Would the Hoover factory have used coal ? I seem to recollect going with my dad in the 80s .
I remember a couple of welsh guys who drove for WG Davies Morriston,phil drove ERF artic,& selwyn drove a scammell crusader,i drove for Harris & Miners of Devon,Either stopped at Digs Tree cafe,Alrewas,or Blue star cafe,Blyth…Norman croad,Torquay…
Punchy Dan:
Would the Hoover factory have used coal ? I seem to recollect going with my dad in the 80s .
Yes Dan, they had a hopper to tip into around the back of the building, along side the river Taff. Last load I delivered there was from the Midlands about 1990.
Regards Paul.
Paul John:
Punchy Dan:
Would the Hoover factory have used coal ? I seem to recollect going with my dad in the 80s .Yes Dan, they had a hopper to tip into around the back of the building, along side the river Taff. Last load I delivered there was from the Midlands about 1990.
Regards Paul.
Cheers ,this would of been around 85 86 ish ,I remember hiding in the bunk .
Ref:- G N Ricketts of Ewenny, the yard was about 300yds before the post office in Ewenny, it was up a small ramp,image of YNY998 on the ramp fueling up, image can been seen on page 37. Three very nice detached houses now built on the old yard.
Some of drivers I recall around 1960 to 1966 are Bill Norman, Oscar Jones, Albert Wallace, a very young Terry Hughes, went on ttleo become one of John Raymonds longest serving drivers. Wally Beer and Ray Thomas, both joined the BRS later. Fitter was Glynn David from Llantwit Major.
Some of the trucks I rember, Leylands, AEC and a Guy eight wheelers, artics a Scammell handyman, two Seddons, a Guy numerous tippers, cattle trucks.
YNY998 was cut down from a eight wheeler to an artic, all work in house by Glyn David. Company was sold to C H Bailey Ltd Cardiff and became Nationwide Transport, I am not aware of any link to Cardiff Transport later. E142
Punchy Dan:
Would the Hoover factory have used coal ? I seem to recollect going with my dad in the 80s .
Hi punchy Dan,I remember doin scotch runs driving for a Devon haulier & stopping at digs in Penrith,Hoover drivers stopped there alot,trunking upto there Cambuslang factory,
Norman croad,Torquay…
shorts.
shorts
pete 359:
hi all,
a few kindly sent to me here from hoover’s own fleet at merthyr,years and years ago,i remember when i restored my A series erf 20 years ago,ray barnett from llandow commercials had an ex hoover’s pre -ergomatic cab aec mercury in his yard……
Andrew
The cab off the mercury from llandow still survives languishing in a hedge in a yard down west wales
Would this be the A E C Mercury 4x2 tractor unit which was parked in Llandow commercials owner of the scrap yard was called Barney ? I thought when it was there it had bits missing on the engine - injector pump / injectors
yanto36:
pete 359:
hi all,
a few kindly sent to me here from hoover’s own fleet at merthyr,years and years ago,i remember when i restored my A series erf 20 years ago,ray barnett from llandow commercials had an ex hoover’s pre -ergomatic cab aec mercury in his yard……Andrew
The cab off the mercury from llandow still survives languishing in a hedge in a yard down west wales
pete 359:
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Them coils are from Briton ferry to ebbw vale
E142:
Ref:- G N Ricketts of Ewenny, the yard was about 300yds before the post office in Ewenny, it was up a small ramp,image of YNY998 on the ramp fueling up, image can been seen on page 37. Three very nice detached houses now built on the old yard.Some of drivers I recall around 1960 to 1966 are Bill Norman, Oscar Jones, Albert Wallace, a very young Terry Hughes, went on ttleo become one of John Raymonds longest serving drivers. Wally Beer and Ray Thomas, both joined the BRS later. Fitter was Glynn David from Llantwit Major.
Some of the trucks I rember, Leylands, AEC and a Guy eight wheelers, artics a Scammell handyman, two Seddons, a Guy numerous tippers, cattle trucks.
YNY998 was cut down from a eight wheeler to an artic, all work in house by Glyn David. Company was sold to C H Bailey Ltd Cardiff and became Nationwide Transport, I am not aware of any link to Cardiff Transport later. E142
Thanks for the information E142,heard of the name C H BAILEY into marine work etc.My dad ray left Ricketts in 1963 and my mother told me on the phone today it was up a ramp by the ewenny post office.He had a boat there,the last time i saw Wally beer he was shunting in the abbey for joints [1986]although i did not know him well,my mother keeps in touch with his wife.Noel would quite often knock the door in cefn glas to do another trip after just getting to bed from the last 1.I have a photo somewhere of 1 of his trucks and was told there was friendly rivalry with the j r drivers.
Wally beer there’s a blast from the past I shunted with wally at joints he was always first on the weigh bridge ,taff was second ,I beat him by five minutes one day ,but they still pulled him round me to be first ,a good man he was always helpful 
pete 359:
Hi all,
Eilir has kindly sent a few more,penny of Merthyr.
Penny had a yard overlooking ebbw vale steelworks where the big offices were they were on a little estate up there I went up there one day to drop my trailer ,I knew a couple of the boys oxo was one he drove a foden I can’t remember what the other one was called
Hi smallcoal Was you there when you had the likes of Ralph Byers , Jim Tremlett , Maverick , Stan Morris , my old man ( Curly Bill ) when I left school in 1969 first job for me was roping and sheeting for JR in the abbey . cheers Ian .
