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    Delta Metal Dartmouth Street

    Brian Westwood was married to the head of Personnel. I remember he decided to build a kitchen extension on his house and removed a large portion of the wall without seeking builder's advice, or using acro props. The whole front fell off. He also came to the garage hours after getting a new car...
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    Delta Metal Dartmouth Street

    You must have been these the same time as I was - I was a driver so was either washing the director's cars or driving them around the country. During quiet moments Les taught me to play Crib! I was there for two years and left to go to university before Thatcher's economic nightmare made...
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    Delta Metal Dartmouth Street

    I remember Bill - he was in charge of site services at the offices! It's one of my greatest regrets that I lost touch with Les after I left Delta and by the time I made contact with his wife Les had passed on. Yes - Bill and Les were great friends, but only a fool would cross them!
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    Delta Metal Dartmouth Street

    Apologies for not finding this forum sooner... I worked with Les Roach at Delta Rod Holdings in the late 70's. I saw some posts on here about him and his son. I only knew Les after his son died so never knew Jim, but I know that Les was heartbroken by his loss. Les had been a Royal Marine and...
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