I met Mr Tabner at Premier tanks with his 143, seems a decent bloke, I did tell him his fleet looks the buisness, the new Volvo will fit in nicely
Stanfield:
This was ex Cowburns after being taken over by Sadler.
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hell o John , thanks for putting that one up , havent Sadlers got a base on Teeside .
Another old company to spring to mind was Tyburn think they were from the West Mids . thank you Trevor .
tastrucker:
Stanfield:
This was ex Cowburns after being taken over by Sadler.
0hell o John , thanks for putting that one up , havent Sadlers got a base on Teeside .
Another old company to spring to mind was Tyburn think they were from the West Mids . thank you Trevor .
Hi Trevor.Tyburn Road Services were from Beaconsfield originally,they were taken over by Powell Duffryn Group and sold on to Calor Transport. Sadlers have always been a Teesside based company.
Chris
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleing 
Stanfield:
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleing
Yes John,but the yard is still owned by stillers and he is the landlord.Who’s the daft one here ? are you sure that Stiller didnt buy Sadlers of the bank?
Stanfield:
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleing
hello John and Chris thank you both for your replys , Tyburn had some nice Fodens , and i think i can remember they had some unusual Atkinson Leaderer 6x2 units as well . Talking of Chesterfield reminds me of the Stavely group who years ago again with Fodens hauled acids to Monsanto . thank you both again Trevor
I remember Smith & Robinson tankers. They had 2 8 wheel tankers with Rolls Royce petrol engines ( fully sealed) so no one could see or tamper with them. Only R.R. fitters were allowed to touch them. They ran from Trafford Park to Proctor & gamble Purfleet. Only 4 miles a gallon, one driver was nicknamed Yorkie he had a big handlebar misstarch. I worked for Hills of Botley on contract
peterberbee:
I remember Smith & Robinson tankers. They had 2 8 wheel tankers with Rolls Royce petrol engines ( fully sealed) so no one could see or tamper with them. Only R.R. fitters were allowed to touch them. They ran from Trafford Park to Proctor & gamble Purfleet. Only 4 miles a gallon, one driver was nicknamed Yorkie he had a big handlebar misstarch. I worked for Hills of Botley on contract
Correct, and given a clear run, loaded, they used to go up Standedge like stabbed rats. Economy wasn’t the name of the game with those things, they didn’t last long. Straight 8 RR petrol engines. My brother was an apprentice at S&R at the time.
peterberbee:
I remember Smith & Robinson tankers. They had 2 8 wheel tankers with Rolls Royce petrol engines ( fully sealed) so no one could see or tamper with them. Only R.R. fitters were allowed to touch them. They ran from Trafford Park to Proctor & gamble Purfleet. Only 4 miles a gallon, one driver was nicknamed Yorkie he had a big handlebar misstarch. I worked for Hills of Botley on contract
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Would this be the fellow
Spud1960:
peterberbee:
I remember Smith & Robinson tankers. They had 2 8 wheel tankers with Rolls Royce petrol engines ( fully sealed) so no one could see or tamper with them. Only R.R. fitters were allowed to touch them. They ran from Trafford Park to Proctor & gamble Purfleet. Only 4 miles a gallon, one driver was nicknamed Yorkie he had a big handlebar misstarch. I worked for Hills of Botley on contracti107.photobucket.com/albums/m288 … /Wilky.jpg
Would this be the fellow
I remember Wilky,he used to work out of BP Chemicals at Saltend Hull when I was in there for A E Evans,smashing bloke,do owt for yer.
tastrucker:
Stanfield:
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleinghello John and Chris thank you both for your replys , Tyburn had some nice Fodens , and i think i can remember they had some unusual Atkinson Leaderer 6x2 units as well . Talking of Chesterfield reminds me of the Stavely group who years ago again with Fodens hauled acids to Monsanto . thank you both again Trevor
Not much at Staveley now Trevor,nearly all gone.I used to do Benzene to Monsanto at Acrefair and also their site at Newport Gwent.
grumpy old man:
peterberbee:
I remember Smith & Robinson tankers. They had 2 8 wheel tankers with Rolls Royce petrol engines ( fully sealed) so no one could see or tamper with them. Only R.R. fitters were allowed to touch them. They ran from Trafford Park to Proctor & gamble Purfleet. Only 4 miles a gallon, one driver was nicknamed Yorkie he had a big handlebar misstarch. I worked for Hills of Botley on contractCorrect, and given a clear run, loaded, they used to go up Standedge like stabbed rats. Economy wasn’t the name of the game with those things, they didn’t last long. Straight 8 RR petrol engines. My brother was an apprentice at S&R at the time.
