St Petre Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) Did the former PWD (Public Works Department) have a central HQ like the City Engineers (SCCE) had on Olive Grove Road as well depots around the city ? Edited April 22, 2022 by St Petre add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhill Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 I worked at PWD 1970-74. As I remember the HQ was at Olive Grove Road. I worked in a team spraying Aerocem (or something like that) on the houses. I used to along with another chap (Barnie Grubb and a couple more men ) scaffolding and cleaning around the windows after the walls had been sprayed. If you worked within a distance from Olive Grove you didn't get travelling expenses. But over that limit you did. For a few months I was with a gang working round the manor. I lived in Hillsboro. at the time. So I didn't get any expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Wallace* Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Didn’t Barnie Grubb end up as a fireman in Trumpton ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magneteer Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) The central depot was on Worthing Road until about 1978/9, when it transferred to Manor Lane. I worked in the Heating section. Edited April 23, 2022 by Magneteer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Worrall Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Hi Everybody, Didn't the PWD have a department in the Prince of Wales Road/Pipworth School area during the 1960's? I've a memory of seeing lorries in that area when I used to visit my Grandmother in Darnell. Wazzie Worrall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Yes it was down the lane between the school and the cottages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Petre Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Paul Worrall said: Hi Everybody, Didn't the PWD have a department in the Prince of Wales Road/Pipworth School area during the 1960's? I've a memory of seeing lorries in that area when I used to visit my Grandmother in Darnell. Wazzie Worrall I think that may have been a City Engineers depot, if the lorries were maroon coloured, PWD had grey ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magneteer Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 PWD later to become SWD, had a few local depots dotted around the city ie. Greenhill, Crookes, Bramhall Lane( joiner's shop and transport) and a section based in the Polytechnic, Pond St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) On 24/04/2022 at 12:03, Paul Worrall said: Hi Everybody, Didn't the PWD have a department in the Prince of Wales Road/Pipworth School area during the 1960's? I've a memory of seeing lorries in that area when I used to visit my Grandmother in Darnell. Wazzie Worrall I remember the same depot but with horse and carts that were the norm for the street cleaners. This was in the late forties / early fifties. Edited April 25, 2022 by lazarus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briret Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I think there was a depot on Harborough avenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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