Your profile pic looks sort of familiar... were you on the Fitting? I was in the Patternshop, my Brother was on the View.
Yeah.. I remember George. Even though I was in the Patternshop I was over talking with Alex much of the time.. I think by the 80's he was on the View by the Boring M/C's. He has loads of M/C Tool pic's I'll see if I can scan them and send them to you.... you may be on some!
Ian
Graham
I am lead to beleive my grandfathers brother in law was a manager at Dunlop - not sure on time scales sometime from 1930 onwards .. His name was William G M Peare (possibly Pearce).
I do know he and his wife went to Ireland and I have a travel document for their return to England again showing him as a manger with Dunlop Rubber in the 50's.
I too would love any additional information relating to him.
Thanks
Sharon
Lyn, My father worked at 'The Dunlop Rubber Co' at the time that Character reference was written, he started there in 1912 in the 'Fabric Prep' department, he served in the Army 1915/18and returned to Dunlops at Aston Cross, (the site later became 'Hercules Cycles') after the war, he was injured there in an explosion in the department but resumed work and moved with the company to Holly Lane, Erdington. This was before Tyburn Road was created and from Aston where he lived the only way there was a tram to Holly Lane at the top of Gravelly hill, then some form of transport down to the factory. Sometimes he'd have a ride on a canal boat from Salford Bridge to the 'Fort' Don Clive.