blue44
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Ha ha. Don’t blame my dad; he retired 20 years ago after doing 32,years at Vita (Vitafoam Middleton then Vitacom, Clayton).I work at British Vita and have never seen an engineer here
he was probably the last engineer we had doing anything in MiddletonHa ha. Don’t blame my dad; he retired 20 years ago after doing 32,years at Vita (Vitafoam Middleton then Vitacom, Clayton).
been there 29 years myself, it used to be how you described it, we probably have about 200 employees on site now but back then we had the Banbury which has since been knocked down and probably had close to 1000 on site thenMiddleton was a big outfit when my dad was there; 3 plants, 24 hrs a day; two football teams, big employer in the city, world-renowned.
His Clayton time was hard, covered in carbon black, day in, day out. Always on callout fixing some machine or other (usually The Banbury Mixer). We’d be getting ready to go to Maine Rd and the phone would ring. He’d come in to the front room shaking his head, “sorry son...” and that’d be the weekend ruined.
It didn’t happen often but it still breaks my heart thinking of those missed games.
Lone weld groovy edSad to hear that the man who invented anagrams passed away today.
May he erect a penis.
My late Dad worked there in the 60s,I remember his overalls were full of glue,that’s what I think it was lol and he used to bring home the company magazine called Bubbles.Middleton was a big outfit when my dad was there; 3 plants, 24 hrs a day; two football teams, big employer in the city, world-renowned.
His Clayton time was hard, covered in carbon black, day in, day out. Always on callout fixing some machine or other (usually The Banbury Mixer). We’d be getting ready to go to Maine Rd and the phone would ring. He’d come in to the front room shaking his head, “sorry son...” and that’d be the weekend ruined.
It didn’t happen often but it still breaks my heart thinking of those missed games.