when i started in jan 1963 i worked in the briton shop where all door closers were machined and assembled . stan haywood was the foreman harry fowkes was the charge hand, ken wingfield was a machine tool setter. i worked with ken as a trainee setter till i was moved to walsall in 1963. the clarke brothers(ron,jimmy,albert, there were 4 of them cant remember the other one) worked on the assembly line assembling T model closers the hodson brothers worked in the machine shop (cyril, harry,albert,and ray ) george rutter worked in the office with eric gardener who was the manager in the briton shop, i think eric gardener married some body related to the newman family.Charlie McClean was the maintenance foreman at hospital and when i became works enginner he worked for me. i remember norman carless he worked in the assembly shop, Horace Poole when i started worked on the assembly line assembling B200 door closers and was promoted to works manger of britton shop when the new bulding was built housing door closer assembly. other people who i remember were charlie hailing, len bakewell, harry jepcott , jackie rose, tony maskel plus many more. George cowley was the commisionaire oppersite his office was repair shop for door closers i used to go in there every afternoon to listen to the racing results