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    H W Wards Lathe Makers, Selly Oak. Any ex Apprentices out there?

    Tony Gough, thanks for the fantastic detail you have provided. Last time we met was at the NEC years ago. How are you young man?
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    H W Wards Lathe Makers, Selly Oak. Any ex Apprentices out there?

    I'm ok thank you. Great to see all these names from the past....more, Graham Fincham, Wayne Hawkes, Richard Hall, school friends of mine. It's great to have this forum. Wards was a brilliant well thought of machine tool engineering company. If you were fortunate to get on the Wards...
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    H W Wards Lathe Makers, Selly Oak. Any ex Apprentices out there?

    Hi Dick, great to hear from you and to see all these names from the past. At the beginning of the Lockdown I was in touch with Ivor Mittion and John Day on FaceBook. John told me about the re-union and the plan to have more; then the dreaded pandemic came along. In the recent past I came across...
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    H W Wards Lathe Makers, Selly Oak. Any ex Apprentices out there?

    Hi to all the H W Wards family, I served my apprenticeship 1966 to 1971. My training officer was Phil Luke, good man. I had my machine shop training, remember Ron Bass well, good man and I had the fitting bench training. I spent time in Design Office and Jig & Tool/process planning Office. After...
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