Annewiggy
Tamworth |
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Thu 1st Aug 2013 8:51pm
I have come across this interesting recording of Sir Stanley Harley talking about his father Sir Harry Harley who started working at Alfred Herbert and founded the Coventry Gauge and Tool
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Fri 2nd Aug 2013 8:56am
Hi Annewiggy,
Thank you, I enjoyed listening. |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth Thread starter
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Fri 2nd Aug 2013 2:18pm
This is the Gauge and Tool Special Police Unit. I am told that they were stationed in Arden Street, Earlsdon. Harry Harley is seated in the middle. My Dad is 3rd from the right looking at the picture.
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BrotherJoybert
Coventry |
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Fri 2nd Aug 2013 5:17pm
"Her father had been "trained for service" and because of this was a softly spoken man who used his words respectfully. At one point he got a job with the Coventry Gauge & Tool Company on Warwick Street, Earlsdon. When the owner Harry Harley discovered his background, he asked him to become a servant at his house - 3 Styvechale Avenue - where they already had a maid. He would 'clock in' to work at the factory and then cycle to Styvechale Avenue to take charge of the house. Barbara recalls that he would take carpets from the house into the garden to clean them, something that really impressed the Harley's. Something that didn't impress Barbara's father was the wages and he eventually left this job to go and work at the Rudge."
Extract from my article about Barbara Boyle in the History Articles section:
Miss Bashford: A Teacher's Tale
Fascinating to hear the recording and see the photograph Annewiggy |
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Annewiggy
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Fri 2nd Aug 2013 6:49pm
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Sat 3rd Aug 2013 4:18pm
Another concidence Anne! My mum was born in Berkeley Road North, 1942 |
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Wearethemods
Aberdeenshire |
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Mon 5th Aug 2013 11:26am
On 2nd Aug 2013 6:49pm, Annewiggy said:
I found the picture of Centaur Road School interesting as my dad went there when he was 5....
My mum was born in 1919 a couple of streets away in Kirby Road and attended Centaur Road School I wonder if she's in the photo ? |
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Annewiggy
Tamworth Thread starter
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8 of 24
Tue 6th Aug 2013 10:40am
This is another picture from my mum's collection. It says Gauge and Tool, Home Guard, Lewis Machine Gun Section, 3rd May 1941.
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julesharley
surrey |
9 of 24
Sat 9th Nov 2013 2:35pm
This is such fascinating find for me. Harry Harley was my great grandfather and Stanley my grandfather. I heard the recording you posted by Stanley which was the first time I've heard him speak in nearly 40 years, and to hear him talk about his father and the Gauge was fascinating. The recording finishes abruptly and I would love to get more of it. Do you know where it came from originally? |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
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Sat 9th Nov 2013 2:51pm
Hello & welcome to our forum, Julesharley
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kimmi1308
Worcestershire |
11 of 24
Sun 17th Nov 2013 9:52pm
Hi. I am not sure if anyone can help, but I am looking at my family tree and am aware that two of my relations worked for the Gauge and Tool Company. Mr Arthur Smith was a miller, whilst his daughter Audrey Gillian Smith was a typist in 1958. I would really love to hear from anyone who has any information. Arthur also had a son named John.
Many thanks
Kim
Kim
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motherbird
wiltshire |
12 of 24
Sun 9th Mar 2014 10:10am
Hi. I wonder if you ever heard of a Harry Barker, my great uncle, who may have been the manager the Gauge and Tool Company in about 1941?
I found this quote on Wiki
'Harry Joshua Barker, Manager of the Admiralty Section of the Coventry Gauge & Tool Co
Officer of the Order of the British Empire'
Cheers Motherbird
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precisonengineer
West Wales |
13 of 24
Sun 7th Jun 2015 8:40pm
No longer living in England, I was hoping to find workmates from CG & Tool / Matrix Machine Tools / TI Matrix from mid 60's to 80's. Question |
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Annewiggy
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Sun 7th Jun 2015 11:01pm
Welcome to the forum Precisionengineer. I am sure you will come across a few members who have memories of the Gauge and Tool. Before your time but my parents actually met while working there. My step grandfather Eric Wilson worked there for many years but it may have been early 60's when he transferred to a factory the Gauge and Tool had in Poole, Dorset. |
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ianknight
Coventry |
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Mon 8th Jun 2015 4:09pm
Dad worked at Matrix around this time on NC maintenance - Cyril Knight - he's still around (he retired early 90's I think) but won't step near a computer unless mum's swearing at it
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