Kidorry Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Can anyone remember Bill Barnet.He was a gaffer of some sort way back in the 50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozafeen Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yes John Before the hairpin on the left, must have been the dining room as there were tiles on the walls and floor.The gardens were behind the building. That whole site was Batchelors until the mid 1980s with both the national head office and one of the main manufacturing plants. As for feeding the employees, it was all very divided according to job. The 'new' block (that's the one missing from the 1960 photo I liked to earlier) had the staff canteen on the ground floor and director's suites and restaurant on the top - I worked in both of those as a summer job and really enjoyed it. The 1930's big brick building had the workers canteen in it and the office block on the opposite side had the Experimental Kitchens where unsuspecting members of the public and other employees were dragged in to taste all kinds of strange and wonderful dishes. I only saw inside the production workers' canteen in the old building once but it was amazing - all art deco with exotic murals. I think the whole building was demolished when it closed which is such a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean1 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yes I used to go to the canteen in the new block and I also remember trying new recipes in the other block. In the summer we used to sit in the gardens at lunch time and on some Fridays we used to go to the pub. The Fox or The Gate. At xmas everybody used to go to The Fox for a great p!!!!! up.I remember if we went to the pub Friday lunch I used to be sleepy all afternoon, luckily my back was to the boss's office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOGI Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Sorry Kidorry, too early for me. The only gaffer I knew was in the 60/70,s. He was called Desborough, a light haired chap. He used to come over to the computer room to discuss our electrical requirements. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Sorry Kidorry, too early for me. The only gaffer I knew was in the 60/70,s. He was called Desborough, a light haired chap. He used to come over to the computer room to discuss our electrical requirements. Cheers. Just wondered because he lived near to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satman2222 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) I have friends/relatives who used to work there. Peter Race , Ted Hampton and Anyes Hobson. Edited February 14, 2009 by satman2222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 anyone know of any old photos of batchelors at claywheels lane. There are a few on www.picturesheffield.com. Does anyone recognise anybody here? http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s02838 My mum worked at Batchelors for a while in the 1950s "pea-picking" - that is, removing bad peas from the vast numbers that went past in the trough. The motto was "eat what you can, and can what you can't". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean1 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hi satman2222, I'm sure I worked with Anyes. I think she was the lady I taught my job when I left to have my son. I worked in Financial Accounts under John Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feederfil Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Both my mother and father worked there,my mother in the offices with Pam Street?My Dad was one of the security guards Harry Cooper ,my mother is Norah ! A couple of the electricians who worked there went to work at the brewery Paul Wragg and Pete Hancock. .My dad often came home with damaged goods mainly Vesta Curries and rissottos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean1 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Was Pam Street the lady in stationery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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