South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

[pete_359]

hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew

[smallcoal]

pete 359:
hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew

the colour looks like alec archers he put a wagon on with the promise of working out of the abbey it looks familiar or was it benbow he used to park down there

[chepstowchap]

LYNXMAN:

One for Chepstow Chap. an early 60s A.E.C. Mercury t/unit with a very distinctive cab( look at the unusual windscreen)
madeby Oldland Motor Bodies of Bristol , one of these cabs is under going restoration at present

Hello LYNXMAN, that is excellent thanks a lot .I have to say i can not remember that AEC , but J D Phelps ran some KV cabbed ERFs 804/ 805/6 FAX, that operated out of Whiteheads in Newport as well as Bowaters at Sudbrook .
I think they sold out to Richard Read and had a similar livery , light/dark blue etc . PS hope you are feeling better .

[harry_gill]

chepstowchap:

LYNXMAN:

One for Chepstow Chap. an early 60s A.E.C. Mercury t/unit with a very distinctive cab( look at the unusual windscreen)
madeby Oldland Motor Bodies of Bristol , one of these cabs is under going restoration at present

Hello LYNXMAN, that is excellent thanks a lot .I have to say i can not remember that AEC , but J D Phelps ran some KV cabbed ERFs 804/ 805/6 FAX, that operated out of Whiteheads in Newport as well as Bowaters at Sudbrook .
I think they sold out to Richard Read and had a similar livery , light/dark blue etc . PS hope you are feeling better .

hiya,
A bit off topic but did’nt The London Brick Co have some motors with that cab seem to remember seeing them about odd looking beasts in my opinion but still an AEC which is good enough for me.
thanks harry long retired.

[sammy_dog]

pete 359:
hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew

so it was nt you with the long grey raincoat and trilbey hat on carrying the brown bag with strongbow init looking the the window of said dock hotel.

[jinks_62]

smallcoal:
hi adrian
how you keeping hurry up and put them pics on i remember when i started shunting for joints my first wagon was ony372l a erf ,andrew would most probaly remember it
or you would

hiya john,yes i remember 372L.180 gardener i think.the first unit i was given at joints was a mandator G reg.then i had another J reg this time x cadbury/fry wagon.lovely motor she was.we also had an old G reg erf BRB something G.when i shot a load of steel on my way to vauxhall luton alan jones took me off my 290 marathon and put me on that for a few weeks.we had to go through slough in them days.billy the cap had it for a while too.i didnt throw the load off it went forward and he had to send a few boys up to restack it all etc.i tipped it next day no problem.that was my punishment to have that old erf for weeks.still he didnt suspend me like most firms did.anyone remember electric eye ?old doug.tony rees used to call himself that on the cb.he left to join the police.i used to see him on his police bike but he,s probably retired now.ron rees"s son.and john the dog huberts father in law.i,m going back to when dupont steel had a place on britton ferry roundabout and in llanelli.hubert used to shunt there.we used to take steel billets out of them.god i sound as if i,m 90 not 62 dont i.i remember when blue line had a shunter loading in morgan e rees pontardulais and his name was rubin i think.bloody hell now i,m going back.remember pretty boy?mike something he married elvin davids daughter and later bought a wagon or 2 himself,then there was davy john david who was elvins brother but was transport manager for holloway bros port talbot.i could go on but i,m sure i,d bore you.all the best ade.

[jinks_62]

theres another name from the past now.Stan Morris.he was foreman in the abbey for joint for years.he was shunter at first untill they got a bit bigger then he was foreman.he was a grafter too like wil the cap but i never saw him on the road.ive got a lot of memories of the joneses as my old man worked for their grandad eddie jones.dil.deryl,john and arthur were the boys then.i knew alan clayton,bobby and linda when we were kids.i remember Bev the sprayer who was up kenfig hill.arthur used to drive the hurse.they had buses too in them days.i remember my old man taking me and mum on a trip in the coach to tenby but we all had to get out and walk up morriston bank as the engine wasnt strong enough to get up with a full load on.also don aplles[evans] who owned a firm called pioneer motors who had a garage near the mules.me and jo townsend were caught playing in the buses one night there.poor old jo was killed in a motorbike accident in the m4 by swindon.he worked with me in joint too for a while.also he worked with an irish firm for a while and when they owed him money he hid the wagon from them untill they paid up.what about nelsons?blue line bought them out.i,m not sure but i think thats where the name blue line came from.they were D.David & sons untill then i think.i got a very small photo of joints yard at kenfig hill with a bus in it.i dont know if i can get the photos on here thats the trouble.i,m not brilliant on the pc.ade.

[smallcoal]

hi adrian,stan & hubert was in the caps funeral , i remember going to duport briton ferry with uncle norm i had to wait in the security box ,what wagon was his i also remember a driver he drove the scammell i think his name was mike i followed norman into haulage if not i could be a millionaire , pretty boys missus susan drives a renault magnum out of cardiff bar not seen him on the road for a while,the boys from long ago, doctor tom,taff,wally,wilf, they were characters

[pete_359]

hi all,
there’s some names from the past coming out tonight adrian .

[pete_359]

i am sure you remember paul davies.

[smallcoal]

pete 359:
i am sure you remember paul davies.

hi mate yes i remember paul he drives a tipper for tarmac tidy bloke

[smallcoal]

another one with a f88 roy colcombe yellow volvo from down pontardulias he used to pull out of the abbey, also albert from the caravan haulage in the gower hayden castle he used to shunt in the abbey & his boy derrick

[pete_359]

hi all,
here’s a brand new 1850 merc i drove,a real flying machine ,she was on demo. to joints.just loaded a slab for port talbot one summers evening in 1992,taken at the old magor services.

[tony_the_tiger]

pete 359:
hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew

andrew i think that might have been one of the mclennan bros f88, but not 100% sure.

[chris143]

tony the tiger:

pete 359:
hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew

andrew i think that might have been one of the mclennan bros f88, but not 100% sure.

Hi all it was mclennans im almost certain they also had a chocolate brown one they were often parked outside the Docko the twins were residents there

[komatsu_450]

I,d like to thank Grahams boy Nic for sending me this picture of his father delivering a brand new CAT 777 to Nant Helen OCCS today

[komatsu_450]

This is my brothers Foden having a bad day behind Walls Man

[komatsu_450]

Cardiff Bay Transport

[pete_359]

chris143:

tony the tiger:

pete 359:
hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew

andrew i think that might have been one of the mclennan bros f88, but not 100% sure.

Hi all it was mclennans im almost certain they also had a chocolate brown one they were often parked outside the Docko the twins were residents there

hi chris,
i did wonder about mclennans.they had another one aswell,sid evans ran the middle east with it.you are bang on right about mclennans residency
regards andrew

[komatsu_450]

Don,t know much about this lorry but found it in an album no dought someone will reconise it ?