South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

dave_the_renegade · 20 June 2011 18:06

pete 359:

mercman123:
Hi all I couldn’t get too the Swansea show i was looking forwards too go this year. Has any one got some pictures from the show ? Tony

hi tony,
here are a few mate starting with barry cosslett’s bedford.

Have you got any history for that Bedford Andrew.Two firms in Kington ran a lot of O type Bedfords,and that one is Hereford reg.
Cheers Dave.

pete_359 · 20 June 2011 18:45

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:

mercman123:
Hi all I couldn’t get too the Swansea show i was looking forwards too go this year. Has any one got some pictures from the show ? Tony

hi tony,
here are a few mate starting with barry cosslett’s bedford.

Have you got any history for that Bedford Andrew.Two firms in Kington ran a lot of O type Bedfords,and that one is Hereford reg.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
sorry i don’t know any history on this motor gah1950 could probably help ,as he knows the owner.here is another from landore for tony,the fred dibnah foden

dave_the_renegade · 20 June 2011 18:50

pete 359:

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:

mercman123:
Hi all I couldn’t get too the Swansea show i was looking forwards too go this year. Has any one got some pictures from the show ? Tony

hi tony,
here are a few mate starting with barry cosslett’s bedford.

Have you got any history for that Bedford Andrew.Two firms in Kington ran a lot of O type Bedfords,and that one is Hereford reg.
Cheers Dave.

hi dave,
sorry i don’t know any history on this motor gah1950 could probably help ,as he knows the owner.here is another from landore for tony,the fred dibnah foden

No problem Andrew,will ask Graham next time I speak to him.Looked a good show,like Tony I couldn’t make it either.
Cheers Dave.

pete_359 · 20 June 2011 19:03

hi dave,
ok mate,to be honest,with the way our weather has been i was in two minds about going! as it turned out it was a great local event .

dave_the_renegade · 20 June 2011 19:09

pete 359:
hi dave,
ok mate,to be hinest,with the way our weather has been i was in two minds about going! as it turned out it was a great local event .

The weather wouldn’t stop me Andrew,but we had other things on.That’s a classic Welsh Haulier Trevor G Phillips.I remember going past their garage at Cadoxton on the old A465 going down to Port Talbot in the late 60’s,always had a look what was about,usually most of them were out on the road somewhere.They had a AEC that used to sound fantastic,when I was working on the building before going lorry driving,we were working at Whitney Toll Bridge and could hear that motor coming for miles.
Cheers Dave.

pete_359 · 20 June 2011 20:11

i don’t think this aec had come down from east yorkshire

pete_359 · 20 June 2011 20:48

the owner of this motor had a nasty accident whilst at the show and cut his head open i believe he is ok though.ken williams (recovery) had to drive it back to his yard for safe keeping whilst the owner was in hospital.

chris_webb · 20 June 2011 20:51

pete 359:
i don’t think this aec had come down from east yorkshire

She’s a nice old tool Andrew,wonder if she’s ex Wincanton with that YC Somerset reg?

pete_359 · 20 June 2011 21:04

Chris Webb:

pete 359:
i don’t think this aec had come down from east yorkshire

She’s a nice old tool Andrew,wonder if she’s ex Wincanton with that YC Somerset reg?

hi chris,
yes very nice,i also wondered about wincanton?as you have probably gathered it was a busy show,so,unfortunatley i didn’t get a chance to speak to the owner .

gah1950 · 20 June 2011 21:05

hello dave.
i am almost certain that barrys bedford started life with bulmers of hereford, i will make further enquiries for you to be certain.
regards graham.

dave_the_renegade · 20 June 2011 21:15

gah1950:
hello dave.
i am almost certain that barrys bedford started life with bulmers of hereford, i will make further enquiries for you to be certain.
regards graham.

Thanks for that Graham.Vincent Greenhouse at Lyde near Hereford were main dealers for Bedford and sold a lot of them all over the county and beyond. Passey Nott & Co Ltd and J & P Turner had a lot of Bedfords over the years at Kington,also quite a few of the old quarry hauliers of the 50’s and 60’s had quite a few new tippers off them.
Cheers Dave.

pete_359 · 20 June 2011 22:07

members meeting

mercman123 · 21 June 2011 06:56

Great pictures as ever Andrew . Looks like you all had a great time, and good weather , Makes a change down your end lol ! It was a pity that Dave didn’t get to go because it looked a really good show .I was looking too go over the beacons and down to Port Talbot too see what has changed too the Steel works .Its great that you have talked too Bobby hopefully you get the pictures and put them on this site.Tony

lynxman · 21 June 2011 10:23

pete 359:

Chris Webb:

pete 359:
i don’t think this aec had come down from east yorkshire

She’s a nice old tool Andrew,wonder if she’s ex Wincanton with that YC Somerset reg?

hi chris,
yes very nice,i also wondered about wincanton?as you have probably gathered it was a busy show,so,unfortunatley i didn’t get a chance to speak to the owner .

This early 1950s 6x4 Mammoth Major, was originally a fuel bowser with the fleet air arm at Yeovilton Somerset
It was purchased and restored by the late Rex Rainey, and carried the Morris Carriers livery, His wife then sold it to
Trans European of Hull.
It was purchased by Bernard White from mid Wales about 18 months ago, and he rallies it regularly
nice wagon, nice guy

mechanic77 · 21 June 2011 19:38

Two South wales lorries in one [in 1-32 scale] almost finished. Just need to sheet the coil and put the lift in chains on.

pete_359 · 21 June 2011 20:16

mechanic77:
Two South wales lorries in one [in 1-32 scale] almost finished. Just need to sheet the coil and put the lift in chains on.

hi neil,

regards andrew

pete_359 · 21 June 2011 20:59

hi all,
john raymond’s were in the papers recently,when this swan landed on the motorway

dave_the_renegade · 21 June 2011 21:03

pete 359:
hi all,
john raymond’s were in the papers recently,when this swan landed on the motorway

According to last weeks commercial motor ther is going to be a UK-wide logistics consortium launched this month.
Its supposed to be called Harlequin Logistics and will be launched on the 29th of June.
Jack Richards & Son,R Swain,John Raymond Transport and Currie European will all be members and shareholders.

pete_359 · 21 June 2011 21:10

Dave the Renegade:

pete 359:
hi all,
john raymond’s were in the papers recently,when this swan landed on the motorway

According to last weeks commercial motor ther is going to be a UK-wide logistics consortium launched this month.
Its supposed to be called Harlequin Logistics and will be launched on the 29th of June.
Jack Richards & Son,R Swain,John Raymond Transport and Currie European will all be members and shareholders.

hi dave,
i don’t get commercial motor,though perfection14 told me about harlequin.to me it makes sense in these cost concious times,good luck to them.
regards andrew.

pete_359 · 21 June 2011 21:28

pete 359:
t.s.rees are a long established quarry owning and transport concern.every senior member of the south wales transport industry has got a sammy rees tale to tell.they never sold anything,all the fleet has always been bought and paid for and although they don’t run as many trucks now,they are still very much alive and kicking.during the summer 0f 1996 a mate of mine mentioned to me in our local pub that he had been instructed by sammy rees to go into his site in cornelly and cut everything up.before that happened i went in there with my camera.everything you see next had the gas axe.they even found an old jaguar car,that got weighed in as well.

fast forward to 2011 and it would appear that,not everything got weighed in