Working at Brown Baileys

[Firparnian]

Hi there, I remember Henry Casson. I think we started work at Brown Bayleys on the same week in 1966. I went to work in the analytical laboratory and Henry worked on the electric furnaces. One of the jobs that relatively new starters did on the furnaces was to ferry steel samples to the Lab for analysis. It was my job to analyze the samples. I got to know Henry through this and we used to chat on a regular basis. After a while when Henry wasn't so much a new lad, the job of ferrying the samples was taken on by someone else and Henry became a furnaceman. We still saw each other from time to time and always had a few words. Sadly Henry was killed in an accident at work. I remember the time very distinctly. We were on a night shift when word came down from the furnaces that there had been a serious accident. Apparently Henry was working underneath an overhead crane and as the chains were being wound back up the brake did not work for some reason and the metal block went straight over the pulley and fell onto Henry. I understand that he was killed outright. It was a massive shock to us all and there was a very eerie feeling around the works for weeks afterwards. At Henry's funeral there were half the workforce there. A very sad memory.

 

Yes it was the same person I was thinking of,I was on mornings after the accident. The limit had failed allowing the block to go too high snapping the wire ropes. I spent most of that shift checking other cranes fitted with the same limit switch.

[hauxwell]

thank you lakerman for that information. I often wondered what happened to him. What an awful accident. He must have only been in his 20s. Once more thank you for letting me know what happened to him.

[popefrw]

Anyone remember Roger Wilson who was a painter at Brown Bayleys. He was made redundant in the early 80's. We lost touch at Sheffield Polytechnic about 1984.

John G.

[William (Bill)]

I worked at Brown Bayley from 1961 to 1981 when it close

Started as a trainee went into office side then onto foreman in 1 mill

Finished in bar turning

Had our wedding reception at sports club up at high hazels

My father also worked there for over 40 years and my mother during the war

Would love to meet and remanice about "the good old days" 

[Frost]

Didn't John Davis work at Brown Bailey s and Reg Allen 

[raymondo1952]

On 03/04/2019 at 20:10, Frost said:

Didn't John Davis work at Brown Bailey s and Reg Allen 

Yes they worked in the melting shop John was a crane driver no longer with us His brother Harry was a crane driver Think Reg worked on shop floor

[Bygum]

👩‍🌾hiya didn’t RegAllen have a bad accident at brown baileys 

[Keith Bessie]

I worked at Brown Bayleys. I started as an Apprentice Fitter in 1972. I became a Crane Fitter before finishing up in the melting shop until the sad day June 12th 1981 when it closed. I was gutted, like a lot of others.

[raymondo1952]

Did 13yrs at Brown Bayleys in rolling mill /crane driving in forge then utility driver Best company ever worked for 

[Keith Bessie]

I went to a funeral in Sheffield last Friday, it was for Lol Mills who worked in the Electricians dept at Brown Bayleys.

Met up with lads I haven’t seen for many years including Johnny O’ Brien, Tony Lloyd, Dave Webb and Glen Holman who were all Fitters,

Pete Taylor, who worked in wages and Alf Hobson who worked in the machine shop.

Many good stories shared at the wake!