gmarshman Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Blink, Further to your interest in your factory and previous use, I mentioned Barking Street leading onto Carbrook Street, and the pub was the New Inn , which are your offices now .This jogged my memory as the pub . The Carbrook Hall pub was on Attercliffe Common. Did you utilise the existing Heat Treatment facilities from Firth Derihon or any of the other equipment , such as Drop Stamps or Forging machines , when you took over the factory? Gary Marshman North Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blink_ Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 As far as I can work out, we bought the building more or less as a shell. the offices were demolished, and rebuilt at the opposite end. The factory was then extended over the old offices . There was a small brick foremans office half way down, inside the warehouse, built up to the wall that faced Barking Street. Looking into it further, it seems that Derihons moved to Darley Dale, and thats the cause of the dunlop street works closing, so I would imagine all their machinery went with them. Derihons had a 1500kW electricity supply, which is pretty large, and would indicate electric furnaces. All our furnaces are natural gas and can take up to 30 tonnes on a charge The old school wall still remains in part on Carbrook Street, and you can see where there was a gate, now bricked up. Bizzarely, the old school gate has been saved and is stashed away. On the inside of the school wall, someone has written in white paint 'no parking' I'm not sure how old this is, but I think it predates our factory as we built the heat treatment facility on the site of the school in about 1969. We kept part of the school cellars for a while, as storage, until the site was extended again, I think in the late 70s, early 80s. Does anyone remember the buzzing electrical gear across the road inbetween the big factory? (think it was Jessop Saville) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmarshman Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Blink, I have switched your theme over to Firth-Derihon Stampings which is more appropriate to your theme, diverse from the School topic Gary Marshman North Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blink_ Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 ok, but whats a theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newburn Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I attended Carbrook C of E school from 1965 to 1972, people in my class over the years included:- Sandra Ashmore, Patricia Crompton, Dale Bolam, Joan Bradley, Robert Etherton, Ian Golland, Janet Gratton, Ray Johnson, Trevor Jones, Ian Kemp, Phillip Lavender, Andrea Mather, Gail Marriott, Paul Neil, Gaynor Collins, Mandy Platts, Janice Piper, Jeanette Partoon, Gillian Priestley, Kim Palmer, Angela Pack, Howard Rothwell, Michael Rick, Gary Roebuck, Marie Shale, Jennifer Sockett, Julie Simpson, Karen Swindells, Kurt Sanderson, Yvonne Stevens, Sylvia Thompson. Carbrook was a fantastic place to live and grow up in, and I loved every minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigmayo Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hi newburn, Do you know me. And who are you.some of the names you mentioned was in my class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macstewart Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 My mother went to Carbrook School, though a bit earlier than this. Joan Peacock was her name. She also has a sister Hilda, brothers Malcolm, George and Geoff. I forget the name of the street...there was an old joiners workshop on the corner and it met Broughton Lane near the Bird in Hand. It may have begun with 'M' and ran opposite to Raven something street. The Twiggs lived in the same yard. Any help would be a help to but some names together, it holds good memories for me It was Melville Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert 63 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 can any 1 remember going to sports days ---------- Post added 08-07-2013 at 17:01 ---------- I attended Carbrook C of E school from 1965 to 1972, people in my class over the years included:- Sandra Ashmore, Patricia Crompton, Dale Bolam, Joan Bradley, Robert Etherton, Ian Golland, Janet Gratton, Ray Johnson, Trevor Jones, Ian Kemp, Phillip Lavender, Andrea Mather, Gail Marriott, Paul Neil, Gaynor Collins, Mandy Platts, Janice Piper, Jeanette Partoon, Gillian Priestley, Kim Palmer, Angela Pack, Howard Rothwell, Michael Rick, Gary Roebuck, Marie Shale, Jennifer Sockett, Julie Simpson, Karen Swindells, Kurt Sanderson, Yvonne Stevens, Sylvia Thompson. Carbrook was a fantastic place to live and grow up in, and I loved every minute of it. hi Newburn how have you manage to remember all these names, they have managed to bring a lot of smiles to my face. can you remember the fireworks displays we used to have in the infants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newburn Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Yes I remember the fireworks in the infants, I also remember a lad in the juniors getting the slipper from Mr Cornthwaite when he walked in the classroom and caught him looking out of the window watching the fireworks display instead of getting on with his school work. Does anybody remember Mr Cornthwaite's Fridayites list? This was a list of pupils he thought had pulled a 'sickie' on Friday to give themselves a long weekend, he then proceeded to read out all the names at Monday assembly to the embarrassment of anyone who had the misfortune to be ill on a Friday. Even if I had a temperature that could boil water I made sure I was never off school on a friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleegirl Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Yes I remember the fireworks in the infants, I also remember a lad in the juniors getting the slipper from Mr Cornthwaite when he walked in the classroom and caught him looking out of the window watching the fireworks display instead of getting on with his school work. Does anybody remember Mr Cornthwaite's Fridayites list? This was a list of pupils he thought had pulled a 'sickie' on Friday to give themselves a long weekend, he then proceeded to read out all the names at Monday assembly to the embarrassment of anyone who had the misfortune to be ill on a Friday. Even if I had a temperature that could boil water I made sure I was never off school on a friday.[/quote hi I remember mr cornthwaite although I left in 1959 but yes remember his fridayite list also remember mr bishop and miss haydock and mrs sanderson mr glen j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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