Hi all. Daibootsy great photos as usual. The old brewery ones are superb.
That Rhymney Beers Thonycroft is of particular interest to me. I don’t remember truck number 1- JWO 602, but do remember later ones along with a 1963 TK 8137 KO with a 300 motor and a one off Ford D series FKG 100C and many Chinese six TKs with 381s and KMs with 466s.
I’m not sure where the JWO reg came from, but my father had a 1966 Morris Oxford JWO 4D, we called her John Williams old fourpence.
The phone number was Rhymney 212, my fathers business Rhymney 300. Andrew Buchan was the guy who started the brewery, taken over by Whitbread in the 70s iirc.
Great stuff Dai thanks for spending your time putting these on this superb thread.
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A Dennis seabourne borderer,courtesy of daibootsy.
Hi Andrew that is the shunt wagon by bay 17 blow up the pic look at the shunter,it’s dai dipstick. He shunted for Dennis in the abbey you in Swansea on Sunday
hello john,
i remember the dip working for dennis,i thought that was him in the photo.lynda seabourne and two of their daughters were at work yesterday (we are related,dennis rip and my father were cousins),i have asked the seabourne’s to dig out any old photos.the last time i saw dipstick,he had a full set of teeth,i hardly recognised him!!!
no to swansea,big weekend at gaydon with a volvo cavalcade aswell at volvo in warwick,you should have booked another dirty weekend at wellsbourne…
regards andrew.
Hi Andrew,didn’t realise u was related small world , did you know Steve mayers is no longer bothering with Linda she told him to take seaborne off. And put his name on the trucks ,how is Linda anyway
Hi all. Daibootsy great photos as usual. The old brewery ones are superb.
That Rhymney Beers Thonycroft is of particular interest to me. I don’t remember truck number 1- JWO 602, but do remember later ones along with a 1963 TK 8137 KO with a 300 motor and a one off Ford D series FKG 100C and many Chinese six TKs with 381s and KMs with 466s.
I’m not sure where the JWO reg came from, but my father had a 1966 Morris Oxford JWO 4D, we called her John Williams old fourpence.
The phone number was Rhymney 212, my fathers business Rhymney 300. Andrew Buchan was the guy who started the brewery, taken over by Whitbread in the 70s iirc.
Great stuff Dai thanks for spending your time putting these on this superb thread.
Regards Paul.
Morning paul john,
The WO reg was one that came under the old monmouthshire allocation,if you ever noticed there was litterally hundreds of WO that the red & white buses were given,as i mentioned in the pm jwo 602was used in later days by Whaymans of pontypridd travelling showmen.
regards graham.
Hi Graham, thanks for the reply and pm.
Red & White buses, Bristol double deckers. As a kid used to catch one from Tredegar to Ebbw Vale to the leisure centre, slow going up Sirrowy hill.
That driver looks like he could be on his mobile phone Daibach !!! Great shots of the Gwynne Bowen Foden line up,where do you dig these fine shots up from ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi all,
Just about recovered from another brilliant steelboys gay don weekend .here are a few for our friends from overseas,members black shadow and Paul john.for me the show was us in our new area with somewhere near 60 retro classics on display .
Firstly member pERFection 14 brought along these.
you in Swansea on Sunday
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