Crane's screw and colgryp castor company Ltd

[AstonGazz]

HI all, Calling all ex-workers of this screw making factory in floodgate street digbeth Birmingham. Any memories of this ex mission hall building.
cheers, Gazz.

 

[jennyann]

Hi AstonGazz: There is a page for this company on Friendsreunited.co.uk with some ex-workers listed there.https://www.friendsreunited.com/cra...r/People/a0181037-0153-49af-b5a4-9dd1884c0591 Other members on the forum may have worked there and know about the building.

 

[AstonGazz]

Cheers jennyann:
What a quick reply just tryed that link great info,it was my first job after leaving school.My dad was the heading forman there but sadly died 4 years before i started as a machine operator.

 

[postie]

found this picture on ebay

 

[AstonGazz]

Thanks postie: Nice photo never even considered e-bay for any info your a star
regards Gazz.

 

[TOP5Y]

Can anyone tell me if the company is still operating?

Thanks

 

[brumgum]

There's a picture of the building on this thread...
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=23984&page=2&highlight=river+street+digbeth

 

[TOP5Y]

Hi 'Brumgum'

Sorry but that doesn't look anything like the building I used to work in during my apprenticeship - as I remember it was a single storey factory unit. Can anyone else help?

Thanks anyway.

 

[s.widds]

hi all I worked at crane screw fasteners my first job when I was 16 I was a customer liaison clerk in the office my names simon it would of been in 1979 the manger was a friend of mine and lived in Dudley but lost touched when I left I was only there a year it was a big old building the one in the pictures

 

[GRAHAM RUSSON]

My Mother Mary Russon of 55 Floodgate St worked at Crane Screw from 1948 to 1964. Anyone remember her?