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Hi Out in the sticks, New to the site, sorry to disagree on a few points, but I believe the guy at the front was an electrical foreman called Bryant ,,,,first name I think was Reg, ….and you are almost right about the garage foreman’s name, it was Farmery not Farmer …Reg Farmery, he was a...

Hi Neil, I’m a Newbe to the site and am only just beginning to understand how it works…I think this reply may trigger a ‘ pop up ‘ notification for you? I’ve shared a few memories with Punch …see pages 13 and 14 and your posts also awakened memories from the past…. Pilger Mill,,.. recall...

Hi Punch, your reply has made my day …. remember working with Nigel Brooks both as apprentices and then as he was a couple of years older than me him as a fitter and me still as an apprentice - we made and fitted replacement hydraulic steel pipes for the GFM machine. And interesting to hear...

Hi Punch, Don’t know what happened to my reply, must have pushed the wrong button! Anyway good to hear your memories of Tubes. Unfortunately I don’t remember working with you, but back then if you were on a different team you only ever saw people during end of shift / start overs ….. although I...

Hi Punch, good to hear from you…. Have sent a reply, but can’t find it on the forum If it doesn’t turn up, I will re type and send again. The Lad

Hi, the continental shift pattern was basically a continuous 24 shift pattern of 3x8hr shifts, 7 days a week. Typically we would work 6 days on the 6 - 2 shift, get two days off and return for 6 more days on the 2 - 10 shift, ….2 days off and return for the 10 - 6 shift fitters….effectively we...

Hi Neiljarvo, I remember you as an apprentice although I don’t think we were ever teamed up. You mentioned the wall collapsing - the road was Catherine Street, strange that you were working on the 6 - 2 shift as I came on for the 2 - 10 shift and remember looking in the trench and even picking...

Hi I’m a Newbe, but worked at Tubes from 1963 to 1970, initially as an engineering apprentice 63 - 68 then in the maintenance department for a Further 2 years, leaving in September 70 to join Joseph Lucas at King Street as a draughtsman. I noticed a few names that I certainly recall and have...

Hi I’m a Newbe to these sites, but interested in Rocky Lane / Tubes Ltd. I was an engineering apprentice at Tubes 1963 - 68 and then worked in the maintenance department for a further 2 years, leaving in September 1970 to work as a draughtsman at Joseph Lucas - King Street. Certainly remember WH...