steptoe:
I thought it maybe a Conoco lorry, I only remember them in the brown livery. Its also like you say Sniffy, very similar to the Caledonian tankers that ran out of Immingham years ago. They where part of the Forth group.
This tank looks to have cleaning pipes as used on milk tankers, definitely look like milk fittings to me.
There are a couple of milk churns in the shed at the front of that Mandator, so it probably is on milk.
At first thoughts I was going to say that factory was Croda Oils in Hull with the archway, but realised the loading pipework was different
I read somewhere that Bulk Liquid Transport was tied in with Peter Slater,the tipper firm from Gildersome and later was the forerunner of LPG at Morley?
Chris Webb:
I read somewhere that Bulk Liquid Transport was tied in with Peter Slater,the tipper firm from Gildersome and later was the forerunner of LPG at Morley?
I am sure Lord Walker of Hazchem fame will be able to verify that Chris.
Chris Webb:
I read somewhere that Bulk Liquid Transport was tied in with Peter Slater,the tipper firm from Gildersome and later was the forerunner of LPG at Morley?
I am sure Lord Walker of Hazchem fame will be able to verify that Chris.
We could do with Alan Walker on here Malc. I remember him well like everybody else on this thread
Chris Webb:
I read somewhere that Bulk Liquid Transport was tied in with Peter Slater,the tipper firm from Gildersome and later was the forerunner of LPG at Morley?
I am sure Lord Walker of Hazchem fame will be able to verify that Chris.
We could do with Alan Walker on here Malc. I remember him well like everybody else on this thread
Someone, either Smiffy or Yorkshireman mentioned it to him recently.
tankerian:
Heres a picture at Manchester Airport when T2 was just new we had the job of flushing out the fuel hydrant system.
You can’t go up there without a hard hat, at least 2 sets of handrails and a safety harness!!!
Tsk tsk - no gloves either!!
Ian, I cant belive that picture, how could you risk life and limb like that on the top of a tanker? What would the top man say? I need to find a new roll model now.
Once again nice pictures sniffy.
Power went into BP I’m almost certain,Rankin was a Newcastle based haulier who did a lot of work around Teesside.I remember Sotro,a Birmingham company I think,but I don’t know what happened to them.Don’t know anything about Aero.
I found these two documents last night, explaining some, if not all of the history, makes interesting reading if you have a bit of time but suprising where the old names dissapeared too.
This is growing into such an interesting thread and boosts the braincells. In the East Riding Murco and Rix had quite a large presence and ICI Petrol had a few outlets before Q8 (Kuwait)
“In 1954 when the petrol supply was de-regulated, Bill set up Jet Petroleum Ltd - a name inspired by ‘JET’ - the prefix of vehicles registered in Rotherham, Yorkshire and his first tanker, JET 855.”
Maybe the first and last trucks to date, with a couple of traders inbetween
Ian, I cant belive that picture, how could you risk life and limb like that on the top of a tanker? What would the top man say? I need to find a new roll model now. 
