641X,MAN 4wh B958VBX and DAF 6wh D371GDE
hi Ron I rember TOMS mother driving I reckon that terrier . when we were fetching cattle out fishguard , used to meet here a lot.
