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Hi Lad thanks for your very interesting reply.First of all I agree there’s nothing like standing in front of a furnace with a temperatures of 1200 degrees in the middle of winter holding up your overalls watching the steam come off them before you put them on.The forge it self was very cold in...

Thanks for getting back to me but I can’t see your reply so could you send it again. I’ve always remembered T.I moto (We made it big by keeping it small).

Hi Lad in the Lane I left you a message which is the last one on page 13

Hi Lad in the lane I remember Tony Payton when he worked in the Forge as a fitter under Ian Cook and Harry Bowen. I recall the bad accident when a number of contractors lost there lives when a blast wall which was built during ww2 to protect a electrical panel mounted on the wall of the Draw...

Hi neiljarvo while working in the forge your senior Forman must have been Harry Allport and Harry Bowen the Forman. In later years Ian Cooke became Senior Forman.

3rd photo down the guy sitting on the extreme left with glasses was Tom Jones who worked as a pattern maker. His wood working skills were unbelievable in his spare time he was a keen cyclist.

Looking for any fellow workers from the forging department during the 1960s/70s or 80s

Hi Victor look on page13 and you’ll see the photo’s.

Hi John hope you’re keeping well.If you look on page 13 you’ll see photo’s of the forging department. ( overhead crane bay one and the entrance to bay 5 )

The photo is of the charger in the Draw Bench Department which would be loaded with long lengths of tubes and placed in long furnaces to be annealed. The guy in the photo bending forward is my dad Bob Collingwood

As Pedrocut said it was more than likely Tubes ltd where your Great Grandfather worked and probably in the Draw Bench department or the Forging Department both departments did the process you mention.

Sending you my thoughts at this special time of year Barry.

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...

Hi Bazz you are correct they were a item and eventually got married.I think Alison worked in the main office.

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.