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The Spence Magazine – House Magazine of Peter Spence & Sons, Widnes, Lancashire. Volume 3 No.15

Christmas 1962

From: 1962 To: 1962

- Laporte Board appointments – Charles Hill & F.S.Poole - Presentation of Long Service awards with photos of Albert Diley, Jim Clayton, Cyril Davies, Arthur Goulding, Jack Greenall, William Lord, Leslie Porritt, Alan H.Smith, Jack Thomas, Harry Wall. - Staff organisation changes, with photos of H.C.Smith, D.A.C.De Rycke, Leslie Garnett, Cecil Connors, Peter Brown, Harold Waterhouse, Harry Gittins, Jack Clayton. - G.H.Maddra joins Laporte Chemical Limited, with photo and career history. - Photo and article about Tom Higgins, transport department; Ted Linton, process operator, Barbara Brown, typist; Edna Billington, canteen. - John Withers, miner at Langside, wins awards for breeding budgerigars (photo). - New employees at London office – photos of Kay Gardner, Deirdre MacNay, Marie Clifford. - Opening of new office block at Warrington. - Mayor of Widnes tours the factory, photos include Eileen Sullivan, Harry Skerratt, F.S.Poole, H.C.Smith, C.Connors. - Examination successes, list and photos of Brian Bibby, Thomas Morris, Frank Vose, Harry Flewitt, William Mitchinson, Richard Swift, James Burbridge, John A.Gittins, Graham A.Hardy, Barry Justin, Arthur Morris, Ronald Justin, Ronald Bate, Clive Green, Roy Hogan, Cyril Oliver, Eileen Bradley. - Photos of Harry Edwards and Frederick Craig, Tom Howard and Jim Headon, - Stanley Beaver journeys to Baghdad (photo) - Robert Owen Terrington, group raw materials buyer (photo) - Conference at Rugby, with photo of C.Harvey, Harry Edwards, J. Thompson. - Frank Davies leaves to take over grocery business (photo). - James Graham, company representative in Scotland (photo) - Photo of Bill Horsfall playing snooker. - Photo of Peter Doran playing darts. - Cricket tournament with photos of teams. - Photos of presentations of bowling awards to Billy Wilde, Tom Beecroft, J.Keeley, C.Metcalfe, H.Kelling, Pierce Mellor, Jim Pusill. - Report on the Northern Counties Archery Championship at Durham with photo of competitor Frank Evans . - Marjorie Roberts joins table tennis team (photo) - Tennis team photo with V.Ashworth, H.Houghton, B.Critchley, I.Lloyd, W.Gallagher, E.Wilson. - Staff organisation changes, photos of John Waring and Horace V.Miller. - Retirements, with photos of Albert E.Thomas, Gladys Lawton, James Hansbury, George Bramley, Tom Smith, Elspeth M.Hallowell.

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Laporte Industries Limited,
Laporte Chemicals Limited,
Peter Spence & Sons,
Hill, Charles,
Poole, F S,
Dilley, Albert,
Clayton, Jim,
Davies, Cyril,
Goulding, Arthur,
Greenall, Jack,
Lord, William,
Porritt, Leslie,
Smith, Alan H,
De Rycke, D A C,
Thomas, Jack,
Wall, Harry,
Smith, H C,
Garnett, Leslie,
Connors, Cecil,
Brown, Peter,
Waterhouse, Harold,
Gittins, Harry,
Clayton, Jack,
Maddra, G H,
Higgins, Tom,
Linton, Ted,
Brown, Barbara,
Billington, Edna,
Withers, John,
Gardner, Kay,
MacNay, Deirdre,
Clifford, Marie,
Sullivan, Eileen,
Skerratt, Harry,
Bibby, Brian,
Morris, Thomas,
Vose, Frank,
Flewitt, Harry,
Mitchinson, William,
Swift, Richard,
Burbridge, James,
Gittins, John,
Hardy, Graham A,
Justin, Barry,
Morris, Arthur,
Justin, Ronald,
Bate, Ronald,
Green, Clive,
Hogan, Roy,
Oliver, Cyril,
Bradley, Eileen,
Edwards, Harry,
Craig, Frederick,
Howard, Tom,
Headon, Jim,
Beaver, Stanley,
Terrington, Robert Owen,
Harvey, C,
Thompson, J,
Davies, Frank,
Graham, James,
Horsfall, Bill,
Doran, Peter,
Wilde, Billy,
Beecroft, Tom,
Keeley, J,
Metcalfe, C,
Kelling, H,
Mellor, Pierce,
Pusill, Jim,
Evans, Frank,
Roberts, Marjorie,
Ashworth, V,
Houghton, H,
Critchley, B,
Lloyd, I,
Gallagher, W,
Wilson, E,
Waring, John,
Miller, Horace V,
Thomas, Albert E,
Lawton, Gladys,
Hansbury, James,
Bramley, George,
Smith, Tom,
Hallowell, Elspeth M

Widnes, Warrington, London, Baghdad, rugby, industry, chemical manufacturer, manufacturing, employment, factories, retirement, wages/conditions, chairman, TRANSPORT, process operator, Typist, budgerigars, Laporte Chemicals Limited, Mayor, trade & industry fairs, grocer, snooker, darts, cricket, social activities, bowling, bowls, archery, table tennis, tennis