Davy United Group

[HIBBSY]

Hi Geoff, you may remember my long time buddy Ray Race. He was a long time Davy man and was at Suffolk House around the same time as you. Coincidentally your progression through training school, fab shop and  dwg office was similar to mine but about 10 years ahead of me. 

Our Davy training in all aspects was second to none and recognised as such everywhere.

[No71]

Anyone know where Mouse (Steven Hodges) ended up? I know he went to South Africa along with one or two others but wonder if he came back home following AA BEE etc>

[Geoff Sorsby]

On 09/07/2020 at 18:40, Geoff Sorsby said:

I was apprenticed at Davy United started there in 1955 in apprentice school later went into fab shop as plater welder then in1960 went into drg office in steel processors division which was then at builders center on Suffolk rd left 1963 to further my engineering career 

have got good memories if you worked at Davy’s then you could virtually get a job anywhere 

Hi hibbsey 

the name certainly rings a bell but can’t put a face to it 

I went to Suffolk house straight from the training school was there for about 2 years till they asked for volunteers for redundancy which I took think I got about £300 redundancy pay and went straight into a civil engineering drawing office to get some structural engineering experience hated every minute worst decision I ever made.

[Geoff Sorsby]

There’s been one or people mention the MD Maurice fiennes but my father bill sorsby was the motor mechanic at Davy’s he maintained the pool cars and had to go to rolls Royce to learn how to service and maintain the director’s rolls Royce 

when Maurice Fiennes left my father bought the Rolls from Davy’s and we had the car parked outside our council house we had it for a couple of months till he sold it to an architect 

[Jim Hardie]

44 minutes ago, Geoff Sorsby said:

There’s been one or people mention the MD Maurice fiennes but my father bill sorsby was the motor mechanic at Davy’s he maintained the pool cars and had to go to rolls Royce to learn how to service and maintain the director’s rolls Royce 

when Maurice Fiennes left my father bought the Rolls from Davy’s and we had the car parked outside our council house we had it for a couple of months till he sold it to an architect 

Was it a brown Rolls Royce?

[Gally7401]

Hello, 

 

My Dad worked here from 1955 to 1971, appreciate if anyone knew him, Peter Gallagher from sligo ireland.

[HIBBSY]

Is there anyone still around who was at Davy's in mid 60's to mid 70's or would I have better luck on Facebook which I don't like using.

[DiKeg]

Hi, my dad worked for Davy's, Stan Gordon, not sure of the years but he worked all over the world,  Switzerland, yugoslavia, morocco, as well as consett.  I know he was friends with David Dixon as he is my godfather. I also know he worked as an installation engineer (I think) Just looking for any info anyone may have. 

Thanks