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    Richard Dye reacted to Martyn's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The second John Biscoe was built by Fleming and Ferguson Ltd, Paisley, for the Falkland Island Dependencies Survey (FIDS). According to...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very interesting Thanks for sharing
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    Richard Dye reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread Black Sabbath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Ref i mentioned on here that he worked at Lucas King St testing car horns with my Dad just the 2 of them in G6 i thought it was a Urban...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Black Sabbath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A selection of Sabbath Brum history, from early appearances at Mother's and Henry's to hanging up the metaphorical air-guitar. An...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Martyn's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My copy of the July/August 1956 edition of Witton News mentions some apprentice activities at Castle Bromwich Hall and this is from Bill...
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    Richard Dye reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Love the collar and ties under the overalls!
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread GEC WITTON WORKS.
    A lot of pride there. So sad it all disappeared!
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    Richard Dye reacted to Cabonscooter's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    More photos unearthed ! Apprentice machine school line-up 1961, I'm on the back row labelled plus a few names I remember. Also main...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Cabonscooter's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I still have my 'Welcome to Witton' booklet marked 'September 1960'with a plan and aerial view of the works (see photos). I've also got...
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    Richard Dye reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My Aunt worked as a typist at the GEC and maintained they were the best years of her life. She kept some of the in house magazine called...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Cabonscooter's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Unfortunately, it's the story of the British manufacturing industry. Most of the big names have now disappeared. Each has it's own...
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread GEC WITTON WORKS.
    That I believe that was the crux of it, and yes the golden handshakes or parachutes are there. Much the same as in GE in the US. Jack...
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    Richard Dye reacted to trevor bow's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    So it was down to very poor management decisions on a huge scale by the sound of it, and the sad fact is that these managers are...
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread GEC WITTON WORKS.
    I think that Lucas’s quality was not good, also they tried to get into some other areas as technology shifted and it did not work well...
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    Richard Dye reacted to trevor bow's post in the thread GEC WITTON WORKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Why did all these great companies like GEC, Lucas etc just disappear ? Was it that much bigger companies took them over and the...
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