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76 Lions! Plantagenet Buildings Spencer St

A Point and shoot camera; you will have a lot of fun with that. Great for just putting one in your pockets and snapping inserting stiff as your out and about. The quality of these small cameras is amazing.

My two pieces of advice would be:

One, shoot your pictures in RAW mode if your camera can. RAW is like having a digital negative so you can alter the images with software and still retain the original RAW image.

Two, be very organised with your images when you download them to your computer. Have a filing system that works for you so you can find stuff. Its surprising how many images you can collects in a year. I have tens of thousands.
Will check that out and do as you suggest. Many thanks.
 
Today’s favourites before the Sun got too much for me!
 

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brianthelion. I worked in Spencer Street at Hawker Marriss / Cavalier tableware for over 20 years, often frequenting the Jewellers after work, and I must confess I have never noticed the Lions on the building, (eyes on the ground I'm afraid) Thank you for enlightening me and possibly several others who worked in Spencer Street.
I’m new to this forum but interesting to read a post about Hawker Marriss/Cavalier tableware. My Dad used to work there. I was only about 14 when he left but remember a few names like Brian Phillpots, Black Ted who use to live but Barr Beacon. I’d love to hear more about it
 
I’m new to this forum but interesting to read a post about Hawker Marriss/Cavalier tableware. My Dad used to work there. I was only about 14 when he left but remember a few names like Brian Phillpots, Black Ted who use to live but Barr Beacon. I’d love to hear more about it
Kardug, welcome. What was your dads name please? myself, I was a Polisher 1962-1979. Brian Phillpot was Time study and Ted Brown (black Ted) had a number of jobs was assistant foreman/manager of the warehouse. More names to follow.
 
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How lovely to get a reply. My dads name was Dennis Hampson, I think at one time he was a polisher then I think he was a foreman and later managed the warehouse. He loved it there but unfortunately left under a cloud after a fling with a woman there called Doreen. Problem was her husband also worked there, Roy. It was all out in the open so I’m not breaching any confidences. It was also a long time ago now. He lived with Black Ted for a while on Pheasey. Sorry if not politically correct calling him by that name but that was how he was known there apparently. He was a lovely guy, younger than Dad. I use to babysit for Samantha Phillpotts, Brian’s daughter and in later years lived by his ex wife, Sue.
 
Hi
How lovely to get a reply. My dads name was Dennis Hampson, I think at one time he was a polisher then I think he was a foreman and later managed the warehouse. He loved it there but unfortunately left under a cloud after a fling with a woman there called Doreen. Problem was her husband also worked there, Roy. It was all out in the open so I’m not breaching any confidences. It was also a long time ago now. He lived with Black Ted for a while on Pheasey. Sorry if not politically correct calling him by that name but that was how he was known there apparently. He was a lovely guy, younger than Dad. I use to babysit for Samantha Phillpotts, Brian’s daughter and in later years lived by his ex wife, Sue.
Karbug, your dad was indeed a polisher at one time. He came to Cavalier from Newtown Polishing with Norman Luckman. He was my foreman for a while and yes, we all knew about his indiscretion, mind you, at times the firm was like Paton Place ( a bit before your time I think). Brian Phillpotts worked with Neville Rudge in time study. Your dad was assistant to Frank Westwood at first but Frank had to retire due to ill health and your dad took over. I took my redundancy just before the firm moved to Lichfield Road and not long after ceased to exist. It was a real happy place to work.
A few names for you, Don Megan, Barry Gould, Vic Holder, Billy Rogers, Colin Hatch (rip), Winston Kelly. Is your dad still with us? x
 
I used to work at Cavalier (Hawker Marris) back in about 1974, as Export Shipping Supervisor. I’m sure I remember Dennis Hampton in the polishing shop, along with a few other people....Eddie Dunkley in the warehouse, Miles and Hugh Whitelock (director). I worked for Henry Joy (Export Director) and Tim Wadsworth (export sales manager). My mum also worked in the accounts department for a while too, and many more....lovely place to work
 
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