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Newey Goodman Ltd Robin Hood Lane

Hi Julia. I was browsing and saw your reply. I enclose 3 photos which you may find of interest. I thought Miss Renouf was the tall one in the wedding photo? My parents are on the left of the photo. Do you know any of the people in the warehouse photo? My father died in1972 and my mother 14 years later. David Jackson became Managing Director and i kept up with him until he died. The factory is now a housing estate but I do remember the very loud pressing machines in the factory floor. I still occasionally see tins of pins with "Dorcas" on the label!

Best wishes

Ian
 

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ianlane said:
Hi Julia. I was browsing and saw your reply. I enclose 3 photos which you may find of interest. I thought Miss Renouf was the tall one in the wedding photo? My parents are on the left of the photo. Do you know any of the people in the warehouse photo? My father died in1972 and my mother 14 years later. David Jackson became Managing Director and i kept up with him until he died. The factory is now a housing estate but I do remember the very loud pressing machines in the factory floor. I still occasionally see tins of pins with "Dorcas" on the label!

Best wishes

Ian
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Hello Ian
Thank you for attaching the three photos. When I worked at Newey Goodmans, 1969 to 1971, Miss Renouf was considerably older than the tall lady in the wedding photo so, although I guess it could be her, I'm afraid I don't recognise her. I do recognise your father on the right of the factory photo, and I'm not sure but possibly Mr Jackson standing next to him, but sorry I don't know who the others are. Yes, I should probably have described the factory as 'very loud' rather than chaotic too. Your father had become ill and started working from home around the time that I left. It's hard to believe it was so many years ago.
Kind regards
Julia
 
Hi I used to work at Newey Goodman's making nappy pins around 1978 -1981? As others have said I have very fond memories of working there from the comradery to the canteen which was great.
As I am coming up to retirement age I remember paying into a pension scheme and wondered if anyone had any idea of how to find out any information on claiming it. I know its along shot and probably not worth the effort but just thought it'd ask? :)
 
This seems to be the company that took over the business when the land was sold for development - I don't know if their Accounts Department might have any idea (possibly not but worth a phone call!)

Laughton and Sons​

Warstock Road
Warstock
Birmingham
B14 4RT
United Kingdom

+44 121 436 6633

Activities​

Manufacturing | Packaging | Colour Cosmetics | Hair Care
 
A Sparks said:
This seems to be the company that took over the business when the land was sold for development - I don't know if their Accounts Department might have any idea (possibly not but worth a phone call!)

Laughton and Sons​

Warstock Road
Warstock
Birmingham
B14 4RT
United Kingdom

+44 121 436 6633

Activities​

Manufacturing | Packaging | Colour Cosmetics | Hair Care
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Laughtons didnt take over Newey , Newey sold the Haircare side of the business to Laughtons and concentrated on the Haby side and the sale funded moving everything to Tipton , doubt that Laughtons would be any help regarding pensions.
Cannot recall who might be able to help regarding pension admin but perhaps the first start should be the Gov site as above post.----Good luck..
 
Mal26 said:
I worked for Newey at the time of their takeover of George Goodman and was therefore part of the office staff that moved to Goodman's office block in Robin Hood Lane . At that time Graham Goodman was managing director , David Jackson was sales director , and I am almost certain that Frank Lane was company secretary . Newey's company secretary , Brian Whitehouse , took over as company secretary of the new company , Newey Goodman , and at this stage Frank Lane became export sales director . I worked for a while under Mr Lane , as I called him , and he was a really wonderful man . A perfect English gentleman , he had a fine sense of humour and endless patience . Marjorie Renouf was certainly Graham Goodman's secretary but she was also secretary to Messrs Jackson and Lane prior to the takeover . Miss Renouf was a tall elegant woman , very laid back , very efficient , with a fine sense of humour and a permanent pleasant smile . Her voice was very distinctive , having no trace of accent and being pitched a little lower than an average woman's voice .
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Hi. Lovely to see the photos. George Goodman was my great grandfather. My grandfather Graham Goodman is in the photo.
Chris
 
ianlane said:
Hi Julia. I was browsing and saw your reply. I enclose 3 photos which you may find of interest. I thought Miss Renouf was the tall one in the wedding photo? My parents are on the left of the photo. Do you know any of the people in the warehouse photo? My father died in1972 and my mother 14 years later. David Jackson became Managing Director and i kept up with him until he died. The factory is now a housing estate but I do remember the very loud pressing machines in the factory floor. I still occasionally see tins of pins with "Dorcas" on the label!

Best wishes

Ian
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That’s Graham Goodman on the left.
 
Radiorails said:
I wonder if this company had outworkers?

The mother of a school chum, who's father had deserted his mother for a , presumably, younger woman did in, her spare time, the job of affixing ladies hair grips to cards which were for resale to shops and stores. From memory I believe that other small objects, such as safety pins or similar, were also part of the inventory she used.

This, I guess, supplemented her income and 'kept the wolf from the door''.
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I remember my mom doing outwork involving carding hairgrips and safety pins around 1953/55 and I did a little bit to help at the age of 7. We lived in Ladywood at the time.
 
My uncle, Jack Woodward, worked there in the 1960s - I think he worked in administration. I remember he took me and my Dad for a drink in the social club once, in his Austin A35. We always referred to the building as "the Pin Factory"
 
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