In March 1967,the “Torrey Canyon” ran aground off Lands End & 120,000 tons of crude oil washed ashore around the Cornish coast. Many vehicles were mobilised from the Southampton area to move drums of dispersant down to Cornwall over the Easter period.
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Dasic Chemicals Romsey used Jameson Any suggestions on who’s unit is pulling the Jameson tilt ?
Other hauliers moved drums from Fawley
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Any suggestions on who’s 1966 So’ton registered (GOW 294D) rigid this may have been or the driver ?
Though the drums may have been loaded by fork trucks with 'grab o matic 'attachments, they were discharged the old fashioned way
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Dropping them onto old tyres - You wouldn’t get away with that today as H & S would probably insist on the use of new tyres !
All pictures probably taken at Falmouth.
From memory, didn’t the trucks involved in this have a “TC” sign on the cab that allowed them to exceed the drivers hours at that time?
Yes;,T C , in the windscreen Permitted the driver to exceed the driver;s hours regs IF he was engaged on Torrey Canyon work .TC signs suddenly proliferated
(I;m not suggesting for one moment that some local operators exploited the concession for nefarious purpossess !!! )
mikey1964:
Have Chappels sold out to Laso? Anyone know?
Yes official handover in September
Thank you, I saw the O licence application at Chappels address so that flagged it up. A shame but life goes on I guess, hopefully the drivers just move across.
Makes sense for Laso.
Big outfit here in Portugal is LASO,not many days go past when I don’t see one or more on the very quiet Portuguese roads if I am out and about,nice clean and well looked after tackle too.
“The MV Viking II was launched in April 1964 and delivered to the Townsend Shipping Company, a Norwegian firm based in Oslo. In July of that year, she commenced services between Southampton and Cherbourg and Le Havre. In the autumn of 1964, she went on a nationwide publicity tour; calling at Liverpool, Cardiff, Southampton (where this film was made), Hull, Newcastle and Leith. The ship has since had several owners, names, re-fits and adventures in various parts of the world since she first entered service with Townsend Thoreson. At one time she was even used as a migrant detention ship in Harwich”.
Buzzer: Wasn’t that Sydenhams timber yard opposite Southern television?
Not sure Gazzer but Howards was the same side as Southern Television but opposite sides of Northam bridge, are you talking where Vincent Cottell and Les Flack were, JD
gerbil sb152:
Hi all, yes sad news another one gone. RIP Trevor.
Knew Trevor & Maurice & there dad from the old fruit days late 70’s out the docks (Scammel Handyman) unit and later going abroad in an F88, used to have a second tacho head under the bunk making blank cards on break for a small consideration for those who needed them RIP Trevor, how things have changed, Buzzer
