Dowding & Mills

[rogermel]

View attachment 85462 Photograph of my dad, Hugh Melanaphy, who was a driver with Dowding and Mills, Camp Hill, Bordesley B12, taken c1951.

 

[APS]

I worked at D & M Camp Hill in about 1966

 

[BRUMONICH]

my dad was a driver for d&m in the 50s and 60s. he went on to be the transport manager until 1883.

 

[rogermel]

Your dad and mine would surely have known each other. I do recall a Bert Taylor who drove with dad. His nickname was "Spud" and I got a slap from dad for calling him Uncle Spud.

 

[derekw]

My mate,Keith Butler worked there for nigh on forty years.

 

[sheldontony]

My brother in law Roger Hateley works there at present.

 

[Crippo]

I worked there from 1968 - 1980. Great place to work and have many happy memories from my time there!

 

[mw0njm.]

they sure did a good job we took many a motor there

Dowding & Mills was bought by Sulzer in 2010. It has been since renamed to Sulzer Electro Mechanical Services (UK) Limited

 

[mw0njm.]

 

[Colin67]

My dad was a driver there for decades - Raymond Dalton. I think his radio call sign was Dowding Dog (I went out in the lorry with him once, if I remember correctly).

 

[TheJamFan]

My dad nicknamed Sean was there from the early 70s to 2021.