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A fascinating and interesting report, which I am sure, many readers here might have missed.
Thanks for the posting.
 
Hi Terry, that has brought back 8 years of good memories. I worked there from 1977-85. As an electrical assembler. I enjoyed it there, it was hard work especially when piece work came in. It was Swan brand, good make use to buy my pots and pans.

Jackie
 
Anybody remember a series called 'Bull Week' made in 1980, staring Mark McManus of 'Taggart' fame? It was about a midland factory where they were working the week or two before the holidays to establish what the holiday pay would be, (I thought it was always called 'Pudding week' in the midlands and that 'Bull week' was a northern expression?). According to my friend, who worked at Bulpitts and appeared as an extra, the series was shot in Bulpitts and the director's original idea was use actors to operate the machines. McManus, who knew a bit about factories, was appalled at this and suggested that the director had lost his mind and that the actors would lose even more vital bits; he insisted that proper machinists should be used and won the argument. Are there any other Bulpitts surviving extras out there?
 
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