ec14:
Hi jubbs, you are correct the two tone brown lorries were D G Price Cross hands, had about 12 boxvans working for mettoy, also in later years had about 6 artics.a Leyland marathon 3well worn Atki borderer’s ex John Raymond, 2 Seddon Atki’s also for a while had a maggie deutz ex Ryans of Cardiff.I worked there in the workshop 1977 till1980.It’s where I had my class 1. Graham.
The box vans were FNE148V, FNE149V, UNE514S, PRJ412R, ONF461R, ANB528T, NBA859P and NBA860P, all Bedfords, also VTH277T (Leyland) and RTT815R (Ford).
The Leyland Marathon was TTH600S, one of the ex-John raymond Atkinsons was LTG142L (I do not have anything on the other two), and the Seddon Atkinsons were OWO313R, KPX368P and KPO42P. The Maggie was YWO935T which fits in as ex-Ryans with its registration plate.
Youv’e jogedd my memory now the other two atkis were LTG141L and ONY806L.The Marathon was an ex Fletchers demonsrater.Howdo you know a ll these reg numbers?
ec14:
Youv’e jogedd my memory now the other two atkis were LTG141L and ONY806L.The Marathon was an ex Fletchers demonsrater.Howdo you know a ll these reg numbers?
I have a useless memory for figures. However if it is written down somewhere, and I know where to find it, all I have to remember is where to look.
I worked for a number of years for an insurance broker which handled the accounts of a lot of the haulage fleets in south Wales. Everything was on paper files in those days, and when the old stuff was being thrown out I would go through it and take out the vehicle details. This meant I had several hundred pages of notes, and it is these I now refer to when someone asks about who ran what. Just my way of making sense of the world I suppose, but I am certainly not alone and there are dozens of other lorry watchers who have the same sort of info, either from “official” sources like mine or from direct observation.
hi all,
first thing this morning i received the sad news that my former boss had passed away.alun jones was the m.d. of joint motorways and in my opinion,based on what i saw during my involvement with the company,alun was regarded as a very hard working,very well educated,businessman.he was never as fortunate as some of us regarding his health.though this didn’t stop his determination to run the family firm successfully.during my fathers time at the company,alun was the boss’s son who accompanied the old man on many trips up the road.a quiet,reserved,private man whose working life was quite literally “joint motorways”.r.i.p. Al.
regards andrew.
pete 359:
hi all,
first thing this morning i received the sad news that my former boss had passed away.alun jones was the m.d. of joint motorways and in my opinion,based on what i saw during my involvement with the company,alun was regarded as a very hard working,very well educated,businessman.he was never as fortunate as some of us regarding his health.though this didn’t stop his determination to run the family firm successfully.during my fathers time at the company,alun was the boss’s son who accompanied the old man on many trips up the road.a quiet,reserved,private man whose working life was quite literally “joint motorways”.r.i.p. Al.
regards andrew.
How many motors would Joint Motorways have run in their prime Andrew ? Cheers Dennis.PS sorry for the loss of your old Boss mate.
pete 359:
hi all,
first thing this morning i received the sad news that my former boss had passed away.alun jones was the m.d. of joint motorways and in my opinion,based on what i saw during my involvement with the company,alun was regarded as a very hard working,very well educated,businessman.he was never as fortunate as some of us regarding his health.though this didn’t stop his determination to run the family firm successfully.during my fathers time at the company,alun was the boss’s son who accompanied the old man on many trips up the road.a quiet,reserved,private man whose working life was quite literally “joint motorways”.r.i.p. Al.
regards andrew.
Hi mate, thanks for the news Alan was a great boss rip alan
ec14:
Hi jubbs, you are correct the two tone brown lorries were D G Price Cross hands, had about 12 boxvans working for mettoy, also in later years had about 6 artics.a Leyland marathon 3well worn Atki borderer’s ex John Raymond, 2 Seddon Atki’s also for a while had a maggie deutz ex Ryans of Cardiff.I worked there in the workshop 1977 till1980.It’s where I had my class 1. Graham.
The box vans were FNE148V, FNE149V, UNE514S, PRJ412R, ONF461R, ANB528T, NBA859P and NBA860P, all Bedfords, also VTH277T (Leyland) and RTT815R (Ford).
