spider legs Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 hi there heeleyson did your gran mention the sing a longs we had in the afternoon ,one joan widdison would start singing then others would join in , my name back then was ann thompson ,when i first started working there i used to do the saturday morning shift with your gran and olga sellars . did you gran ever mention annie martin to you , she was a character the only one i knew that could use the f word to a foreman and get away with it , wish i could turn the clock back to those days sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heeleyson Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) hi there heeleyson did your gran mention the sing a longs we had in the afternoon ,one joan widdison would start singing then others would join in , my name back then was ann thompson ,when i first started working there i used to do the saturday morning shift with your gran and olga sellars . did you gran ever mention annie martin to you , she was a character the only one i knew that could use the f word to a foreman and get away with it , wish i could turn the clock back to those days sometimes She used to talk about all sorts of stories and people, the names i just cant remember. But i know she had a lot of time for the majority of the workforce. Unfortunately i cant ask her anymore as she passed away in 2007. Edited July 13, 2012 by heeleyson Grammatically sound better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider legs Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 heeleyson i was sorry to hear about your gran passing away , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garypeacock Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hello, I'm working on a small project and would like to contact any of the apprentices who started work in August 1977. The list from my memory is Gary Peacock (me) Steve cawdwell (big time sufc fan, mum worked there) Les Cooper (big time swfc fan, lived in Ecclesfield) Ian hutchinson Chris Cotten Glynn Outram (moved to South Africa) Mark Brewitt (dad also worked there) Mike? (dad also worked there) Richard? + 1 who left early, I think it was Phil? If you have any info on the above people, please get in touch by pm, or just post on here. Many thanks Gary Peacock. All, thanks for the replies on this. I have contacts for most of the above but am still after contacts for. Richard Clarke, Alan Hutchinson, Mark Brewitt and Mike? - Stanley apprentices who started in 1977. I had a small piece in the 'retro' section of the Star a couple of weeks ago, but only had 2 replies from that. That can mean one of two things, no one is still around from Stanley Tools in that era, or no one reads the Star. I'm trying to put a book together on what the lads did with their lives, did they stay in engineering and the general malaise in British manufacturing since those times. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan oliver Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 My dad used to work there joe caveney at ecclesfield site and my brother in law roger cook does anyone them my dad working in the drawing office in the 60's. He was Albert Edward Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichinR'mond Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Hello, I'm working on a small project and would like to contact any of the apprentices who started work in August 1977. The list from my memory is Gary Peacock (me) Steve cawdwell (big time sufc fan, mum worked there) Les Cooper (big time swfc fan, lived in Ecclesfield) Ian hutchinson Chris Cotten Glynn Outram (moved to South Africa) Mark Brewitt (dad also worked there) Mike? (dad also worked there) Richard? + 1 who left early, I think it was Phil? If you have any info on the above people, please get in touch by pm, or just post on here. Many thanks Gary Peacock. Gary - At my last recall Les Cooper was still working at Gripple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelert19 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I didn't work for Stanley but I have used Stanley tools, since 1962, when my father gave a Stanley plane when I started my carpentry and joinery apprenticeship. I have acquired a number of stanley planes and I have recently been trying to date them. I have asked Stanley for any information but I have not received a reply. I was wondering if anybody had any information on Stanley Planes or if anybody has any old catalogue which I could buy or photocopies would be fine. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsmith2009 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 hi i use a old stanley plane the other day . they were good back then . better than the planes you get now . ta jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelert19 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Hi Jeff I think you get a better finish with the old planes. Stanley made hundreds of different types. If you wanted a collection of them it would cost a fortune. You can pay £1000 for a Stanley No 1 (a tiny smoothing plane) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan oliver Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 does anyone remember my dad who used to work at Stanley tool in the 1960's. He worked in the offices as a designer. Long time ago now but know that he had friends like George Fridlington and Geoff Jackson. He lived at Darfield until his death in 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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