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Does the Team think?
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My father owned an engineering company and I remember in the '50s and '60s all our employees wore a collar and tie, apart from a Ukrainian who ran the press shop. He always had a big flowery open neck shirt on, with masses of chest hair tumbling out, a big " walrus " moustache and wore immaculately turned out bib and brace overalls. A lovely man, brilliant engineer and who had obviously come to GB after escaping communism in WW11. He spoke very little English but would have highly animated conversations with a Polish fitter we employed - who incidentally was an ex WW11 fighter pilot and drove his car in a similar manner! Both would be horrified by today's events.
Turning to machine tools; we often used to attend auctions of these in Lancashire when the textile industry was closing. We picked up quite a few bargains, but as Tony remarks, we saw items like 40' + bed lathes going for a song.
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Does the Team think? - by Archivist - 02-03-2022, 04:34 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Lance Sheldrick - 02-03-2022, 04:46 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Ruairidh Dunford - 02-03-2022, 04:53 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Tony Betts - 02-03-2022, 05:30 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Mike Costigan - 02-03-2022, 05:51 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by JonE - 02-03-2022, 07:04 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Bob Culver - 02-03-2022, 07:50 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Colin Reed - 02-03-2022, 09:13 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Mike Costigan - 02-03-2022, 09:29 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Steve kay - 02-03-2022, 09:42 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Chris Garner - 02-03-2022, 09:44 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Andy Bennett - 02-03-2022, 09:55 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Bob Culver - 02-03-2022, 10:17 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Archivist - 02-03-2022, 10:37 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Ian Williams - 02-03-2022, 11:31 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Tony Betts - 03-03-2022, 12:20 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Tony Griffiths - 03-03-2022, 12:34 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Chris Garner - 03-03-2022, 10:30 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Biddlecombe - 03-03-2022, 12:27 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by David.H - 03-03-2022, 03:44 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Peter Sweeney - 03-03-2022, 06:23 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by jpsmit - 04-03-2022, 03:44 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Erich - 04-03-2022, 06:32 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Greig Smith - 04-03-2022, 12:44 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Russlin - 04-03-2022, 01:09 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Duncan Grimmond - 05-03-2022, 10:59 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by Howard Wright - 05-03-2022, 11:49 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by andrew34ruby - 05-03-2022, 06:44 PM
RE: Does the Team think? - by A G Wood - 06-03-2022, 08:46 AM
RE: Does the Team think? - by David Stepney - 06-03-2022, 10:07 AM

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