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| Ex employees, This is your Page - Please Contribute | |||||||||||
| The following is a List of Employees who worked at The Works, Sheds, C & W Shops and Canal Depot in the last few years whilst I worked there. Where possible I have added the shop / section / job where they worked at the time that I knew them, and is not necessarilly where they spent most of their Time. Names of persons in Italics were known to me, names with an ** were known to me personally. ( If you worked at Gorton and want your name added, get in touch with me and add your name ) Please advise if you want your name removed...... ( names coloured blue - Fellow Apprentices ) Appologies for any miss spelt names |
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| Bill Grundy ** Machine shop - Head Foreman Freddy Mitchell ** Machine shop - Foreman Tommy Hagan ** Machine shop - Foreman Bill Batters ** Machine shop - Foreman |
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| Peter Gosling ** Erecting Shop Dave Gosling (Self) ** Machine shop Harold Faulkner ** Loco Sheds Bobby Faulkner ** Smithy (old roundhouse) Brian Faulkner ** Erecting shop Eric Bond ** Machine shop Denis Wild ** Machine shop Geoff Newton (Spike) ** Machine shop Roy Davenport (Daz) ** Machine shop Barry Irskine (Sarge) ** Machine shop Rosy (Cosy Rosy) ** Machine shop Lucy (Juicy Lucy) ** Machine shop Madge ** Machine shop Mike Carty ** Machine shop Billy Ashton ** Machine shop George Massey ** Machine shop - Danube Dick Thornhill ** Machine shop - Mill Wrights (Chargehand) John Lowe Machine shop Bill Brougham Running sheds - footplate Ron Whithead Running sheds - footplate Harry Jewett (Snr) ** Canal Depot Harry Jewett (Jnr) ** Running sheds - footplate |
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| Bill Howel ** Machine shop Peter Hodgson ** Machine shop David Miles - Jones ** Machine Shop Doug (surname !! ) ** Machine shop ( Doug worked on the "Iron Duke" turret lathe) Eric Wilks ** Machine shop Barry Ruscoe ** Machine shop Mr Ruscoe (Barry's Dad) ** Wheel Shop Len Fanning ** Machine Shop Tommy Leach ** Machine shop Mr Froggat ( surname !! ) ** white metal shop Freddy Moores ** Brake Job {charge hand) Stan Skinkiss ** Tool Room Les Collinge ** Machine shop Kieth Eccleston (Echo) ** Machine Shop Eric Kaye ** Machine shop Terry Holtby Machine Shop Joe Pollitt ** Boiler Shop - Axle Box Job ( chargehand ) Stan Trueman ** Machine shop - rod job Jackie Wray ** Machine shop - motion job ( chargehand ) Bert Middlehurst Erecting shop |
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