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HI folks the server that hosts the site completely died including the Hdd's and backups.
Luckily i create an offsite backup once a week! this has now been restored so we have lost a few days posts.
im still fixing things at the moment so bear with me and im still working on all images 90% are fine the others im working on now
we are now using a backup solution
Sadly my dad died 5 years ago. Many former Tucker's employees came to the funeral. I will need to look in his address book, but his great friend was John Murray; he also knew men called Alan, Andy, Brendan and Morris. The factory is empty now. A site called 28dl has photos of the interior.
Hi Dadrus your dad was there some years - only joking. 1550??
Hi Dadrus
What department was your dad working in up until the time he left as our oldest kid William , bill worked in the inspection department
And I myself ran a column of machines on the front bay windows for that period and that's where we lost our fortune
By doing the foot ball coupons of Vernon's by the works agent because I for got to hand them in to the works agent because I was off sick
And for got to hand them to our kid in the inspection department Saturday came around as usual checked Saturday night
Only to find I got the eight draws on the treble chance Vernon's
In those days ATV night time viewing always interviews the foot ball coupon winners especially jack pot winner
When asked how did he choose his numbers he said he went through the listing on the coupon
Only to find there was a set of foot ball teams down the column beginning with the same itials and that's what I spotted and done
So the Scottish guy won the whole lot of 250 ,000 out right other wise we would have shared his divi,
Our kid was gutted just like myself so you see I will never forget tucker eyelets of perry Barr and do you know I have never won any think from that day to this day
I just cannot get one number of the Lottos today even after all these years best wishes astonian
What department was your dad working in up until the time he left as our oldest kid William , bill worked in the inspection department
And I myself ran a column of machines on the front bay windows for that period and that's where we lost our fortune
By doing the foot ball coupons of Vernon's by the works agent because I for got to hand them in to the works agent because I was off sick
And for got to hand them to our kid in the inspection department Saturday came around as usual checked Saturday night
Only to find I got the eight draws on the treble chance Vernon's
In those days ATV night time viewing always interviews the foot ball coupon winners especially jack pot winner
When asked how did he choose his numbers he said he went through the listing on the coupon
Only to find there was a set of foot ball teams down the column beginning with the same itials and that's what I spotted and done
So the Scottish guy won the whole lot of 250 ,000 out right other wise we would have shared his divi,
Our kid was gutted just like myself so you see I will never forget tucker eyelets of perry Barr and do you know I have never won any think from that day to this day
I just cannot get one number of the Lottos today even after all these years best wishes astonian
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Re: Tucker Eyelets / Emhart Technologies
mort do you know which section your dad worked in....last year after the factory had closed and was almost ready for demo some old photos were found stuffed in a cabinet to be skipped...these photos have not have not been on the net before..many photos show tucker eyelets walsall road being built in 1938 (later to be called tucker fasteners)...workers group photos taken in 1939 and some of the 1947 floods when the whole of walsall road was under water and a couple of inside shots oh and a group photo of tuckers home guard men in their uniform..the photos have been passed onto me...
lyn
mort do you know which section your dad worked in....last year after the factory had closed and was almost ready for demo some old photos were found stuffed in a cabinet to be skipped...these photos have not have not been on the net before..many photos show tucker eyelets walsall road being built in 1938 (later to be called tucker fasteners)...workers group photos taken in 1939 and some of the 1947 floods when the whole of walsall road was under water and a couple of inside shots oh and a group photo of tuckers home guard men in their uniform..the photos have been passed onto me...
lyn
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i intend to post all of the photos i have so that they are are the net...the originals have been lodged with birmingham library but the way that is working at the moment they will never see the light of day again..not enough staff to catalogue all the new archive material and make them available to the public so i will do it lol...i have no objection to anyone posting them on any other site...photos should be shared..all i ask is that you credit them to the birmingham history forum because these photos are little gems..thank you
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