Welsh Border and Mid Wales Hauliers 1950's onwards

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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A49 Church Stretton, Shropshire.

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Dave the Renegade:

A49 Church Stretton, Shropshire.

Hello there dave , Farrells of Ashton other side Chester, they go down to S Wales to collect i think insulation sgtuff . Really enjoy your a49 pictures , thank you Trevor

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tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:

A49 Church Stretton, Shropshire.

Hello there dave , Farrells of Ashton other side Chester, they go down to S Wales to collect i think insulation sgtuff . Really enjoy your a49 pictures , thank you Trevor

We see quite a few on the A49 Trevor,caught that one last Monday on my way up to Gobowen.
Cheers Dave.

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Neil had his Dad along on this trip.

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Different angle.

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Ready to jump back in the cab.

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One of Barry Morgans, seen on the A470 at Llanelwedd, Radnorshire.

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Some of Knill’s old stuff at the rear of the old premises 1980’s.

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Loaded and ready to roll.

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Dave the Renegade:

Some of Knill’s old stuff at the rear of the old premises 1980’s.

Good selection there Dave ! Would those Dodges have been Knills ? regards Keith .

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tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:

chepstowchap:


Dave Hi , this belongs on your thread . cc .
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Thanks for this cc. Roberts took a lot of Entress Dafs over when they packed up. They were still there along with a few more new and second hand one’s which he added, then sold by Malcolm Harrison at the sale when Gordon Roberts retired.
Cheers Dave.
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BMA looks if it could be ex Williams Bros thank you Trevor .
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Hi all, Roberts had a yard in llansamlet Swansea across the road from w g Davies and next door to Swansea steels cheers John

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smallcoal:

tastrucker:

Dave the Renegade:

chepstowchap:


Dave Hi , this belongs on your thread . cc .
[/quote]
Thanks for this cc. Roberts took a lot of Entress Dafs over when they packed up. They were still there along with a few more new and second hand one’s which he added, then sold by Malcolm Harrison at the sale when Gordon Roberts retired.
Cheers Dave.
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BMA looks if it could be ex Williams Bros thank you Trevor .
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Hi all, Roberts had a yard in llansamlet Swansea across the road from w g Davies and next door to Swansea steels cheers John
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Roberts also had a yard at Southampton John.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

A49 Church Stretton, Shropshire.

Dave , Trevor , Hi ,
I regularly see Farrells at Burtons biscuits and Knauf insulation ,both based in Cwmbran , and also at the former ICI Nylon Spinner factory at Mamhilad Pontypool . cc .

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Work being carried out on the Elan Valley pipeline at Bleddfa, Radnorshire. One of three sites along the pipeline which takes water from Elan Valley to Birmingham. This job will cost £45 million to complete the repairs, with two more to be done further along the pipeline which is over 100 years old.

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The Severn Trent site at Bleddfa is taking delivery of over 200 metres of concrete per day.

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Dave the Renegade:

The Severn Trent site at Bleddfa is taking delivery of over 200 metres of concrete per day.

Hiya,
Dave who is the contractor for the trunk water main.?
thanks harry, long retired.

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Dave the Renegade:

Work being carried out on the Elan Valley pipeline at Bleddfa, Radnorshire. One of three sites along the pipeline which takes water from Elan Valley to Birmingham. This job will cost £45 million to complete the repairs, with two more to be done further along the pipeline which is over 100 years old.

Hi Dave,
The amazing thing is it is all done by gravity! How would they of surveyed that and got it right in 1890 ish?

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harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:

The Severn Trent site at Bleddfa is taking delivery of over 200 metres of concrete per day.

Hiya,
Dave who is the contractor for the trunk water main.?
thanks harry, long retired.

Found this on the web Harry.
Barhale has won three tunnelling deals and a pipeline project from Severn Trent Water worth a combined £62m.

Work will last over four years to deliver tunnels at Bleddfa, Ffrydd Wood and Nantmel and one pipeline project on the Elan Valley Aqueduct.

Barhale will deliver 4.5kms of new tunnel alongside North Midland Construction under the newly-formed BNM Alliance joint venture.

The project at the Elan Valley Aqueduct has seen the purchase of a new Earth Pressure Balanced Tunnel Boring Machine, supplied by Herrenknecht, to deal with rock strengths up to 190mpa and 10bar of external water pressure.

Work is due to start on site in October.

Liv Garfield, CEO of Severn Trent Water said: “This is a fantastic achievement for our One Supply Chain and demonstrates how they can deliver with pace for the benefit of our customers and our company.”
This was printed last year Harry.
Cheers Dave.

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pete smith:

Dave the Renegade:
Hi Dave,
The amazing thing is it is all done by gravity! How would they of surveyed that and got it right in 1890 ish?

Hi Pete,
If you have a spare day, take a trip up to the ‘’ Elan Valley Visitor Centre ‘’. They have displays on the building of the Dams and pipeline etc showing how it all works. You can look it up on the web.
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

pete smith:

Dave the Renegade:
Hi Dave,
The amazing thing is it is all done by gravity! How would they of surveyed that and got it right in 1890 ish?

Hi Pete,
If you have a spare day, take a trip up to the ‘’ Elan Valley Visitor Centre ‘’. They have displays on the building of the Dams and pipeline etc showing how it all works. You can look it up on the web.
Cheers Dave.

It is on my to do list Dave, I done a job up by there year before last, the old Elan Valley Social Club,was on the right hand side just before the hotel,in fact it was one of my last jobs driving before I got stuck behind this bloody desk with just Trucknet to keep me in touch with the outside world!!