• Reference
    X941/2/1/85
  • Title
    Laporte News. Vol.8.No.2 House Magazine of the Laporte Group of Companies.
  • Date free text
    Sep 1968
  • Production date
    From: 1968 To: 1968
  • Scope and Content
    - Chairman’s Statement & Report of the Directors - The past, present & future of G.D.Holmes Limited, Immingham, Lincolnshire. Includes photos of W.Holmes, G.D.Holmes, Donald Brazier, Frank Depledge, D.Dawson, George Winship, John Green, Horace Gunnill, Geoff Barley. - Laporte in Brazil. - Inside the Copyhold Works, Redhill. Includes photos of Bill Owen, Harry Ashley, Arthur Barrington. - 80 years of Laporte, with photo of new Computer Study team P.Hunt, D.Brimble, R.Harper and N.C.Lawrence. - Obituary for JDP Chapman. - Overseas news with photos of staff and contractors in Australia including W.H.Gyere, C.Dudman, J.Moore, W.S.Duffield, R.Terrington. - Stallingborough Netball team photo – Annmarie Iverson, Jenny Taylor, Jackie Weighill, Jenny Farrow, June Walton, Judy Hancock, Jenny Rowe. - Wedding photos: Gordon Franklin & Eileen Mordin; Arthur Lumbard & Brenda Jack, Pat White and Michael Davies, Susan Holloday & J.Harrison. - 25 Year man G.F.J.Tuffnell, with photo. - Photos of retirement presentations to Mrs A.M.Nixon, George R.Anderson, R.W.Speed, E.F.Darnell, Jessie Sutherland. - Redhill 25 Year club dinner – photos including Edward Carvell, George Maddra, Peter Cowlard, Geoffrey Hickson, Ernest Carvell, Derek Oliver, R.J.Ramm, James Carvell. - Retirement of Edwin Eade after 50 years. - Industrial training at Redhill, with photo including Douglas Martin, John Colman, Olaf Gollop, Alan Symes. - Obituary with photo of Robert Prior of Ilford. - Senior Veterans dinner at Ilford, with photo including Geoffrey Hickson, S.D.Durrant, D.Walden and J.W.Wiseman. - Mobile Plant maintenance men at Redhill – with photo of A. Smith, R.Wilson, S.Plumridge, C.O’Flynn, F.Mankeiow, J.Bennett, J.Browne & R.Killick. - Stallingborough football team photo: T.Scott, P.Denison, A.Alcock, B.Curtis, W.Richardson, M.George, J.Grantham, D.Halberg, J.Dixon, D.Hemmingfield, J.Barnard, J.Harris. - Widnes football team photo: E.W.Lloyd, J.Rennison, W.Helps, H.A.Tabb, H.Thomas, R.O’Callaghan, T.Cowley, K.Roberts, D.Bromley, A.Allen, L.Bishop, T.Houghton, A.French, A.Mercer. - 25 Year reunion club at Widnes, photo including G.Fatkin, Eric Taylor, B.Myler, J.Deasy, G.Fenney. - Photo of Jim Kirchin of Widnes with his award winning budgies. - Photo of J.H.Harwood of Widnes, recipient of Lapitt Medal. - Photo of good driving award winners at Warrington – G.Clifford, Pat Morris & H.Brereton. - Red Cross award to J.H.Wilcock of Warrington, with photo. - Mrs Pat Morris wins badminton trophy, with photo. - Welcome to Warrington – feature with photos of staff: M.Pearce, D.Morris, F.Lunt, J.H.Kinney, G.Woodcock, A.Price, M.Shipton, J.Wisedale, J.D.Lilley, D.Collier, R.McVicars, E.Isherwood, O.D.Foulkes, B.Spilsbury, C.J.Thompson. - Retirement presentation to E.M.Smith at Warrington (photo) - Acid production at Castleford. - Retirements of Bernard Shearman, T.Young (photo), Cecil J.Muckleston (photo), Percy Clark. - South African visitors to Eyam, with photo including Louis Nelson, Edgar Deane, C.Daniel. - Retirements of R.A.Gregory, Clifford Townsend (photo). - Obituary for James Wilson of Eyam. - Wedding photo of Brian Nettleship & Gabrielle Stephanie Slack.
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