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Whitefriars
Warwickshire
61 of 139  Tue 8th Apr 2014 5:41pm  

Hello Dreamtime. I had forgotten Elsie Allen and the window. Do you remember when they put a Perspex shield over half of it to try and stop the draughts? I remember snow flakes coming in over the top of the shield! I am sorry to say that Ada died with cancer when she was quite young. Another amazing coincidence - Ada's niece lives in our village and her daughter started school on the same day as my granddaughter who is in Australia. They have been close friends since then. Thanks for your good wishes.
Whitefriars

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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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62 of 139  Tue 8th Apr 2014 7:01pm  

Hi Whitefriars, I am sad to read about Ada, she gave me a lot of help when I started in the Corres and fresh out of s/hand and typing school. Did you know Elsie Allen used to cycle home every dinnertime to cook her hubby chips for his lunch. Just a bit of trivia, but we thought she was good to brave the elements year in and year out to do that - lucky hubby. Must have had a few complaints to have had the shield put in. Do you remember May on the tea trolley, she was there when I left and the tea was shocking, don't know how Mr. Norman or Mr. Hugo could drink it. It used to cost them 4 pence a cup, they were robbed!!!!! Bye. Wave
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Whitefriars
Warwickshire
63 of 139  Tue 8th Apr 2014 7:10pm  

Hello Dreamtime! How about that for a quick reply? No I did not know about the chips but she was such a character I would not be surprised at anything. I don't think I remember the tea trolley lady, did she used to come into the Corres? Do you remember how we "banged people in" when they got married. As you walked through the offices people banged on the filing cabinets, etc., such a din. I still have the blankets that the girls brought me 58 years ago and a rude poem that they wrote and put on my desk after they had decorated it with streamers. Yes, Ada was kind. She used to help me read my shorthand back from Mr Norman. He used to pace up and down the office when he dictated and it was a combination of the fact that I could not hear all he said and I had not a clue what he was talking about! Also I was so nervous. Happy days!
Whitefriars

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keeepa
coventry
64 of 139  Tue 8th Apr 2014 8:01pm  

I did a brief stint at Herbert Associates as Assistant Company Secretary, they renovated and sold old AH machines, didn't last long as I decided it was time to travel and went to work on the copper mines in Zambia, after which I went down to Zimbabwe and almost bought an engineering company which was stocked with AH machines, when I finally returned to the UK I did a temp job creating an asset register at the old AP factory in Leamington and low and behold many of the machines had "Herbert associates" nameplates on them
jeff

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Tricia
Bedworth
65 of 139  Thu 10th Apr 2014 7:32pm  

On 7th Apr 2014 2:25pm, Dreamtime said: What about Elsie Allen and that window she would always insist on having open, even during the winter months.
Hi Dreamtime & Whitefriars, I think 'Elsie Allen' is Edna Allen. She was in charge of Corres when I was there 1966-1974. I remember she used to storm into the office, fling the windows wide open, and say the office smelt like a brothel. (We did wonder how she knew what a brothel smelt like) Oh my
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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66 of 139  Fri 11th Apr 2014 4:22am  

Hi Tricia, you are absolutely right it was Edna, it was a toss up for me Elsie or Edna! I had left by then, and she did 'fling' the window open just as you say as if in a temper. Out of all the girls in there at the time she was the only woman I ever had an issue with. I hate to think what she was like being in charge. Oh my
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lisa123321
nuneaton
67 of 139  Mon 19th May 2014 4:37pm  

Hello, my dad had these, does anyone know what/where they are from. I know they're from Herbert machines but that's it, also how much they are worth please.

Question

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NormK
bulkington
68 of 139  Mon 19th May 2014 5:29pm  

Lisa. I find this interesting, what is the actual size of these, they look quite large. Also I am curious to know why they are curved like that.
Milly rules

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Greenman
Cumbria
69 of 139  Mon 19th May 2014 6:13pm  

They look like the nameplates from an Atritor Pulverisor/Dryer. There is a company in Coventry currently producing these machines and trading under the name Atritor Ltd. Their website gives details of what they were used for and includes illustrations.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
70 of 139  Mon 19th May 2014 7:54pm  

Hi & thank you Greenman Wave Atritor Website
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keeepa
coventry
71 of 139  Thu 31st Jul 2014 7:31pm  

I did a stint at Herbert's, Red Lane, and knew my time would be limited when on my first day there after a "rebranding" exercise of their letterheads and colour scheme, a deep purple red as I remember, I commented to John Searle, the then company secretary "Who the hell approved that colour?" and he answered "I did".
jeff

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morgana
the secret garden
72 of 139  Thu 27th Nov 2014 3:59pm  

Lady Herbert's memorial at Lichfield
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artful
lancashire
73 of 139  Thu 27th Nov 2014 10:10pm  

Thanks for that fabulous insight into Sir Alfred & Lady Herberts life, and all of the good things they did for our City.
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JCoker
Australia
74 of 139  Sun 31st May 2015 1:18pm  

On 7th Apr 2014 3:09am, Dreamtime said: Do you remember many of the girls in the Corres' Whitefriars? I used to have to walk to Red Lane from Edgwick every lunchtime alongside the canal with Pat Moss. I remember Mr. Hemmings, and worked for the Secondhand Dept, Mr. Willison and Mr Coker, and Mr. Shaw. I started there in '54 and left in '61. I also did some work for the Small Tools Dept. Small world isn't it? Wave
Hi Dreamtime Was that Walter Coker? If so he was my grandfather. I think he worked in AH from when he arrived in Cov (1908 ? from Portsmouth) until he retired (and then he went to work for a company in Lcs). When him and my gran used to drive down to Portsmouth he would always stop at AH's grave and say a prayer. Cheers (also living in Perth) Julian
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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75 of 139  Sun 31st May 2015 3:35pm  

Hi Julian, It was indeed. Known to us as Wally Coker. Always had his pipe smoking even when dictating letters. His office was one big haze. I remember him so well, a very nice man always opened his office door for us girls when leaving. AH was well respected by all of his employees I believe. I was there late 50's early 60's and enjoyed working there at Red Lane. Kind regards Josie. Wave
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