JB1977:
heres a name for you andrew, dave hawkins. i,ve been down his place in pencader and fareplay he,s got some old stuff down there,aecs galore. there was a robbins scammell crusader down there last time i was there.
got some pictures from the mid-80’s when dave took me out in his bath and portland stone 1930’s 8 wheeler,what a ride out that was,shouting across the cab!don’t think you’ll see him and shaun swain together in pencader anymore though, they had a big divorce a while back.the crusader was robbins of swansea,i posted a photo of the remains of the other one they have on this thread on an earlier page,though it’s the string vest version,if you know what i mean!
regards andrew
didnt know they had a bust up, then again its about two years since i saw dai last. still dont know where my wristwatch went though! im sure that mark 3 aec was in the shed when we were there. i noticed on an earlier post of yours, how long ago did paul barrow get rid of the fh12? i remember him buying that,looked good with the two f10,s when they were all lit up going out the yard together on a monday morning.
JB1977:
heres a name for you andrew, dave hawkins. i,ve been down his place in pencader and fareplay he,s got some old stuff down there,aecs galore. there was a robbins scammell crusader down there last time i was there.
got some pictures from the mid-80’s when dave took me out in his bath and portland stone 1930’s 8 wheeler,what a ride out that was,shouting across the cab!don’t think you’ll see him and shaun swain together in pencader anymore though, they had a big divorce a while back.the crusader was robbins of swansea,i posted a photo of the remains of the other one they have on this thread on an earlier page,though it’s the string vest version,if you know what i mean!
regards andrew
didnt know they had a bust up, then again its about two years since i saw dai last. still dont know where my wristwatch went though! im sure that mark 3 aec was in the shed when we were there. i noticed on an earlier post of yours, how long ago did paul barrow get rid of the fh12? i remember him buying that,looked good with the two f10,s when they were all lit up going out the yard together on a monday morning.
wristwatch .don’t know if paul sold the fh,i will ask him next time.
regards andrew
JB1977:
heres a name for you andrew, dave hawkins. i,ve been down his place in pencader and fareplay he,s got some old stuff down there,aecs galore. there was a robbins scammell crusader down there last time i was there.
got some pictures from the mid-80’s when dave took me out in his bath and portland stone 1930’s 8 wheeler,what a ride out that was,shouting across the cab!don’t think you’ll see him and shaun swain together in pencader anymore though, they had a big divorce a while back.the crusader was robbins of swansea,i posted a photo of the remains of the other one they have on this thread on an earlier page,though it’s the string vest version,if you know what i mean!
regards andrew
didnt know they had a bust up, then again its about two years since i saw dai last. still dont know where my wristwatch went though! im sure that mark 3 aec was in the shed when we were there. i noticed on an earlier post of yours, how long ago did paul barrow get rid of the fh12? i remember him buying that,looked good with the two f10,s when they were all lit up going out the yard together on a monday morning.
wristwatch .don’t know if paul sold the fh,i will ask him next time.
regards andrew
i havent seen paul for a good bit,he was best man in my brothers wedding. he was going to bring me to your place when you had the f88, i worked for him when he had the pallet buisness going. always made me laugh when i saw him driving keedwells f12 with the m**f diver plates on the front! i had the feature of that when the were in trucking international sep 92.
Back in the 80’s i can remember Dave Hawkins when he had fleet commercials of Llandow repairing accident damaged ford cargo’s and he had a compound around the corner full of A.E.C’s and there was I’m sure an ex Gwynne Bowen Foden S20 8 wheeler flatbed up the back of the yard. Used to love watching and listening to the sound of his restored Portland Stone Mammoth Major 8 wheeler when he was getting it out of the workshop, like so many wished I’d taken some photo’s
chris143:
Paul Barrow done some subbing for joints didnt Andrew with a 6 wheel Daf a 3600 think…
hi chris,
barrow did sub to joints with a blue and red 2800 daf 6 wheeler,ex stobart’s i think?dennis,a.k.a. bewick dai davies tells me that the will. hall seddon was perkins powered,if the words perkins and power can be used in the same sentence.dennis are you sure it didn,t have an 8 cylinder gardner mate
tetris418:
Back in the 80’s i can remember Dave Hawkins when he had fleet commercials of Llandow repairing accident damaged ford cargo’s and he had a compound around the corner full of A.E.C’s and there was I’m sure an ex Gwynne Bowen Foden S20 8 wheeler flatbed up the back of the yard. Used to love watching and listening to the sound of his restored Portland Stone Mammoth Major 8 wheeler when he was getting it out of the workshop, like so many wished I’d taken some photo’s
Hi tetris418,
There was a driver from this way drove an eight wheeler Foden for Gwynne Bowen,his name is John Davies from Bucknell Shropshire,just over the border, down stream from Knighton.He drove for Gwynne Bowen for many years,possibly until they finished.
Cheers Dave.
pete 359:
hi dave,
gwynne bowen had many outbased drivers for his awesome fleet,they were even erf agents.
