 The Artist is on the left in conversation with Graham, an electrician but one of the cleverest, deepest members of the maintainence team. Totally independent in a shy, diffident but always individual way. He was never cynical or cruel to people except at the 'killer moment' when he would make a comment so funny, evil but apposite.  |
| Harold "Stan-uth". I was never sure of the spelling of his surname. Employed as a Blacksmith. He made replacement parts for heavy machinery. The processeses in the factory, using heat, caustic chemicals and brute force meant that the parts carrying or holding the product wore out quickly. |
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| "Dickie" Stringer: Greaser. Officially he oiled and greased the machines. His other 'duties' at the bottom of the status chain often meant he spent a good deal of time on research and tea-making. |
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| "Ronnie" Rigby: Fitter. Shortly after 4.00 he is thinking of hometime at 5.00. |
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| Harold and his assistant often had no work to do. Where others hid or tried to 'look busy' they sat, implacable. |
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| Roy and Clive: Fitter & Turner, important distinctions, particularly to Clive. |
Reactivated, fantastic! Hope you'll continue :)
ReplyDeleteAre you Jones of yow-yow extraction? If so thank you - finally getting to my old negs. Do you have any old images of Wolvo centre, particularly by the Molineux, Civic Hall and more obscurely Percy Stallards' bike shop?
ReplyDeleteThere is a project behind these questions.