Hi Andrew,
Another batch of nostalgic pics,good to see.
Cheers Dave.
thanks dave,hereâs some of joints from many years ago.ony 204r was the first sed. atki. they bought,driven from new by warwick gittins.
kcy 390p was driven from new by long serving driver,billy âthe capâ hathaway.
ron howells seen here with mwn 66x,ronâs son mike who was brought up with lorries is also a driver and looks at trucknet regularly.
jointâs ran many marathons over the years,i canât remember who had this one new,but whoever it was itâs guaranteed it was worked very hard. 
My father drove for DP Williams son Kieth Williams ammanford who run a fleet of MAN artic and rigid bulkers does anyone have photos of these trucks also Lyn Thomas of pontardulias all long gone great to see the cardiff transport photos
as monty python once said,and now for something completley different.owner driver philip petreyans lives in merelbeke near ghent in belgium.however phil can speak excelent english and works with several welshmen running regularly to the uk out of a forwarders in ghent,prior to that he was on the steel for many years,he loaded out of all of the south wales steel works regularly and has many good friends including meyself in and around south wales,as i have told him many times we consider him to be belgian welsh.philâs fh16 660 is pictured here in the spring of 2008 when he came to see me to have some paintwork carried out.the fh is now sold and has been replaced with a very swish scania.
notice the welsh dragon on the trailer.
les boon loaded with coil for germany.
t.s.rees are a long established quarry owning and transport concern.every senior member of the south wales transport industry has got a sammy rees tale to tell.they never sold anything,all the fleet has always been bought and paid for and although they donât run as many trucks now,they are still very much alive and kicking.during the summer 0f 1996 a mate of mine mentioned to me in our local pub that he had been instructed by sammy rees to go into his site in cornelly and cut everything up.before that happened i went in there with my camera.everything you see next had the gas axe.they even found an old jaguar car,that got weighed in as well.
HiyaâŚa millon stories to tell in that lot of lorries Pete 359⌠Pitty the Foden didânt look to badâŚJust think that Comet was as special to some chap
at one time just the same as your Peterbuilt is to youâŚA good set of pickys there Andrew shine and polish isânt everything.
John.
despite several good offers from people who wouldnât mess him around,sammy rees declined them all and scrapped the lot!
3300John:
HiyaâŚa millon stories to tell in that lot of lorries Pete 359⌠Pitty the Foden didânt look to badâŚJust think that Comet was as special to some chap
at one time just the same as your Peterbuilt is to youâŚA good set of pickys there Andrew shine and polish isânt everything.
John.
hi john,
totally agree with you mate,what a waste.
regards andrew.
Hi Andrew,
A real transport graveyard full of history,sadly these places are getting less with the price of scrap and environmental dogooderâs complaing,great pics once again.
Cheers Dave.
pete 359:
Hiya⌠Looks like a V8 hideing in there.What we going for Seddon 32four with a V8 perkins. The bacK hubs are saying Seddon or Guy
Atki is because its a steel cab.and spring hangers.
John
hiya,
Could spend a fortnight camped at that place, would never have tired at wandering around those old girls, wouldânt get much peace from the old lady though, i suppose i could always give her a few bob and send her to the shops, ah peace.
thanks harry long retired.
hi pete359(Andrew) i remember looking through TS REES,S yard with Ken Duke,Ralph Jone,s fitter those trucks didnt seem so bad then but of coarse that WAS 20, 25 years ago when we were boys mate i was thin and i had hair welldone AGAIN MATEâŚ
Hello everyone, great picâs again.
B series Paul, that Rotherwas Renault was in Oakleys colours, did the brothers go their seperate ways? I had a lift with in an Oakleys marathon from Gilwern to Reads in Rhymney back in 1981. The driver moaned all the way, apparantly not one of the best outfits to work for.
Andrew, saw your pete on BLB last week. Those photos Gyles Carpenter takes are always spot on, looks as if it was a good day in Gloucestershire. The following day, my Jan T&D arrived, and covers the story of project Peterbilt, just brilliant. Fairly soon you will be so famous, we will have to call you Sir Andrew! lol.
Central Florida is a long way from Rhymney Heads of The Valley, and it was 25 years ago this week I first arrived here in Orlando.
Thanks to Dave the Renegade for starting this site, and everyone who has contributed to make it a success.
It allows me to keep in touch with the old days, and current times and trends.
Best wishes to all for a prosperous 2010.
Regards Paul
BSERIES PAUL:
hi everyone,
chris 143,yes thatâs right mate it probably was 25 years ago when we were thin and you and ken duke looked at the sammy rees graveyard.b series paul,fancy seeing a picture of freddie the flyâs f10,looks like heâs tipping coil outside d shed at swansea dock,though it could be any port really. .paul john,thanks for the recent pm,you are a lucky man living in orlando.we love florida and are hoping to go there again soon?maybe we could meet up?i agree with you re: dave the renegadeâŚwell done mate.keep em coming lads
regards andrew