Hi all,
Some stunning artwork on a daf owned by hicks of Newport.
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.
Great shot that Andrew,at that time in the mid/later 60’s when I was frequenting S.Wales on the Octopus it was crawling with old 8 wheelers identical to this one which were mainly doing local work between the various works,I suppose that at the introduction of the 1968 Transport act they would have all got swept away when the annual MOT test became compulsory.Great shot all the same mate as it brings back happy memories of the days I spent in your part of the world 
Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.Great shot that Andrew,at that time in the mid/later 60’s when I was frequenting S.Wales on the Octopus it was crawling with old 8 wheelers identical to this one which were mainly doing local work between the various works,I suppose that at the introduction of the 1968 Transport act they would have all got swept away when the annual MOT test became compulsory.Great shot all the same mate as it brings back happy memories of the days I spent in your part of the world
Aye Dennis yourright when you said the 1968 Transport Act would have seen these old 8 leggers off most of them had brakes on three axles in those days & IMO would have failed the required levels, Sad but very true, They were good old workhorses in their day, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Bewick:
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.Great shot that Andrew,at that time in the mid/later 60’s when I was frequenting S.Wales on the Octopus it was crawling with old 8 wheelers identical to this one which were mainly doing local work between the various works,I suppose that at the introduction of the 1968 Transport act they would have all got swept away when the annual MOT test became compulsory.Great shot all the same mate as it brings back happy memories of the days I spent in your part of the world
Aye Dennis yourright when you said the 1968 Transport Act would have seen these old 8 leggers off most of them had brakes on three axles in those days & IMO would have failed the required levels, Sad but very true, They were good old workhorses in their day, Regards Larry.
Good evening gentlemen,
My mate mark Allen is finishing of this one,he has been rallying it for a few seasons in “as bought” state.he’s now getting her ready for the 2015 show season.i think? Rosser’s had it new? I can’t recall them ever looking this good…
pete 359:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Bewick:
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.Great shot that Andrew,at that time in the mid/later 60’s when I was frequenting S.Wales on the Octopus it was crawling with old 8 wheelers identical to this one which were mainly doing local work between the various works,I suppose that at the introduction of the 1968 Transport act they would have all got swept away when the annual MOT test became compulsory.Great shot all the same mate as it brings back happy memories of the days I spent in your part of the world
Aye Dennis yourright when you said the 1968 Transport Act would have seen these old 8 leggers off most of them had brakes on three axles in those days & IMO would have failed the required levels, Sad but very true, They were good old workhorses in their day, Regards Larry.
Good evening gentlemen,
My mate mark Allen is finishing of this one,he has been rallying it for a few seasons in “as bought” state.he’s now getting her ready for the 2015 show season.i think? Rosser’s had it new? I can’t recall them ever looking this good…
I have watched the progress of JNY484 ever since the late 1970s when she was dragged out of her resting place at Pontlliw by a good mate of mine who knows a thing or two about AECs. Several Rosser wagons were saved around this time, just before a rogue scrap dealer came in and gas-axed every last one. Long story. I discovered a 1935 AEC Mammoth Major there, with trees growing through the chassis frame, which turned out to be the very first production Mk.2 Mammoth Major, registered BYV561, and this is now fully restored and on the rally scene in the livery of its original owner Bowaters. Great to see JNY484, which was the last one they bought new, coming back to life. As I recall, she stayed on the road with Rosser until 1974 purely on local work.
this is one I took many years ago of jny484 
Ive managed to been given a few pictures off Gwyn Humphrey of Llanharan to share with us
This was taken down in Zaragosa Spain 
komatsu 450:
this is one I took many years ago of jny484
I remember her in that condition and I think I took a similar picture although mine would have been in monochrome.
Donald Rosser told me they could never keep a windscreen in any lorry they parked there, as the sport of choice amongst the kids in Pontlliw was brick lobbing and it required constant practice. He and Albert were stitched up by a scrap dealer who agreed to buy several specific lorries and cut them up on the spot, but actually went through the entire stockpile of old AECs. Had we not been quick off the mark in alerting people to what was hidden in the trees a number of prize AECs might not be with us today. Dillwyn Garage was another eye-opener; dark, oily and stuffed to the rafters with AEC components. Donald knew where everything was. He was also the M.O.T. Tester, and when I used to take my car there for its annual test I’d wait in the office and let Albert regale me with tall stories from decades ago.
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.
Hi all,
M4 dog walker sent me this information about w.h. Bowen.
Gerry Jones, Crosskeys. Regards Chris
pete 359:
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.Hi all,
M4 dog walker sent me this information about w.h. Bowen.
