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I worked in various positions all over Ionic from 1960 to 1986, 26 years!! I must have known you Jim Gull. shortly after I started Jack Brains son worked in the garage, he was backing the Mark 9 out of the garage gates and had the driver’s side door open to see at the back where he was reversing...

MichelleC I remember Ernie very well, I worked at Ionic for 26 years and it was the best experience of my life, I worked in most parts of Ionic, progress chaser, heat treatment, stores, barrel section plating, still vat section plating, working alongside Ernie, best boss ever was Ron Stockley...

So many stories not told and so many people not mentioned.

There was on the opposite corner to the Windsor Theatre, a dance hall called the Coliseum, it could at times be a bit rough, it was the start of the Teddy Boy / Ladywood Gangs era, the Coliseum was bought by Bearwood Motors, next door to the Coliseum was Ken Wharton’s garage, after Kens death...

His father was Bert, who had run into ticker trouble as an Ionic employee; when he recovered he was given a job in the lab on Quality Control. He was a great one for a bet on the gee gees, and I recall his smug satisfaction after I'd repeatedly told him Red Rum never stood a chance; nice man...

Like Dave Quick I recognised you instantly. I have one very clear memory of you telling me that my then girl friend Judith who was waiting in reception for me to finish the shift, had good legs! So did Jimmy Gull but not in such polite terms, definitely not Jimmy Gull!! I knew Fred Malloy, but...

don't go back to the old Ionic, its so sad to see it now after what it was.....

There were two fires, one was in the original factory and was over the Barrel Section cleaning line, the first I knew about it was when Ron Hale from the Human Resources bought our P45, round to our house and to tell us we had been made unemployed due to the fire. The second fire was in 21...

The little guy was name Harry Bolton, for some obscure reason he was nicknamed “Little Napper” he lived on Quinton Road West, I used to repair his car. He was mad on dog racing, he once asked me “what would you do if you lost £100 on a bet”? I think I was on about £3 a week in the 1960s at that...

24 July 1986, my redundancy cheque was dated...Jim G

Ionic plating was in Grove St, Bham 18, it shared a junction in the road with Grove Lane, that junction was at the top of the road, where the side of Grove Cinema was. Just past the Grove Cinema, still on the left hand side going towards Birmingham on the Dudley Road was Halburton Street, that...