willo Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 hiall,I am involved in a dispute with british steel, I say I worked in the spring works in the mid 70s, they say they never had a springworks.This will probably come as a great shock to any Ford motor company execs as we used to make car springs for the new fiesta [as it was then] & also made multi leaf springs for trucks etc.the spring shop was at the top of the site on shepcote lane called coloquioly the ponderosa.can any 1 help with any relevant info etc. mny thnx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Daddy who worked at ponderosa in the 70's says you are quite correct he worked close by as a maint. engineer for British Steel. Ponderosa was a third of a way up shepcote lane and he is convinced the spring works were BSC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willo Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 thnx 4 swift reply,apparantly brit steel no longer exists,ime an expat living in Scarborough.Ive got an ongoing damages claim against b.s.c--corus-whoever-lol & they reckon [despite inland revenue proof] that not only did i not work there but they never owned a springworks. Startin 2 feel a bit like big Arnie in the Total recall film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Have a look at this it details when the merger took place and might give you some leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Just had a look on the web and there is still a firm on Shepcote lane that make knives but guess what their address is: Tyzack Machine Knives Ltd Tinsley Park Spring Works Shepcote Lane Sheffield S9 2DZ Could this be the old building you worked in perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willo Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 thnx again foxm8,corus say -in their view the tinsley park spring works were owned by a different company & not british steel or corus.uuuuuuummmmmmm, very strange as when big breakdowns occured we were seconded to other departments or indeed transfered to other depts & my payslips all had brit steel logos on them[which sadly i avent saved for 30 years-lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 looks like yr up a creek without a paddle then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willo Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 ahh,nice 1,was jus thinkin if it was a total recall thing whether i could be reprogrammed as a 70s rock star instaed of a steel worker-lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willo Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 thnx again m8,will get on2 my solicitor asap,as theyre ovioslly takin the pi**.seems like an address mixup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 these people may still have somebody working there who was there in the 70's - a long shot, but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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