pete 359:
Hi all,
Some great Jones Motors pictures have been kindly shared on Facebook earlier.I’d never seen any of them before and trust me,I’ve looked over the decades.NNY 248E was driven from new by my late father.Dave Cooper,aka “Dai Badge”.Dad is seen leaving the Kenfig Hill yard in these first two shots.
Hi Andrew you brought the past back with the Jones Motors pictures in our house,the girl in the centre is brenda my wife she worked there from 1966to1969 in the accounts office,the other girls are susan and adriane.
Tony
pete 359:
Hi all,
Some great Jones Motors pictures have been kindly shared on Facebook earlier.I’d never seen any of them before and trust me,I’ve looked over the decades.NNY 248E was driven from new by my late father.Dave Cooper,aka “Dai Badge”.Dad is seen leaving the Kenfig Hill yard in these first two shots.
Hi Andrew you brought the past back with the Jones Motors pictures in our house,the girl in the centre is brenda my wife she worked there from 1966to1969 in the accounts office,the other girls are susan and adriane.
Tony
Hi Tony,
Thanks very much.I can recall you mentioning your wife worked there.I was astonished at those photos.An amazing find.
Regards Andrew.
Hi all,
Some more random South Wales images here;
A pair of Swansea BRS Octopuses in High Wycombe depot,Loaded for home.
Bill Blake from Bridgend BRS depot at LDOY competition in St.Athan.
Mansel Davies LV ERF.
Hicks space cab DAF.
BELL line subbie and his F88 from Newport.
Steve Floyd’s MAN with Steve Thomas’ Strato.
pete 359:
Hi all,
A few more random welsh images….
hi andrew, feeling my age looking at these having driven yfb722v and ge71cow, 46 years in september only partime now usualy sunday but i still love to get let loose,
geoff
Buzzer,
Good morning’ re: the Rosser MK 3 tinfront eight wheeler, I don’t recall them operating with sideboards fitted. Used to see them in Trostre and Velindre with no sideboards on but maybe someone knows different but nevertheless so good resto: job.
Cheers, Allan
pete 359:
Hi all,
A few more random welsh images….
hi andrew, feeling my age looking at these having driven yfb722v and ge71cow, 46 years in september only partime now usualy sunday but i still love to get let loose,
geoff
After a Saturday night on Bt local,s remember the ERF day cabs parked up brand new and the Rockwool job adverts on the office wall.
That would be the tail end of a Warren,s insulation motor by the side.
Geoff remember Rockwool on strike and some were on Ford,s Halewood and Brian Towell went to Westbury on cement.
Ironic i called in the Travis Perkins next door this morning and always look in the old yard with memories .
Dai
pete 359:
Hi all,
A few more random welsh images….
hi andrew, feeling my age looking at these having driven yfb722v and ge71cow, 46 years in september only partime now usualy sunday but i still love to get let loose,
geoff
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for that.Good luck to you.I know what you mean loving the job still.
I found this image somewhere online,When I was a kid one of J&M’s subbies was Alan Spragg,He went on to run a fleet on general haulage for years.One of his ERF is seen here near junction 18 M4 eastbound….
pete 359:
Hi all,
A few more random welsh images….
hi andrew, feeling my age looking at these having driven yfb722v and ge71cow, 46 years in september only partime now usualy sunday but i still love to get let loose,
geoff
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for that.Good luck to you.I know what you mean loving the job still.
I found this image somewhere online,When I was a kid one of J&M’s subbies was Alan Spragg,He went on to run a fleet on general haulage for years.One of his ERF is seen here near junction 18 M4 eastbound….
Looks like waste magazines from Litchard Ind/est servernside waste paper company.
Sure his first motor was a F86 subbing for J&M.
Scania 81, Good morning,
Spot on re: the photo of ’ Spraggys ’ motor. I went to school with Alan and worked for him for a while back in the day shunting in the
Scania 81, Good morning,
Oop’s let’s try again. Spot on re: the photo of 'Spraggys ’ motor. I went to school with Alan and worked for him for a while back in in the day shunting in the Abbey. His drivers at the time were Elfed Morgan ( Mr Bridgend ) Steve Morgan, Tony Acaster, Ian aka Ferret. I believe my brother worked with you on the BRS. as did our Father way back when. ( Curley Bill )
Regards Allan.
Mrsteel:
Scania 81, Good morning,
Oop’s let’s try again. Spot on re: the photo of 'Spraggys ’ motor. I went to school with Alan and worked for him for a while back in in the day shunting in the Abbey. His drivers at the time were Elfed Morgan ( Mr Bridgend ) Steve Morgan, Tony Acaster, Ian aka Ferret. I believe my brother worked with you on the BRS. as did our Father way back when. ( Curley Bill )
Regards Allan.
Hi Allan,
I’m sorry to say,Steve Morgan passed away a fortnight ago.A very talented artist.He’d been plagued with bad health these last 30 years. He gave me this wonderful picture that he’d created.
Mrsteel:
Scania 81, Good morning,
Oop’s let’s try again. Spot on re: the photo of 'Spraggys ’ motor. I went to school with Alan and worked for him for a while back in in the day shunting in the Abbey. His drivers at the time were Elfed Morgan ( Mr Bridgend ) Steve Morgan, Tony Acaster, Ian aka Ferret. I believe my brother worked with you on the BRS. as did our Father way back when. ( Curley Bill )
Regards Allan.
Morning Mr Steel
Alan,s wife was brought up in the next street to me.
Her father was big friends with the Protheroe,s years ago and perhaps that was his ticket into the abbey works?
My old uncle was a horse and cart coal contractor[NCB] progressing to tipper and he always told me the spragg name was fruiterers in the Bridgend area.He also took on the Victoria pub in town for a while and the tile,s for us job.