I think the 8 legger in the background had a Gardner fitted looking at the badge on the grill, any ideas where they were loading ?
Chris Webb:
tastrucker:
Stanfield:
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleinghello John and Chris thank you both for your replys , Tyburn had some nice Fodens , and i think i can remember they had some unusual Atkinson Leaderer 6x2 units as well . Talking of Chesterfield reminds me of the Stavely group who years ago again with Fodens hauled acids to Monsanto . thank you both again Trevor
Not much at Staveley now Trevor,nearly all gone.I used to do Benzene to Monsanto at Acrefair and also their site at Newport Gwent.
Hello again Chris , sad to think these old firms have gone . Can any one remember British Celanese from Spondon Derby they would come to Greenfield and Flint thank you Trevor
tastrucker:
Chris Webb:
tastrucker:
Stanfield:
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleinghello John and Chris thank you both for your replys , Tyburn had some nice Fodens , and i think i can remember they had some unusual Atkinson Leaderer 6x2 units as well . Talking of Chesterfield reminds me of the Stavely group who years ago again with Fodens hauled acids to Monsanto . thank you both again Trevor
Not much at Staveley now Trevor,nearly all gone.I used to do Benzene to Monsanto at Acrefair and also their site at Newport Gwent.
Hello again Chris , sad to think these old firms have gone . Can any one remember British Celanese from Spondon Derby they would come to Greenfield and Flint thank you Trevor
Yes Trevor,I think it was Acetic Anhydride they tipped at those two places.I loaded out of Spondon many times in 70s.
Not much left at Celanese nowadays Chris, they laid a lot of staff off a while back. We used to do a lot of road resurfacing in there, I know the locals used to complain about ‘fallout’ from the factory ruining their washing! 
Pete.
windrush:
Not much left at Celanese nowadays Chris, they laid a lot of staff off a while back. We used to do a lot of road resurfacing in there, I know the locals used to complain about ‘fallout’ from the factory ruining their washing!Pete.
Not been in there since 1978 Pete.Got some good work off them,mostly distance work that their drivers weren’t bothered about.It was a big place.
Chris Webb:
tastrucker:
Chris Webb:
tastrucker:
Stanfield:
Hi Trevor. Yes Sadlers head office was at Thornaby on Tees but they sold out to British Fuels who in turn sold to CPL of Chesterfield who in turn sold to Stiller transport in 2000 and then Stiller shut down a couple of years back and now Imperial Tankers have moved into there yard and took over the tanker side and they are owned by the Hargreaves Group.Mind boggleinghello John and Chris thank you both for your replys , Tyburn had some nice Fodens , and i think i can remember they had some unusual Atkinson Leaderer 6x2 units as well . Talking of Chesterfield reminds me of the Stavely group who years ago again with Fodens hauled acids to Monsanto . thank you both again Trevor
Not much at Staveley now Trevor,nearly all gone.I used to do Benzene to Monsanto at Acrefair and also their site at Newport Gwent.
Hello again Chris , sad to think these old firms have gone . Can any one remember British Celanese from Spondon Derby they would come to Greenfield and Flint thank you Trevor
Yes Trevor,I think it was Acetic Anhydride they tipped at those two places.I loaded out of Spondon many times in 70s.
Hello Chris thank you very much now picture has brought back memories for me , what ever they carried it stank to high heaven , once again Chris thank you Trevor
Sadler
This Buffalo was based at the Thornaby depot.
A couple of companys no longer running in their own name but now under the Imperial Tankers banner (Hargreaves Group)
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