• Reference
    X941/2/1/83
  • Title
    Laporte News. Vol.7.No.10 House Magazine of the Laporte Group of Companies.
  • Date free text
    Dec 1967
  • Production date
    From: 1967 To: 1967
  • Scope and Content
    - Death of Leonard Patrick O’Brien - Engineers at Laporte, article with photos of L.P.Shortis, P.Ayres, G.Flint, A.Perrins - Construction of Blackwall Tunnel - ‘Stop Accidents’ exhibition at Luton, with photos including R.N.Northam, Colin Chapman & M.P.F.Elliott. - Social & Sports Club at Skimpot Luton. With photos including Carole Buckingham, K.Burgoyne, W.Mccartney - Feature on the Development Department, with photos including J.Mackenzie, J.S.Ashton, J.Morse, B.S.Cheyney, T.Griffin - Restoration of Flying Scotsman, with photo of Alan Pegler. - Creation of the Computer Study Team, with photo including R.W.Thompson, D.Brimble, R.Harper, N.C.Lawrence, G.P.Netto, A.P.Dignum, R.C.Aikman, M.P.F.Elliott, P.Hunt. - Photo of the Laporte Soccer Club at Bunbury, Australia, with Spencer Nunn, Fred Brown, Jim Lockie, Barry Judd, Bob Cable, Ted Catto, Ken Sears, Keith Martin, Alan Oakes, Paul Cable, Alan Steele, Bob Barclay, Colin Eastick. - Article on the Foreman’s Association at Stallingborough, with photo including A.Rooke, F.L.Revill, H.Roberts, S.Lee, J.Cook, B.Morse. - Photo of the Secretarial group at Stallingborugh, with J.Fulcher, J.Kenny, A.Lowe, S.Booth, G.Clarkson, J.Siebold, J.Gaytor, J.Farrow, J.Melrose, J.Boom, J.Hancock, M.Setterfield. - Wedding photos of G.Sells & Caryl Chapman, T.Robinson & J.Pinder, Peter Bell & Janet Phillips, M.Marshall & Molly Carlisle, Phillip Edward Parnell & Irene Frances Anne Sumner. - Camera Club Awards at Stallingborough, photo of prize winners J.Lightfoot , B.Russell & R.White. - Retirements of Stanley M Townsend (with photo), J.V.Godwin (with photo), John William Taylor, Albert Edward Ridley. - Ilfords Ten pin bowling league, with photos of J.Testler, B.Young, R.Porter, R.Clark, A.Whitcomb, P.Priestley, V.Hunt, T.Rozee, K.Payne, G.Hayward. - Photo of Safe Driving award winners at Ilford, including Peter Mason, Cyril Rolph, Kenneth Hartley, Thomas Isbell, William Fox, Harold Hubbard, J.Salmon. - Retirement of Mrs Ethel L.Carty, Arthur Edward Saunders, and Jim Gibbard from Ilford, with photos. - First delivery of Fullers Earth to Antwerp – photo of lorry reg. no. MPB4D, with driver J.Jupp and D.Fairfax. - Photo of Skittles Tropy winners at Redhill, including D.J. Oliver, Ian Cox, W.Owen, Dave Rowland, J.Mallett, A.McLarty, B.Clare. - Photo of Walter Millett joining St Johns Ambulance Society. - 25 year men John Sturt, T.H.Winterbottom and A.J.Standing. - 40 Year man C.F.Bundy. - Retirements of S.C.W.Howlett (photo), W.H.Cochrane, A.E.MacKenzie (photo), A.E.Goodwin (photo), Alan Johnston(photo), G.Horwood (photo), A.E.Flint (photo), Frank Ernest Miles, A.J.Denness. - Photo of Luton Cricket team, including D.Bowen, V.F.Jenkins, D.Gelsthorpe, J.Barton, M.Beeken, R.C.Smith, D.Izzard, J.Morey, M.A.Banks, G.W.Cherry, P.J.Taylor. Photo of umpires R.E.Northam & A.Richardson. - Wedding photo of Mark Rome and Margaret Blackman. - Retirements from Luton: L.W.E.Dumpleton, G.Ross, John Cosby, Patrick Duggan, Wilfred Boaler, A.G.Turner (photo), E.McKie, W.A.Whiteley, George W.Brown, Charles McGhee, Peter William Clark, Harry Sunderland. Photos of presentations to G.Bowler, F.J.Lane, Jose Armstrong, S.J.Jones, G.T.Buckingham, J.W.Suttle, Frank Foster. - Obituaries for Kenneth Alfred Ward & George Thomas Reader. - Foremen from Luton visit Warrington, with photo of H.Short, D.Pike, D.R.Abrahams, K.Carrington, B.Tounton, H.Simmons, J.Lawless, A.Holt, P.Carney, L.Reeves, R.Nutt, W.Wharton, W.Wilson, J.Philips, J.S.Isles, J.Arundale. - Photo of Fred Miller with the computer at Warrington. - New staff at Warrington; photos of John Hepherd & Barry Spence, Mike Carr, John White, John Dillon, Maurice Webb. - Dr.G.Fatkin receives golf trophy. - Retirements of George Gleave and Frank Thornicroft from Warrington. - Retirements of John E. Pickersgill, Harold Grant, J.Thresh and R.Mawson from Castleford. - Photo of Spence Works fire brigade, including B.O’Connor, P.Turner, J.Mather, F.Glynn. - Photos of Percy Ball and Richard Norton win Widnes Garden competition prizes. - Retirements from Eyam – Thomas F.Fox, Harold Frith. - Obituaries for Joseph Harling and John Robinson from Eyam.
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