Hereford hauliers

cattle_wagon_man · 15 February 2013 20:24

Hi Dave,
I Hadnt heard of , or seen, Brian Caleys name before the Abergavenny Auction visit.
Thanks for the added information. Quite a bit less work cleaning out the inside of a tipper than a 4 decker !!
You tipper lads dont know what cleaning out is !! Back-breaking , and head-banging,.....oh....and... ......its a sh*tty job too.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

dave_the_renegade · 15 February 2013 20:39

cattle wagon man:
Hi Dave,
I Hadnt heard of , or seen, Brian Caleys name before the Abergavenny Auction visit.
Thanks for the added information. Quite a bit less work cleaning out the inside of a tipper than a 4 decker !!
You tipper lads dont know what cleaning out is !! Back-breaking , and head-banging,.....oh....and... ......its a sh*tty job too.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

This is my cousin Brian Griffiths with the check shirt on,seen in the mid 1960’s who drove the Thames Trader.The tipper boys can’t get on the lorry in a quarry,but still do plenty of shoveling after tipping etc.
Cheers Dave.

kingswinford_kit · 17 February 2013 19:43

Dave the Renegade:

cattle wagon man:
Hi Dave,
I Hadnt heard of , or seen, Brian Caleys name before the Abergavenny Auction visit.
Thanks for the added information. Quite a bit less work cleaning out the inside of a tipper than a 4 decker !!
You tipper lads dont know what cleaning out is !! Back-breaking , and head-banging,.....oh....and... ......its a sh*tty job too.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

This is my cousin Brian Griffiths with the check shirt on,seen in the mid 1960’s who drove the Thames Trader.The tipper boys can’t get on the lorry in a quarry,but still do plenty of shoveling after tipping etc.
Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave, is that Trader from the Old Radnor Trading fleet ? I know they had BMCs but did know they had Fords as well . regads Keith

dave_the_renegade · 17 February 2013 20:13

kingswinford kit:

Dave the Renegade:

cattle wagon man:
Hi Dave,
I Hadnt heard of , or seen, Brian Caleys name before the Abergavenny Auction visit.
Thanks for the added information. Quite a bit less work cleaning out the inside of a tipper than a 4 decker !!
You tipper lads dont know what cleaning out is !! Back-breaking , and head-banging,.....oh....and... ......its a sh*tty job too.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

This is my cousin Brian Griffiths with the check shirt on,seen in the mid 1960’s who drove the Thames Trader.The tipper boys can’t get on the lorry in a quarry,but still do plenty of shoveling after tipping etc.
Cheers Dave.

Hi Dave, is that Trader from the Old Radnor Trading fleet ? I know they had BMCs but did know they had Fords as well . regads Keith

It didn’t belong to The Old Radnor Trading Company Keith.I t belonged to my first and last boss C M Philpotts from Kington.Most of the local tippers hauliers such as Clarence Griffiths and Powells of Kington,Charlie Philpotts etc were licenced with Old Radnor Trading Company which was sold to Mann-Abell in the mid 1960’s.
Old Radnor changed from the BMC’s to a couple of Dodge Kews and a six wheeler Albion Reiver just before the company was sold.
Cheers Dave.

mercman123 · 26 February 2013 16:35

Heres one for the Hereford friends ! Tony

dave_the_renegade · 26 February 2013 18:23

mercman123:
Heres one for the Hereford friends ! Tony

Great pic Tony.You have a good spot there.
Cheers Dave.

mercman123 · 28 February 2013 09:19

Yes its a good place Dave but blooy cold ! Another one from 2007 . Tony

dave_the_renegade · 1 March 2013 19:16

mercman123:
Yes its a good place Dave but blooy cold ! Another one from 2007 . Tony

Its been pretty cold everywhere lately Tony with the east wind blowing.
Cheers Dave.

fryske · 11 April 2013 07:51

What about J Prosser and Son from Malvern - too far from Hereford ?

dave_the_renegade · 11 April 2013 12:10

fryske:
What about J Prosser and Son from Malvern - too far from Hereford ?

Not really Steve,only just over the border from Ledbury.
Cheers Dave.

fryske · 11 April 2013 17:43

Ok - I’ll put some more up -

J Prosser and Son have many pictures of their past vehicles -I was able to copy a few of their prints.

Any quality issues are entirely down to this photographer and not the original one!

Many thanks to Gary and Chris Prosser.

Foden 4000 series C649SPC by fryske, on Flickr

Leyland Constructor A68TSU by fryske, on Flickr

Ex. Smiths of Bletchington Foden 4300 G562WLY by fryske, on Flickr

Scania 143M H843UHH by fryske, on Flickr

Scania 143M H843UHH and Leyland Constructor by fryske, on Flickr

Scania 143M H843UHH by fryske, on Flickr

Scania 113 L489JSG and Leyland Constructor G688DKE by fryske, on Flickr

Leyland DAF 80 L11BPH by fryske, on Flickr

Ex. Smiths of Bletchington ERF EC11 W886EOW by fryske, on Flickr

truckfing · 11 April 2013 18:00

Great people. When I was there they were talking about restoring the Super Comet in the bushes.

fryske · 11 April 2013 18:18

They dragged it out and did a bit of work on it

Leyland Super Comet XNP967G by fryske, on Flickr

but it’s now under cover awaiting restoration -

They’ve had it from new so it will get done one day -

fryske · 11 April 2013 18:49

IIRC this was a Leyland Cruiser fitted with the back end of a Leyland Bison

Leyland A68TSU by fryske, on Flickr

jmp180 · 31 January 2015 11:53

Boris went on his travels again, last November. This time on the Beaujolais Run to Macon in France.

richard_smith_1 · 7 June 2020 10:27

I lived at the house in Bockleton with Les and his mum Nance the reg of the truck was i think 340 CAB the 100E van VOA 32 I spoke to les a few months ago he still had the old paper log book i used to go with him in it mainly hauling from Clee hill, pxy quarry Malvern or Ball Mill sand i remember a lot of the old skyrmes drivers taking into acount the photo was around 1964 the lad was either Philip his nephew or mick Bradley who lived over the road. Just found this photo looking for something else

graham_schroeder · 2 February 2009 09:36

Any one got information or pics on hereford hauliers of the past
arthur oakley frome valley ars ryland to name but afew
most ran out of Llanwern or ebbw vale steel works

dave_the_renegade · 2 February 2009 10:52

H & L Robinson ran out of Rockfield Road.
Sweetman Bros ran from Plough Lane.
Gammonds are still going.
Fred Reid
Williams Bros ( Wales ) ran from stoey st Madley
and Albion garage Peterchurch,
Where A I Lewis is now based.
Dorcliff Transport, Canon Pyon.
There are quite a few more, will have a think

graham_schroeder · 2 February 2009 11:31

hi dave
a few names past and present
what about allensmore transport w j griffiths and raiphs transport

dave_the_renegade · 2 February 2009 12:42

Hi Graham,
Also M C Wilson ran red lorries, quite a few firms from Hereford ran red vehicles.
Sharples of Eardisley ran about twenty lorries in the sixties, mostly on steel up from south Wales, taking sand back down, they had coil wells fitted in the floor of tippers.
Burgoynes of Lyonshall have had lorries for many years, running about fifty at times.
Bengrys of Longmoor Kingsland had tippers in their quarrries and flats on other work.
Kens tipper Hire also had a few flats in the eighties on potatoe haulage.
Horace Sullivan had general haulage as well as the fruit and veg vehicles.
Skinner Brooks from Eardisley.
memory is not as good as it was, but I,m still thinking, Dave