Hiya Andrew when I was in my teens I was a trailer mate on Brady’s last Octopus and we were down in S.Wales more or less every week – Sunday night in Llansamlet then tip 22 ton of Signode strapping in the Abbey next morning . We then usually were reloaded by Bowens back to Lancashire or somtimes Carlisle . We were often in their yard at Gorsienon and I can remember it was a chap called Jack Reece who was their Traffic Manager and somtimes Vivian Bowen the son was in the office as well .They were a quality outfit in their day probably the best in S. Wales!! On the odd occaision they couldn’t fix us up we got loaded from Trevor Phillips at Cadoxton ! Cheers Dennis.
pete 359:
hi dave,
gwynne bowen had many outbased drivers for his awesome fleet,they were even erf agents.
Hi Andrew,
John Davies son and grandson both drive out of the quarries this way. I will see if he has pics of the lorries he drove for them,he finished up driving an artic for Pontrilas sawmills on timber from the forests back to the mill in the 80’s before he retired.
Cheers Dave.
Well come on Andrew give us full chapter and verse !! what spec was the Seddon ? and don’t tell us it had the 8LXB engine !! Cheers Bewick.
Hiya …I had a Seddon like that one Andrew it had a 470AEC and a AEC 6 speed box It was ex BRS 1965 vintage our worthless traveler friends
chopped her up one weekend while the scrap price was high about 6 years ago.I would’nt think its a Gardner looking at the back hubs.But the front wings
do seem wide as though it has a heavy front axle.
John
Well come on Andrew give us full chapter and verse !! what spec was the Seddon ? and don’t tell us it had the 8LXB engine !! Cheers Bewick.
Hiya …I had a Seddon like that one Andrew it had a 470AEC and a AEC 6 speed box It was ex BRS 1965 vintage our worthless traveler friends
chopped her up one weekend while the scrap price was high about 6 years ago.I would’nt think its a Gardner looking at the back hubs.But the front wings
do seem wide as though it has a heavy front axle.
John
Wow that seddon must have been a top of the range model its got two heater motors maybe it was quite special.
John
Hi Andrew and fellow welshmen lol does any one remember Nick Churton ( not sure on the spelling of the surname) from just out side Church Stretton Shropshire ? My dad drove an old Atkinson Border for him.When my dad was there he had 2 lorries the Atki and a Seddon Atkinson.I remember coming down to Port Talbot in the Atki . It was really slow but coming down Neath bank it flew lol. But coming back up it was really slow lol.It was when the first Volvo F10’s come out so about the mid 80’s .They had a yard in Church Stretton and it was the first time I tried to reverse an artic in the yard .My dad told me too get out in his usual way ( feefing and shouting ) too get out !! Another driver was Bill Shuker he was there too.He went on too be a milk man .I think he is retired now.I haven’t seen Bill since my dads funeral.
Tony
mercman123:
Hi Andrew and fellow welshmen lol does any one remember Nick Churton ( not sure on the spelling of the surname) from just out side Church Stretton Shropshire ? My dad drove an old Atkinson Border for him.When my dad was there he had 2 lorries the Atki and a Seddon Atkinson.I remember coming down to Port Talbot in the Atki . It was really slow but coming down Neath bank it flew lol. But coming back up it was really slow lol.It was when the first Volvo F10’s come out so about the mid 80’s .They had a yard in Church Stretton and it was the first time I tried to reverse an artic in the yard .My dad told me too get out in his usual way ( feefing and shouting ) too get out !! Another driver was Bill Shuker he was there too.He went on too be a milk man .I think he is retired now.I haven’t seen Bill since my dads funeral.
Tony
hi tony,
yes i do recall n.j. churton,i used to see them in the abbey every night of the week.they had a white fl10.it’s such a shame that all of these compnies and characters are just a memory now.
regards andrew
Hi andrew I could tell you lots of stories about nick but he’s still around and I don’t want him too come around and do me in lol. No mostly it was my dad and nick going to the pubs in Church Stretton and getting drunk. He also used too wear wooden clogs ! Not all the time mind you. Also Bill Shuker was a big friend of my dad and I new his daughter from when I was a baby.Sorry getting off the subject ! Like I said before when dad worked for the them they had an old Atki I think with a Gardner 180. Also Seddon Atki that was the posh one. I know on some off the other forums they had been knocking Gardner engines but at the time they were good engines very reliable. The trouble with all the british manufactures not just engines , cars ,bikes and lorries they didn’t go with the times and thats why the foreign lorries are the norm now .Sorry for going on ! Buzzing lol Take care .
Tony
HIeveryone, the next few photos are of ex joint subby the late Geof Hewson’s three Magnums, these were taken post joint motorways when Geof had engaged in container work and are pictured here at the first Hereford show in 2003
S208 CTV was driven by Geof’s son Ricky,S210 CTV was driven by Scott these two were 4x2’s ,the third one driven by Geof was a 6 wheeler with a mid lift …
.Note the bull bars on these that Geof had specially made to accommodate the Renault emblem.
Rickys lorry won an award that day but Geofs won best truck,RIP Geof mate…
im sure that mark 3 aec was in the shed when we were there. i noticed on an earlier post of yours, how long ago did paul barrow get rid of the fh12? i remember him buying that,looked good with the two f10,s when they were all lit up going out the yard together on a monday morning.
