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im going to say they went to swanshurst

so was that pub knocked down and ABEL alarms factory unit and office built on the site of the pub ?

That was after i worked there i think ...I was doing machining work on capstans and millers and lathes ,,,and my wages were deffo in the £20 plus a week region , maybe the valdo products was the offshoot business that made the scooters etc

it was one of the two ,,,,and it makes sense they had girls and those two oare girls schools

thanks Janice soooo much ,,,,ill have a good read of that Banks engineering ...that was it ,,,,brilliant find this is ,,,,cant believee youve found something , its too much of a co incidence to be anyone else but the guys i worked for

Does anyone remember a little cafe on sand pits right oposite Edward street , I used to go in it sometimes before I started work in Edward street in the mornings in the 80,s

what did the rest of the article say janice just out of curiosity ?? , also how could I trace this couple and or their children as I know that they had at least one daughter . I seem to remember them mentioning a school called either Longmeadow or Swanshurst so that must be where the family...

well done indeed yes ,,,,,,what a great little community this place is ,,,,so helpful

omg omg i think you have unearthed the diamond ,,,, ....the names escape me still but thats too co-incidental for it to not be the place that I worked in the 80s ... they must have been in their last few months of their lease of the workshop when I was there .....i cant think of anywhere else...

i think it would have been 87 or lion works pressings but it wasnt called lion works pressing that i can remember but i cant remember what it was called as i was only there a few months

ahhh sorry i mean edward street

Im trying to find some info about a small factory/ workshop that I worked at in about 81/82 when I left school , it was right a the top of the street by king edwards road opposite Abel Alarm company . It was ran by a husband and wife team i think , just me and those two guys .

Hello - does anyone have any information about this gentleman , business details / addresses / family / photos / living relatives etc etc , anything , My parents bought a house from him in 1968 and he moved to stratford upon avon after he had sold . I think he was elderly when he sold the...

Isnt that ironic that youd have walked past the house , mom still lives there and i visit every week ....