South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

pete 359:
Hi all,
Thanks for all the interesting comments and posts.Here are some more classic welsh lorries.

Looks like Lews dad up on the R85 Andrew in JM Watkins yard.

A old paper cutting from the western mail 1989.

scania81:
A old paper cutting from the western mail 1989.

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pv83:

DEANB:

smallcoal:
Tommy’s guy with bins on courtesy of Ron weatherall

Nice pic John. :wink:

Andrew,watched a Wynns heavy haulage dvd the other day and according to John the first 100 ton unit they had built was
this Foden. Apparenly only 3 were made and one went to Australia and one went somewhere else.

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Did any of those 3 made it into preservation Dean?

Sorry dont know Patrick. :wink:

Hi all,
Here’s two of John Beynon Evans’ motors,weekended in Austria.

Hi Andy,heres JAX 271N seen outside the Port of Bristol Authorities offices in Avonmouth,Cheers Bubbs, :wink:

I was shunting for tommy when he had the yard in port talbot docks ,one of the port talbot drivers was part owner of the corner house pub that was the regular every night for the boys parking up when I went on the road after passing my test I worked out of the cross hands depot here’s my iveco e977tdw courtesy of Ron weatherall

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Did anyone see keedwells on television last night clapping and blowing horns in the depot nice volvo bubble cab on there we seen it after we came in from clapping

smallcoal:
I was shunting for tommy when he had the yard in port talbot docks ,one of the port talbot drivers was part owner of the corner house pub that was the regular every night for the boys parking up when I went on the road after passing my test I worked out of the cross hands depot here’s my iveco e977tdw courtesy of Ron weatherall

Heres another T.D.Williams clipping John. :wink:

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pete 359:
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The Foden is normans (the German) Tommy’s long serving driver

smallcoal:

pete 359:
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The Foden is normans (the German) Tommy’s long serving driver

Mark Williams was the longest serving driver in T.D.Williams.Not Norman Corcoran.

Hi all,
Some random welsh lorries…

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Anyone remember this firm g gaen from port talbot taken in station rd,the front lorry,also the llynfi bus

Smallcoal
Morning John,
Gaen’s ran a quarry in South Cornelly way back in the day
Regards, Allan

Mrsteel:
Smallcoal
Morning John,
Gaen’s ran a quarry in South Cornelly way back in the day
Regards, Allan

Hi Allan,thanks for that I gathered you would know there’s a lot appearing on port talbot old and new with old trucks

smallcoal:

Mrsteel:
Smallcoal
Morning John,
Gaen’s ran a quarry in South Cornelly way back in the day
Regards, Allan

Hi Allan,thanks for that I gathered you would know there’s a lot appearing on port talbot old and new with old trucks

Hi John , gaens had the contact for many years re-tarmacing and road repairs in the Abbey works .

Hi all,
Here’s a pair I took many years ago,outside what was back then,the main entrance and exit to The Abbey…

The blue line driver is winston that’s driving that