Pnuematic Components, Eyre Street, Sheffield

[gmarshman]

crazybaby

 

My memory is a little faded on the people there in 1969. I remember Malcolm Wheatley was the buyer.

I can't recall the MD or General Managerna,names at that time or any of the others .

Anyone any recollections of the names in 1969 ?

 

Gary Marshman

[soft ayperth]

rogG

 

Can you remember which department your mother worked in, just to jog my memory ?

 

Gary Marshman

 

I don't know. She worked on a capstan lathe.

[DUFFEMS]

I don't know. She worked on a capstan lathe.

 

Hi Roger, hope you're well even with the snow which is probably deeper than ours!

My mother was a "Foot Pump Painter" at Pneumatic Components in 1946.

I don't know what that consisted of apart from the obvious, I'll ask her tomorrow.

[scousemouse]

I knew the Wheatley family very well! My father and Malcolm played cricket as boys, my gran and Malcolms mum were great friends, and I was very close to Gillian Malcolms daughter, who I think, lives In Australia, we lost touch sadly.

[gmarshman]

scousemouse

 

Malcolm was buyer at PCL, but also had a pub near Tideswell that I used to visit.

I went to school at CTS with Michael Wheatley, Malcolms son. Met up with him about 4 years ago at an OBA meet.

I knew Gillian in the 60/70 's she knocked around with us on drinking establishments in Derbyshire. She was at that stage seeing a friend of mine Big Howard, who in the 70's emigrated to Canada , along with Romick Zuess . Wonder where they are now ? I was in touch with her about 3 years ago in Australia, where she enjoys the Painting / artistry.

 

Gary Marshman

[soft ayperth]

Just out of interest, was the manufacturing at PCL confined to "tyre inflation equipment" and if so what exactly would that have consisted of?

[gmarshman]

To the best of my memory from 1969, PCL manufactured Forecourt tyre inflation equipment, Foot Pumps,Chromium plated Tyre Pressure Gauges for the motorist, I think about 8000 per week, although 30.000 was expected, and Radiator Forecourt Fillers. There may have been others.

I was involved with the Electroplating Dept. which did all the finishing and anticorrosion coatings of the products.

 

Gary Marshman

[soft ayperth]

My mother worked there in 50s and early to mid 60s. Would the product line have been similar then?

[gmarshman]

There may have been other products , which I cannot bring to mind after all these years. Maybe some other ex employee could provide that historical information.

 

Gary Marshman

[DUFFEMS]

My mother who's now 87 worked at Pneumatic Components during WW2. She was there about 1940-1946 and originally worked on the assembly of tyre pressure gauges, there were more than one type, the standard and the master ones being the ones she worked on.

She then went on to be a "foot pump painter" which was her occupation on her marriage certificate.

The company was started by brothers Henry and William Turner and then later Henry was joined by a Mr.Brown who were directors when mum was there.

Mum's sister who was a couple of years older than mum also worked at PCL during WW2 where she worked on a drilling machine, she made aircraft parts.

In the book "A Woman of Steel" there's a piece about my aunt working at PCL.