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  • 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.

  • Gordon Tozer on Phil Allen

    17/06/2020
    Just catching up with posts on this website and enjoyed reading this once again. Haven't visited the site for some...

  • Chris Dickson on Ralph Ernest Platt

    15/06/2020
    Hello John! My cousin has five photographs in a family album taken at Filleigh House in, I should say, the...

  • Chris Farley on Ken Juggins and colleague

    05/06/2020
    I remember Ken Juggins as a lovely man, quite quiet and with a dry sense of humour. I was a...

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

    03/06/2020
    Just read the comment from D Worthington from Bolton who also remembered the plaque I remember on the diesel engine...

  • 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,...
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  • LIONEL LANE

    22/08/2020
    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)

    04/07/2020
    Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is with regret that the 2020 Annual Reunion in August has had to be ...

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

    01/07/2020
    60 years on and still going strong!

  • PETER SKELTON

    26/06/2020
    It is with sadness we have to make known that Pete passed away on Friday 12th June 2020. He was ...
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