I would like to find photos of B I S as i can remember them running through the village i was brought up in just off the A17.I think they
were based at Kings Lynn,and they were black and white in colour.Seem to recall most of the fleet being E.R.Fs .Can anybody help
yours Nigel Hunt.
Sorry no photos, but I do remember the ERFs, Im sure there was a photo on the wall in Morleys Cafe at Markham Moor, they were regular customers there in the 60s Regards Larry.
Here’s a couple mate, I think I’ve another one or two, I’ll try and fish them out when I get time! Regards Haddy, Gt. Yarmouth.
a later erf at the quarry near stoke on trent
Will have a look for some more
Many thanks,yours Nigel Hunt.
Hanson erf loaded for beatson Clarke,at b.i.s. moneystone quarry
I remember the BIS truck’s based at Oakamoor, Staffs, but no pics I’m afraid.
Pete.
Nigel,I think the British Industrial Sand site you mean was at Middleton,east of King’s Lynn on the A47. I remember them running those black and white LAD cabbed Leyland Octopussies/Octopi tippers in the early 60s.I had lifts with their night men when I was in the RAF in Norfolk and they delivered sand to the Yorkshire glass works.In the 70s they ran ERF 8-wheeler tankers out of Congleton,running foundry sand into Sheffield,Penistone and other places,most were double-shifted.The livery was the later one with the camel on. 
No photos though,sorry.
Hi, All,
No prizes but that camel on BIS trucks had a name , can anyone remember it?
I think BIS is now WBB Minerals, and Seafields do a lot for them out of the Congleton area.
Cheers Bassman
Bassman:
Hi, All,
No prizes but that camel on BIS trucks had a name , can anyone remember it?
I think BIS is now WBB Minerals, and Seafields do a lot for them out of the Congleton area.Cheers Bassman
I think it was Cuthbert Bassman. 
Was it called Humphrey?
Bassman:
Hi, All,
No prizes but that camel on BIS trucks had a name , can anyone remember it?
I think BIS is now WBB Minerals, and Seafields do a lot for them out of the Congleton area.Cheers Bassman
Hi Bassman
The camel is called CUTHBERT !!
They had depots at :-
Bent Farm Quarry, Congleton
Chelford, nr Macclesfeild
Oakamoor Quarry
Redhill in Surry
A chemical sand mixing plant in West Brom
Quarry in Kings Lynn
and a Quarry at Livingstone in Soctland
Approx. 95% were all ERF’s artics were a mix of day and sleeper cabs with mostly Metalair tanks and tippers, quite a few 8 ERF wheel tankers and 1 Sed Atki 6 wheeler.
They were bought out by WBB and are now all named Sibeco.
Cheers
Steve
BTW - I worked at Bent Farm quarry for 3 years in the traffic office in the late 1980’s
Hope this helps.
Hi, SSPROS1965,
It was Cuthbert, I was thinking Clarence , but that 's the cross eyed Lion isn’t it… Used to be a standing joke round here , don,t get to close to my back end or Cuthbert will S***t on you.
You missed a quarry out , Messingham Nr. Scunthorpe, still working as far as I know.
Cheers Bassman
Ps Is there anything you don’t forget Larry, what are you doing remembering that??Sorry ,got to excited it should be Chris, my apologies!!
Bassman:
Hi, SSPROS1965,It was Cuthbert, I was thinking Clarence , but that 's the cross eyed Lion isn’t it… Used to be a standing joke round here , don,t get to close to my back end or Cuthbert will S***t on you.
You missed a quarry out , Messingham Nr. Scunthorpe, still working as far as I know.Cheers Bassman
Ps Is there anything you don’t forget Larry, what are you doing remembering that??
Hi Bassman
Correct - Messingham was a small one 
Also there was another on nr Chelford which I cannot remember the name of (Water… something I think).
SSPROS1965,
It wasn,t very big ,I had a couple of mates worked for BIS out of there in the early 70’s. I think they mainly used to do Castleford, Knottingley And I think Morpeth. Obviously did more than that but I think they were the main customers.
Cheers Bassman
My brother in law drove for bis out of Redhill Surrey,back in the early 80’s.
They were on Holmethorpe Industrial Estate,Redhill
I took this one returning to there yard,as they had to pass my dads old firm Hall Aggregates.
My sister use to go with him on the overnight runs 
i thought she liked lorries 
Regards
Gary
a name from the pass i started working for bis at redhill the transport manger was name brian they had two bedford km a seddon on the brick side and erf eight legger tankers and atkingsons painted white with the camel on also martin rubeck was someting to do with them this was my first driving job
Hiya… bis used to be big scammell users. theres still a trunker in rush green in the bis livery.
i used to do sand from kings lynn to west brom on a return load. i loaded with the normans 3/4 cab Macks.
(they was bound for barnsley) years later i did sand from redhill back to chester(1 ton bulk bags),
in the late 70,s i did moneystone quarry at oakamoor to St Helens(thats now gone)i was at a party a couple of
hundred yards away in may , i walked down to the quarry…the place looked sorryful.
I,ve done work from Chelford but can,nt remember where to.possibly wigan.
i once knew a chap who put the cammel on the motors but his name has gone from my head.
The sand transport is run from Winsford nowadays. a pal of mine works from there for seafield out of Chelford.
John