me-and-pippo Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 A short film taken from the TV series 'The Way We Were', it's about Newton Chambers in the 50's ... vidiLife.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Newton Chambers were in Highgreen/Chapletown area now a housing estate. maybe chapletown library could help failing that try local refernce library in Sheffield. The area was known as Thorncliffe. People didn't say they worked at Newton Chambers, they said they worked at Thorncliffe. Try the Chapeltown and High Green Archive Society. They should have loads of information on Newton Chambers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Hills Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Timbuck mentioned Major Morton and Jack Dougan who I remember well as I played in the junior cricket team which Major Morton organized, what about al the camp sites we would prepare under Jack Dougan in Smithy wood for weekend scout camps. Does anyone remember the instructors of the training school, Mr. Frost in the machine shop, Mr. Curry in the construction and Mr. Pinder in the foundry. What about the working cutaway JAP. engine in the machine shop. The tea urn and dripping sandwiches from the canteen for mid-mornig break.My brother David followed me three years later and finished up in the works electrical maintenance dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurence per Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Did the company build or repair railway waggons prior to 1900? I have been led to believe that my grandfather (George Perry) served his apprenticeship at Newton Chambers before becoming a "journeyman railway waggon repairer" near Lockwood, Huddersfield. Laurence Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-and-pippo Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Sent you a PM Laurence. m&p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locket Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 think my uncle christopher dickens worked for newton chambers in the 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Hills Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 During my time at Thorncliffe I joined the works competitive fire fighting team and didn't we do well,travelled all over Yorkshire to take part in huge events. Most large companies had their own firefighting depts. and they would have an annual competition to see who was quickest at dry or wet runs. When the event was held in Endcliffe Park in Sheffield about '65 our team won overall prize for best in Yorkshire. We trained on the grassed area beside the girls business school off Thorncliffe Lane. Ted Hills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunfl Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Newton Chambers had a full crew called the "Outside Erection Department" who did all the assembling of large jobs on site. Oh my god, what a dream job !!!!!!:wow::wow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 The Sheffield Local Studies Library's website has some old illustrations relevant to Newton Chambers - here is a sample: http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s09750 I remember reading a short history of the firm some years ago but I cannot remember where. The firm was founded in the early 1800s by Messrs Newton and Chambers, both of them local businessmen. Thomas Chambers was a grocer & draper, and also the local postmaster in Chapeltown. I happen to have a letter sent by him in 1841, addressed to a solicitor at York - here is a scan: http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Chambers.jpg and for the philatelically-minded... http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/twigmore/Chambers2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean1 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 There is a book about the history of Newton Chambers in the Local Studies Library, also at the back of the estate office of the site there is a small 'museum' run part time by a very nice lady called Gloria, worth a visit. Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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