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  • Fielding & Platt Football Team

    Fielding & Platt Football Team

    20/11/2019
    Click on the photograph to enlarge the image. What memories does this photo bring back?  Perhaps you played in this side ...
  • PETER L SIMPSON 1942-2019

    PETER L SIMPSON 1942-2019

    11/11/2019
    An epitaph compiled by Simon Marshall of the Severn Valley Railway.  Grateful thanks to Simon for giving his permission for ...
  • REUNION of ex F & P colleagues and their partners 5th October 2019

    REUNION of ex F & P colleagues and their partners 5th October 2019

    09/10/2019
    Once again the venue was Hardwicke Village Hall. Just over 60 attended. Ollie Taylor opened the proceedings by welcoming everyone ...
  • Updated Fielding & Platt pension scheme details

    Updated Fielding & Platt pension scheme details

    20/09/2019
    The Fielding’s (Redman Heenan Group) Pension scheme was run by a company by the name of St.Modwen and is currently ...
  • ROY ORGAN

    ROY ORGAN

    30/08/2019
    Roy passed away peacefully on the 20th August 2019 at the age of 82. Whilst at F & P, he ...
  • Bill Hoult

    Bill Hoult

    22/08/2019
    My father, Bill Hoult, worked at Fielding & Platt from approximately 1940 until he was made redundant in around 1986.  ...
  • ARTHUR RIGBY

    ARTHUR RIGBY

    08/08/2019
    Tuesday 6th August saw the demise of  yet another of our well-known and respected colleagues, Arthur Rigby. Arthur’s funeral has been ...
  • ERIC PENNING

    ERIC PENNING

    06/06/2019
    Today we have to report the death of yet another former colleague, Eric Penning. Eric joined the Company in 1938 as ...
  • DONALD BLAKE

    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

    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

    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

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

    06/03/2019
    for the Ministry of Supply, c.1941
  • 50 ton Horizontal Reducing Press, O/No. 8498, c.1939

    50 ton Horizontal Reducing Press, O/No. 8498, c.1939

    18/02/2019
    for Rubery Owen Ltd., c.1939
  • 100 ton Six-Station Tile Press, O/No. 8306, c.1938

    100 ton Six-Station Tile Press, O/No. 8306, c.1938

    18/02/2019
    for Turners Asbestos Cement Ltd., c.1938
  • 90 ton Horizontal Extrusion Press, O/No. 8182, c.1938

    90 ton Horizontal Extrusion Press, O/No. 8182, c.1938

    18/02/2019
    for Magnesium Castings Products Ltd., c. 1938
  • 1 ton press, c.1940

    1 ton press, c.1940

    18/02/2019
    for Manu Marble Ltd., Gloucester
  • 70 ton Cartridge Case Tapering Press, O/No. 8272, c.1938

    70 ton Cartridge Case Tapering Press, O/No. 8272, c.1938

    18/02/2019
    for E. Curran & Co. Ltd., c.1938
  • 125 ton Vertical Shell Heading Press, O/No. 8180, c.1938

    125 ton Vertical Shell Heading Press, O/No. 8180, c.1938

    18/02/2019
    for the War Office, c.1938
  • 100 ton Shell Drawing Press, O/No. 8136, c.1937

    100 ton Shell Drawing Press, O/No. 8136, c.1937

    18/02/2019
    for I.C.I Metals, Ltd., for Swansea, c.1937
  • ELSIE LANE

    ELSIE LANE

    08/02/2019
    It is with sadness we report the death of another of our former employees, Elsie Lane. This occurred on January  ...
  • 400 ton Three Mould Stone Press, O/No. 6868, c.1933

    400 ton Three Mould Stone Press, O/No. 6868, c.1933

    06/02/2019
    for Croft Granite Co. c.1933
  • 1000 ton Vertical Extrusion Press, O/No. 6896, c.1933 Views taken in the works)

    1000 ton Vertical Extrusion Press, O/No. 6896, c.1933 Views taken in the works)

    06/02/2019
    for Manganese Bronze Co. Ltd., c.1933
  • 350 ton Radiator Press, O/No. 6878, c. 1933

    350 ton Radiator Press, O/No. 6878, c. 1933

    06/02/2019
    for Serck Radiators Ltd., c.1933
  • 1000 ton Vertical Extrusion Press, O/No. 7082, c.1934

    1000 ton Vertical Extrusion Press, O/No. 7082, c.1934

    06/02/2019
    for Serck Radiators Ltd., c.1934
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  • 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...
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