I had to look that up: 'A putter (Northumberland), hurrier (Yorkshire), waggoner or drawer (Lancashire) was the local term for the person who brought empty coal tubs up to the coal face and took loaded tubs to the pit bottom' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_coal_mining_terminology)
Thank you for that Derek!
I started working at Summer Lane for West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) in 1976, and after 2 or 3 jobs was promoted to PSV Licence Clerk in 1979. I held and was responsible for the PSV Licences for all 14 Birmingham bus garages including Sutton Coldfield (which previously belonged to Midland Red). In those days PSV Licences had to be renewed every three years, but they were in the process of changing them over to go onto a five year cycle. I used to have to catch two buses, up to the Traffic Commissioners in Broad Street to take the licences to be renewed, often with a bag of cash, or a large cheque. I also had to look after the renewal of all the Mechanics HGV Licences, so it was quite a busy job. Part of the role also entailed Safe Driving Awards, so we often used to attend the WMPTE Stadium nights. As the role, was starting to diminish due to the two year gap in the licence renewals, I was then sent out to work at Washwood Heath Garage from 1982 until 1992 where I worked for John Loach the Garage Engineer and when we were paired with Lea Hall, worked for the Garage Manager, Garage Engineer and Traffic Manager. I loved working on the buses, but was just a tad to young to become a part-time evening/weekend Clippie. The Clippies went out round about the time I got married in 1978, and a lot of them got office jobs as they couldn't drive. Our Summer Lane "postman/courier" Dennis, was previously a conductor at Coventry Road. The van driver courier at Lea Hall/Washwood Heath was Nora, another ex Clippie.
Very nice journey with buses and such!
wonderful memories glenys...how things have changed since we started working..i used to take parcels of jewellery down the key hill post office every day that was sent out for approval and also went to different trades in the jewellery quarter taking jewellery for repairs..be a a bit dodgy to that now and carrying bags of cash around
WUMPTY. I used tonadministrate their adverts then the 'executive' from there became our MD. It didn't get me a promotion knowing him but it put me in good stead & treated with respect. Which was thin on the ground then.,
I used to have to take the night safe to the bank that the cashiers had taken in the day. Women were not allowed to. I was not allowed to go on my own and it was often difficult to get someone from any department to go with me.
Mercantile Credit. I read a document of my gran's. She had with them. It contained a poem called The Mercantile Marine. I think she had Pearl too.
I applied for a Secretary's job once but they said, you are a man, it is a woman's job. It was a higher rate than me too. But why not. I pointed out that Secretaries used to be men, I was refused an Admin job at the College of Midwifery too because I was a man, which started the interviewers arguing. At least I got an interview.
Forgotten about that. I used to take the night safe to the bank on the corner of Hamstead and Villa Rds when I worked after school. Never thought too much about it. I would go on Thursday and Saturday nights.
Must have been the same thing that we had!
MTM has evolved to support sequencing of production. Much MTM is used at the design stage developing and using design standards. Design for productivity, quality and cost. In most plants now, unions participate in the work but do not have the final say (maybe in UK). Sequencing is designed to optimize and fully utilize facility assets cost efficiently and productively.
We had those, they had us in seperately and covered an office wall with brown paper, then asked questions, the Time & Motion woman we nicknamed Lumpen Woman, wrote stuff on the wall, a Manager wrote her findings down which bore no resemblance to what anyone said. The Manager was promoted 100s of us got made redundant but Lumpen Woman was re employed permanently.They then emoyed a team of external Time & Motion people who sat behind & above us. Some staff walked out.
They employed a group of women once from a Time In Motion company from Scotland. They always wore black . They stripped out a whole line of management 3 who took pay cuts & became secretaries to the remaining Managers who went up a peg. So much for money saving. We called them the Scottish Widows
Bewdley Museum has a display and brasscasting office, but had to stop demonstrations of casting due to health and safety. Remember watching the men work there with hot metal many years ago.
My Wife was the "Man from the Pru " Good firm to work for.
