Lol No definitely notDunno about the van, is that you in front of it ?
Andrew.
Here is another old WMGB van (a toy model)Lol No definitely not
National Grid have a great site(link attached) about the gas works and Windsor street including the History of the gas industry in Birmingham.The pictures attached show Windsor Street / Lord Street with its original layout with the gasholders in the top right of the picture. This site during its WMGB days was operationally responsible for gas storage (holders) , gas distribution , stores, administration, and numerous other gas supply and services related activities.
In its day it was a mini town with on site Doctors Surgery, canteen, etc.
The site today is greatly reduced and a lot of the buildings and operational assets demolished / decommissioned a great loss to the historic buildings of Birmingham.
Do you remember Sid?National Grid have a great site(link attached) about the gas works and Windsor street including the History of the gas industry in Birmingham.
Windsor Street Gasholders | National Gas
www.nationalgrid.com
Wasn't that an advertising campaign on TV in the mid eighties urging people to "tell Sid" about the chance to buy British Gas shares at "affordable" prices? I remember it....could not afford any though, even at affordable prices, I had 3 young children to support.Do you remember Sid?
Hello,Wasn't that an advertising campaign on TV in the mid eighties urging people to "tell Sid" about the chance to buy British Gas shares at "affordable" prices? I remember it....could not afford any though, even at affordable prices, I had 3 young children to support.
Drove a Bullnose Commer at BT. Bloody hard work.An original gas apprenticeship brochure , look at the van is it a Commer?, or BMC?
I never drove one of those vans, the ones I saw on site always appeared to be overloaded or were they just untidy?3
Drove a Bullnose Commer at BT. Bloody hard work.
they were such an iconic landmark...they used to scare me when i was a childA view of the now demolished gas holders at Windsor Street , all the plant in the foreground (AGI, etc) are also decommissioned and gone.
The remainder of the site will be closed later this year , and years of gas industry history will be gone with the site.