Moore and Wright

[biker 10]

Anyone still alive on this thread ??

 

A very long shot but did you or do you know anybody buying a small Excelsior motorcycle about 1967 at M&W

[USUK 10]

A very long shot but did you or do you know anybody buying a small Excelsior motorcycle about 1967 at M&W

 

You don't remember a name ?

[biker 10]

You don't remember a name ?

 

Sadly no.I would love to find the bike.It was my first working bike

[USUK 10]

Sadly no.I would love to find the bike.It was my first working bike

 

Wish I could help. We probably know each other I worked there from 1959 to about 1972

[biker 10]

Wish I could help. We probably know each other I worked there from 1959 to about 1972

 

Did you go on the trips to the seaside?About 5 of us used to go and have a big sing song

[USUK 10]

Did you go on the trips to the seaside?About 5 of us used to go and have a big sing song

 

If I did I don't remember :-)

[biker 10]

If I did I don't remember :-)

 

In the mid/late 1960,s Moore and Wright used to have summer trips to the coast.My mother used to get tickets for us.We never got on the same coach as my mother and we used to have great sing songs during the trip

[USUK 10]

In the mid/late 1960,s Moore and Wright used to have summer trips to the coast.My mother used to get tickets for us.We never got on the same coach as my mother and we used to have great sing songs during the trip

 

So your Mother was working there ?

[biker 10]

So your Mother was working there ?

 

She worked for M&W for most of her life until she retired in 1970 at age 60.She worked for them at Trafalgar Street before moving to Handsworth

[USUK 10]

She worked for M&W for most of her life until she retired in 1970 at age 60.She worked for them at Trafalgar Street before moving to Handsworth

 

Do you know which dept. she worked in

[biker 10]

Do you know which dept. she worked in

 

She machined micrometers

[USUK 10]

She machined micrometers

 

Hmm, I probably knew her