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UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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wirralpete:
hi all,
having been brought up on the wirral and having a dad who worked for castrol on the tankers, i was wondering if their are any people on here who used to work for/have pictures of the following firms
rts
Hiya wirrelplate do you know Terry Giles i think he only worked at RTS. i’ve been working with him in Stanlow on a part time jobby.
John

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3300John:

wirralpete:
hi all,
having been brought up on the wirral and having a dad who worked for castrol on the tankers, i was wondering if their are any people on here who used to work for/have pictures of the following firms
rts
Hiya wirrelplate do you know Terry Giles i think he only worked at RTS. i’ve been working with him in Stanlow on a part time jobby.
John

didnt RTS run a few Leyland marathons ? would see them occasionally at Monsanto . thank you Trevor

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My Grandads Leyland Buffalo In Colgates Trafford Park,He went on to drive F86 and Lankro was bought by Diamond Shamrock if i remember,Then back to Lankro…Now Harcros■■? i might be wrong…anyone else any pictures of Lankro Tankers?

lankro buffalo.jpg

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It is now called AKCROS chemicals after Akzo & Harcros merged.

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3300John:

wirralpete:
hi all,
having been brought up on the wirral and having a dad who worked for castrol on the tankers, i was wondering if their are any people on here who used to work for/have pictures of the following firms
rts
Hiya wirrelplate do you know Terry Giles i think he only worked at RTS. i’ve been working with him in Stanlow on a part time jobby.
John

Hi, if it’s the same fella,I think he left TDG Linkman Tankers (RTS) about 13-14 yrs ago ■■ also, ask him did he injure his thumb?? :slight_smile:

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can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

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tastrucker:
can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

Hi Trevor I think you are referring to " Marshalls " who ran a few Fodens there was also " Tanker Hire " which I believe was part of CSL but the deported old tanker driver who resides off shore will known for sure
cheers Johnnie :wink:

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sammyopisite:

tastrucker:
can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

Hi Trevor I think you are referring to " Marshalls " who ran a few Fodens there was also " Tanker Hire " which I believe was part of CSL but the deported old tanker driver who resides off shore will known for sure
cheers Johnnie :wink:

hello johnnie yes i remember conslidated CLS they would come to Shotton regularly , later i believe they had a depot in S Wales , when the fleet was all Mercedas . The Fodens i recall came to Monsanto Acrefair . thank youTRevor .

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There was Bitumac from Scunthorpe as well . They were regularly seen in the Newport area , performing similar work to E J Meeks Regards KK

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Chris Webb:
Sorry got it wrong,cafe on right not left leaving Cadishead.There was another further back towards Eccles on left towards W,ton just after going under M63 (it was M63 then) in a big lay-by.Anybody remember it?Maybe it’s still open.

I think you will find that one was called the Cara cafe .
It started with a caravan then a hut then a section garage like building . I posted in fav cafe’s about it just a day ago ,it was like a second yard for Ancliff’s and Bulk liquid transport , We got are breakfast from the cara
for the Ancliff(BLT) garage staff on Bulwark road

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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

Thats a blast from the passed The Smith & Robinson RR petrols I thought they would have been long forgotten
by one and all . I was a kid just starting apprenticeship at Ancliff’ (blt) :open_mouth: The story’s about the speeds they would do was the stuff of Legend & exaggeration :laughing: .

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Chris Webb:

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 contract

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Would this be the fellow

:smiley:
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.

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sammyopisite:

tastrucker:
can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

Hi Trevor I think you are referring to " Marshalls " who ran a few Fodens there was also " Tanker Hire " which I believe was part of CSL but the deported old tanker driver who resides off shore will known for sure
cheers Johnnie :wink:

hello again Johnnie that firm from Scunthorpe was Clugston , ive talking to some old mates of mine and theve jogged my memory . thank you TREVOR

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tastrucker:

sammyopisite:

tastrucker:
can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

Hi Trevor I think you are referring to " Marshalls " who ran a few Fodens there was also " Tanker Hire " which I believe was part of CSL but the deported old tanker driver who resides off shore will known for sure
cheers Johnnie :wink:

hello johnnie yes i remember conslidated CLS they would come to Shotton regularly , later i believe they had a depot in S Wales , when the fleet was all Mercedas . The Fodens i recall came to Monsanto Acrefair . thank youTRevor .

