Does Anyone Remember Bone Cravens?

[melthebell 863]

Mi dad (Brian Mellor) used to mention Bone Cravens quite a bit as well as Firth Browns

[Woodhouse lad 0]

On 30 December 2014 at 01:14, Jim Hardie said:

 

Do a search. There are three other threads on the subject.

 

On 27 November 2014 at 10:16, JEB1 said:

Does anyone remember Bone Cravens (not the trailer company). I worked there in the late seventies. I was a good place to work all in all. The people who worked there were great for the most part.

If anybody remembers working there please post your memories.

Worked @ Bone Cravens in the 70's as a Miller/horizontal borer on gidding &lewis borers one sited at the side of Arthur Taylor's office (machine shop foreman) and lastly

the other sited in the assembly shop where the hpm's were built next to the Wadkin 

platten miller.

[Woodhouse lad 0]

59 minutes ago, melthebell said:

Mi dad (Brian Mellor) used to mention Bone Cravens quite a bit as well as Firth Browns

Worked @Firth Browns in number 5 bay there was a bloke that worked on the Richard horizontal borer called Mick Mellor any relation .

[Woodhouse lad 0]

On 30 December 2014 at 01:14, Jim Hardie said:

 

Do a search. There are three other threads on the subject.

Worked there in 70's remember a lot of lads

foremen, Dennis  Maguire,John Bullock ,Arthur Taylor,George Gott,Keith Riley

many lads in machine shop,not enough space to name them  all many apologies 

lads.Great times lots of fond memories alas gone like most of Sheffield's engineering

companies.

[melthebell 863]

11 minutes ago, Woodhouse lad said:

Worked @Firth Browns in number 5 bay there was a bloke that worked on the Richard horizontal borer called Mick Mellor any relation .

doesnt ring a bell

[Woodhouse lad 0]

On 30 December 2014 at 01:14, Jim Hardie said:

 

Do a search. There are three other threads on the subject.

 

15 hours ago, melthebell said:

doesnt ring a bell

Did you ever live in Woodhouse ?

[melthebell 863]

34 minutes ago, Woodhouse lad said:

 

Did you ever live in Woodhouse ?

yup, 1979 - 1988 (my formative years), down near the junction

[Woodhouse lad 0]

7 hours ago, melthebell said:

yup, 1979 - 1988 (my formative years), down near the junction

I lived on tithe barn from 1967-1976.My sister use to live near junction overlooking 

woodhouse railway station.

[melthebell 863]

7 minutes ago, Woodhouse lad said:

I lived on tithe barn from 1967-1976.My sister use to live near junction overlooking 

woodhouse railway station.

sounds like she lived just below us on the top of the Badger

[Woodhouse lad 0]

She lived on goathland close

[melthebell 863]

1 hour ago, Woodhouse lad said:

She lived on goathland close

yup we did LOL

[Phil Shaw 10]

On 20/05/2019 at 16:22, Woodhouse lad said:

Worked at Bone Cravens in mid seventies in machine shop/assembly shop.Remember 

having some great times with the lads brilliant place to work.Can anybody remember 

any of the machinist that worked there?

I was an apprentice fitter/turner there from 1968 - 1977. I built every size of injection moulding machines from 200Tons (pressure) to 2000 Tons.  Worked  under foremen Gordon Baxter and Georgie Gott (Gottie). Happy days!

1 minute ago, Phil Shaw said:

I was an apprentice fitter/turner there from 1968 - 1977. I built every size of injection moulding machines from 200Tons (pressure) to 2000 Tons.  Worked  under foremen Gordon Baxter and Georgie Gott (Gottie). Happy days! Had a good mate called Keith Parkin who was a turner in the bottom machine shop.