Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Wheel Nut:

Chris Webb:
Courtaulds was a big concern.They had British Celanese at Spondon,Derby and also British Cellophane at Barrow and Bridgwater as mentioned.Nearly all the solvents I picked up at at Spondon went to either Barrow or Bridgwater.They had a big place at Coventry as well.
The Nypro plant at Flixborough near Scunthorpe which had an explosion in 1973 made “caprolactum” which was shipped to Northern Ireland where Courtaulds had a factory manufacturing nylon - I think it was at Bangor but not certain.

The Nypro plant went off with a bang, not sure about Bangor :stuck_out_tongue:

I remember the PVC film manufacturer in Wigton as British Sidac, presumably from the French; The Société Industrielle de la Cellophane. I do remember the hill which often gave me some grief with a slack lift tank and an F7 :blush:

:laughing:
Bangor - bang,aye ok Malc.
I went to that Sidac place at Wigton once and didn’t they have a place in Sent 'Elens,as Eddie Waring called it?

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Chris Webb:

Wheel Nut:

Chris Webb:
Courtaulds was a big concern.They had British Celanese at Spondon,Derby and also British Cellophane at Barrow and Bridgwater as mentioned.Nearly all the solvents I picked up at at Spondon went to either Barrow or Bridgwater.They had a big place at Coventry as well.
The Nypro plant at Flixborough near Scunthorpe which had an explosion in 1973 made “caprolactum” which was shipped to Northern Ireland where Courtaulds had a factory manufacturing nylon - I think it was at Bangor but not certain.

The Nypro plant went off with a bang, not sure about Bangor :stuck_out_tongue:

I remember the PVC film manufacturer in Wigton as British Sidac, presumably from the French; The Société Industrielle de la Cellophane. I do remember the hill which often gave me some grief with a slack lift tank and an F7 :blush:

Bangor - bang,aye ok Malc.
I went to that Sidac place at Wigton once and didn’t they have a place in Sent 'Elens,as Eddie Waring called it?

Hiya dave …did,nt you ever do Courtaulds in Leek , oppersite the footy ground that was very busy place. Courtalds also had a plant
on the coast road nr Flint.North Wales.I did work from Croda to Courtalds plants in 72ish
John

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Courtaulds also had a big place in Wolverhampton as did Croda.

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Trev_H:
Courtaulds also had a big place in Wolverhampton as did Croda.

Hiya Trev-H… was the courtaulds down that long lane off jct 12 turn right there was a low bridge
at the other end A 449. Good little pub on that corner quick walk from the ■■? transport cafe.
was that a courtalds factory next to the sun set or just a warehouse?? loaded for Paisley a few times
from their when i was on general,so there must have been another courtaulds in Paisley,
right next to the river.That ties up with Mayfield Yarns nr Ashbourne that was the same outfit.
John

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Hi John,
Croda was down that lane with the pub on the corner , The four ashes( a frequent watering hole for me, Banks beer!) and it also had another entrance off the A 449 nearer to Gailey, that plant I think was once Midland tar distillers. The Courtaulds factory was in W-ton itself near to Alddersley stadium.

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Chris Webb:

Wheel Nut:

Chris Webb:
Courtaulds was a big concern.They had British Celanese at Spondon,Derby and also British Cellophane at Barrow and Bridgwater as mentioned.Nearly all the solvents I picked up at at Spondon went to either Barrow or Bridgwater.They had a big place at Coventry as well.
The Nypro plant at Flixborough near Scunthorpe which had an explosion in 1973 made “caprolactum” which was shipped to Northern Ireland where Courtaulds had a factory manufacturing nylon - I think it was at Bangor but not certain.

The Nypro plant went off with a bang, not sure about Bangor :stuck_out_tongue:

I remember the PVC film manufacturer in Wigton as British Sidac, presumably from the French; The Société Industrielle de la Cellophane. I do remember the hill which often gave me some grief with a slack lift tank and an F7 :blush:

:laughing:
Bangor - bang,aye ok Malc.
I went to that Sidac place at Wigton once and didn’t they have a place in Sent 'Elens,as Eddie Waring called it?

Dead right there Chris, Sidac ( British Ray-o-phane was its previous name) had another plant in St. Helens oop and under!!! Dennis.

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Diddy three compartment sulphuric acid tanker

A parachute would be needed to bail out of this in a hurry



Reo speed wagon.

Leyland fire engine chassis with the outlets under the front bumper

Phil.

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Trev_H:
Hi John,
Croda was down that lane with the pub on the corner , The four ashes( a frequent watering hole for me, Banks beer!) and it also had another entrance off the A 449 nearer to Gailey, that plant I think was once Midland tar distillers. The Courtaulds factory was in W-ton itself near to Alddersley stadium.

Been in Four Ashes to Midland-Yorks Tar distillers - used to be the haunt of MRTS in olden days.Another place there was Midland - Schnectady which I think was part of the old Tar Distillers plant.Not been in there since 1975.

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Trev_H:
Courtaulds also had a big place in Wolverhampton as did Croda.

When I drove for T. bradys we also did all the pulp into Courtulds at Spondon Darby that was a big factory Bradys had some drivers trained to tip the pulp.
Steve.

