hi andrew its tony kinsey here, looking at some of those pics you have put on here bring back so many fond memories, keep em coming mate you must have got thousands!!! by the way any pics of the interior of that fantastic truck of yours mate?? cheers tony.
One of Charles Footmans near the Rhydspence on the A438 Radnorshire.
well well well Tony Kinsey,Chris (seabourne)Here mate,its a small world,this thread is amazing some of the old photoâs of jointâs,john Raymonds and blueline are fantastic,theres even some of my old beast with Owen Jenkins welcome aboard mateâŚ
tony the tiger:
hi andrew its tony kinsey here, looking at some of those pics you have put on here bring back so many fond memories, keep em coming mate you must have got thousands!!! by the way any pics of the interior of that fantastic truck of yours mate?? cheers tony.
hi tony,
i take it you have seen the pictures of the r&d burrows tm you drove.when i first met you, you had that then.yes i have thousands of pictures of just joints alone,alot of others have given pictures aswell.will post some of the interior of mine.thanks mate.
regards andrew
240 Gardner:
Bewick:
Hiya Andrew yes it was K. Fell &co and also J.B. Hudson Ltd. and J. L. Ion Ltd. all in the same deal . The 3 firms were owned at the time I took them over by Davy & co. (Grange) Ltd. Old man Davy had died in '64 and his son John carried on and did infact expand the firm with aquitions of Hudsonâs& Ions and one or two odd A licence buys then in about '1970 I think he lost interest and from running a fleet of around 30 he let it dwindle down to 4 tractors/7 trailers 2 6wheeler & 2 4 wheeler flats . I wanted the firm mainly for the freehold depot adjacent to a big customer of both of us ( Libbyâs).Cheers Dennis.
Chapter & verse ----- That shot would have been taken either late Dec 75 or early Jan 76 the last new tractor to join the Fell fleet before being taken over by Bewick tpt in June 76 .NHG920P was a 250 â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Bellamy (R.I.P.)is the driver and is pictured leaving the Fell depot immeadiatley behind the Libby factory at Minthorpe. The load would probably be 21 ton of evap milk or rice pud ! At the time the shot was taken Libbyâs was the only out bound traffic Fells had and 90% of their return loads was being supplied by the Bewick Traffic office .If I was to be critical I would say that the quality and standard of sheeting and roping left a lot to be desired at Fells in comparison to that at Bewick Tpt. Our shunters soon got to grips with that and with an influx of new gear we soon had the firm out of the doldrums !! We re-lettered the headboards on the Fell motors "BEWICK"when we took over but the Sed/Atk was disposed of in Jan77 to be replaced by an F88 Reg No TEC571R. Bewick.
top man dennis,those 400âs werenât a bad machine as long as they had a â â â â â â â â â â â no i donât want to get involved with the debate about gardners,i just personally like â â â â â â â â â â â tin worm was the big let down with the 400âs and 401âs in my opinion.
hereâs a photo for tony the tiger.that wheel gets cold in the winter,but cool in the summer.a guage for everything!
pete 359:
top man dennis,those 400âs werenât a bad machine as long as they had a â â â â â â â â â â â no i donât want to get involved with the debate about gardners,i just personally like â â â â â â â â â â â tin worm was the big let down with the 400âs and 401âs in my opinion.
hereâs a photo for tony the tiger.that wheel gets cold in the winter,but cool in the summer.a guage for everything!
Hiya Andrew Yea the Sed/Atk was a poor effort we had 10 I think from memory and apart from the big â â â â â â â the rest had (youvâe guessed) Gardners 150/180/240/265s.Its a bit early to be letting Carryfast see pictures of a cab interior like that!! I would have put one up of a Big J cab first or you will have him blowing his biscuit all over the key board !! Cheers Dennis.
billy âthe capâ hathaway (looking a bit like victor meldrew) 
and g800 hth coming into the yard.
hi again andrew yes mate i seen the pic of the old TM it went well though, thanks for the pic of your beast it looks fantastic a credit mate, shall have to call in and take a look!!! i was with wayne âflippin eckâ jones that day,flippin eck
chris143:
well well well Tony Kinsey,Chris (seabourne)Here mate,its a small world,this thread is amazing some of the old photoâs of jointâs,john Raymonds and blueline are fantastic,theres even some of my old beast with Owen Jenkins welcome aboard mateâŚ
hey chris how you doing mate heard you havenât been very well? hope your ok now mate we have a pint to finish in leominster 
thanks tony,i will have to take you out in my peterbilt sometime,itâs not as quiet as modern trucks but as itâs geared for the dead straight north american road network,itâs a lively performer to say the least!!! back to 1992 now and this is a brand new 1735 merc. j400 jmh,with tony âteflonâ millom doing his highly skilled welding on the rear whilst albert? stands on the near side,albertâs son in law clayton jones was one of jointâs directors.i recall a very young chris 143 coming to bayston hill one night with me in j400.
pete 359:
thanks tony,i will have to take you out in my peterbilt sometime,itâs not as quiet as modern trucks but as itâs geared for the dead straight north american road network,itâs a lively performer to say the least!!!
Andrew i know it goes at a fair lick matey you passed me on the motorway not so long ago when i was in my car! 
âŚi might take you up on that offer mate.
aaaaaaaaaah,thatâll teach me to stop trying to top up on the points on my licence.does wayne jones still drive for multiserve?
well done Andy mate, i remember that very well ,im lucky i came with you when i did, i new where the yard was in Bayston hill that information was to come in handy wasânt it ? cheerâs pal
itâs a bloody good job mike howells didnât take any pictures of me the first time i ever went there,as he and i went on a little magical mystery tour of rural shropshire involving country lanes and housing estates.we got there in the end though!
ex blue line driver reg. wackett from bridgend gave me this newspaper cutting.
one of owens road services first actrosâ
earnie haines from pontyclyn has been in the tipper business for over 25 years.his daughter sherry drives this one.
pete 359:
Hi Andrew are they disc brakes on the fronât of that new Merc or are my eyes playing tricks .Cheers Dennis
hi dennis,
youâr eyes arenât playing tricks,they are discs,which all the tipper operators we work for tell me that they are nothing but trouble,they go into a wheelwash with warm or sometimes hot discs,they then get sprayed with water and crack,if the vosa man sees that itâs come to the police station and bring youâr pyjamaâs.
regards andrew