during 1984,protheroe’s finished and overnight some of the management and staff became the south wales depot of the then large consolidated land services group.
Dave the Renegade:
pete 359:
Hi Andrew,
There is a chap named Protheroe running out of Tarmac from down your way,he has been working up here quite a bit,got a Volvo FH eight legger.Happy new year.
Cheers Dave.
hi dave the protheroe you ve seen is steve protheroe an ex driver of mine and very good friend who decided to buy his own truck needless to say he s just packed up with tarmac,after they invited him to purchase a newer vehicle ( no finance owing on existing truck)needless to say he declined thier kind offer and sold his fm cheers martyn.
malcolm kirk:
sammy dog:
malcolm kirk:
yanto36:
Another trip to Jeff Ways has turned up somemore gems!
A ray of hope to save the Mickey Mouse Foden. Spoke to Jeff yesterday and he tells me has had two enquiries to buy her as a complete lump. Both are up country so there might be a delay because of the weather etc. But fingers crossed she will be one of only a small amount of vehicles to ever be ‘sprung’ from this garden of doom.
where about is jeff ways yard please regards martyn
Hi Sammy Dog. Take A470 North off junc 32 M4, take 3rd exit off, take old road through Rhydyfelin(behind Upper Boat Pub) go about 1.5 miles, just before road bears to right to go under the A470, take a left off that bend and go over a narrow steel bridge over the river. Park at the end and go through where there is an old trailer blocking the way. Good hunting!
cheers malcolm ill pop up and have a look looking for something else once the massey is finished.regards martyn.
hello sammy dog.
there was a fellow by the name of protheroe that was on the block stone contract back in the 60s,when a few of the port talbot firms bought some old bristol 8 wheelers from bridgend and swansea BRS.he used to run with another man by the name of pascoe who was also from brigend/ port talbot area,a very good friend of mine who is still driving in the abbey had one of the first ergo mammoth majors that came into south wales and was also on the blockstone from craig-yr-hesg quarry in pontypridd to marples ridgeway in the abbey.
graham.
gah1950:
hello sammy dog.
there was a fellow by the name of protheroe that was on the block stone contract back in the 60s,when a few of the port talbot firms bought some old bristol 8 wheelers from bridgend and swansea BRS.he used to run with another man by the name of pascoe who was also from brigend/ port talbot area,a very good friend of mine who is still driving in the abbey had one of the first ergo mammoth majors that came into south wales and was also on the blockstone from craig-yr-hesg quarry in pontypridd to marples ridgeway in the abbey.
graham.
happy new year graham,
from what i can gather,alot of enterprising local firms were involved with the deep water harbour at port talbot.can’t say that those names you mentioned ring any bells with me though?trucknet members stubbsy and beaver680 may know? as they were both drivers with protheroe’s at the time.the same protheroe’s who owned the fleet i posted photos of had lots of old eight wheelers working internally in the abbey at that time.
regards andrew
one of protheroe’s atki’s.
porthcawl carnival 1983,notice the western brs bedford tm in the background.
gah1950:
hello sammy dog.
there was a fellow by the name of protheroe that was on the block stone contract back in the 60s,when a few of the port talbot firms bought some old bristol 8 wheelers from bridgend and swansea BRS.he used to run with another man by the name of pascoe who was also from brigend/ port talbot area,a very good friend of mine who is still driving in the abbey had one of the first ergo mammoth majors that came into south wales and was also on the blockstone from craig-yr-hesg quarry in pontypridd to marples ridgeway in the abbey.
graham.
hi graham
did nt start with lorries untill about 1974 where i drove site lorries for davies bros untill passing my class2 in 1976 i would nt have known the gents you mentioned but pascoe does sound familier cheers martyn.
I think this is Steve Protheroe that is a mate of yours Martyn,seen last spring at the Gore quarry.
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motor 
.infact i did a few myself in her.i know the 25’s and 28’s were gutless at 38 tonne,but that v8 and zf box was pretty bombproof .for those that don’t know, sammy dog ran this motor in the early to mid 1990’s.
Dave the Renegade:
I think this is Steve Protheroe that is a mate of yours Martyn,seen last spring at the Gore quarry.
yep thats him dave had his truck parked up my house whilest he sought a buyer its now sold happy new year dave and tracey regards martyn.
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motor
happy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
sammy dog:
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motorhappy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
Happy New year all that tandam that martyn has got on finally died when the body went up and the back end stayed where it was we were running it at 50ton plus on nights internal in llanwern with granulate
Nicky Harris ( tramper ) and Rydian Harris ( Jnr ) in truckfest
Paul Barrow when he was subbing to Western Log
here’s three of graham keedwell’s.
Sorry i won,t say where they are parked because i don,t know and better not get it wrong again
komatsu 450:
Sorry i won,t say where they are parked because i don,t know and better not get it wrong again
hi ant,
happy new year mate.looks like ramsgate to me?
regards andrew
komatsu 450:
sammy dog:
pete 359:
happy new year martyn,
here’s a motor you will know.i reckon you did enough mileage in this motorhappy new year andrew nicola and young harry bloody hell theres a blast from the past looks like she got the wimpey tandem behind her i have got some pictures of her somewhere ill have to dig them out together with rth thanks for that regards martyn.
Happy New year all that tandam that martyn has got on finally died when the body went up and the back end stayed where it was we were running it at 50ton plus on nights internal in llanwern with granulate
was that an ex sanmar truck looks like it
hi all,
i think? the remains of this volvo are still in porthcawl fairground?