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Anyone remember Airlite? Dave Q

Looks grim. You're right Jim, best I just leave the old images in the memory bank. Dave

Great picture. Like the pensive pose with cigarette in hand of course. Dave

Hi Fred, thanks for explaing that. I thought I was going mad because I remember getting off the bus in Dudley Road & walking down Grove Street to the reception on the right hand side. So obviously not the GKN building in the picture. I think the stairs hit you almost as soon as you walked into...

Where was the reception in the late '60s?

Somebody put me right on this. Is that road forking off right Grove Street going towards the Cape & is the left fork with the cyclist Halberton Street?

Hi Frankf7, what a great picture. Do you know approx when this was taken? If you've got any more pics you can share with us, please do. The thread has been quite active recently

The little progress chaser, was it Harry something? Wierd but I remember him & his arm in a sling

Re the pic at the New Inns Ionic Christmas party: I think this must have been about 1966/67. The guy singing into the mike next to LW is Dave Clark, chemist who worked with Alan Kenny on the barrel section, and next to him, looking rather wet behind the ears, is yours truly! It took some time...

Chris. Boom! I recognised you instantly on that photo. Can you identify any body else on that fabulous picture? Dave

Hi Chris, I think I remember you but so long ago. I was chemist on the vat section so always hanging on the bar by the cleaners where you girls loaded the jigs. Roy Castle married a girl from the wiring section I think. Dave Quick

Hi Matthew, there's not much in the memory bank but I always remember how Ada used to slice the bread by clutching the loaf & sawing towards her with a bread knife without injury. She was quite good at it. People didn't have a lot in those days, so breadboards were probably deemed unnecessary &...

Pic of me & my sister at 323 Cherrywood. That's the GPO building in the background

OK that explains things. I recall going to the Neales to watch TV as a kid, we never had one so it was a real treat. Cyrille & Ada used to have a car as well & they would take Keith & I for a rides into the country on summer Sunday afternoons. That was great too. Wow, how do I remember this...

Lord knows. When I moved south I lost touch with everybody regretfully. The only ones I ever bumped into were Eddie Baker, Tom Ketteridge & Roy Castle and that was years ago. It's 50 years since my time at Ionic so anybody I know is going to be at least as ancient as me, if they are still around...

It's great to see a surviving Wallbank contributing to this thread. Working for Ionic remains etched in the memory bank as seems to be the case for many. Why? I don't know except that we were a more carefree lot working hard but managing to enjoy working life just the same. There were also...

Bert Wallbank always told a joke at the Christmas party. I never forgot this one. If you worked at Ionic, you are unlikely to be offended: Young Fanny Green from accounts was making her way across the the plating shop floor sporting a mini skirt which was the current fashion. An observant...

This is a bit of a long shot this but does anybody remember Saltley Spartak? I used to play with them around '65, '66. Used to convene at The Gate, Alum Rock if I remember correctly. Can't remember much about the league we played in or where but players names do come to mind: Roger Deakin, Rob...