Bachelors Foods

[Truckgirl]

Can anyone remember my father in law, Thomas Furniss from the 1960s.hhThanks Penny.[/quote HI penny, I remember Tommy Furniss he was forman on the carrot department were I worked as a young teenager, he was very nice to me as I was a new beginner, and a bit shy.I was so sad to hear of his death and missed seeing him around the place. I later worked in the cannery, then went on to the transport department.I worked at Batcholers foods from 1968 to it closing in the 80s. It was the best job I ever had and some good times with good friends. Sorry it ended....[color=Silver]

 

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Can anyone remember my father in law, Thomas Furniss from the 1960s.hhThanks Penny.[/quote HI penny, I remember Tommy Furniss he was forman on the carrot department were I worked as a young teenager, he was very nice to me as I was a new beginner, and a bit shy.I was so sad to hear of his death and missed seeing him around the place. I later worked in the cannery, then went on to the transport department.I worked at Batcholers foods from 1968 to it closing in the 80s. It was the best job I ever had and some good times with good friends. Sorry it ended....[color=Silver]

 

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Can anyone remember my father in law, Thomas Furniss from the 1960s.hhThanks Penny.[/quote HI penny, I remember Tommy Furniss he was forman on the carrot department were I worked as a young teenager, he was very nice to me as I was a new beginner, and a bit shy.I was so sad to hear of his death and missed seeing him around the place. I later worked in the cannery, then went on to the transport department.I worked at Batcholers foods from 1968 to it closing in the 80s. It was the best job I ever had and some good times with good friends. Sorry it ended....[color=Silver]

 

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Can anyone remember my father in law, Thomas Furniss from the 1960s.hhThanks Penny.[/quote HI penny, I remember Tommy Furniss he was forman on the carrot department were I worked as a young teenager, he was very nice to me as I was a new beginner, and a bit shy.I was so sad to hear of his death and missed seeing him around the place. I later worked in the cannery, then went on to the transport department.I worked at Batcholers foods from 1968 to it closing in the 80s. It was the best job I ever had and some good times with good friends. Sorry it ended....[color=Silver]

 

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[/color]Here are few names from the past, most are from the transport department, Gordon Pellegrina, Bill Brown, Tommy Greenwood, Joe Wall, Don Coffee, Nugent Campbell, Mary Day, Mable Cockayne, Joan Claydon, Margaret grieveson, I would be interested to know if anyone remembers them, and Dot Bailey worked in the cannery she was a checker........

[19brian45]

My father in law, William Leslie ( Les) Moore worked at Bachelors in Sheffield in the late 1950's and then in 1960 he was sent to the Huntingdon factory where he was transport manager and had a car registration which was PEA something - apparently all the Bachelors cars were that reg !

In 1967 he was transferred back to the Sheffield factory.

Anyone remember him?

 

Hello john my name is norman Papworth I new the Moore family when they lived in the Huntingdon district first in Hartford then they moved to Godmanchester the family business was GG PAPWORTH road haulage contractors les and my father be came friends and i drove one of lorries so I can tell you all about what went on those days i see les moore was your father inlaw i assume you married the youngest daughter whos name evaids me but the main reason i have contacted you is i am trying to trace pat moore we dated each other until she joined the Wrens sadly we parted i have not forgotten her we met once more and spoke on the telephone in the 80s i have been married to daphne for 46 years who is helping me that's why i joined sheffield forum as you are ex directory so could you please give any information or if you are contact her and pass the above information on we live in Bourne lincs ttelephone numbers are available kindest regards norman

[tenbob]

My wife worked at Batchelors Catering supplies from 1965 to 1968/9 in the old house offices her maiden name is Wendy Hannan she still has a photo of the staff on the steps in front of the house.

[ferrarigirli]

Don't know if there is any interest still in this post - but just to say I worked at Batchelors for 15 years, all but a few days, from 1974.

I started working as a clerk, for Kath Keyworth, and ended my career as the Batchelors accountancy trainee....having worked in accounts, Catering, john guy's gofer, and Marketing.

I recognise several of the names mentioned...I mostly worked in Batchelors Catering Supplies - Bill Smart, Guy Roberts, Roger ?