The Leyland Marathon was TTH600S, one of the ex-John raymond Atkinsons was LTG142L (I do not have anything on the other two), and the Seddon Atkinsons were OWO313R, KPX368P and KPO42P. The Maggie was YWO935T which fits in as ex-Ryans with its registration plate.
Hi Andrew was the ex Ryans maggie a 310 arctic unit as they ran a few 232 eight wheeler tippers as well.cheers Rich.
pete 359:
hi all,
first thing this morning i received the sad news that my former boss had passed away.alun jones was the m.d. of joint motorways and in my opinion,based on what i saw during my involvement with the company,alun was regarded as a very hard working,very well educated,businessman.he was never as fortunate as some of us regarding his health.though this didn’t stop his determination to run the family firm successfully.during my fathers time at the company,alun was the boss’s son who accompanied the old man on many trips up the road.a quiet,reserved,private man whose working life was quite literally “joint motorways”.r.i.p. Al.
regards andrew.
How many motors would Joint Motorways have run in their prime Andrew ? Cheers Dennis.PS sorry for the loss of your old Boss mate.
I have details of 77 lorries, but as to how many they had at any one time, well, I guess that’s for someone closer to the business to answer. I do recall when I worked in Cardiff in the early '90s and made the daily drive from Pontardulais I’d see upwards of a dozen on the M4. At that time I had a hand-held dictating machine, which was great for recording wagons as I saw them.
pete 359:
hi all,
first thing this morning i received the sad news that my former boss had passed away.alun jones was the m.d. of joint motorways and in my opinion,based on what i saw during my involvement with the company,alun was regarded as a very hard working,very well educated,businessman.he was never as fortunate as some of us regarding his health.though this didn’t stop his determination to run the family firm successfully.during my fathers time at the company,alun was the boss’s son who accompanied the old man on many trips up the road.a quiet,reserved,private man whose working life was quite literally “joint motorways”.r.i.p. Al.
regards andrew.
How many motors would Joint Motorways have run in their prime Andrew ? Cheers Dennis.PS sorry for the loss of your old Boss mate.
Hi Dennis,
Thanks.at their peak,I would say around 50 road tractors,130 plus trailers and around 20 shunting tractors.
Regards andrew.
Hi Andrew, Sad news of the passing of Mr Jones, i can remember Joints loading bales out of Coopers at Smethwick (the bale yard is now mothballed), just been looking through the Joints thread there are some great photo’s on there, was Joints yard top of Llewellyns Quay opp where Runtech sell their vans? Cheers Pete
Wow. My Dad used to park his dark blue Triumph 2000 RWN99G on the pavement next to that No Parking sign. I remember the car spares supplier on the left as you went in, Mr Criddle’s office was first right, he sat by the window, and Dad had a desk further back. On the first floor there was a toilet with a hole in the roof and a lot of foliage growing through it. There was an old Jewish tailor who had a room on the first floor, and Dad used to get his jackets and shirts altered by him. I went to Dynevor school which was 5-10 minutes trot away, and I used to go straight there when the lunch break bell went, and both of us would head up Kings Lane to Anne’s Cafe on High Street where I’d have egg and chips or such like. Whilst waiting in the office I’d find all manner of old lorry brochures in the cupboards, and try to compile a list of all the lorries in the George Beer fleet.
There was a lad in our road called Mario DeMarco who was a couple of years older than me. As a young teenager he started throwing his weight around, but then he got a job with George Beer in the workshop and all of a sudden he became a pal again, even giving me lifts on his Honda CB250 motorcycle, pre-helmet days of course.
That doorway was very low and there were all manner of things piled up in the corridor, usually stuff destined for the workshop which was just past the Cardiff Arms pub.
One day, on a lunch break visit, I had the family camera with me, and managed to find my way up on to the railway track opposite and take a picture looking down on 51 The Strand, with Dad standing outside. At 14 years old I had yet to master the art of taking pictures, and the result was very fuzzy. I will see if I can find the print.
Dai, thank you so much for posting this picture. As you can see it brings back a lot of memories.
Hi all, Andrew sad news about Alun Jones, may he rest in peace.
Daibootsy, and Andrew Porter great local knowledge. Andrew I used to know the reg no’s of all the buses, and lorries around my way as a kid.
Nowadays, I cant remember what day of the week it is Lol.
