Mainly Rank Hovis & Spillers Milling

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Side view of a Ranks Foden, circa 1954, before sign-writing, showing the Tollemache pot system for bulk powders in more detail. Note the massive compressor in front of the first pot. The designer of the system had served as a senior engineering officer in the Royal Navy.

Lovely Photo thanks for posting ,what would the colour scheme have been in the fifties? I have worked for Rank Hovis at Trafford park for 19 yrs and i was wondering if the colour was the middle green and beige we had in the 90s . Its all a bit boreing now the majority of the bulk tankers and unit’s are plain white,Its a pity but it’s done as a cost cutting exercise.
Regards John

It would have been the same colour scheme as this. These were still the most common bulk tankers in the fleet when I joined RHM in 1968.