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I knew Bill Carpenter very well. We used to walk up the ‘Rock’ at lunchtime for exercise quite often. A real gentleman.

Norman Cooper was also a character. He was well known for his ‘Cooperisms’ . I.e. “Has any body seen my projecting pencil” . “What are the men corrugated over there for”. When out to lunch with a supplier he was asked if he would like a serviette he replied “ I could eat a bugger if you can” .

I remember Harold Jarvis from my time at Elmdon works. He was a character. He drove for the funeral directors and used to fill his own car up from the company pumps. One day he was caught pushing his own car into the company yard after miscalculating his fuel consumption.

When the ‘Met‘ club was sold to Wolverhampton and Dudley Brewery in 1985 I became chairman of what was then called the Beaufort Club. Ron Collis was club secretary. I retired from the position in 1991 after moving to Derby. Happy days .

The upper floor of the building on the right was the stewards flat; the opposite end was the groundsmans flat.