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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #54 on: Sunday 21 February 16 00:49 GMT (UK) »
hello jac,what a moment when i read your mail,i have very vivid memories of my whole time at Richards and the last 2 years at Kearns i have had a degree of success and been lucky in my career having owned my own company TECFLO LTD for the last 25years,but as i have told my family many times my time at Broadheath was and remains where i have spent the happiest time of what is becoming a long working life.i started their in August 62 leaving in December 69 . i remember your dad so well when i started he was on permanent nights but that changed and when he came onto days i got to work with him and as i said at one time him and i with our labourer  Henry ( a good freind of your dads) on nights ,we did,nt do much work and slept most of the nights woken by the production superintendant only when a machine had broken down ,i remember him buying his Morris Oxford green from i think White City Motors he let me drive him it to the canteen with the three of us what a treat for a young boy , i,m sorry i would have knpwn Trevor by sight only if he was an apprentice at the same time he must have been in the works he was not in maintenance i was the first maintenance apprentice electrician  what a privilage!, i have lots to say of my memories but hope most will keep for me to send them privately. Best wishes Geoff

Dear Geoff

I have just been reading your posts regarding Kearns Richards etc and your post exchange to 'Jac'.  With regard to you mentioning "your Labourer, Henry", I wondered if you were referring to Henry Merrell (who is my Grandad), especially with the mention of the name Tommy Murray as that name rang a bell, as does yours in connection with my Grandad who worked at Kearns for many years during the 1960s and 1970s.   If you get chance, please let me know if you knew my Grandad, Henry, I would be most grateful.

Best wishes, Louise

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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #55 on: Wednesday 10 August 16 13:32 BST (UK) »
Hi guys, I need the help of a seasoned Engineer!
Just clearing out the last of the stuff from my dad's garage, ...BIG job and came across several specialist items, the largest being a "Rabone Chesterman" wooden case containing this!
Can anyone tell me something about it?
The inscription on the base tells me it was "acquired" during my dad's time at "David Brown Jackson" in Salford, after he finished at Churchill's.
I suspect it is used on a marking out table for some kind of "micrometric" measurement, it has a sliding vernier scale on the post similar to those found on a hand measuring caliper.

Edit:
Thank God for t'interweb!
Here's an ad for it!

Now all I need to do is find a buyer!!




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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #56 on: Sunday 08 January 17 07:47 GMT (UK) »
It is a vernier scribing height gauge for marking /scribing vertical faces.

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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #57 on: Sunday 08 January 17 08:05 GMT (UK) »
I worked at Richards for a short time 1966/67 as a machine tool fitter after moving from Harvey & Longstaffes metal pattern shop just off Sinderland Broadheath, the reason that I left Richards was that the American company Stavely Industries were buying out Richards and taking all the good machine work such as horizontal and vertical borers and leaving us to make shaping machines etc (the low quality machine tools), I could see the writing on the wall so to speak and got out. I started there for a white haired old foreman by the name of Bill Kennerly but whoa betide anyone that called him Bill they were quickly informed that you were to address him as Mr Kennerly, we assembled and adjusted facing heads for the boring machines, a simple fitting job and when they assessed your skills and capabilities, if suitable you moved on to the more complex engineering jobs, before I moved on I worked on a massive vertical borer that was being produced for the Bhopal shipyard in India that was to be used to bore out the propellers for the new super tanker being built to transport crude oil around the world, I had a photo of all the shop floor lads plus a small lorry on the facing head, I'm not sure but I think it was the largest machine of it's type in the world at the time beating the one they made in 1948.


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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #58 on: Monday 16 January 17 13:11 GMT (UK) »
Yes, thanks for that algy.
Once upon a time such items would be in demand from many specialist firms both large and small around Broadheath and Trafford Park area.
Sadly the market for such precision tools barely exists now in this country.
...thanks Maggie!

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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #59 on: Wednesday 14 June 17 18:59 BST (UK) »
Hi

Does anyone know what happened to George Richards and his family?

I think I might be connected.

Regards

Phil

RICHARDS-BINGHAM-PELLY-CHIPPENDALE-FEE-MORDUE-NYE-ATKINSON

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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #60 on: Thursday 24 May 18 01:40 BST (UK) »
Hi,
My name is Barry Fox I was an apprentice at Churchills  from August 68 till it shut down best job I ever had i loved it. Syd Vos was in charge of the training school, now retired and been living in Sydney Australia since 97 I visit family every couple of years and always pop down Atlantic street while there sad to see all the changes our football pitches have gone all built on, spent the rest of my time in 8 bay as a fitter.
Would be happy to hear from anyone who has memories of that period in time.

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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #61 on: Sunday 20 October 19 14:18 BST (UK) »
Can anyone remember what year the Atlantic Social Club Closed. In Broadheath..?

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Re: Churchills and Richards Engineering Cos. Broadheath, Altrincham.
« Reply #62 on: Monday 02 March 20 19:44 GMT (UK) »
Just stumbled across this post my dad was Neville Thomason also known as Stubbins,many names mentioned I remember from being a kid,  I followed in his footsteps albeit across the canal at Budenbergs