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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 ...
Centenary Film
10/06/2020
A film made to commemorate the centenary of the company in 1966
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 ...
MIKE HEWLETT
21/01/2020
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Sadly,Mike passed away on December 29th 2019 at the age of 84. BUT, due to the sad demise of Mike’s ...
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
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
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
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
30/08/2019
Roy passed away peacefully on the 20th August 2019 at the age of 82. Whilst at F & P, he ...
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
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
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
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
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
18/02/2019
for Turners Asbestos Cement Ltd., c.1938
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Roy Ashmeade
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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
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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
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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
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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: -...
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