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FortyFour said:
My grandad, Bertie Fred Bolton of Halesowen worked at Longbridge for many years as a press tool maker, sadly dying as a result of a work accident in 1954. I've found some family photos, two were presumably taken at the Longbridge plant. The others are of two cars (one with my grandad in the passenger seat) - which I am assuming would have come off the production line at Austin? The other is if my grandad in a group of people which I think could be a works outing. If these last 3 are off topic I'm happy to remove, but I don't really know why they exist as they were in a box of photos we found in the loft. Posting as would like to share with anyone who is interested. Of course, if anyone can offer any information about any of the photos, these would be greatly received.View attachment 185328
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Super photos!
 
FortyFour said:
My grandad, Bertie Fred Bolton of Halesowen worked at Longbridge for many years as a press tool maker, sadly dying as a result of a work accident in 1954. I've found some family photos, two were presumably taken at the Longbridge plant. The others are of two cars (one with my grandad in the passenger seat) - which I am assuming would have come off the production line at Austin? The other is if my grandad in a group of people which I think could be a works outing. If these last 3 are off topic I'm happy to remove, but I don't really know why they exist as they were in a box of photos we found in the loft. Posting as would like to share with anyone who is interested. Of course, if anyone can offer any information about any of the photos, these would be greatly received.View attachment 185328
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nice photos...looks like he is wearing a chauffeurs uniform in one of the photos..do you know the location of the 2 car photos ? as your grandad sadly died due to an accident at work i would think it was reported in the newspapers..

lyn
 
Astoness said:
nice photos...looks like he is wearing a chauffeurs uniform in one of the photos..do you know the location of the 2 car photos ? as your grandad sadly died due to an accident at work i would think it was reported in the newspapers..

lyn
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Hi Lyn,

Sorry for the delay in replying to you. I don't know where the car photos are taken, unfortunately. My grandad always lived around the Shell Corner area of Halesowen, but I've not spotted anything that matches the houses in the photos around there (I don't live in the area so it is tricky to decipher locations); I'm not sure if they had travelled somewhere else to have these photos taken. I'm not sure if the man in the chauffer uniform is family - there's no one still living who can give me any context for the photo, so I don't know if the subject of the photo is the person or the car.

Have had a look through some newspaper archives to see if I can find a report. No luck yet but I know articles are getting uploaded to all the times. The only clipping I have is one that my dad's family kept (attached).
 

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