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Queen's Engineering Works magazine No. 20 Contents include: - List of departments - Photograph of officials who met W H Allen on his visit to the works. Owing to rheumatism W H Allen was unable to leave the car and is seen sitting in it. - Review of 1922 by Richard Allen includes changes to the steam test bay and stores, supply of diesel engines to Sudan Plantatins syndicate, steam turbines for the Rand Water Board. - Mechanical Transport at the Queen's Engineering Works includes picture of Foden wagon with loaded trailer, Thornycroft lorry loading up from siding, electric truck on inter-shop traffic, and a 10 ton Grafton Crane unloading from Railway trucks on to Foden Trailer. - marriage of Miss Gladys Allen to captain J P Hickey - Annual distribution of prizes to pupils and apprentices - A Tour in the Union of South Africa by Harold Allen - Progress of the Allen Heavy Fuel Oil Engines and Diesel Engines by B W Knott - Pupils' and Apprentices' section. Mentions: P A Bird, R Alan S Thwaites, F W Strickland, W Woods, S D Canvin, R S Forbes, W H Urquhart, C C Sutcliffe, C W Clarabut, Hamish S Reid, J R Boniface, G King Johnston, F H Hayward in the Sudan. - An Introduction to the Derwent Valley Water Board by S D Canvin - Royal Agricultural Show, 1922 - Tokio exhibition - Mr George P Allen, architect to the company - The Heat Treatment of Mild Steel by R T Rolfe - Association of Past and Present Students' annual dinner - Radio by C W Clarabut - The Development of the Allen Steam Turbine by G A Neild - The Gold Mines of South Africa by Harold Allen - The Depreciation of Plant by Hamish S Reid - Welfare - the Social and Recreational Side by C C Harris, includes picture of the reading room in the boys' club, two boys listening to the radio, report of the various sports played, pictures of the 1st and 2nd Association football teams, the male voice choir and the fruit and vegetable show. - Queen's Works Junior Engineering Society includes report of visit to Kryn & Lahy's steel foundry, Letchworth - Queen's Engineering Works Fire Brigade includes picture of the winning team (all named) - Obituaries for Leonard Ball, Mr Leadbeater and Mr Charles Millard - request for Bedford soil to be sent to New Zealand to be buried with an old Bedfordian - Arrangements for future developments - representation in South Africa, India and South America, Manchester and Leeds, Cardiff, London, Federated Malay States, Roumania, Bulgaria, Jugo-slavia, Greece and the Netherland East Indies. - Names and addresses of representatives

January 1923

From: 1923 To: 1923

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Allen, William Henry,
Allen, Gladys,
Bird, P A,
Thwaites, R Alan S,
Strickland, R W,
Wood, W.,
Canvin, Stanley D,
Forbes, R S,
Urquhart, W H,
Sutcliffe, C C,
Clarabut, C W,
Reid, Hamish S,
Boniface, J R,
Johnson, G King,
Hayward, F H,
Allen, George,
Kryn & Lahy,
Ball, Leonard,
Leadbeater, E,
Millard, Charles

road transport, Grafton Cranes Ltd., water provision, agricultural shows, trade and industry overseas, general trade & industry, choirs, sport, football, Kryn & Lahy, Queen's Works Junior Engineering Society, private fire brigades, radio, burial, Sudan, South Africa, Japan