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    Wilkes and Godwin

    Thank you for your reply, BobJ...a great pity I couldn't add to my previous post, esp: concerning your father. The bloke who was over the whole works may have been your father but other than telling his build, (which was relatively stocky but not fat) and attire, (grey two-piece, or maybe with a...
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    Wilkes and Godwin

    I worked there as a young plater in late 50's doing chrome, cadmium, copper and silver plate with bronzing for latter two. I worked with/under two brothers, one being a foreman. One was called Steve. My older sisters worked there too on "wiring up". The supervisor seemed a decent bloke but...
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    Barbers tea

    My pleasure.
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    Barbers tea

    Hi there, I thought you might like to know that I worked at Barber's Teas for almost 3 years. I was booted out aged 19 as "redundant" after Twinings of London bought the company. The main boss was a Mr Stanley (as we called him) with a less senior partner called My Waugh. He was the only...
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    Wrensons shops

    Hi...its an old post, but here goes: S&H today Sperry and Hutchison no longer has redemption centers but the company does offer online redemptions. The company is now called S&H Greenpoints and its website www.greenpoints.com launched in 2000. If you found a few books of stamps in the back of...
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