The driver of that f12 o g Williams at a guess Brian bloody great feller regards Rowly ward
Punchy Dan the story is fc brooks started about.1940 not sure then the two brothers graham and penry took over I started 1970 van driver they did everything fro general haulage to removals storage they were quite big and always flat out graham ran it religious evil evil man I ever met penry ran the garage and tried to be fair his son Fred transport manager best bloke you ever met.they went on for years graham and penry always rowing and nearly fighting every Friday drivers arguing about money short and then Fred jacked and couple of different managers and they decided to call it a day the transport manager then was toy muslin nice bloke put a package to gether and drivers and few other people started leepaul transport with brooks old lorries and they tried hard but sadly didn’t work. I’m glad I was long gone coz if you worked for fc brooks no sleep money poor but wat a learning curve survive or sink learnt a lot of the older drivers great blokes Fred the son his 73 years of age still doing removals and strong has a ox talking to him yesterday regards rowley ward
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i worked for the Raymond bros,does anybody remember argosy transport,run by david raymond.also his brother richard raymond,Vale transport.?
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seddon hotel:
south wales firms.
i worked for the Raymond bros,does anybody remember argosy transport,run by david raymond.also his brother richard raymond,Vale transport.?
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hi,
i clearly remember all the firms you just named.i cannot and trust me i have really really tried,to get hold of any Argosy photos.i’ve asked everyone i can think of,including relatives of the family,the current business in what was Argosy’s yard and even people living in the houses near to what was once their yard.All to no avail.i recall blue DAF 2300’s? ran during the early to mid 1970’s.though i am told they ran aec,leyland,guy,atki,seddon etc etc before the DAF’s.one of their lorries had a nasty accident and moved a bridge on the m50 within days of it opening.
regards andrew…
seddon hotel:
south wales firms.
i worked for the Raymond bros,does anybody remember argosy transport,run by david raymond.also his brother richard raymond,Vale transport.?
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A friend of mine worked for argosy in 1972, they had five atkis then he drove the oldest one ,if i remember it was a g reg ,i think they had a yard in the Birmingham area as well.
steelboyf10:
Hi Andrew,Nothing to do with South Wales, but thought I would give the new motor its inaugural picture on your thread, what a difference 20 weeks make!
Still quite a few bits and bobs to finish off, but like the F10 was, its quite timeless I think. Only one major disappointment…the season has ended!!,
Stunning, cant say the FL was a favourite BUT that is a classic restoration, nice motor. I remember JR having one of the first in South Wales and having to strip the air kit off ready for painting, got called in on the weekend to replace it as no one could put it back, and as the one to take it off, the only one to put it back in the right order! Think it came in 5 pieces altogether with ‘sub’ parts at the rear 
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JR ‘BWN & ACY’ memories! No doubt put a spanner or two to them at some point! Including the trailers!
Thanks Rowley .
Hi dan,the Owens sed Atki this is me in the 80,s my mate wally Akins drove it I used to go away with him he taught me roping and sheeting this was us loading in bay 13 cheers John
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That truck was a demonstrator truck with blue line before it went to Robbins blue line weren’t fussed on it
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Punchy Dan:
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Punchy Dan:
I think I parked overnight by those houses last yr and walked back to a pub .hi dan,
tbh,that all sounds about right.the coach and horses pub is on the eastbound side of the a48 at castleton.thanks for sharing those brilliant photos.
regards andrew….Cheers , I nearly called last week ,was working on the mast at stormey down ,just behind you I think ? Thanks Dan .
Hi Dan,
Yes that’s very near us.we were based on stormy down during the 70’s…
hicks longest serving driver Alan hobbs cracking guy proper old school driver loads of respect .daiecho
On truck trader, thought some one may know the history or be interested!
First registered in 1972 & used for hauling steel from South Wales to the Midlands. Bought by a south Wales bus company, it was converted into a recovery truck. It ended its (then) working life as stagecoach torqueys recovery vehicle from where it was rescued in 2000. HISTORY: 1990-92 Cynon Vallet Transport Aberdare; 1992-97 Red and White Buses Cwmbran 1997-2000 Stagecoach Devon (see ); 2000-02 I McIntyre Sussex; 2002-11 J.D.Thomas; 2011-present D.W.Massey (Wincham Wharf) current owner. Who converted her back to a tractor unit and used her for moving boats. It has been operated with a restricted operator’s licence, maintained by Moston’s near Northwich. It has been laid up undercover as I started to find no power steering required too much effort. It is a cherished old truck which has been used until quite recently, which with a little TLC could be made a pristine show truck. The truck starts on the button and drives very well although it is a hard ride without the trailer. With a loaded trailer she is much more comfortable. The chassis and metalwork were professionally shot blasted and painted about four years ago and is still perfect as can be seen in the pictures. It has a beautiful original Gardner 180 engine with a six speed David Brown constant mesh Gearbox.
seddon hotel:
south wales firms.
i worked for the Raymond bros,does anybody remember argosy transport,run by david raymond.also his brother richard raymond,Vale transport.?
joint motorways,
Yes they ran from village farm Pyle with Vale across the road then Broadway farm Laleston Don James was the fitter Crazy horse was the shunter in the Abbey Also remember Ron Payne ( Daz ) Reggy Wackitt Dai Evans , David then went in to Mortgage advising and sold the farm to Jonathan Raymond Also remember Clive Templar , Clayton Willis . Jack Evans . Cheers Ian