South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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jinks@62:

pete 359:
hi john,
brilliant photos mate.i cropped this one.

andrew,this photo i took in the layby on the way out of stourbridge.ron rees and myself very often met there and had a cuppa before running down together.ade.

Would you have delivered to Hayes tubes in Lye ? Blueline were regulars here as well regards kk Ps Richardsons of Oldbury also hauled steel in here from Port Talbot

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kingswinford kit:

jinks@62:

pete 359:
hi john,
brilliant photos mate.i cropped this one.

andrew,this photo i took in the layby on the way out of stourbridge.ron rees and myself very often met there and had a cuppa before running down together.ade.

Would you have delivered to Hayes tubes in Lye ? Blueline were regulars here as well regards kk Ps Richardsons of Oldbury also hauled steel in here from Port Talbot

i remember loading jm31 the max was 21ton on the trailer to run at 32ton the small trailers were best not so much to sheet :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

19983

kingswinford kit:

jinks@62:

pete 359:
hi john,
brilliant photos mate.i cropped this one.

andrew,this photo i took in the layby on the way out of stourbridge.ron rees and myself very often met there and had a cuppa before running down together.ade.

Would you have delivered to Hayes tubes in Lye ? Blueline were regulars here as well regards kk Ps Richardsons of Oldbury also hauled steel in here from Port Talbot

hi kk,
yes and lye trading,davro iron and steel,church and bramell,servo 1 and 2 and dozens of others.every day and night in those days,welsh wagons tipped steel all over.

19984

pete 359:

kingswinford kit:

jinks@62:

pete 359:
hi john,
brilliant photos mate.i cropped this one.

andrew,this photo i took in the layby on the way out of stourbridge.ron rees and myself very often met there and had a cuppa before running down together.ade.

Would you have delivered to Hayes tubes in Lye ? Blueline were regulars here as well regards kk Ps Richardsons of Oldbury also hauled steel in here from Port Talbot

hi kk,
yes and lye trading,davro iron and steel,church and bramell,servo 1 and 2 and dozens of others.every day and night in those days,welsh wagons tipped steel all over.

Cheers for that pete 359 a regular of Joints at Lye trading was their Renault R340 which i think has already appeared on this thread .I think it was with a Shrewsbury based driver and would park up at Harlescott. of that part of town sometimes loaded with bricks from Sedgeley regards kk

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pete 359:

bob wilsons transport bilport lane wednesbury,used to drive his f86 6 wheeler late 80’s

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JOINTS LOADED WITH EYE TO SKY COILS :smiley: :smiley:

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HI ANDREW, BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH PHOTOS I GOT THIS ONE TO SIZE OK BIT MORE PRACTICE NEEDED :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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EXPERIMENTING TIME :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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THIS IS ONE TAKEN AT THE SWANSEA TRUCK SHOW, WHICH WAS DRIVEN BY MY OLD FRIEND DUNCAN KEMP WHO DRIVES FOR AINSCOUGH CRANES :smiley:

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A COUPLE OF OWENS

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jinks@62:

pete 359:

i believe this photo was taken when i loaded the track at a crane depot the other side of derby.i think the crane was coming to the abbey to work and we brought bits down of it.

hi ade,
would that be alfreton? i remember tipping and loading there many times,though it would have been a few years after when you took that photo.it was called grayston white back then,later gws,when sparrows crane hire joined them.joint’s did alot for them over the years.
regards andrew.

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stelrad ramsgate.

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One from your neck of the woods Andrew,coming up the A470 towards the Storey Arms on Brecon Beacons.

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A couple of Owens parked at Leominster,where they have an operating centre.

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19996

Dave the Renegade:
A couple of Owens parked at Leominster,where they have an operating centre.

hi dave,
thanks for those photos,i like seeing the newer,more modern motors as much as the older photos.the problem with older photos is they can be quite hard on your eyesight :laughing:.

19997

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:
A couple of Owens parked at Leominster,where they have an operating centre.

hi dave,
thanks for those photos,i like seeing the newer,more modern motors as much as the older photos.the problem with older photos is they can be quite hard on your eyesight :laughing:.

I can still see its a Marathon Andrew :laughing: .
Cheers Dave.

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Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:
A couple of Owens parked at Leominster,where they have an operating centre.

hi dave,
thanks for those photos,i like seeing the newer,more modern motors as much as the older photos.the problem with older photos is they can be quite hard on your eyesight :laughing:.

I can still see its a Marathon Andrew :laughing: .
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
and a joints marathon at that :sunglasses: ,you have to look carefully at this one :laughing:

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hi all,
a few more of jinks@62’s pictures.this time a booze cruise to denmark,many years ago. :laughing: :laughing: a gang of ■■■■■■ welsh lorry drivers enjoying themselves :laughing: :laughing:in the grey sweat shirt is sid evans,the chap in the red jacket looks familiar to me,i think it’s alan bessel? adrian jenkins sitting.