pete 359:
Hi all,
Here’s steelboyf10’s first classic truck.
thanks Andrew, hard to believe this was nearly 20 years ago, 1994■■?, it was all my old mate Tony Greens fault!
my second truck was from Llantrisant, never did get round to doing her up, and sold it on with the Marathon when I bought the F10 in 2000
thats me picking the f10 up from Duffields Volvo Dealer in Ely, you wouldn’t find any for sale in Commercial Motor now!, as an ex Bill Watlings motor, and was well maintained and in tip top condition, for a 1983 motor.
and here she is having returned from the paint shop, having had a tip top job done on the cab , chassis, and other important little places!, ready to go to the Malvern show this weekend!
nianiamh:
Thomas Bros from Wrexham
Didnt Thomas do house removals with furniture vans ?
tastrucker:
Didnt Thomas do house removals with furniture vans ?
They sure did tastrucker, there`s one in the background in this pic sorry not got anymore of them.
nianiamh:
tastrucker:
Didnt Thomas do house removals with furniture vans ?They sure did tastrucker, there`s one in the background in this pic sorry not got anymore of them.
Hi . nianiamh thank you for your reply and picture . Looks like that furniture van is a seddon , Is the MAN with the pressure vessel taken at Airproducts acre fair ? Thomases had some nice Guy artics and Leyland Marathons before the Mans thank you Trevor
chepstowchap:
Another cracking pic CC.
Cheers Dave.
tastrucker:
Hi . nianiamh thank you for your reply and picture . Looks like that furniture van is a seddon , Is the MAN with the pressure vessel taken at Airproducts acre fair ? Thomases had some nice Guy artics and Leyland Marathons before the Mans thank you Trevor
Not to sure, but it defo looks like Air Products, used to tip ally extrusions in there, another sad loss to the area the day they shut it down 
On a more cheerful note tastrucker here`s one of there Marathons 
Barry Waddy ,Chepstowchap, that is fine pic ,iff irc that was stan parrys son ,Malcomes lorry had a bad accedent on the A49 one morning heading south hit black ice ended up in a field ,a good old local firm ,alas all gone now ,yours Barry
Enston`s from Treuddyn, my old man work for these many moons ago
and in later years done the odd weekend run for the George the son of in his very smart looking 112 Scania,
be good to see a pic of the 112 if anyones got one they could post Cheers
nianiamh:
Enston`s from Treuddyn, my old man work for these many moons ago
and in later years done the odd weekend run for the George the son of in his very smart looking 112 Scania,
be good to see a pic of the 112 if anyones got one they could post
Hello Nianiamh thank you for the Marathon photo , but you have brought back memories with that Foden photo . I am sure they hauled out of Marshall refractories at llynfynedd . think they also did work from Ruthin concrete thank you nianiamh Trevor
Hi all, really enjoying reading this and looking through the photos that bring back a lot of memories, a few familiar names too from my time at William’s a good few years ago now, noticed some coments on Dafydd’s “incident” all those years ago, I just hope that time has done some healing in this case especially as some people are no longer on the scene.
Keep the stories and pics comming.
tastrucker:
nianiamh:
Hello Nianiamh thank you for the Marathon photo , but you have brought back memories with that Foden photo . I am sure they hauled out of Marshall refractories at llynfynedd . think they also did work from Ruthin concrete thank you nianiamh Trevor
Your more than welcome tastrucker, heres a couple of other of Enstons pics enjoy :slight_smile: sadly these are the only ones i have
nianiamh:
tastrucker:
nianiamh:
Hello Nianiamh thank you for the Marathon photo , but you have brought back memories with that Foden photo . I am sure they hauled out of Marshall refractories at llynfynedd . think they also did work from Ruthin concrete thank you nianiamh TrevorYour more than welcome tastrucker, here
s a couple of other of Enstons pics enjoy :slight_smile: sadly these are the only ones i have
hi again nianiamh thanks again for another lovely old picture . i am not sure now but were enstons something to do with F hannaby think they were from llanfyndd or ffrith that area . by the way nianiamh are you an ex thomas driver thank you trevor
There were two sand and gravel companies supplying the building of Wylfa power station.One was Salisbury’s with yellow lorries. The other was Enston Bros. with red lorries.I swear this is not a wind up.I’m just wondering if it was the same Enston family.
Barry Waddy, HI SIR, i think you will find its different company ,the one you are on abount supplied owner drivers with lorrys work and contract liecences ,all you had do out of you earnings were to work 24 seven and by all your fuel tyers parts from them ,Barry Waddy
Sir +:
There were two sand and gravel companies supplying the building of Wylfa power station.One was Salisbury’s with yellow lorries. The other was Enston Bros. with red lorries.I swear this is not a wind up.I’m just wondering if it was the same Enston family.
Wonder if stoddards Llanarmon yn ial did the same thank you trevor
tastrucker:
Sir +:
There were two sand and gravel companies supplying the building of Wylfa power station.One was Salisbury’s with yellow lorries. The other was Enston Bros. with red lorries.I swear this is not a wind up.I’m just wondering if it was the same Enston family.Wonder if stoddards Llanarmon yn ial did the same thank you trevor
Stoddards, that name brings back memories . They used to haul silica sand to the West mids . Are they still in business ? Had blue /yellow Leylands regards keith
Hiya… when i worked for Harrisons of milton (S O T)i did many loads out of Llanarmon to the midlands…
30 years on i live in Buckley… pitty i did’nt live there all those years ago as i had nights out nr the quarry.
John
