Hi joeshell , great photo , the colour photo AEC mk5 Photograph with the the single axle trailer , that picture was given to me by a ex employee from Teesport , I am quite often in the North East mainly in Billingham loading Nitric acid at Growhow or Methanol + Acetate at the Simon Storage Riverside Terminal , the Riverside terminal got flooded last month , exceptionally high tide it caused havoc the A19 the flyover sliproads were closed off , cars were just abandoned on the roundabout under the flyover , I was loading at Simon storage at Seal Sands and they had closed the terminal due to the potential flooding , eventually got loaded with Tolouene at 8 at night. All the Best for the New Year , have a good New Years eve celebration. tankerjack
Shell mex and BP Distribution Depot Haydock.
Inverness oil terminal late 1980s.
BP Oil Grangemouth.
Seddon Atkinson tractor unit on a road trailer barrel that was previously attached to a Scammell Trunker.
Hello Tankerjack, the terminal you refer to at Seal Sands is ‘Simon Storage’ (not ‘Simonds’) sorry to nit pick, I also load Nitric in Growhow at Billingham, I will keep an eye out for you, (I am often in one the many white Mercs you will see) Regards, Mizzo.
Thanks for that mizzo , Im always getting my names wrong , Im terrible at remembering peoples names , but I never forget a face , crazey !!! , if your in the plant at anytime between 12 noon and 2pm that’s when I am most likely to be in at Growhow , I`ve probably seen you , but know you by a different name ?. all the best tankerjack.
My dad was at the Partington depot (now a paper mil)for a number of years in the 70s then went on to work at Manchester Airport for Shell after the split till he retired in 1988 after 20years
senior50:
My dad was at the Partington depot (now a paper mil)for a number of years in the 70s then went on to work at Manchester Airport for Shell after the split till he retired in 1988 after 20years
Hi there Senior50…When I worked at BP Avonmouth I’m sure the manager we had originally worked as a driver at Partington…if so he probably worked with your father…his name was Mac Hargraves… another fellow was Bryan Balfour… cheers…Bryan
The Partington depot is still there, and still in faded BP colours (Green), it now host a highways depot and is seperate to the Paper mill, I’m not sure if the workshop is used as a workshop or storage but still in use anyway
Here is a BP Oil road tanker 8 wheeler with a white products barrel , the same road tanker was in Shell oil livery at Heysham oil depot.
