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  • Graham 'Chippy' Aston on GERALD (RORY) MOORE

    25/01/2021
    Hi, would this gentleman have still been at F&P during my time there, I vaguely remember someone in the old...

  • Maxim on 750 ton Straightening & Trimming Press, O/No. X87470, c.1974

    17/01/2021
    Hi John B. Did you responded to my e-mail? Please resend answer, I didn't get it. Thank you. Ed: Response...

  • Rod Dillon on GODFREY ‘OLIVER’ CROMWELL

    16/01/2021
    My wife and I knew Godfrey, I played squash against him many times in the eighties, it was always a...

  • Maxim on 750 ton Straightening & Trimming Press, O/No. X87470, c.1974

    15/01/2021
    Hi everyone. Today, January 15, 2021. Our company work on one of this Fielding 750 tons power press from order...

  • Graham 'Chippy' Aston on RICHARD (MOGGSY) MORGAN

    13/01/2021
    More sad news. Moggsy Morgan, I remember you and, as Bob Howell says, you were quite a character! R.I.P

  • Bob Howell on RICHARD (MOGGSY) MORGAN

    09/01/2021
    I’ve known Mogs for over 60 years, first at school, then our apprenticeship at Fielding's, from September 1966 and later...

  • Phil Allen on PETER VALLENDER

    21/12/2020
    Very sad news to hear about Pete and RIP mate. I worked with Pete for a few years whilst serving...

  • Graham 'Chippy' Aston on PETER VALLENDER

    18/12/2020
    That is very sad news about Pete, I remember him from my days at F&P, a nice man, he worked...

  • Pete Longdon on Fielding’s Apprentices’ Association badge

    15/11/2020
    Assuming no one upgraded this badge, in 1956 I designed and signed off on the final badge embroidered by Golden...

  • Ray Cayless on Birthday Celebrations

    09/11/2020
    A great picture ! I am Ray Cayless (5th from the left with dark hair and moustache). I don't remember...

  • Michael Bruton on Redman Series 6, Mk 1 & Mk 2 Bumper Bar Forming Machines, under construction in the new fitting shop, O/No. W84750 & W86250, c.1974

    09/11/2020
    Hi John, it's been a while, like 47 years! I will always be grateful for doing my apprenticeship at Redmans...

  • Michael Bruton on Redman, Series 6, Mk2, Bumper Bar Forming Machine, fitted with ‘dummy’ tooling, O/No. W81760, c.1972

    09/11/2020
    I did my apprenticeship with Redman in Worcester and was eventually their Hydraulic Engineer. I was actively involved in the...

  • Chris Farley on 8 ton Mobile Manipulator, supplied to British Steel, River Don Works, Sheffield, O/No. X78940, c.1971

    06/11/2020
    Whilst working out my first redundancy notice, I helped bleed the brakes on this manipulator. I was a draughtsman at...

  • Pete Charlton on 2000 ton Four Column Pull-Down Press, under construction in the new fitting shop, O/No. F80620, c.1972

    05/11/2020
    1st photo, I think that would be Berne O'Neil, slinger. Ed: Thanks for that Pete. I am sure 'Chippy' will...

  • Graham 'Chippy' Aston on 30 ton Railbound Manipulator, O/No. G95840/50, c.1979

    04/11/2020
    Hi John, in the last photo I'm sure the young man standing next to Brian Gage is Nigel Jackson, whom...

  • Ann Morgan on Apprentice intake 7 February 1949

    28/10/2020
    My Dad (Don Morgan) was an apprentice at Fielding & Platt and began his apprenticeship in February 1949 with two...

  • Pippa Edwards on John Fielding brought to life once again!

    25/10/2020
    My father, 'Mr Jack', was deafened by guns in WW1 and so could not fight again; instead he worked in...

  • David McDade on 3000 ton Closed Die Forging Press, view taken on site, O/No. 67710, c.1969

    18/10/2020
    Hi folks, I have the dubious honour of being the last ever Barr Thomson apprentice. I worked there right up...

  • sue Helliwell on Photograph of the Pattern Shop

    15/10/2020
    My grandfather and father both worked in the pattern shop. Richard Carter and his son Frank Carter. Sue Helliwell Ed:...

  • Roy Ashmeade on Apprentices

    01/09/2020
    Roy Ashmeade wrote as follows on 30th August 2020: - "My father Harry Ashmead & uncle William Ashmead were both...

  • ALASTAIR M BELL on 3600 ton Plate Bender, O/No. 5555, c.1946

    28/08/2020
    John, I think O/No.5555 must have been used quite often as it required a lot of expertise to operate and...

  • ALASTAIR M BELL on 3600 ton Plate Bender, O/No. 5555, c.1946

    26/08/2020
    I worked on this machine several times between 1974 and 1979. I was employed in the maintenance department under Jim...

  • John Bancroft on James Platt

    18/08/2020
    David Brown wrote in to fieldingandplatthistory@gmail.com on the 17th August 2020 the following, part of which is reprinted here: -...

  • Rosalind Lam (née Marshall) on Ted Marshall

    15/08/2020
    It was wonderful to see the interview with my father Ted Marshall. I used to stay at Number 8, Llanthony...
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  • GERALD (RORY) MOORE

    22/01/2021
    Gerald passed away on January 17th 2021 at Chaxhill Hall Care Home. He was 82 years old. A private Funeral ...

  • RICHARD (MOGGSY) MORGAN

    07/01/2021
    Richard passed away on December 16th 2020 at the age of 71. He started his Apprenticeship in 1966, the same ...

  • PETER VALLENDER

    13/12/2020
    Peter passed away on the 21st November 2020 at the age of 71. He commenced his apprenticeship in 1966. A ...

  • GODFREY 'OLIVER' CROMWELL

    05/12/2020
    Godfrey passed away on November 17th 2020, at the age of 80. A private funeral has been arranged. Godfrey started ...
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