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Hi Norman

Hi Norman isn’t strange in life there’s things you never forget like your moms Co op number or the old customer job numbers Vauxhall 13996,Rolls Royce 12701,Salisbury 13655/56,13622and the oldest I can remember is Morris 900.I bet you and Bazz can remember a few as well.
OMG............my mothers Co op number 200038 :)
 
Unfortunately, no good memories for me. One of my neighbours, Eugene Ford got me a job there in 1973. I was put on straightening castings on a giant press. I hated it and left after 2 weeks.
 
Unfortunately, no good memories for me. One of my neighbours, Eugene Ford got me a job there in 1973. I was put on straightening castings on a giant press. I hated it and left after 2 weeks.
Hi Banjo. I remember Ginger Ford that was good of him to get you a job but you should have given it a bit more than 2 weeks before you decided to leave.I know it was heavy work but a mate of mine Stan Rogalson did it for 28 years.
 
Banjo. I too remember Ginger. It's nice to see people still recalling names after all these years.Maybe i'm wrong, but did Ginger hang about with a girl named Alison Baker (i think) ? Just wondering.
 
Banjo. I too remember Ginger. It's nice to see people still recalling names after all these years.Maybe i'm wrong, but did Ginger hang about with a girl named Alison Baker (i think) ? Just wondering.
Hi Bazz you are correct they were a item and eventually got married.I think Alison worked in the main office.
 
Glad my memory stood the test of time, thanks Punch. I'm sure i took Alison back to her house at lunchtime on a working day. Can't remember what she wanted, but i was glad to drive her there. Wonder how the two of them are nowadays. Hopefully, well and safe. Anyway, thanks for the reply Punch, and you take care too.
 
Hi there, i,m trying to find out if anyone can remember my uncle who worked at Tubes in the early seventies. His name was Jim Bird and he sadly passed away in the seventies at the age of 46. As far as can be recalled he was still working for Tubes when he died and i was just trying to find out if anyone had any recollections of my uncle. I believe he worked on the shop floor.
Hoping you can help,
Regards,
ian.
Hi Ian I can’t remember if I replied to you before but your post is from some time ago.
I do remember your Uncle Jim Bird if my memory serves me right he lived in common lane opposite the swan pub on the Washwood Heath Road.If I recall he was on his way to work when he died of a heart attack god bless him.He worked in the forging department on the turning section for Don Fell and George Beavon. He became a operator of a boring machine which bore a hole through a billet
to a high degree of accuracy. Jim was a short man thinning on top but such a gent
 
Hi, Thanks for your reply,
You are correct he died of a heart attack on his way to work and your description of him is spot on, however he lived in Membury Road at the time.
Nice to know someone remembers him after all this time, i was very young at the time and have only fleeting memories of him.
Sadly his wife died in February of this year.
Thanks again for your reply as i posted this a number of years ago,
Ian.
 
Hi Bazza how ya doin?
hi fred and welcome to the forum....bazza had not been seen on the forum since last may...we do know that he was very poorly...however i have sent him 2 private messages in the past few weeks as his absence was noticed but sad to say that so far i have not received a reply which is not like bazz....

lyn
 
How do i look ay the pictures?
I would love to see the photos please John
Always read a thread you visit for the first time from post 1. That way you don't miss anything.
However this is a link to page 13
 
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