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The Local => Times Past => Topic started by: dwsi on October 19, 2011, 08:44:41 pm

Title: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: dwsi on October 19, 2011, 08:44:41 pm

Some pictures of the Gwalia coaches fleet found on flickr

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5320961262_0ddbef00e7_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45570958@N05/5320961262/)
Gwalia HOL802L & XYW856T (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45570958@N05/5320961262/#) by welsh bus (http://www.flickr.com/people/45570958@N05/), on Flickr

more here -> http://bit.ly/pGknTr (http://bit.ly/pGknTr)

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: Michael on October 19, 2011, 09:28:17 pm

   Now that was a firm after my own heart. Gordon Roberts the proprietor, lives up Laundry Hill in the Bay.  What a man.

  His great rivals in Llandudno, Alpine.  Sorry to the Owens family but, not in the same street.

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: wrex on October 20, 2011, 08:00:14 am

We used to go to Wrexham on Gwalia coaches ,i think Mr Roberts son was a traffic officer if i remember, and of course it was Pyes coaches before that ,those lovely orange ones ,good old days and it is only now that Wrexham FC are playing like they did then.

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: Cambrian on October 21, 2011, 09:49:41 am

Wasn't their depot at one time at the back of Central School, it was a dairy before Gwalia went there.  I think a someone called Ray Ellis (Ray Gogs) worked in the office.

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: snowcap on October 22, 2011, 09:47:50 pm

how far back do you go to watching wrexham, wrex.? i watched them as a kid when ron hewit and ally mcgowan, grenvile jones,( went living in Australia i believe) ugolinie the goal keeper, were playing there. i think mel charles was there for a season, may have been john. good old days, a tanner to go into the boys pen (tech. end)

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: corky on April 16, 2013, 12:03:20 am

My dad used to work for Pyes (Jack Watson) in the mid to late 70s early 80s and I recall that he used to call him Gordon smell nice :D

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: colwynboy on April 14, 2014, 03:24:55 pm

I can recall fond trips to Alton Towers with Gwalia in the 1980's, happy days.

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: Michael on April 14, 2014, 09:24:17 pm

   Hello Colwynboy. Had to read your post because of the title "Gwalia Coaches." I knew that firm very, very well

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: DaveR on April 15, 2014, 09:46:23 am

Weren't Gwalia the ones with the awful colour scheme, some sort of vivid purple or pink?

EDIT: Yes it was, I found this photo of one parked up in Colwyn Bay. Possibly a young Mike Ormegolf had just stepped out of the cab?
https://flic.kr/p/ektcEJ

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: Merddin Emrys on April 15, 2014, 10:18:59 am

Yes that does look awfull! The old Crosville green looked the best!

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: DaveR on April 15, 2014, 10:34:23 am

Quote from: Merddin Emrys on April 15, 2014, 10:18:59 am

Yes that does look awfull! The old Crosville green looked the best!

Did you see the Crosville bus at the Forties Festival last weekend? It did over a million miles before it was retired.

Title: Re: Gwalia Coaches
Post by: Merddin Emrys on April 15, 2014, 12:00:51 pm

Yes it was great! I have a pic of it on the PC, but not on this iPad!