scania81:
It looks like a younger Tony Petit but Geoff would be able to confirm.
Dai
hello dai,
that’s tony petit he was out based in London for years came back in 1979 to go on the rockwool job driving erf no yfb 716v , bit sad all this isn’t it geoff
Hi Geoff , you got me thinking now Dai Page , John Neate , Mike Meyrick God cant remember his name something Roberts was it / Trever Owen sadly gone , Jock , remember that old D-series I had got stuck in Wetherby once for two days ( high winds ) what were the names of the two boys based in Burton on trent ? a right pair of characters .
Hi Ianto, You didn’t mean Jackie Neate rather than John?
Simon
No sure it was John He was on one Daf and Geoff Evans on the other from Pencoed he was .
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
smallcoal:
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
Hi John a lot called me little Dai,i started on holiday relief covering anything required then had D406 FHW on rockwool.
Remember Kevin arriving on a motorcycle for work. In the 70.s the above drivers i would help sort the coupling up ,winding legs suzys etc.
Mostly on nights with my late dad,i remember some of the old Blue line drivers like Slim Jim rip from porthcawl.
In the delamere early 80,s the outbased swindon man John Orson aka The Gaffer,always shirt and tie and motor sheeted to perfection.
Dai
smallcoal:
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
Hi John a lot called me little Dai,i started on holiday relief covering anything required then had D406 FHW on rockwool.
Remember Kevin arriving on a motorcycle for work. In the 70.s the above drivers i would help sort the coupling up ,winding legs suzys etc.
Mostly on nights with my late dad,i remember some of the old Blue line drivers like Slim Jim rip from porthcawl.
In the delamere early 80,s the outbased swindon man John Orson aka The Gaffer,always shirt and tie and motor sheeted to perfection.
Dai
smallcoal:
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
Hi John a lot called me little Dai,i started on holiday relief covering anything required then had D406 FHW on rockwool.
Remember Kevin arriving on a motorcycle for work. In the 70.s the above drivers i would help sort the coupling up ,winding legs suzys etc.
Mostly on nights with my late dad,i remember some of the old Blue line drivers like Slim Jim rip from porthcawl.
In the delamere early 80,s the outbased swindon man John Orson aka The Gaffer,always shirt and tie and motor sheeted to perfection.
Dai
Hi dai,I rember slim Jim ,and John from Swindon I shunted for blue line and loaded his trailers for him Kevin still comes to work on his bike he is our driving assessor he does the Gwent valleys multi drop John I passed last year on the 420 he was driving a Toyota artic running Swindon to Oxford cheers John
smallcoal:
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
Hi John a lot called me little Dai,i started on holiday relief covering anything required then had D406 FHW on rockwool.
Remember Kevin arriving on a motorcycle for work. In the 70.s the above drivers i would help sort the coupling up ,winding legs suzys etc.
Mostly on nights with my late dad,i remember some of the old Blue line drivers like Slim Jim rip from porthcawl.
In the delamere early 80,s the outbased swindon man John Orson aka The Gaffer,always shirt and tie and motor sheeted to perfection.
Dai
Hi dai,I rember slim Jim ,and John from Swindon I shunted for blue line and loaded his trailers for him Kevin still comes to work on his bike he is our driving assessor he does the Gwent valleys multi drop John I passed last year on the 420 he was driving a Toyota artic running Swindon to Oxford cheers John
I mentioned the blueline drivers John after realising you worked for them.I know Dai Humphreys well who married Jeanie in the office for years and Richie Griffiths.
You are right Chris 143 there was a Peter Roberts also Tommy Roberts who went on for Joints.Also Billy Roberts[Best Bitter] from porthcawl.
Dai
Dai humpreys still on the road he with Owens I haven’t seen Ritchie for ages I think he’s retired ,yes all the blue line drivers ,Phil arlott,graham Dixon ,John from Swindon was nights and his dayman used to run the London load back for John to bring down they were a good bunch of drivers I will try and get a pic of Kevin for you John
smallcoal:
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
Hi John a lot called me little Dai,i started on holiday relief covering anything required then had D406 FHW on rockwool.
Remember Kevin arriving on a motorcycle for work. In the 70.s the above drivers i would help sort the coupling up ,winding legs suzys etc.
Mostly on nights with my late dad,i remember some of the old Blue line drivers like Slim Jim rip from porthcawl.
In the delamere early 80,s the outbased swindon man John Orson aka The Gaffer,always shirt and tie and motor sheeted to perfection.
Dai
Hi Dai John Hawson lived in Wooton Basset a real Gent .
smallcoal:
Hi dai, I showed them pics to Kevin he said Tony petit went to Ireland for a while he also had dogs as well Kevin was trying to place you what was you known at or drive cheers John
Hi John a lot called me little Dai,i started on holiday relief covering anything required then had D406 FHW on rockwool.
Remember Kevin arriving on a motorcycle for work. In the 70.s the above drivers i would help sort the coupling up ,winding legs suzys etc.
Mostly on nights with my late dad,i remember some of the old Blue line drivers like Slim Jim rip from porthcawl.
In the delamere early 80,s the outbased swindon man John Orson aka The Gaffer,always shirt and tie and motor sheeted to perfection.
Dai
Hi Dai John Hawson lived in Wooton Basset a real Gent .
smallcoal:
This was on deans page Andrew do you regonise the driver face is familiar
Hi Smallcoal,
It may well be Lyn Howells? Dai’s brother.They were based at coychurch across from where nathaniel car Sales are now.There are photos of Lyn Howells’ lorries on here a few hundred pages back…
Regards Andrew.
Great photo of Lyn Howells, Volvo F10. This truck was bought by Mike Toms, in the summer of 1983, a third axle was added to this truck, so that the new 38 tonnes limit could be used with his tandem axle trailers, it finished it’s days in the early 90’s with haulier Ioan Rees. I remember Lyn Howells, had a new registration F10 in the same colours as this one.
MJT1:
Sorry, for the above post it should be a new A registration F10.
Hi MJT1,
Thanks for that. I thought Lyn Howells had another F10,after the V Reg. I remember mike tomms in the abbey,back in the late 70’s early 80’s.he had a red F88 back then,he used to park on the llantwit fadre to tonteg road.theres a junction there now as it’s all been developed.
Regards Andrew.
Hi Andrew, that’s right he used to keep his trailers on a piece of land that was in front of what was the old Nippa Laboratories and what is now the entrance to a housing estate in Llantwit Fardre. Regards, Mike.
Hi Ianto, the John Neate you speak of from Pencoed I would presume would be Jackie, he did indeed work for BRS Bridgend on the Rockwool contract, he’s my mothers cousin and the only time we seem to meet up is in funerals, he’s doing ok but obviously like us all age is catching us up and it doesn’t come on it’s own. Simon
MJT1:
Hi Andrew, that’s right he used to keep his trailers on a piece of land that was in front of what was the old Nippa Laboratories and what is now the entrance to a housing estate in Llantwit Fardre. Regards, Mike.
