pete 359:
DEANB:
I reckon there must be more photos of Wynns trucks than any other heavy haulier.Hi Dean,
Thanks for the WYNNS Scammell photo,Yes I reckon your right about the photos of that firm.Though Afaiaa ,ironically the Crusader pictured never was a WYNNS motor.
I take it that was a Crusader someone restored in Wynns colours then Andrew ■■
Heres a bit about Wynns. 
Click on pages twice.
DEANB:
Geoff54:
Ianto full pelt:
DEANB:
Chris Morgan Scania.1
Hi Dean I worked for Chris , only three trucks then the Scania , my Daf3300 and a b-series ERF Chris , Wayne ( the New Zealander ) and Myself good old days !!
hi ianto, did you have the daf before me or after, cant remember theres a picture of it on my drive on here somewhere
geoffIan / Geoff,Heres another pic of the DAF.
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Morning Geoff/Ian
Chris Morgan at one stage had a 141 in a [lemon colour]or have i got it wrong.
Sure he drove 1.
Remember the 81 new parked up on nights behind his house next to the old golden mile garage which is now a restaurant.
I knew is father a lot better who drove for chris well into retirement.
Dai
Hello Dai . / I do remember the 141 correct me if I am wrong I am sure Mr. Cooper will but did not graham keedwell buy it off Chris W reg if I remember .Johnny Morgan now there was a strange character ;
Just read on deans page ,Eric vick is ceasing trading after 70 years in April his son as confirmed another firm gone
pete smith:
British Hydrocarbons, Baglan Bay. Was this the BP plant in its latter days?
Hi Pete,
Afaiaa? yes,there was also Llandarcy and huge storage vessels on the jersey marine road,it’s a university there now,a lot of tanker work around both of those places back then.Thanks for the Mickey Mouse tanker photo.
Regards Andrew.
pete 359:
pete smith:
British Hydrocarbons, Baglan Bay. Was this the BP plant in its latter days?Hi Pete,
Afaiaa? yes,there was also Llandarcy and huge storage vessels on the jersey marine road,it’s a university there now,a lot of tanker work around both of those places back then.Thanks for the Mickey Mouse tanker photo.
Regards Andrew.
Morning Andrew,
Thanks for the info, I dropped a couple of hook bins in the BP Baglan Bay site around 6 years ago to the only building left standing, it was the sub station and it contained asbestos.
I can remember all the storage tanks along the A483 in to Swansea, opposite the Ford factory and what is now Amazon. Cheer’s Pete
pete 359:
pete smith:
British Hydrocarbons, Baglan Bay. Was this the BP plant in its latter days?Hi Pete,
Afaiaa? yes,there was also Llandarcy and huge storage vessels on the jersey marine road,it’s a university there now,a lot of tanker work around both of those places back then.Thanks for the Mickey Mouse tanker photo.
Regards Andrew.
Morning Andrew,
Thanks for the info, I dropped a couple of hook bins in the BP Baglan Bay site around 6 years ago to the only building left standing, it was the sub station and it contained asbestos.
I can remember all the storage tanks along the A483 in to Swansea, opposite the Ford factory and what is now Amazon. Cheer’s Pete
pete 359:
pete smith:
British Hydrocarbons, Baglan Bay. Was this the BP plant in its latter days?Hi Pete,
Afaiaa? yes,there was also Llandarcy and huge storage vessels on the jersey marine road,it’s a university there now,a lot of tanker work around both of those places back then.Thanks for the Mickey Mouse tanker photo.
Regards Andrew.
British Hydrocarbons was eventually Distillers and then BP Chemicals I think.We were still getting delivery notes headed “Forth Chemicals Ltd.” out of Baglan Bay in 1978.Forth Chemicals was the forerunner of BP Chemicals at Grangemouth.BP LLandarcy was another place we loaded out of,distillate,good loading when you could find the bloody loader as it was a maze of storage tanks and overhead pipelines.
Here’s a fine Peter Davies photo of a James Hemphill MK5 MM on the A470 at Storey Arms I think.Hemphills were still working out of Baglan Bay in late 70s,they loaded lift on/off tanks of Styrene - two a day to Cardiff Freightliner depot for overnight shipment to Sterling Mouldings at Stalybridge.Baglan Transport did the same in latter years.And of course Wincanton and Coastal Roadways were big players in there.
