X941/2/2/9

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

May 1973

From: 1973 To: 1973

- Report on Organics and Pigments Divisional Conference, with photo of Dennis Smith. - Stephen Todd of Widnes wins 2nd year Prize at Warrington Technical college for Bricklayer’s Course (photo) - Two killed at Ladywash Mine, Eyam; Jim Cole and David Boatswain. - Laporte People in Local Government – interview with Alfred Spilsbury, maintenance electrician at Warrington and magistrate and trades union official. - Ilford Special ‘Ilford Site Geared for the Seventies’, by John Leach, process manager, with photo. - Photo of Ilford security man Cliff Rose - Photo of Jenny Clay, worker in the tablet testing laboratory at Ilford. - People in the Limelight – photos and brief articles about Les Britton, Sid Durrant, Colin Jacob, Humphrey Meyer, Ken Penney, George Wood. - Male switchboard operator at Ilford – John Cooper (photo) - Expansion in tableting and packing – with photo of Len Martin, Jack Moss, Stan Colville. - Article about Bill Holford, sales liaison manager at Ilford, with photo. - 1925 aerial view of Howards (Ilford). - Reminiscences of 89 year old Bill Hegarty, with photo. - Laporte Pensioners Club, Luton, with photo of Bill Oddboy & Ron Northam. - Obituary for Marie Wing, Bedford. - ‘Meet John Cordner’, new Managing Director in Australia. - 25 Year presentations at Bunbury, with photo including George Sommerville, Peter Longbottom, John Maddock, Bill Duffield, and Alan McKelvie.

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Laporte Limited,
Laporte Industries Limited,
Smith, Dennis,
Todd, Stephen,
Cole, Jim,
Boatswain, David,
Spilsbury, Alfred,
Leach, John,
Rose, Cliff,
Clay, Jenny,
Britton, Les,
Durrant, Sid,
Jacob, Colin,
Meyer, Humphrey,
Penney, Ken,
Wood, George,
Cooper, John,
Martin, Len,
Moss, Jack,
Colville, Stan,
Holford, Bill,
Hegarty, Bill,
Oddboy, Bill,
Northam, Ron,
Wing, Marie,
Cordner, John,
Sommerville, George,
Longbottom, Peter,
Maddock, John,
Duffield, Bill,
McKelvie, Alan

LUTON, Warrington, Eyam, Ilford, BEDFORD, Bunbury, chemical manufacturer, manufacturing, mining, DEATH, bricklayer, apprenticeship, mining, industrial accidents, electrician, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, trades unions, manager, Managing Director, laboratory, switchboard operator, sales manager, factories, retirement, employment, obituaries