• Skip to content
Fielding and Platt History
Gathering and sharing memories of
Gloucester's great engineering firm
  • Home
  • About
  • People
  • Machinery
  • The Works
  • The Docks Area
  • Social Life
  • Events
  • Contact us
  • Tell us your story
You are here: HomenextLatest comments

Latest comments

Here you can see a list of the most recently added comments on this site. You can add your own comments at the bottom of any page on the site.

  • 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...

  • Valerie Lawrence on Fielding’s female workers during World War II

    15/08/2020
    My Mum & Dad (Doris & Reginald Austin) were friends of Jim and Doreen Freeman and their Mum, who I...

  • Darren Maloney on Henry Berry Radiator Core Machines, c.1995-1998

    05/08/2020
    I remember working at Henry Berry on a handling cell system for British Nuclear Fuels in the 80's, I can’t...

  • Tony Ravenhill on 1500 ton Forging Press at IFA Precision Forge, Sheffield, Part 3

    02/08/2020
    I was with Vic Holtham on this build had a great time in Sheffield. Vic was a great bloke to...

  • Ray Cayless on STEVE BAKER. From Work Experience to Mechanical Design Engineer 1988 until 2000.

    20/07/2020
    Good to hear that chat between Steve and John, two good Forest accents ! I worked on plenty of jobs...

  • Chris Farley on Fielding Hydraulic Pumps

    14/07/2020
    As an apprentice, in about 1963, I worked on reconditioning an H15 pump with a fitter who taught me a...

  • Alan Wakefield on Cricket team photograph

    02/07/2020
    Roy Wakefield is my dad - long gone now. Had a bit of a Clark Gable look about him, but...

  • Chris Farley on Wayne Roberts

    02/07/2020
    I remember the names that Wayne has listed. The only addition I can think of is Terry Cooper. I started...

  • Graham 'Chippy' Aston on PETER SKELTON

    30/06/2020
    A very familiar face around the works, sad to hear this news. RIP Pete.
Latest pages

  • GRAHAM GWILLIAM

    30/11/2020
    On November 12th 2020, another of our ex-colleagues, Graham, passed away. A private funeral has been arranged. Graham started his apprenticeshp ...

  • LIONEL LANE

    12/11/2020
    It is with sadness we have to announce the demise of this fine old gentleman. Lionel passed away on Saturday ...

  • Programme of events 2020 (Revised)

    12/11/2020
    Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is with regret that the 2020 Annual Reunion in August has had to be ...

  • Photographs

    12/11/2020
    B & W & Colour photographs - a call to arms!
More new pages
  • Friends of Gloucestershire Archives
  • Gloucester City Centre Community Partnership
  • Gloucestershire County Council
  • Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
  • Group Rhodes
  • Heritage Lottery Fund
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Admin login
Content released under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0
Website by CommunitySites