Newton Chambers

[steve18830 10]

I remember C. Kelly...I was a marker out in the machine shop and I used to keep the radial drillers going by marking out all the holes they had to drill..other drillers there were.. Emile Mignon a frenchman from Brittany.....Jim Rice...Fred Price, There was about a dozen radial drillers who worked there.

 

hi timbuck,

my mother and i think a few of her sisters used to work at the izal factory during th 50s. her name then would have been june taylor,

sisters maureen taylor, shirley

[Redfyre 10]

The Betty Marshall someone mentioned earlier, did she live at High Green, and was she prominent in the High Green Players about 1959-62?

[AndrewCrown 10]

Hello everyone, new here and doing some research into Newton Chambers, in particular with regard to Rozalex around 1970-73 and Sterling industrial... any recollections?

[Nigel Womersle 10]

The Betty Marshall someone mentioned earlier, did she live at High Green, and was she prominent in the High Green Players about 1959-62?

 

I knew Betty. Didn't she finally own a wool (Knitting) shop in High Green? I got on well with her.

[Redfyre 10]

As I said, Betty M was in the High Green Players around 1960, along with people like Bryan Dyer and George Taylor. In fact, Betty played my mother in the only play I ever appeared in! Harry Mellor worked behind the scenes, and one of Harry's sons (he emigrated to Canada, I think) was also in the group. George Taylor and Harry Mellor certainly worked at Newton Chambers, and I think the chairman or president of the HGP was another NC man called Williams. I can't remember the old man's Christian name, but I think he had something to do with the scouts, and, if I'm not mistaken, one year he was awarded the MBE.

[Nigel Womersle 10]

It was through the High Green Operatic Society that I knew Betty. I also knew Brian Dyer, Laurie Taylor, Audrey Shipley, Wilf Hible, Charlie Hague and the Winterton brothers.

[Redfyre 10]

I remember Wilf Hible as a really pleasant and decent chap. He did a bit of oil painting at one time, and he was one of those people who was always glad to see you --genuinely so. If he knew we were recalling him now, he would be delighted. I can't remember exactly where he worked at NC, somewhere in the engineering division I suspect, but I know I came across him quite a lot. I have a feeling that he was one of the victims of the first redundancies of the Shaun Waide era, somewhere around 1962.

[nefertari 10]

My Mum was the cook at the works canteen in Thorncliffe, must have been forties or fifties,during the war she was a crane driver there. My sister did her shorthand typing course at Thorncliffe and worked there for a while too.

[toptourist 10]

Is there anyone reading this..who worked at Thorncliffe in the fifties to Sixties ???.

 

Not me but my dad Eric Dyson did he was a draughtsman in the beginning not sure exactly what he was doing when he left Did you work there then?

[smary 14]

My Dad Frank Hibbert worked there from 1950 to about 1990. He worked most of the time in the Fettling Shop. I worked there for a couple of years - secretary to Mr Colton, Chief Metallurgist

[Arnold Manch 10]

27th Feb 2009

 

My name is Arnold.I worked at Newton Chambers Foundry from 1960-1964

I was the 1st Sri-Lankan Trainee to specialise in Foundry Engineering.Mr.Mc Person was the Foundry Manager and Mr.Pinder was our training instructor at the training centre.I had few friends namely David Haywood,Fred Skitt,Stuart Ramage and many others.Few years ago I managed to contact Fred and Stuart Ramage but I could not trace where David is.In fact I have been trying to contact David since 1965 without any success.Can any body help to trace where David is please.I have got few Newton chambers weekly news

papers also.I reside in Sri-Lanka and at the moment Iam on a holiday in Victoria Australia.

[Arnold Manch 10]

27th Feb 2009

 

My name is Arnold.I worked at Newton Chambers Foundry from 1960-1964

I was the 1st Sri-Lankan Trainee to specialise in Foundry Engineering.Mr.Mc Person was the Foundry Manager and Mr.Pinder was our training instructor at the training centre.I had few friends namely David Haywood,Fred Skitt,Stuart Ramage and many others.Few years ago I managed to contact Fred and Stuart Ramage but I could not trace where David is.In fact I have been trying to contact David since 1965 without any success.Can any body help to trace where David is please.I have got few Newton chambers weekly news

papers also.I reside in Sri-Lanka and at the moment Iam on a holiday in Victoria Australia.