I remember Pam in stationery - we called her 'bleedin' Pam' as that was her favourite swear word.

I knew loads of people there, and funnily enough I ran into one lady yesterday who worked opposite me in accounts - together with Jack Rhodes...our conversations must have broadened his horizons!!!!!

Let me know if anyone remembers.....I was tall, blond...very dopey, and my name was Dawn Ronksley.

 

Bill Smart was my grandad, I always remember someone doing a great picture for him when he retired, it was full of everything he liked doing, I still have the newspaper cutting from the Batchelor News magazine announcing his retirement

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[KirkP]

Did anybody else on this forum used to work in the IT department at Bachelor's Foods on Clay Wheels Lane?..I started there as a trainee operator through to Shift Leader. That was about 1976 to 1980.

 

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Did anybody else on this forum used to work in the IT department at Bachelor's Foods on Clay Wheels Lane?..I started there as a trainee operator through to Shift Leader. That was about 1976 to 1980.

 

....I remember John Gilpin( tho I don't think he recalls me)..Harry Rotherham, Maurice Wright, Colin and Sylvia Foster, Maureen of course...i joined same time as Dave Wagstaff, ......John Bartley, Pauline who moved from the punch room into Ops. Percy Wolstenhome, ..Harry was my shift leader for a while...both Colin and Maurice took us under their wings. Sylvia was lovely..I have happy memories....don't recall many punch girls tho, think Marjorie was in charge. There used to be a girl called Jane who worked in the lab kitchens, we had to walk past it daily and some of the smells were terrific.

[gene]

My Mom was a pea picker at Batchelors her first husband had just died and she needed to bring up her young daughter alone. Her name at that time was Marion Cuckson (nee Brace).

 

I am not sure of the exact year but I do have a black and white faded photograph of all the Batchelors girls wearing coveralls, white shirts and white turbans, stood or sitting in rows on the kerb out side the factory in the sunshine.

 

It looks late 1940s - early 1950s. She later remarried and had me, I can remember her doing the washing or house work and singing "A Batchelors Girl am I "

 

I don't know if it was a popular tune of the time adapted to fit or a factory song made up within the works at the time.

 

Some photos on here http://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?searchterms=batchelors&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%25batchelors%25%3B

My mother and her sisters also worked there.

[MikePortas]

I've just stumbled across this site and felt compelled to add my bit.I can't believe there are so many names on here that I remember! I worked at Batchelors from 1974 to 1983 in the marketing dept along with the likes of John Elliot,Ken Clarke,Tony Rhodes,Barry Brooks,

Hedley Siddall,Dennis Barker,Jenny Cotton and lots of others (I won't bore you with all the names).I've been trying to track down a girl who worked for me at the time.Her name was Barbara Green.I've no idea if she got married after I left so I'm not sure what her name is now!So many memories come flooding back just reading your stories and the names of people who I either worked with or just knew from around the building.

[KirkP]

Hi John Pauline was small with red hair she ownsRhinegold Nursery with her family dont remember Lynne Wiseman Anne was typing for Percy and I did after she left do you rember Ruth old lady with grey hair bfn

Angela

Hi Angela...I remember all those. Pauline and I worked together on shift... I recall a few faces in the punch room but not all names...Kath I think was one...Norma?!....But remember all in DP.... Sylvia and Maureen were lovely . Sylvia was so straight forward talking... Colin and Maurice...Harry and John Bartley...I recall John Gilpin who left about a year that I joined...I was there for four years from Trainee Operator to Shift Leader. Percy scared the living daylights out of me. Looking back tho, they were happy times.

[gene]

Hi Angela...I remember all those. Pauline and I worked together on shift... I recall a few faces in the punch room but not all names...Kath I think was one...Norma?!....But remember all in DP.... Sylvia and Maureen were lovely . Sylvia was so straight forward talking... Colin and Maurice...Harry and John Bartley...I recall John Gilpin who left about a year that I joined...I was there for four years from Trainee Operator to Shift Leader. Percy scared the living daylights out of me. Looking back tho, they were happy times.

 

Pauline and her husband Graham have both passed away.