Gwalia Coaches

[dwsi]

Some pictures of the Gwalia coaches fleet found on flickr


Gwalia HOL802L & XYW856T by welsh bus, on Flickr

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

[Michael]

   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.

[wrex]

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.

[Cambrian]

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.

[snowcap]

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)

[corky]

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

[colwynboy]

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

[Michael]

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

[DaveR]

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

[Merddin Emrys]

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

[DaveR]

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.

[Merddin Emrys]

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