Suttons Tony:
Now I think about it we used to do a weekly time sheet, this was white with black lines and letters could this have been an OPs6? we of course also did a daily log sheet both tended to be a work of creative fiction…Tony.
Tony J.K.Rowlings would have jealous of some of the creativity on the old log sheets as they usually were made out on Sunday after a good session at lunch time they were done then so as the office received a clean copy with no grease on
Trev_H:
The defect sheet was numbered ops 13. will still have them today, there is also an expense sheet which may be ops 11? yes suprisingly although the company has changed names several times and the paperwork has seen a few design changes, they all still carry ops numbers.
I remember filling out the ops 6 in BRS days and recording the weight carried, miles run empty etc. we still had them as late as the mid 80’s for drawing fuel at Dundee, Lockerbie and the Golden fleece on Scotch trips !
Trev we used to have a book for fuel in triplicate which could be used at garages as well as all BRS and Pickfords depots and I think it was " Road Purchase Order " when we started going over the water it was UTA book, DKV and Euroshell cards .
cheers Johnnie
hiya,
I never seemed to do a lot of empty running but as you say “running empty”
mileage was recorded separately, I used to describe the Ops6 as Billy’s Weekly Liar.
thanks harry, long retired.
Would I be correct in saying the BRS Cardiff depot was in Bute Street, I delivered soap pwder there in the 60s from P&Gs Newcastle for re-delivery to the re-tailers in that area, The good old old days Eh, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Would I be correct in saying the BRS Cardiff depot was in Bute Street, I delivered soap pwder there in the 60s from P&Gs Newcastle for re-delivery to the re-tailers in that area, The good old old days Eh, Regards Larry.
Wasn’t Cardiff depot always at Ferry Road, Grangetown? I could be wrong and often am! Regards Peter
Lawrence Dunbar:
Would I be correct in saying the BRS Cardiff depot was in Bute Street, I delivered soap pwder there in the 60s from P&Gs Newcastle for re-delivery to the re-tailers in that area, The good old old days Eh, Regards Larry.
Wasn’t Cardiff depot always at Ferry Road, Grangetown? I could be wrong and often am! Regards Peter
quite right cardiff brs depot was in ferry rd . at end of clive st . all changed now .
because i am very young didnt do brs as such but was on hire to them in1970 at ferry road on parcels … only 18 see a bit of a boy but what i liked was every time i tipped at freemans cigars on penarth road alway got 2 free cigars…
Lawrence Dunbar:
Would I be correct in saying the BRS Cardiff depot was in Bute Street, I delivered soap pwder there in the 60s from P&Gs Newcastle for re-delivery to the re-tailers in that area, The good old old days Eh, Regards Larry.
Wasn’t Cardiff depot always at Ferry Road, Grangetown? I could be wrong and often am! Regards Peter
Bute Street must have ben one of the BRS, warehouses it was just around corner from Ferry Road In Buteland, Regards Larry.
cliffystephens:
because i am very young didnt do brs as such but was on hire to them in1970 at ferry road on parcels … only 18 see a bit of a boy but what i liked was every time i tipped at freemans cigars on penarth road alway got 2 free cigars…
hi cliffy . i remeber the cigar factory thought it was manakin ? not shaw . walked round watched girls rolling the cigars . and the smell ’ forgot all about that . trucknet jogs out some good memerys . thanks otto .
Aye,a great photo Beaver,where was Swansea BRS depot ? I seem to recall passing it now and again.
hiya,
Chris I think it was in the Swansea North dock area, but can’t for the life in me
remember the street/road name fuelled up and backloaded out of there on the
odd occasion but mainly when down that way we used Newport their traffic was
a lot more North West and North East orientated.
thanks harry, long retired.
hi chris
swansea depot was opposite weavers flour warehouse on the right on the main road just past the main dock entrance .here is another shot from there,the first 8 leger i drove was a ex swansea brs octopus
regards tony
they were done then so as the office received a clean copy with no grease on 
and the paperwork has seen a few design changes, they all still carry ops numbers.