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Hi again,Great pics Phil…keep them coming mate,right then the real old Commercial Motors have been put away so heres some more from the cuttings box :unamused:

Apologies for any I’ve stuck on before.

Cheers Bubbs, :wink:

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bubbleman:
Hi again,Great pics Phil…keep them coming mate,right then the real old Commercial Motors have been put away so heres some more from the cuttings box :unamused:

I reckon at least one of those Big Js had an 8LXB tucked in there…

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was the site near Flint the Greenfield site?

3300John:

Chris Webb:

Wheel Nut:

Chris Webb:
Courtaulds was a big concern.They had British Celanese at Spondon,Derby and also British Cellophane at Barrow and Bridgwater as mentioned.Nearly all the solvents I picked up at at Spondon went to either Barrow or Bridgwater.They had a big place at Coventry as well.
The Nypro plant at Flixborough near Scunthorpe which had an explosion in 1973 made “caprolactum” which was shipped to Northern Ireland where Courtaulds had a factory manufacturing nylon - I think it was at Bangor but not certain.

The Nypro plant went off with a bang, not sure about Bangor :stuck_out_tongue:

I remember the PVC film manufacturer in Wigton as British Sidac, presumably from the French; The Société Industrielle de la Cellophane. I do remember the hill which often gave me some grief with a slack lift tank and an F7 :blush:

Bangor - bang,aye ok Malc.
I went to that Sidac place at Wigton once and didn’t they have a place in Sent 'Elens,as Eddie Waring called it?

Hiya dave …did,nt you ever do Courtaulds in Leek , oppersite the footy ground that was very busy place. Courtalds also had a plant
on the coast road nr Flint.North Wales.I did work from Croda to Courtalds plants in 72ish
John

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More crackers there Bubbs - continued thanks! Talking of Courtaulds, I wish I had a quid for every bale of cellulose filter tow (■■■ filters) I sent out of Coventry to the Juri Gagarin cigarette factory in Plovdiv! We did plenty to another factory with not such a memorable name in Satoraljaujhely in Hungary too - happy days :smiley:

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Hello again,heres some more old cuttings. :smiley:

Please excuse any repititions,

Cheers Bubbs, :wink:

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ramone:
was the site near Flint the Greenfield site?

3300John:

Chris Webb:

Wheel Nut:

Chris Webb:
Courtaulds was a big concern.They had British Celanese at Spondon,Derby and also British Cellophane at Barrow and Bridgwater as mentioned.Nearly all the solvents I picked up at at Spondon went to either Barrow or Bridgwater.They had a big place at Coventry as well.
The Nypro plant at Flixborough near Scunthorpe which had an explosion in 1973 made “caprolactum” which was shipped to Northern Ireland where Courtaulds had a factory manufacturing nylon - I think it was at Bangor but not certain.

The Nypro plant went off with a bang, not sure about Bangor :stuck_out_tongue:

I remember the PVC film manufacturer in Wigton as British Sidac, presumably from the French; The Société Industrielle de la Cellophane. I do remember the hill which often gave me some grief with a slack lift tank and an F7 :blush:

Bangor - bang,aye ok Malc.
I went to that Sidac place at Wigton once and didn’t they have a place in Sent 'Elens,as Eddie Waring called it?

You are right ramone i used to deliver pulp there when i worked for williams of wales.
regards

Hiya dave …did,nt you ever do Courtaulds in Leek , oppersite the footy ground that was very busy place. Courtalds also had a plant
on the coast road nr Flint.North Wales.I did work from Croda to Courtalds plants in 72ish
John

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quote=“ramone”]was the site near Flint the Greenfield site?[
Courtaulds was a big concern.They had British Celanese at Spondon,Derby and also British Cellophane at Barrow and Bridgwater as mentioned.Nearly all the solvents I picked up at at Spondon went to either Barrow or Bridgwater.They had a big place at Coventry as well.
The Nypro plant at Flixborough near Scunthorpe which had an explosion in 1973 made “caprolactum” which was shipped to Northern Ireland where Courtaulds had a factory manufacturing nylon - I think it was at Bangor but not certain.
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Hiya dave …did,nt you ever do Courtaulds in Leek , oppersite the footy ground that was very busy place. Courtalds also had a plant
on the coast road nr Flint.North Wales.I did work from Croda to Courtalds plants in 72ish
Hiya. yes spot on mate…thats all flat now. cant belive it was such a busy place.
John

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bubbleman:
Hello again,heres some more old cuttings. :smiley:

Cheers Bubbs, :wink:

Another great selection, thank you! A little extra on this one:


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Numbum:

A parachute would be needed to bail out of this in a hurry

Phil.

And they reckon these high cabs with low profile tyres is a 1980’s thing :laughing:

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Wheel Nut:

Numbum:

A parachute would be needed to bail out of this in a hurry

Phil.

And they reckon these high cabs with low profile tyres is a 1980’s thing :laughing:

VOSA would soon pull you in that Malc, no mirrors!!

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Dieseldogsix:

Wheel Nut:

Numbum:

A parachute would be needed to bail out of this in a hurry

Phil.

And they reckon these high cabs with low profile tyres is a 1980’s thing :laughing:

VOSA would soon pull you in that Malc, no mirrors!!

No blindspots eiter :stuck_out_tongue: