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  1. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    right been in touch with a man who started as a lad in 1967 ,and your dads accident was before that.he says he wore a special shoe.i must have been down birmingham when it happened.i was one of the first to start there your dad interviewed me at southwick labour exchange.may- ish 1966
  2. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    i think it must have been when i was training down birmingham june/july 1966,your dad was up at sunderland setting the place up before we came back,when i think he did have a problem with his foot.did it trouble him in later life? john
  3. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    out will ask about.
  4. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    debb really cannot put any light on that one,maybe when the machines were getting taken
  5. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    terrys mother lived near me,if she was visiting her i;d get a lift home,always had a ciggy in her mouth.she was old school and did;nt mince her words.the foreman in the picture was the first one we had james stewart,he soon moved on,i also remember seeing my first computer drilling machine in...
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    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    mr roy hattersley mp opened the sunderland factory in 1966.was one of the board of trade ventures,but when the grants ran out,and winns got their foot in the door with the shipbuilding contracts .closed it down.think i;m the youngest on the photo i was 21.
  7. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    in sunderland 1966 till around 1970,i worked there
  8. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    regarding the dinner dance in 1967,we attended from sunderland,winns put a coach on for us.mr walder was manager.
  9. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    i was at the sunderland factory 1966/1969 and did a spell in birmingham training mr reg walder was factory manager.employed about 50 people
  10. J

    Charles Winn (valves) Ltd

    i started for chas winns in 1966 and trained for the sunderland factory in birmingham.have attached a photo that was in the sunderland echo at the time.one of my first jobs was up at your new house in houghton-le-spring putting your curtain rails up.i was with the company till 1969.text me if...
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