FJ Williams ,KIeth Williams now drives for Masons Potatoes
finnly300:
FJ Williams ,KIeth Williams now drives for Masons Potatoes
You must have a good collection of Herefordshire hauliers pics Fin,its great to see them.
Cheers Dave.
just wrote about 4 lines and lost connection Dave
finnly300:
just wrote about 4 lines and lost connection Dave
Fin,I usually type a load of stuff,then discover its all in capitals or something daft,other times I post something and then have to edit out the mistakes. 
Cheers Dave.
I`ll try again Dave, mother lived in Eardisley area in her youth remember a vage story about one of her uncles being killed up near Rhydspence in the fog a load of sheet steel took the cab off when drivin for Sharples many many years ago
Hi Fin,
I have a load of Sharples pics back on the Welsh Border thread, I remember a Sharples driver in a bad smash by Whitney Toll Bridge,when the railway bridge was still there,I think it was a head on with a Oliver Hart coal bulker,possibly that was the one. There was a chap called Watkins from Pembridge killed driving for them,I think he was a brother to Bill and John Watkins from Pembridge who were also lorry drivers,John known as Hoppy drove for Morfa Transport on the steel.
Cheers Dave.
That sounds somthing like about right, ill have a talk to me ol chap hell throw some more light on it . i was lookin on atkidave thread on shopshire live stock hauliers page 1 the photos on flicker they`ll bring back a few memories
finnly300:
Ello Dave
The photos were taken at Preston on wye on a farm after wed nagotiated a price and collected it with Phil Preeces fh low loader, phil does a lot of work for Tarmac and the surfacing gangs ,i exspect youve seen his kit Dave
cheer`s Fin
is it this one?
ccmv.fotopic.net/p27671909.html
seems to have become an Albion…
here’s a pic taken by a contact of mine - looks like it was in the same place
flickr.com/photos/29795076@N … 3039071164
Dave the Renegade:
There was a very good transport cafe at Winforton until the 70’s,your folk must have lived right by it,if you were opposite the Sun Fin.
Cheers Dave.
Dave,what was the name of that cafe at Winforton again,you told me once I think. 
Chris Webb:
Dave the Renegade:
There was a very good transport cafe at Winforton until the 70’s,your folk must have lived right by it,if you were opposite the Sun Fin.
Cheers Dave.Dave,what was the name of that cafe at Winforton again,you told me once I think.
Never knew a name for it Chris,it was just Winforton transport cafe as far as I know,it was a good place,I used to have a feed there in the afternoon,even though I carried sandwiches and only lived about 12 miles from there,fried everything for about 3shillings and ninepence including tea and bread and butter. I must have had worms,was just about 12 stone then.
Cheers DAVE.
At the risk of repeating myself,it was open on a saturday morning in the 70s and I went in once or twice on my way home to Sheffield from Swansea via the scenic route. 
At the risk of repeating myself,it was open on a saturday morning in the 70s and I went in once or twice on my way home to Sheffield from Swansea via the scenic route.
Chris Webb:
At the risk of repeating myself,it was open on a saturday morning in the 70s and I went in once or twice on my way home to Sheffield from Swansea via the scenic route.
It closed soon after that,don’t know why,probably could see the transport getting less due to the moterway links,now there’s plenty of lorries back on that road.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Chris Webb:
At the risk of repeating myself,it was open on a saturday morning in the 70s and I went in once or twice on my way home to Sheffield from Swansea via the scenic route.It closed soon after that,don’t know why,probably could see the transport getting less due to the moterway links,now there’s plenty of lorries back on that road.
Cheers Dave.
I’ll come over and me and you could open it again Dave,make it a good 'un like Lazy Trout
Harry,Norm,Steve and Keith could cut the tape on opening day,all welcome eh?
where the fishing tackle place is in winforton was that not a commercial garage at one time and was royal oak transport based there i think that they had an early scania lb76 six wheel flat as one of their trucks
ianto:
where the fishing tackle place is in winforton was that not a commercial garage at one time and was royal oak transport based there i think that they had an early scania lb76 six wheel flat as one of their trucks
Hi ianto,
The Swordfish place at Winforton is built on what was the park of the Transport Cafe,before the Swordfish people had it Hergest washers had it,they are now based at Hergest Camp near Kington,I think Royal Oak Transport were probably from Hardwick near Hay On Wye where the Royal Oak pub was,but I could be wrong,I’ll ask Tony Lewis next time I speak to him.
Cheers Dave.
Chris Webb:
Dave the Renegade:
Chris Webb:
At the risk of repeating myself,it was open on a saturday morning in the 70s and I went in once or twice on my way home to Sheffield from Swansea via the scenic route.It closed soon after that,don’t know why,probably could see the transport getting less due to the moterway links,now there’s plenty of lorries back on that road.
Cheers Dave.I’ll come over and me and you could open it again Dave,make it a good 'un like Lazy Trout
Harry,Norm,Steve and Keith could cut the tape on opening day,all welcome eh?
Missed your post again Chris,if you look at the post above,you wwill see why its a no go to reopen,but if you want a good cuppa,there’s a good snack van just down the road towards Letton,run by a nice lady called Maria who does good grub and a good cup of tea or coffee,a real meeting place,especially in the summer,I spend many a happy hour there.
Cheers Dave.
Maria’s snack van A438 Letton.
Yet another gone by the way side
