Welsh Border and Mid Wales Hauliers 1950's onwards

pete smith:
Ta,Dave nice place they got from what i remember garage at top past house,ta,Pete


Here’s Elwyn’s Constructor which he rebuilt in his uncles colours and logo.

Elwyn used to drive one of these for his uncle before he set up on his own.

Hats off to those lads,they got well turned out kit which,without being rude, is not in its youth,ta,Pete

pete smith:
Hats off to those lads,they got well turned out kit which,without being rude, is not in its youth,ta,Pete

Only the Bison and Constructor are older wagons Pete. Most of C W Griffiths kit is either brand new or up to 6 year old, with the one exception.
Cheers Dave.

Have you got pic of the roadtrain they ran please Dave,ta,Pete

pete smith:
Have you got pic of the roadtrain they ran please Dave,ta,Pete

Sory Pete. I haven’t got any of Elwyn in his artic which he operated himself after starting up. If I see him I will ask him if he will lend me some photo’s of it. Paul Griffiths lent me a load of their pics a few years ago which I scanned off,plus we have taken many more in their yard,or out on the road.
Cheers Dave.

Wellkeep them coming Dave, All your stuff is Mint, Regards Larry.

Lawrence Dunbar:
Wellkeep them coming Dave, All your stuff is Mint, Regards Larry.

Thanks Larry. I have got a good stock of pics that haven’t been on yet, also loads that have back when I first starting posting on here.
Cheers Dave.


Three of C W Griffiths Foden’s, seen in their yard in the late 1980’s.

Ta,Dave keep em coming aer’kid,ta,Pete


Seen new in C W Griffiths yard about three years ago.

Seen yesterday. Driven from new by Mark Preece another long serving C W Griffths driver.

Good pics Dave,in wrexham tomorrow morning know i gotta keep me eye out for a silver sprinter[thanks to bewick!]now,will be having a health concious fry up at lazy kettle!ta,Pete

pete smith:
Good pics Dave,in wrexham tomorrow morning know i gotta keep me eye out for a silver sprinter[thanks to bewick!]now,will be having a health concious fry up at lazy kettle!ta,Pete


Either one of these Pete. :laughing:

Keep an eye out for you,gotta mate whose emigrated from wolverhampton,lives in newtown,works for HV Bowens says its best job his ever had,good gaffer decent tackle,think he got 52 plate 6wh daf,ta,Pete

pete smith:
Keep an eye out for you,gotta mate whose emigrated from wolverhampton,lives in newtown,works for HV Bowens says its best job his ever had,good gaffer decent tackle,think he got 52 plate 6wh daf,ta,Pete

I don’t get around Newtown way much Pete. I we go west from here, we go up to Llangurig and follow the A44 or the A470,or go up the A49 to Shrewsbury and then the A5. Newtown is not really a route from this area for us.
Cheers Dave.


A Wiseman or Muller whichever they run as milk wagon, seen on the A44 in Walton, Radnorshire.

Dave the Renegade:

A couple from the Welsh Border,only the Severn Estuary divides us from there. :wink:

Thanks, Dave- that Octopus will be coming off the M6 at Sandbach, on it’s way to top up my stock!

Retired Old ■■■■:

Dave the Renegade:

A couple from the Welsh Border,only the Severn Estuary divides us from there. :wink:

Thanks, Dave- that Octopus will be coming off the M6 at Sandbach, on it’s way to top up my stock!

Would that be down the allotment Casey, or the home twenty stock ? :wink:
Cheers Dave.

That will be the base stock, Dave. Unfortunately th’allotment is just too far to walk - especially with those 20lb carrots! - so I’m having to use the van. Puts a drop of horticultural refreshment out of the question I’m afraid.

Retired Old ■■■■:
That will be the base stock, Dave. Unfortunately th’allotment is just too far to walk - especially with those 20lb carrots! - so I’m having to use the van. Puts a drop of horticultural refreshment out of the question I’m afraid.

Are you the local optician Casey ? I don’t think you need specsavers in Macclesfield with you growing all those carrots. :wink:
Cheers Dave.


Some in one of Mervyns sheds requiring a clean.