The power of the Forum ! Please pass on my thanks to Mr Dogwalker. This fills in a gap in my knowledge of the haulage firms of old in my little corner of Wales.
AndrewPorter:
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.Think they were bought out by Entress in the early 60s , but a bit before my time ! regards keith
I remember seeing a lot of Atkinson L1586s like this in the Swansea area as a kid back in the '60s. There was a red one which used to call in to the Silver Roadways yard at Penllergaer so the driver could collect paperwork. My memory says the name on the cab side was Davies but equally it could have been this one. Then again there was a red one which used to park overnight in Killay near where I lived, but I cannot recall the name. Could well have been Killay Transport of course.
I used to have a copy of this actual picture (taken by Peter Davies by the way) and showed it to my Dad to see if he knew anything about W H Bowen. Sadly no recollection, which may mean he never got work from Silver Roadways.
Andrew what happened to greenings, they used to come into fishguard
charliemjp:
AndrewPorter:
kingswinford kit:
pete 359:
hi all,
i don’t think? i have ever heard of this company before,llanelly spelt the old way and an atki.8 legger on 40x8’s,class.Think they were bought out by Entress in the early 60s , but a bit before my time ! regards keith
I remember seeing a lot of Atkinson L1586s like this in the Swansea area as a kid back in the '60s. There was a red one which used to call in to the Silver Roadways yard at Penllergaer so the driver could collect paperwork. My memory says the name on the cab side was Davies but equally it could have been this one. Then again there was a red one which used to park overnight in Killay near where I lived, but I cannot recall the name. Could well have been Killay Transport of course.
I used to have a copy of this actual picture (taken by Peter Davies by the way) and showed it to my Dad to see if he knew anything about W H Bowen. Sadly no recollection, which may mean he never got work from Silver Roadways.
Andrew what happened to greenings, they used to come into fishguard
Greenings - probably the original Swansea haulier, certainly going back to the dawn of self-propelled transport. Spending my formative years in Upper Killay I could not fail to notice Greening’s Garage at the top end of the village on the left hand side before you moved on to Fairwood Common. From the records I extracted from my time as an insurance broker the firm was Horatio Greening and Morgan George Greening trading as Greening & Sons, of 665/667 Gower Road, Upper Killay, Swansea. On 07 June 1983 the business became J K Davies trading as Fairwood Transport & Shipping. In theory they operated from Berllwyd Farm, Penclawdd, Swansea but in practice the operating centre seems to have been Unit 6, Old Mardy Works, Kingsbridge, Gorseinon - certainly it was by October 1986 when they were licensed for 6 lorries and 4 trailers. By 1991 the business was seemingly being run on a shoestring and folded shortly afterwards.
I do have a list of the wagons operated, starting with their Albion box van 832DTG, which I used to see practically every day passing through Killay. Send me a PM if you want to see a copy.
Hi A.Porter, Greening Transport dates way back to 1856, the first licence operator in swansea. I not so sure which year George Greening Died 82/83 at the time they were Hauling goods for Signode and were in a warehouse in Cwmdu ind est. when greenings finished, ian davies went on his own as I.D.Davies hauling for DULUX SHIPPING Swansea Docks. Kieth went on to become Fairwood Transport and based at the old mardy works Kingsbridge. I think i.d.davies is trading as j.d.davies and operating at T.R.PHILLIPS.
Here,s a photo of Greenings Sentinel.
daibootsy:
Hi A.Porter, Greening Transport dates way back to 1856, the first licence operator in swansea. I not so sure which year George Greening Died 82/83 at the time they were Hauling goods for Signode and were in a warehouse in Cwmdu ind est. when greenings finished, ian davies went on his own as I.D.Davies hauling for DULUX SHIPPING Swansea Docks. Kieth went on to become Fairwood Transport and based at the old mardy works Kingsbridge. I think i.d.davies is trading as j.d.davies and operating at T.R.PHILLIPS.
Here,s a photo of Greenings Sentinel.
Hi dai, I d Davies is still under his name he got a volvo on container work I see it regularly on the m4 ,who was the one used to be parked on the traffic lights by the mosque heading to llansamlet he had his own wagon cheers john ,we used to call him daisy and his son petal in the steelworks
hi john, the only one I can think of in lansamlet is D.C.Haywood, he had an F10 Volvo day cab.
daibootsy:
hi john, the only one I can think of in lansamlet is D.C.Haywood, he had an F10 Volvo day cab.
Hi dai that’s the one used to park near the traffic lights