Incidentally,there were still flatbed wagons in Distillers livery working out of BP Chemicals Saltend,Hull in 1970.
Chris Webb
Interesting to see the post on Baglan Bay and the mention of Sterling Mouldings Stalybridge.
I worked for Baglan Tsp:/ Coastal Roadways in the seventies and Stalybridge was a regular run and iirc the guy who unloaded us was called Walter, a real character !
You also mention James Hemphill. We inherited a couple of Mammoth Minors from them that had been used on styrene from Grangemouth to Stalybridge and were bit tired when we got them . They were kept on local work Stroud being the furthest, problems with injector pipes and crankshaft dampers but they did go well
Regards , Allan
Mrsteel:
Chris Webb
Interesting to see the post on Baglan Bay and the mention of Sterling Mouldings Stalybridge.
I worked for Baglan Tsp:/ Coastal Roadways in the seventies and Stalybridge was a regular run and iirc the guy who unloaded us was called Walter, a real character !
You also mention James Hemphill. We inherited a couple of Mammoth Minors from them that had been used on styrene from Grangemouth to Stalybridge and were bit tired when we got them . They were kept on local work Stroud being the furthest, problems with injector pipes and crankshaft dampers but they did go well
Regards , Allan
Hi Allan.
Yes,I was backloading out of Baglan from 1969 to 1978,toluene,styrene,viny acetate,when I worked for A E Evans.I can’t for the life of me remember the regular day loader but there was another one called Dai who could be a bit awkward if you hadn’t got a steam out ticket.We will have seen each other,I well recall Coastal and Wincanton on that styrene job to BP at Sully Penarth,I think they did two loads and a set up for next shift.
A few photos attached………might stir some memories. 
I think maybe the regular loader was called George. I remember following an empty Coastal ERF from the Raven cafe at Whitchurch all the way to Baglan,via that backwhack through Lentwardine and away down past Crai to Pontadarwe (sp). Happy days.
Chris Webb,
Hi Chris
Thanks for the photos, particularly interesting is the one of the Mammoth Minor, brings back a lot of memories.
Been trying to recall who the driver was, might have been Dai Jones but I can’t be sure.
The old memory must be slowing down but as you said, happy days.
Thanks again, Allan
Hello Deputy Dog. that certainly looks like Dai Jones. I wasnt aware hed worked for them. In a while Tony Flye will be on here confirming it as he keeps an eye on this page and is a good friend of Dai.
Best wishes
Mike Cockel
Mrsteel:
Chris Webb,
Hi Chris
Thanks for the photos, particularly interesting is the one of the Mammoth Minor, brings back a lot of memories.
Been trying to recall who the driver was, might have been Dai Jones but I can’t be sure.
The old memory must be slowing down but as you said, happy days.
Thanks again, Allan
I should have said that the Baglan Transport photo isn’t mine Allan,somebody on this thread sent it so I hope they don’t mind.The Mandator photos were taken by my pal Gordon Howarth early 70s.Yes,Walter at Stalybridge,a rayt character and a good canteen.
Hi Allan.
You and Mike are correct,it is Dai Jones i put the photo on this thread a few years ago,Dai emmigrated to California not long after the photo was taken at BP Baglan Bay.I nearly got to drive that AEC,Dennis Guy gave me a start after Dai left but i changed my mind after some of the drivers told me what he expected on steel from GIS Gowerton and stayed at BRS MARGAM on Midlands and local from the Abbey.
regards Tony
Beaver 680.
Hi Tony,
Dennis Guy ! A perfect example of SMS, the guy that worked in the traffic office used to refer to him as Cur !.
He certainly wanted his pound of flesh.
Regards , Allan
Hello Allan, what is SMS?
Mike
Hello Mike,
Small man syndrome
Regards ,Allan
Hello Deputy Dog. thanks for the info, Andrew rang me this afternoon he thought that`s what it means. A certain despatcher in the Abbey control point comes to mind.
Best Wishes
Mike
Bookworm:
Hello Deputy Dog. thanks for the info, Andrew rang me this afternoon he thought that`s what it means. A certain despatcher in the Abbey control point comes to mind.
Best Wishes
Mike
Hi mike you wouldn’t be on about little piggy would you from the weigh bridge 
