Does Anyone Remember Bone Cravens?

[Woodhouse lad 0]

Hello Phil

use to work in m/c shop,remember loads of  lads from that era......here goes, Heppy,Fid,

Badge,Kev Taylor ,Danny Walsh,Ray Atkinson,Sammy Ford,Verdi,Karl Kalmar ,Ken Riley (David Bowie look alike),Pete HearsonFrank Chesterton (chestnuts),Ken Hanson,Dave Betts,Big Dave Haythorne,Kenny Richarson,Mick Hughes,Allan Fox,

Harold Purseglove,Keith Lucas,Harry Battersby,Ray Wedge,Tommy Calder,and me

Steve Smith.I remember some of lads face unfortunately cannot recollect their names.

Hope this will jog your memory Phil, happy days that will never be replaced.Best engineering company in Sheffield

Edited August 12, 2019 by Woodhouse lad

[Phil Shaw 10]

What’s your name Woodhouse Lad?

[Phil Shaw 10]

I served my apprenticeship at Bone Cravens and worked 1968 - 1978 building plastic injection moulding machines. I remember Georgie Gott (Gotty), Gordon Baxter, Basil Presir, Pete Dodd, Roy Platts, Keith Riley, Dave Hodgkinson, Jimmy Carter, Pete Johnson, Alan Johnson, Stewart Keys, Bob Monkhouse, Geoff Goodwin, Glynn Alison, Black Mick, Charlie (welder) Tommy France, and many others I can picture but can’t remember all their names - sorry to them who know me! Please remind me your names. Great place, great people, great times, fond memories, lost forever except in my head.

[Coey375 0]

My dad Ronnie Coe worked at Craven's probably in the 60s 70s

[alanfergus 10]

I remember they had a mixed rounders team that played in the works league. I played for Firth Brown Tools and I am still playing aged 68yrs  in the South  Yorkshire league. We play in the summer at Davy's  Prince of Wales Road....come and join us everyone welcome

[Rodger Baxby 0]

I worked at Cravens Machines later Bone Cravens and later still Bone Cravens Daniels  from 1962 until 1983ish as an electrician. Don Williams wks. Man. Tommy France works forman, Harry Dalamore, fitters chargehand, Harold Stapleton, pipefitters, chargehand,  Harold Booth, electricians chargehand later Keith Clough.  Remember  Harry Betts, Wilf Slater, Ken Barnes, Ted Shackleton, Mick Flynn, Stuart Keys, Colin Hope, Arthur Pegg,  Jim Carter, Stuart Elam, Pete Johnson, Bob Bumby,  Dave Standbra, Jez Fitzgearald, Phil Keen, Brian Fitzhugh, Dennis McGuire, Vic Harris. Ken Mallender, Stuart Tinker, Graham Tinker. Charlie and Frank (welders). 1 arm Bill on the gate.

[daffodil123 10]

My husband worked at cravens 1944 to1947 when he went in the marines 

to 1951 went back in1951  for three years he was a wood cutting machinist he left there in 54

[Rodger Baxby 0]

On 04/09/2019 at 22:19, Phil Shaw said:

I served my apprenticeship at Bone Cravens and worked 1968 - 1978 building plastic injection moulding machines. I remember Georgie Gott (Gotty), Gordon Baxter, Basil Presir, Pete Dodd, Roy Platts, Keith Riley, Dave Hodgkinson, Jimmy Carter, Pete Johnson, Alan Johnson, Stewart Keys, Bob Monkhouse, Geoff Goodwin, Glynn Alison, Black Mick, Charlie (welder) Tommy France, and many others I can picture but can’t remember all their names - sorry to them who know me! Please remind me your names. Great place, great people, great times, fond memories, lost forever except in my head.

Another Cravens whalla here 1962-1983 Electrician. See my first post

[Phil Shaw 10]

On 12/08/2019 at 11:42, Woodhouse lad said:

Hello Phil

use to work in m/c shop,remember loads of  lads from that era......here goes, Heppy,Fid,

Badge,Kev Taylor ,Danny Walsh,Ray Atkinson,Sammy Ford,Verdi,Karl Kalmar ,Ken Riley (David Bowie look alike),Pete HearsonFrank Chesterton (chestnuts),Ken Hanson,Dave Betts,Big Dave Haythorne,Kenny Richarson,Mick Hughes,Allan Fox,

Harold Purseglove,Keith Lucas,Harry Battersby,Ray Wedge,Tommy Calder,and me

Steve Smith.I remember some of lads face unfortunately cannot recollect their names.

Hope this will jog your memory Phil, happy days that will never be replaced.Best engineering company in Sheffield

 

On 12/08/2019 at 11:42, Woodhouse lad said:

Hello Phil

use to work in m/c shop,remember loads of  lads from that era......here goes, Heppy,Fid,

Badge,Kev Taylor ,Danny Walsh,Ray Atkinson,Sammy Ford,Verdi,Karl Kalmar ,Ken Riley (David Bowie look alike),Pete HearsonFrank Chesterton (chestnuts),Ken Hanson,Dave Betts,Big Dave Haythorne,Kenny Richarson,Mick Hughes,Allan Fox,

Harold Purseglove,Keith Lucas,Harry Battersby,Ray Wedge,Tommy Calder,and me

Steve Smith.I remember some of lads face unfortunately cannot recollect their names.

Hope this will jog your memory Phil, happy days that will never be replaced.Best engineering company in Sheffield

Hello Woodhouse lad (still don't know your name)

Apologies for my very late response (just haven't got into the habit on logging in to this forum) I remember another name for you - Keith Parkin (Ned) he was a turner.  I think Steve Smith lives in Killamarsh these days.  I remember many (not all) of the names you mentioned, like Dave Betts (he got married yound and bought a house in Clowne I think) Big Dave Haythorne, wasn't he a biker with the big beard and big laugh?

Wonder what's become of them all?

[Phil Shaw 10]

On 10/01/2020 at 08:14, Rodger Baxby said:

Another Cravens whalla here 1962-1983 Electrician. See my first post

Eyup Rodger

Hey I remember you! How are you doing! I remember all the names you've put down in your post! I wonder if I missed any reunion events? I also remember Stuart Elam, Stewart and Malcolm Keys, Pete and Alan Johnson, Charlie (welder) Arthur (driller and first aid man) - others drift back in to mind from time to time and I will place them all on a list I have generated just to stop me forgetting them altogether...

[Leegasm 0]

Who is thi

[proffesor1 0]

I use to operate there machines at a company call metal closures mbc from 1976 to 1986 they were huge injection moulding machines.