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james potter on 1600 ton Horizontal Aluminium Extrusion Plant, views taken on site, O/No. 63230, c.1963
22/05/2020
Hi John! Yes, I was working on it for about two years. One night I was cutting through a piece...
Peter Smart on TERENCE OWEN DIX
13/05/2020
! worked on the marking out table that backed onto Terry's machine. I bought my first car off him and...
Graham 'Chippy' Aston on KEITH BULLOCK
05/05/2020
I can only just remember Keith from my short time in the toolroom during my apprenticeship, but sad all the...
William Cousins on Cricket team photograph
29/04/2020
Hi I am researching my family history and I have come across this photo. I believe that W. Cousins is...
Graham 'Chippy' Aston on TERENCE OWEN DIX
28/04/2020
Sad to hear about the passing of Terry, I didn't really know him personally, but I do remember him being...
Michael Puusta on Friction Screw Press, c.1953
22/04/2020
This looks like the same (or very similar ) friction screw press we had at Jackson and Froggatt in the...
Jenny Ball on Isabel Linda Fielding
08/04/2020
Can I make a few adjustments to the information relating to Isabel Fielding? She was known as Bellows when young,...
Fred on Irrigation canal using pressed concrete interlocking slabs, photographs c.1970, O/No. K75680, c.1969
07/04/2020
I was the Slab Factory Manager on the Sadova Corabia Irrigation Project based in Ocolna near Dabulenii Romania from 1971...
D Worthington on Engine and Hydraulic Press, c.1936
18/03/2020
I have also seen this engine clearly marked Fieldings of Bolton. I have lived in Bolton all my life, 70+...
Jeremy Kent on 1000 ton ‘Serck’ Type Vertical Extrusion Press, O/No. 6547, c.1951
22/02/2020
Hi, I worked on this as a production worker in 1992, Wednesbury tube had 4 of them and still worked...
Eli Yudkevich on Erco Hysp 300 ton, 75 ton and 150 ton Two-Cylinder Hydraulic Stretch Forming Machines, c.1946
07/02/2020
looking for documentation to reinstall erco 300T . Thanks Ed: Eli, I must advise you that it is extremely unlikely...
Graham 'Chippy' Aston on The Butler Elgamill
31/01/2020
RIP Mike.
Graham 'Chippy' Aston on MIKE HEWLETT
31/01/2020
Sad to hear of the passing of Mike, nice guy, RIP.
Graham 'Chippy' Aston on Fielding & Platt Football Team
31/01/2020
Hi John. A few faces I think I recognise, back left George Claridge, back second right Bill Ashmore maybe and...
Dave Budrey on Ron Curtis talks about his photograph of Bert Hopton, Brian Mince and Charles Hill’s son.
25/01/2020
I believe Mr Hill had the same christian name as his father - Charles. The year was 1960. I also...
Dorothy Saul-Pooley on Francis John Platt
10/01/2020
Kathleen Laura Platt was born on 20th July 1910. Francis Platt travelled extensively on business through occupied France in 1915....
Peter Vallender on An £800 Christmas Prize
06/12/2019
That explains why Dave went for the cash then !!!
sat kang on STEVE BAKER. From Work Experience to Mechanical Design Engineer 1988 until 2000.
27/11/2019
I used to sit between Steve and Ray Cayless in the drawing office. I can remember often walking past his...
satwinder kang on Spare Extrusion Press Main Cylinder, for a 5000 ton Loewy Press, O/No. 30-65850, c.1994
27/11/2019
I remember producing the drawings for the replacement casting working alongside John Davis. Together we visited the site in Hereford...
satwinder kang (sat) on John Davis
27/11/2019
I was the last apprentice to be taken under John's wing. I have great memories of working alongside him and...
Mike Charlesworth on Spare Extrusion Press Main Cylinder, for a 5000 ton Loewy Press, O/No. 30-65850, c.1994
22/11/2019
Hi John, many thanks for your reply. Robert Elkan was indeed the Loewy MD I was referring too. A brilliant...
Mike Charlesworth on Spare Extrusion Press Main Cylinder, for a 5000 ton Loewy Press, O/No. 30-65850, c.1994
19/11/2019
Hi David, I can add some more information about the Loewy 5000ton extrusion Press, "Wigham". The press was designed and...
Merlin James Leverich Platt on Ralph Ernest Platt
11/11/2019
Very nice to see information on my great grandfather Ralph when I was simply googling his name. Peter L. W....
Graham 'Chippy' Aston on Albert Brazington
03/11/2019
I remember Charlie Brazington from my time working on the night shift. At that time he was working on the...

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KEITH BULLOCK
01/05/2020
Sadly, we have to record that Keith passed away on the 20th April 2020, at the age of 85. A ...
TERENCE OWEN DIX
18/04/2020
Known affectionally asTerry by all his colleagues at F & P. It is with sadness that we report that Terry ...
GRAHAM GWILLIAM
06/04/2020
Graham started his apprenticeship in 1953
ANOTHER REUNION
10/03/2020
On Saturday morning, 7th March 2020, a reunion for former F&P employees took place. This was in the form of ...

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