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Ionic Plating Works

I left in 1968 but share lasting impressions of the place with you all. I think it's great that there is still a few of us around to tell the story.

I too remember the canteen. Jim and I used to go down & collect the hot bacon and sausage sandwiches in little white paper bags and take them back to the lab for morning break. All the lab staff used to congregate in a corner of the lab for this daily ritual. Frank Paget used to dominate proceedings of course.

Dave
 
The canteen ..... the wonderful lady in charge was Mick Lehane's (progress chaser and transport) wife. She was a kind soul and just like Mick, full of fun. I think her name was Lil, but not 100 % sure after all these years. I bet Jimmy Gull will remember.

When I was working morning shifts, we'd head up to the canteen for a cooked breakfast; tea, bacon and egg with canned tomatoes and a slice of buttered bread for the princely sum of ninepence. If Gren Picken, Gordon Woodley and Bob Belcher were present the laughter was almost continuous. Blissful times.

Brian, where are you living now? Dave is in Poole and I'm in the sticks near Ludlow.

Fred
 
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