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Laporte Newslink. House newspaper of the Laporte Group of Companies.

Aug 1971

From: 1971 To: 1971

- Message from the Chairman, Aubrey Jones. - Results for 1970-1971;Profit & Loss accounts & Group Product Sales. - New acid plant at Rotherham - ‘The Shock of Redundancy’ by Jack Yates, Group Personnel Manager - Export Department members from Luton visit Manila, with photo including Derek Wright, C.P.Cruz, John Milne, Jose Coligado. - New computer room at Luton, with photo of Cyril Palmer, Peter Hunt and Phil Woodward. - Language course for the export department at Stallingborough. - Triple Presentation dinner at Luton – first aid, fire brigade and transport department. With a photo of the winner of the Rounsefell Trophy for First Aid, P.Webster, with the runner-up M.Pearce. - Fulbent at work on Seaforth Docks, Merseyside, with photos. - Presentation of ROSPA road safety award to V.Fearnley of Castleford Works. Pictured with Derek Bailey and other award winners N.B.Best, E.Dobson, T.Cheesborough, E.A.Swain, R.Fearnley, G.Goldstraw, J.Wood and A.Taylor. - Photo of Eyam Carnival Queen Janet Burns with her attendants. - Dick Thompson, senior technologist at Laporte, Ilford purchases cabin cruiser - New president Clifford Whalley, with photo and brief career history. - Roman find at Bath works – remains of a stone coffin found by Jack Bolwell. - Father MacWilliam celebrates the feast of St Peter in the canteen at Ilford (with photo) - Obituary for Derek Spence, former chairman and employee from 1934-1960. - Tragic death of ‘Peter’ Bernard Fielding at Redhill. - Widnes pensioners bowling tournament, with photo including G.H.Riley, F.A.Evans, F.Dennett, H.Ridgeway, W.Sewell, J.O’Connor, H.Gelling, T.Smith, W.Howard, D.Whitfield, H.Searle, T.Hankey, P.Ball, E.Phillips, F.Dainteth, W.Wilde, P.Mellor. - New cricket bat and gloves presented to Frederick Hubert Ashton at Eyam on his 50th birthday, with photo. - Report on Laporte Amateur Boxing Club at Widnes. - Photo of Ball Cup winners football team at Widnes including P.Croskerry, B.Piggott, G.N.Marsh, D.Renshaw, G.Jackson, M.H.Wells, I.Macleod, S.McConville, J.E.Sankey, M.Burnell, D.Abbott, P.J.Sankey, P.Bridson. - Feature on Widnes employees who referee football games, with photos of Dennis White, John Jones, and Harry Tabb. - Photos of Laporte staff and customers at an Olympia Chemical exhibition, including Jimmy Jordan, Gudrun Jonsson, Charles Houlton & Peter Lynskey.

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Laporte Limited,
Laporte Industries Limited,
Jones, Aubrey,
Yates, Jack,
Wright, Derek,
Cruz, C P,
Milne, John,
Coligado, Jose,
Palmer, Cyril,
Hunt, Peter,
Woodward, Phil,
Webster, P,
Pearce, M,
Fearnley, Victor,
Bailey, Derek,
Best, N B,
Dobson, E,
Cheesborough, T,
Swain, E A,
Fearnley, R,
Goldstraw, G,
Wood, J,
Taylor, A,
Burns, Janet,
Thompson, Dick,
Whalley, Clifford,
Bolwell, Jack,
MacWilliam,
Spence, Derek,
Fielding, Peter Bernard,
Riley, G H,
Evans, F A,
Dennett, F,
Ridgeway, H,
Sewell, W,
O'Connor, J.,
Gelling, H,
Smith, T,
Howard, W,
Whitfield, D,
Searle, H,
Hankey, T,
Ball, P,
Phillips, E,
Dainteth, F,
Wilde, W,
Mellor, P,
Ashton, Frederick Hubert,
Croskerry, P,
Piggott, B,
Marsh, G N,
Renshaw, D,
Jackson, G,
Wells, M H,
Macleod, I,
McConville, S,
Sankey, J E,
Burnell, M,
Abbott, D,
Sankey, P J,
Bridson, P,
White, Dennis,
Jones, John,
Tabb, Harry,
Jordan, Jimmy,
Jonsson, Gudrun,
Houlton, Charles,
Lynskey, Peter

LUTON, Rotherham, Stallingborough, Castleford, Manila, Widnes, Bath, Ilford, Merseyside, Eyam, chemical manufacturer, manufacturing, employment, chairman, business accounts, unemployment, personnel manager, TRADE & INDUSTRY, computers, LANGUAGE, First Aid, private fire brigades, TRANSPORT, carnivals, road safety, sailing, Roman archaeology, obituaries, cricket, boxing, football, Exhibition