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  • Barbara Vosnakis on Engine and Hydraulic Press, c.1936

    20/04/2019
    Hi! I am very interested in this old diesel engine as I have lived in Scala, Kefalonia, for 25 years...

  • Alan Bond on 1600 ton Horizontal Extrusion Press, O/No. 65580, c.1965

    14/04/2019
    I worked with this machine for thirty years, 1976 to 2006. One of two installed at Witham. The factory closed...

  • Steven Ashton on Edith May Williams (nee Willey)

    10/04/2019
    Arthur and Edith were my grandparents. Sadly missed but never forgotten. Thanks for the efforts in making this available. Steven...

  • colin price on Dave Budrey remembers the Tool Room

    05/04/2019
    Hi! I am Colin Price; the borer in the tool room was Jack Price, my father. Ed: Colin, thanks for...

  • Sue Sysum on The Maintenance Department

    17/03/2019
    Glad to see pictures of my grandfather, Jack Sysum. My dad was really pleased to see the photos of his...

  • Roy Popejoy on F & P Apprentices outside Gloucester Technical College Brunswick Road

    03/03/2019
    This photograph was taken outside Gloucester college.This would have been 1969 ish coming to the end of T5. All of...

  • Graham 'Chippy' Aston on The Home Guard

    03/03/2019
    First right, back row, looks like someone from the Heavy machine shop, Nobby ?; second right, back row, possibly Les...

  • Dave on 4000 ton Plate Stretching Machine, views taken on site, O/No. 57180, c.1959

    27/02/2019
    That's it! "Loewy" I was trying to remember this name. It was cast into the parts that went to Germany....

  • Dave on 4000 ton Plate Stretching Machine, views taken on site, O/No. 57180, c.1959

    26/02/2019
    I'm thinking it was the larger machine which was repaired and I say this because of the location of the...

  • Dave on 4000 ton Plate Stretching Machine, views taken on site, O/No. 57180, c.1959

    25/02/2019
    Perhaps the name for the other stretcher at Alcan in the 80's was the "Magnum"? I worked in the machine...

  • Steve Davis on The Home Guard

    06/02/2019
    Stan Russell, middle row far left. Ed: Stan, many thanks for the information. Let's hope we can identify a few...

  • Andrew Hillier on Leonard “Peno” Lane

    31/01/2019
    My grandfather and great grandfather! Ed: Hi Andrew! Thanks for the info. Glad you spotted this one on our ever-increasing...

  • virginia singdahlsen on Kate Platt

    29/01/2019
    In the hopes that Dorothy Saul-Pooley checks in with this sight I am the granddaughter of John Platt, sister of...

  • Trevor Hill on 120 BHP 4 cyl. Vertical Oil Engine, c.1935

    22/01/2019
    John, I am still hoping that some day I will hear of one of the vertical diesels still in existence...

  • Sealy Gilles on The Platt Family Tree

    22/01/2019
    Greetings to the Platt family. I am an American researcher working on a history of Edith Rickert, an American scholar...

  • keith hickman on F & P Fire Brigade

    17/01/2019
    In the fire brigade photograph the person extreme right is my father Bill Hickman. He left Fieldings in 1950 so...

  • ALISTAIR ADAMS on Artists impression of a Kerb Take – off gear, c.1968

    15/01/2019
    In 1966 while an apprentice, I was sent alone to Alum Rock in the West Midlands to install a prototype...

  • Will on Doris Marjorie Fielding

    04/01/2019
    I was intrigued by Marjorie after seeing her on the Lavender Hill Mob this morning! It appears she was actually...

  • John Bancroft on Staff in the canteen

    02/01/2019
    The person on the right is Janice Sucking, canteen manageress.

  • Amit on Engineering Specification, 600 ton Forging Press, (O/No. 5440/54)

    11/12/2018
    Are these type of presses still in operation . What is the build quality and performance of such C frame...

  • Dorothy Saul-Pooley on Kate Platt

    05/12/2018
    I am doing a lot of research into Kate Platt with a view to writing her biography. I have some...

  • Daren Hales on Walter Organ remembers the garage and Jim Fielding’s cars

    03/12/2018
    Pete Hales was indeed the mechanic and shared many fond memories with me of his time at F&P. Like when...

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

    06/11/2018
    This press is still in operation at Arconic Forgings, Ickles Works, Rotherham. Ed: Steven, many thanks for the information. Good...

  • Paul Evans on David Gapp

    29/10/2018
    We're sorry to announce that Len Gapp has recently passed away, aged 91. His funeral service is at Gloucester Crematorium...
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  • Donald Blake

    15/04/2019
    Today we have to record the death of another ex-colleague, Donald (Don)  Blake, on the 23rd of March 2019. He was ...

  • Reunions

    06/03/2019
    THE FIRST REUNION OF 2019  took place on Saturday 2nd March at Gloucestershire Archives. It took the form of a ...

  • 60 ton Vertical Press, O/No. 9369, c.1941

    06/03/2019
    for Impregnated Diamond Products Ltd., c.1941

  • 80 ton Shell Heading Press, O/No. 9646, c.1941

    06/03/2019
    for the Ministry of Supply, c.1941
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