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Laporte News. Vol.5.No.3 Includes reports on the works and sports clubs plus the following: - Luton’s Latest 25 Year men, photos of T.P.O’Shane, W.Morton, W.C.Oakins, A.W.Stephens, C.J.Saunders & A.Doggett. - Acquisition of three more companies by the Laporte Group: Sheffield Chemical Company Limited: James Wilkinson & Son Limited, Sheffield & Rotherham; Glebe Mines Limited, Eyam, Derbyshire, with reports on each business. Includes photos of James Wilkinson Limited road tanker MWJ 528, and James Jones, Chairman of the three new companies and Laporte Acids Limited. - Photo of Ladies Athletic Team, Kingsway Works, Luton, with photo of Norma Woodhouse, Sandra Page, Maureen Whaley, Marcia Jeffries and Thelma Whaley - Death of Albert Gregory, Luton works. - New Luton Sodium Chlorite plant, with photo of Alec Lamb, Tom Jones and Dennis Green. - Retirement of Leonard Patrick O’Brien, Chairman of Laporte Industries Limited, and Robert Barclay Craig, company director, with career histories and photos. - Death of William Whitham, pensioner of Sheffield Chemical Co.Limited. - Wilfred Raikes Pavilion at Fullers Earth Union Limited, series of photos showing its use including D.E.Penny, Nigel Hunt, R.W.Nicholds. - Retirement of Alfred Preece, Luton works, with brief notes on his 34 year career with the company. - Laporte Exhibition at the Farnborough Air Show, with photos of J.A.Williams, R.S.Lancaster, R.H.Champkin and K.H.Rawsthorne. - F.S.Clark and P.G.Rennie appointed as new directors of Laporte titanium Limited. With photo of F.S.Clark. - Warrington v Luton sports events, with photo of Jean Arstall. - Retirement of long service men from Nicholson works, Hunslet, with photos of Arthur Hurst, William Hudson and A.C.Nicholson. - Laboratory Car rally at Luton, with photo of the winner A.J.Waller. - Baronet Horticultural Show, with photo of Wilf Atkinson receiving the Guthrie Cup. - Kingsway Works firemen, with photo of J. Armstrong, A.Spittles, P.Brown, J.Hamilton, A.Terrington, W.R.Wilson, W.Harris, J.Mitchell and A.Humphrey. - Retirement of William Parker, Kingsway Works, Luton, with photo of presentation. - Retirement of Stanley Watts, Luton Works. - Retirement of Dan Dudley, Kingsway Works, Luton, with photo of presentation. - retirement of Tom Dempsey, , Kingsway Works, Luton, with photo of presentation. - Retirement of William Dimmock, Kingsway Works, Luton.

Oct 1959

From: 1959 To: 1959

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Laporte Industries Limited,
Laporte Acids Limited,
Laporte Titanium Limited,
Sheffield Chemical Company Limited,
James Wilkinson & Son Limited,
Fullers Earth Union Limited,
Glebe Mines Limited,
O'Shane, T.P.,
Morton, W.,
Oakins, W.C.,
Stephens, A W,
Saunders, C.J.,
Doggett, A.,
Jones, James,
Woodhouse, Norma,
Page, Sandra,
Whaley, Maureen,
Jeffries, Marcia,
Whaley, Thelma,
Gregory, Albert,
Lamb, Alec,
Jones, Tom,
Green, Dennis,
O'Brien, Leonard Patrick,
Craig, Robert Barclay,
Whitham, William,
Raikes, Wilfred,
Penny, D.E.,
Hunt, Nigel,
Nicholds, R.W.,
Preece, Alfred,
Williams, J.A.,
Lancaster, R.S.,
Champkin, R.H.,
Rawsthorne, K.H.,
Clark, F.S.,
Rennie, P.G.,
Arstall, Jean,
Hurst, Arthur,
Hudson, William,
Nicholson, A.C.,
Waller, A.J.,
Atkinson, Wilf,
Armstrong, J,
Spittles, A.,
Brown, P.,
Hamilton, J.,
Terrington, A.,
Wilson, W.R.,
Harris, W.,
Mitchell, J,
Humphrey, A,
Parker, William,
Watts, Stanley,
Dudley, Dan,
Dempsey, Tom,
Dimmock, William

LUTON, Luton Kingsway, Sheffield, Eyam, Rotherham, Redhill, Farnborough, Hunslet, Warrington, Laporte Industries Limited, Laporte Acids Limited, Laporte Titanium Limited, Fullers Earth Union Limited, Sheffield Chemical Company Limited, James Wilkinson & Son Limited, Glebe Mines Limited, chemical manufacturer, chairman, Director, lorries, mining, athletics, sports, social activities, sports pavilion, trade & industry fairs, airports, motor vehicles, car rallies, horticulture, flower shows, employment, retirement, obituaries