Tonytranscont:
took a stroll past the old rom river site in risca today , all traces now gone and a housing estate built there, I not sure but I think they moved further up the valley.Mechanic 77 may know their whereabouts. As a youngster I can remember the lorries in and out of there with the steel wire and mesh. I think BRS did some work and owner drivers others.There was for a number of years an ergo cabbed AEC on site for internal shunting. Sorry took no photos , never got round to it and now wish I had.
regards
Tony D.
Canât say Iâve heard of Rom River before. Where exactly were they and when?
A quick bit of Googling reveals Rom to be still going with eight UK depots, one of which is indeed further up the valley at Pen y Fan ind est, Crumlin.
Neil.
Hi Neil , to get to rom river was a bit of a nightmare if you wasnt sure where it was. coming from newport on the old A467 you passed the entrance to rogerstone power station (on the left)and continued towards risca , when you came to the welsh oak pub (on the left before railway bridge) you took a right hand turn and followed a road called herbert avenue which climbs upto channel view which levels out and then drops down to a junction which led into rom river. The road off the old A467 was and is still narrow with lots of parked cars and is on a main bus route. If you travel on the train from ebbw vale now and get off at risca the houses the other side of the fence are built on what was rom river. I not sure but think they moved to croespenmaen estate in the late 90âs early 2000âs. I can remember the building being in risca as far back as the 70âs. One of my interests was further down in risca by the foundry called âbroadsâ (now a tesco super store) where clayton & sons scammell crusaders and ergo cabbed aecâs could be found taking drain castings away and the company of alte express who had a nice fleet of ford transcontinentals spent many a hour there watching lorries.
Thanks guys,i remember going in their yard in the early 80âs with my father when he worked out of the Docks in Newport for BRS,which they were loosely associated with.Didnât know they moved up to oakdale though,as ive never seen any of their motors around here for donkeys years.
pete 359:
hi all,
here is one for my mate mechanic77.wallâs awesome fleet of heavy wreckers.taken by me in the early 90âs at the pembrey truck grand prix.
Nice. The Mack looks fresh from a repaint there donât you think?
Neil.
hi neil,
yes i thought that aswell mate .that freightliner looked awesome in black.i think? that this was the first time i ever saw the man (mod).back to 1983 now and a chris morgan daf collecting a caravan from west road in nottage.
pete 359:
hi ew,
thanks for the info.hereâs an old scammell from brookside garage bryncethin taken in the early 80âs.why didnât i get a photo of the atki 8 wheeler in the background? .
brookside garage also owned an oshkosh,there werenât many of them in bryncethin in 1983
RE: the Bryncethin Oshkosh, is that the one that was later owned by Square one commercials, Barnstaple with a custom black paintjob and airbrushing? The crane looks similar and as you say Oshkoshâs werenât exactly in abundance over here.
Neil.
mechanic77:
RE: the Bryncethin Oshkosh, is that the one that was later owned by Square one commercials, Barnstaple with a custom black paintjob and airbrushing? The crane looks similar and as you say Oshkoshâs werenât exactly in abundance over here.
Neil.
hi neil,
ten out of ten!i just couldnât recall the name .got a photo of that somewhere?you up for malvern again mate?
hello dennis mate,how are you? i think that if i had been based in â â â â â â â â â â bewick had been based in mid-glamorgan,then we would have met before trucknet .
regards andrew
mechanic77:
RE: the Bryncethin Oshkosh, is that the one that was later owned by Square one commercials, Barnstaple with a custom black paintjob and airbrushing? The crane looks similar and as you say Oshkoshâs werenât exactly in abundance over here.
Neil.
hi neil,
ten out of ten!i just couldnât recall the name .got a photo of that somewhere?you up for malvern again mate?
hello dennis mate,how are you? i think that if i had been based in â â â â â â â â â â bewick had been based in mid-glamorgan,then we would have met before trucknet .
regards andrew
Yes Iâll be at Malvern. Iâll be getting the truck out for its first wash of 2011 soon.
Neil.
Dave the Renegade:
Does anyone remember the south wales hauliers, such as Entress, Morfa Transport, Blue Line, Slver Roadways etc
I am new to this but yes I remember these firms very well.I have been trying to find out about them.Do you know anything about G Morris Pontyberem.I am trying to find a photo of NBX 920 or NBX 300
My father worked for Morris i worked part time.but I worked for most of them at one time in the sixties
mechanic77:
RE: the Bryncethin Oshkosh, is that the one that was later owned by Square one commercials, Barnstaple with a custom black paintjob and airbrushing? The crane looks similar and as you say Oshkoshâs werenât exactly in abundance over here.
Neil.
The Oshkosh Is the same one as on page 94 at Barry Dock with Bruce Jenkins .dai cap
LYNXMAN:
Bruce Jenkins Oshkosh breakdown at Barry docks during the export of ex military A.E.C.
MK1 6X6 MILITANTS, also ANTARS ,Bedford TK and TM s plant cars and spares
hello dai,
well spotted mate,i hadnât noticed that .
regards andrew
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