Post by freddy on Feb 6, 2014 13:38:19 GMT
Hi All
I'm at the stage in life when memory becomes selective: it's easy to remember the stuff not really needed. However...
As a Central Electricity Generating Board apprentice in the 1960s, I was sent to Harlesden in 1965 for 12 weeks on what was called 'manufacturer's training'. It was an opportunity to experience life on the factory floor in a different industry. Living in Burton on Trent at the time, it was train to Derby, then to St Pancras and LU to Queens Park and finally Harlesden. I can recall trivialities such as the fare from St P to Harlesden (2 shillings and threepence) the name of the family in Wesley Avenue with whom I lodged and the departure time from St P back to Derby on Friday afternoons.
The memory gap that is bugging me is the name of the company. (Google street cam shows it now to be Anthony Ward Thomas removals) It was an electric motor manufacturer situated on the corner in the area bounded by Acton Lane, North Acton Road and Wesley Avenue. At one point they allowed me to have a go at winding a motor, not as easy as it looks. My effort was put on the conveyor and disappeared with those wound by the experts: I doubt it found its way out of the factory!
If anyone here can provide the name, I can sleep much easier.
Thanks
I'm at the stage in life when memory becomes selective: it's easy to remember the stuff not really needed. However...
As a Central Electricity Generating Board apprentice in the 1960s, I was sent to Harlesden in 1965 for 12 weeks on what was called 'manufacturer's training'. It was an opportunity to experience life on the factory floor in a different industry. Living in Burton on Trent at the time, it was train to Derby, then to St Pancras and LU to Queens Park and finally Harlesden. I can recall trivialities such as the fare from St P to Harlesden (2 shillings and threepence) the name of the family in Wesley Avenue with whom I lodged and the departure time from St P back to Derby on Friday afternoons.
The memory gap that is bugging me is the name of the company. (Google street cam shows it now to be Anthony Ward Thomas removals) It was an electric motor manufacturer situated on the corner in the area bounded by Acton Lane, North Acton Road and Wesley Avenue. At one point they allowed me to have a go at winding a motor, not as easy as it looks. My effort was put on the conveyor and disappeared with those wound by the experts: I doubt it found its way out of the factory!
If anyone here can provide the name, I can sleep much easier.
Thanks