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Deported old tanker driver here. Yes,Tanker hire were part of CLS Group and I think they bought out S Protheroe of South Wales fame. The company KK mentioned was Bitmac from Scunthorpe who were benzole refiners with a plant in Scunthorpe and one in BSC Llanwern.The haulage side was called Barworth Transport and they had AEC MK5 Mammoth Majors,two being based at Llanwern,mostly collecting benzole from the local coking plants.

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Chris Webb:

tastrucker:

sammyopisite:

tastrucker:
can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

Hi Trevor I think you are referring to " Marshalls " who ran a few Fodens there was also " Tanker Hire " which I believe was part of CSL but the deported old tanker driver who resides off shore will known for sure
cheers Johnnie :wink:

hello johnnie yes i remember conslidated CLS they would come to Shotton regularly , later i believe they had a depot in S Wales , when the fleet was all Mercedas . The Fodens i recall came to Monsanto Acrefair . thank youTRevor .

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Deported old tanker driver here. Yes,Tanker hire were part of CLS Group and I think they bought out S Protheroe of South Wales fame. The company KK mentioned was Bitmac from Scunthorpe who were benzole refiners with a plant in Scunthorpe and one in BSC Llanwern.The haulage side was called Barworth Transport and they had AEC MK5 Mammoth Majors,two being based at Llanwern,mostly collecting benzole from the local coking plants.

Hi Chris ,thanks for that Bitmac were up and down the A449 like bees ,did they have something to do with E J Meeks ? regards Keith

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kingswinford kit:

Chris Webb:

tastrucker:

sammyopisite:

tastrucker:
can anyone remember a big tanker firm from Scunthorpe had a lot of Fodens and bulk tankers as well . thank you Trevor

Hi Trevor I think you are referring to " Marshalls " who ran a few Fodens there was also " Tanker Hire " which I believe was part of CSL but the deported old tanker driver who resides off shore will known for sure
cheers Johnnie :wink:

hello johnnie yes i remember conslidated CLS they would come to Shotton regularly , later i believe they had a depot in S Wales , when the fleet was all Mercedas . The Fodens i recall came to Monsanto Acrefair . thank youTRevor .

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Deported old tanker driver here. Yes,Tanker hire were part of CLS Group and I think they bought out S Protheroe of South Wales fame. The company KK mentioned was Bitmac from Scunthorpe who were benzole refiners with a plant in Scunthorpe and one in BSC Llanwern.The haulage side was called Barworth Transport and they had AEC MK5 Mammoth Majors,two being based at Llanwern,mostly collecting benzole from the local coking plants.

Hi Chris ,thanks for that Bitmac were up and down the A449 like bees ,did they have something to do with E J Meeks ? regards Keith

Hi KK. Not sure but they probably contracted for them. I saw a photo of two Bitmac tankers waiting at Tamworth Services for a changeover.A E Evans did a lot of work for Bitmac - one of the best jobs was pure Methanol from Scunthorpe to the Shell North Sea Gas plant at Bacton Norfolk and wet Methanol back to Scunthorpe where Bitmac extracted the water and sent the pure product back down,you could be on that job for weeks. :smiley:

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KW:
Ancliff’s I remember very well,though only the depot in Felixstowe,which originally was right next to the Little Ships Hotel near the dock basin,before moving to a purpose built site off Walton Avenue

I can still remember very well the Atki Borderers,Seddon’s and brace of Scania 110’s they had during the early 70’s as well as some of the driver’s.
Ken Cleaver,Reg Ablitt,Ray Baxter and Bert Moore to name a few.

I new Ken Cleaver when I was a kid 10 year old ish (1959) at Ancliff’s in Urmston and he was still there when I was taken on as the first Apprentice at the base I had to wait for the yanks to come over and give the OK for an apprenticeship plan in the group. Sorry to hear of his passing , has all-ways been on the list of good guy’s .

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Rider200
Ken Cleaver came to work for Sadler Tankers at Oldham around 1989ish maybe later.Do you remember Larry Gilsenan who worked in the traffic office at Ancliffs.

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I am an ex-calor man and have enjoyed reading this thread. I have uploaded some photos from my collection as calor transport at one time was the largest specialist tanker haulage company in the U.K. For the record they took over Monkton motors, Tyburn tankers, W.H palmer tankers, Pointer tankers, Arrow bulk and LPG transport

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Welcome to Trucknet gravydavey cracking photos we look forward to you adding more.I am not sure for certain but I think there is a thread on here somewhere dedicated to Calor which will interest you,I may be wrong though :unamused:.I know theres quite a bit on this Tanker companies thread.