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Was "Priestman's" the Excavator people or?
Yes, that's right japeflakes. Priestman Bros Ltd., was one of the Hull companies owned by one of the local Quaker families since the 1800s until the 1970s. Our annual exports were 78% of our sales. I remember one excited buzz around the factory was when Mr Philip Priestman had gone to visit our Australian branch in the 1960s after the Suez Crisis and on the flight back home he'd seen some development work in the vicinity of the Aswan Dam. He cancelled the rest of his flight home and made a detour to the dam. Initially the meeting was decidedly icy towards the English colonial power, but the hand of friendship was extended when Mr Philip informed them that our company had built the dam in the 1800s and knew the type of muddy sludge that posed difficulties. He got the order for equipment re the high dam.
This is one type of Priestman's grabs and my dad is wearing the white coat.
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