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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 some Witton News mags which are quite interesting with wedding and retirement photos. Earlier in this thread someone mentioned the tunnel between switchgear...

Unfortunately, it's the story of the British manufacturing industry. Most of the big names have now disappeared. Each has it's own story, like GEC, Austin-BMC-MG Rover, Lucas etc, etc......... Pick almost anything up in your house and what does it say? "Made in China". Long gone are the days...

I'm too, am intrigued at the lack of activity in the GEC Witton thread on this site considering how many worked there. I was a drawing office apprentice 1960 - 1965 and stayed until 1967 in Switchgear drawing office 2DO Annexe when there seemed to be a 'wind of change' approaching with the...

Indeed! We were just naive teenagers - I barely knew what the IRA was.

I also went to the Aston Tech annexe in Berners St. Lozells for evening classes which was a pretty run down area even then. The building was a former chapel I think. Gone now, of course, replaced by a row of modern houses. Memory often plays tricks but I seem to remember doing Mechanical...

Hi Richard. That name doesn't ring bells. I did electrical engineering so didn't do that subject. I can only remember Mr Poynten (?). He taught Maths also AC and DC electrical eng. Excellent lecturer. I should have reached HNC level over 5 years but as I didn't have maths 'O' level, I had...

I attended Aston Tech 1960 - 1965 ONC Electrical Eng. - day release as a GEC Witton Apprentice. Good staff but hated the miserable building. It was just as the photo Stitcher posted without the gas lamp! Alan Marriott