I’ve just driven passed the steel works at Port Talbot on the elevated section of the M4 and was thinking what a huge place to work and that you might not see someone from one year to the next who also might work there, so it got me thinking what do you lot think might be the biggest place to work is either UK or Europe.
BASF Ludwigshafen Ca 10 sq kms ?
bald bloke:
I’ve just driven passed the steel works at Port Talbot on the elevated section of the M4 and was thinking what a huge place to work and that you might not see someone from one year to the next who also might work there, so it got me thinking what do you lot think might be the biggest place to work is either UK or Europe.
have you ever been through the gate■■? i have once …got lost 
found it interesting though ,i spent 22 yrs working on steel making plant at corus workington, i was actually doing a delivery/wait/return to workington so got a craic with some of the lads i used to work with.did i miss it ■■? naaaah ,miss the wages tho
Tata at scunthorpe is fairly big.
bald bloke:
I’ve just driven passed the steel works at Port Talbot on the elevated section of the M4 and was thinking what a huge place to work and that you might not see someone from one year to the next who also might work there, so it got me thinking what do you lot think might be the biggest place to work is either UK or Europe.
Consider yourself lucky you don’t have to go in there and load, what an idle shower 6-2 shift went thus, wander out at 6.30 at the earliest load a couple of trucks stop at 8.00 for a 30 minute break (at least) get going again around 8.45 stop at 10 for an hour break get going again by 11.15 then wander off at 1.00 for a shower.
Lucky if they did more than 4 hours a shift, the sister plant at Llanwern near Newport was the same, even worse on the night shift one department slept the entire shift for 13 years.
I had 12 years in Llanwern big yes, plenty of places to hide.
mike68:
bald bloke:
I’ve just driven passed the steel works at Port Talbot on the elevated section of the M4 and was thinking what a huge place to work and that you might not see someone from one year to the next who also might work there, so it got me thinking what do you lot think might be the biggest place to work is either UK or Europe.Consider yourself lucky you don’t have to go in there and load, what an idle shower 6-2 shift went thus, wander out at 6.30 at the earliest load a couple of trucks stop at 8.00 for a 30 minute break (at least) get going again around 8.45 stop at 10 for an hour break get going again by 11.15 then wander off at 1.00 for a shower.
Lucky if they did more than 4 hours a shift, the sister plant at Llanwern near Newport was the same, even worse on the night shift one department slept the entire shift for 13 years.
I had 12 years in Llanwern big yes, plenty of places to hide.
Sounds a bit like my old job on the docks.
bald bloke:
mike68:
bald bloke:
I’ve just driven passed the steel works at Port Talbot on the elevated section of the M4 and was thinking what a huge place to work and that you might not see someone from one year to the next who also might work there, so it got me thinking what do you lot think might be the biggest place to work is either UK or Europe.Consider yourself lucky you don’t have to go in there and load, what an idle shower 6-2 shift went thus, wander out at 6.30 at the earliest load a couple of trucks stop at 8.00 for a 30 minute break (at least) get going again around 8.45 stop at 10 for an hour break get going again by 11.15 then wander off at 1.00 for a shower.
Lucky if they did more than 4 hours a shift, the sister plant at Llanwern near Newport was the same, even worse on the night shift one department slept the entire shift for 13 years.
I had 12 years in Llanwern big yes, plenty of places to hide.
Sounds a bit like my old job on the docks.
Don’t get me started on the dockers, they had a worse attitude than the steelworkers, and that takes some doing.
syramax:
have you ever been through the gate■■? i have once …got lost
I’ve been lost in there too. The map they give you at the gate is useless 
Fort Bragg is pretty big, 
teaching yanks how to run is fun! 
and shoot! 
Years ago Ford’s at Dagenham was a massive site. That was when they had their own foundry, power station, upholstery, engine & assembly plants. Trying to find some of their tea bars & canteens was a day’s job in itself. I used to hate it when I had to cover the regular driver on that run.
gardun:
syramax:
have you ever been through the gate■■? i have once …got lostI’ve been lost in there too. The map they give you at the gate is useless
Yep, been there, done that, got lost.
And yes, what a lazy, bone idle, useless, good for nothing, workshy bunch of muppets lie therein.
bald bloke:
I’ve just driven passed the steel works at Port Talbot on the elevated section of the M4 and was thinking what a huge place to work and that you might not see someone from one year to the next who also might work there, so it got me thinking what do you lot think might be the biggest place to work is either UK or Europe.
If my memory serves me right port Talbot used to be a lot bigger than it is now,i stand to be corrected
regards dave.
gbtransp:
BASF Ludwigshafen Ca 10 sq kms ?
I,ll go along with that the place is massive.
regards dave.
The TM at one firm I worked for regularly ranted at me for not loading two trailers five nights a week at Llanwern. After a couple of months I persuaded him to come with me for a ride. After he saw what it was like he stopped loading on nights altogether & put another driver on to load two trailers on day shift.
That works next to Newport is nearly as wide as the city itself …
I used to go into the steelworks at Margam Port Talbot in the late 1960’s,it was as others have said much bigger than these days.I think Ravenscraig steelworks was bigger.
Squiddy:
That works next to Newport is nearly as wide as the city itself …
Is that what used to be British Steel Llanwern ? That was big…used to have its own bus service inside…huge place
mad-max:
Squiddy:
That works next to Newport is nearly as wide as the city itself …Is that what used to be British Steel Llanwern ? That was big…used to have its own bus service inside…huge place
Might have been. I tried to link google maps but didn’t work.
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