Reference
X941/2/1/64
Title
Laporte News. Vol.6.No.4House Magazine of the Laporte Group of Companies.
Date free text
Christmas 1962
Production date
From: 1962 To: 1962
Scope and Content
- Report on 25 year club at Luton, with photos of F.J.Smith, P.H.Marsh, J.Ruse, R.C.Denton, G.Hickson, G.M.Stott, B.Wood, H.C.Kilby, G.N.Davies, S.Craddock, W.Boaler, K.C.Pedder, S.Piggott, C.Evans, J.Myatt, H.Davis, Hugh & William Rouse.
- Article about Ernest George Bavister and his 50 year career at Laporte in Luton.
- Voices on the London Switchboards, Aileen Gray and Dorothy Spring, Gina O’Herlihy and Patricia Green, with photos.
- Christmas ‘Down Under’
- Steam rollers at Stallingborough.
- Apprentice Award winner Terry Robinson, Battery Works, with photo of him receiving Electrical Trades Union Award from John Smith, with John Westgarth and John Quash.
- Laporte Overseas news. Return of James Stewart from Winnipeg to Redhill (with photo),.
- New turbine at Stallingborough, with photos including Jack Bagshaw, Jack Wright, Sam Hilton, Hans Muller, Mike Ogden Keith Leedham.
- ‘Industries we serve’ – feature on Barford Brothers Limited, Dye Works, Luton
- Acquisition of Viaduct Alum Company Limited, Widnes, by Laporte Industries Limited.