South Wales Hauliers sixties and seventies onwards (Part 1)

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Mrsteel:
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Good morning
As far as I can remember it was a Foden gearbox
Regards Allan

Cheers! Ro

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Mrsteel:
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John
Prettyboys partners name was Sarah and she could run rings around him
Allan

Cheers Allan, I knew it began with an s ,he also had a son driving as well if I remember

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Foard transport port talbot top pic ,anyone know of them ,also gaens quarry

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I think this may have been on before,
N.M.P

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smallcoal:
Foard transport port talbot top pic ,anyone know of them ,also gaens quarry

Hi John I vaguely remember them did a lot of internal in the Abbey bits of allsorts they had .

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Ianto full pelt:

smallcoal:
Foard transport port talbot top pic ,anyone know of them ,also gaens quarry

Hi John I vaguely remember them did a lot of internal in the Abbey bits of allsorts they had .

Hi Ianto,
Member Dai Cap whom needs no introduction to any of us on here,a very well known,now retired gentleman previously posted,a while back amongst our 728 pages somewhere,lol. That he bought out Foard Transport,during Maybe? the late 70’s or early 80’s.Tbh,I can’t recall the company operating.Hope this helps?
Regards Andrew.

[mrsteel]

Pete 359
Good morning,
Re: Foard Tpt I think you could be correct about the fact that Big Dai bought them out, it definitely rings a bell.
I also remember them in the Abbey
Regards, Allan

[mrsteel]

Pete 359
Hi again
I have been speaking to Dai Cap this morning and he tells me that he did not buy Foard Tpt: but became a director
Regards, Allan)

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Mrsteel:
Pete 359
Hi again
I have been speaking to Dai Cap this morning and he tells me that he did not buy Foard Tpt: but became a director
Regards, Allan)

Hi Allan,
Thanks very much,that’s what our thread is all about,sharing information and photos.This colourised image of Swansea BRS has got Curly Bill written all over it,Arthur underhill,Maverick playing cards in The Half Acre,a million memories in this fleet…

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Hi all,
Here’s an old view of the A48 approaching Ely Bridge,difficult to imagine that being the main road in and out of South Wales,In the days before the M4 opened.Also the sad remains of a JR Atki,looks a fairly new lorry to me?

[mrsteel]

Pete 359,
Good morning,
Thanks for the photos as I can relate to the to both the BRS and the JR photos.
I remember as a kid calling into the BRS depot at North Dock Swansea for breakfast with the old man when heading West Riding shotgun in a Leyland Octopus.
The JR Atki LTX 904E was on the Rees & Kirkby job in Morriston and I would have driven it but I don’t remember
the accident that caused that damage.
Cheers, Allan

[pete_359]

Mrsteel:
Pete 359,
Good morning,
Thanks for the photos as I can relate to the to both the BRS and the JR photos.
I remember as a kid calling into the BRS depot at North Dock Swansea for breakfast with the old man when heading West Riding shotgun in a Leyland Octopus.
The JR Atki LTX 904E was on the Rees & Kirkby job in Morriston and I would have driven it but I don’t remember
the accident that caused that damage.
Cheers, Allan

Hi Allan,
Thanks,those Atki looked stunning in the original JR livery.Did you see Tell and Arfur running The Winchester earlier? Class…
Regards Andrew.

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Dai beer diary from a truck mag

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pete 359:

Mrsteel:
Pete 359,
Good morning,
Thanks for the photos as I can relate to the to both the BRS and the JR photos.
I remember as a kid calling into the BRS depot at North Dock Swansea for breakfast with the old man when heading West Riding shotgun in a Leyland Octopus.
The JR Atki LTX 904E was on the Rees & Kirkby job in Morriston and I would have driven it but I don’t remember
the accident that caused that damage.
Cheers, Allan

Hi Allan,
Thanks,those Atki looked stunning in the original JR livery.Did you see Tell and Arfur running The Winchester earlier? Class…
Regards Andrew.

That is the only thing worth watching on the TV now Andrew and The Sweeney!

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pete smith:

pete 359:

Mrsteel:
Pete 359,
Good morning,
Thanks for the photos as I can relate to the to both the BRS and the JR photos.
I remember as a kid calling into the BRS depot at North Dock Swansea for breakfast with the old man when heading West Riding shotgun in a Leyland Octopus.
The JR Atki LTX 904E was on the Rees & Kirkby job in Morriston and I would have driven it but I don’t remember
the accident that caused that damage.
Cheers, Allan

Hi Allan,
Thanks,those Atki looked stunning in the original JR livery.Did you see Tell and Arfur running The Winchester earlier? Class…
Regards Andrew.

That is the only thing worth watching on the TV now Andrew and The Sweeney!

Hi Pete,
Your right there mate.God there’s some rubbish on TV now.The Sweeney is class,some great footage of how it once was in all of those programs…

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pete 359:

Tony Morgan’s Mack Interstater was a good looking truck. Did it survive or did it end up being scrapped ?

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DEANB:

pete 359:
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Tony Morgan’s Mack Interstater was a good looking truck. Did it survive or did it end up being scrapped ?

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Hi Dean,
Thanks for the MACK picture,I loved that truck as a lorry Mad 12 year old,Some say it was driven by Bob Webster to a central London Hotel,where an Arab bought it? Others say it’s been seen in a yard in Holland in the last two years.So,as you’ve guessed,nobody really knows?
Regards Andrew.

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Hi Andrew just out of interest was Tony Morgan the first s Wales haulier to have American trucks over here

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smallcoal:
Hi Andrew just out of interest was Tony Morgan the first s Wales haulier to have American trucks over here

Hi Smallcoal,
Haven’t I bored you enough with Wynns photos,over the years ? Ok the Pacific they ran were all,largely built in house at Newport,though Diamond T,Ward La France and others they had Were sent over for the second world war and never went back…
Regards Andrew.