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    TEXTILE ASSEMBLIES Ltd

    Hello. Joined Textile Assemblies in the early 90's....Mr David Bloom (Director). Mr Barry Bloom (Manager). Mr Gerald Bloom (Senior Director). I was hired as the Works Manager. T. Assemblies produced mainly automotive interior trim parts. For example Jaguar door pocket frames, cut fibre glass...
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    Midland Counties Dairy

    Yes. You are correct. Address was Baggot Street. Corner of Baggot Street and corporation. Yes there was a triangular grassy island out front.....
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    UTTERBEST LTD

    There should be a purpose. You are right. Originally I worked for Raddalls Ltd. They were taken over by Utterbest. Worked for Utterbest in the 80's-90's. They made anything that came along. Survival. They merged with another company Space Savers Ltd. Making traffic flow and powered barriers...
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    Brooke Tool Greet

    Yes, you're right... Brooke Tools, Greet. We were Apprentices at the training room upstairs.... There were about five Apprentices in my year. We had to walk down the drive and on the left was the workers entrance. All the workers with their sandwich boxes, thermus and ta-ta hats on. I think the...
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    Brooke Tool Greet

    Brook Tools....... Let's walk down memory lane.
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    UTTERBEST LTD

    UTTERBEST LTD
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    Newman Tonks - Newtown

    Lived in Erdington.... Just started my family. Oldest daughter was one year old. The chap in charge of the loading bay, just can't remember his name. But shout out to/for him for being one of the nice guys I have met over the years....
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    Newman Tonks - Newtown

    Hello. Worked at Newman and tonks 1977-1979. Delivering. Wow! Those boxes were heavy..... I delivered door furniture (As they called it) letter boxes, door knobs, hinges, locks, push plates etc. I was stationed in the warehouse/loading bay.... Was not allowed beyond the plastic curtains where I...
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    T. A. Savery. Bracebridge St. Aston

    Will do. And thank you. Trying to get in touch with the other Apprentices of 1967, 1968 and 1969.
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    T. A. Savery. Bracebridge St. Aston

    Yes. The very same. I am now going to delve into history of T. A. Savery a little deeper.
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    T. A. Savery. Bracebridge St. Aston

    Thank you Richard, for your response. A fellow apprentice, Neville, he has so much memories and information. He will be joining the group soon.
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    The Ice Cream Man

    Hello, fellow ice cream van fan. Yes it was a very special treat for us..... It was even more exciting looking back waiting, staring through the curtains. Waiting for. Mother to say, yes or no. But when the yes came, man, oh man...... Waiting in the queue, long queue for that first lick, the...
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    T. A. Savery. Bracebridge St. Aston

    Hello. Do you remember? Or have you worked for T. A. Savery? Served apprenticeships 1968 onwards. They built and designed some very classy precision engineered hydraulic pumps etc. Sent all over the world. Ricky, Neville, Roger and Rowan.... We served our apprenticeship supervised by Mac and...
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