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rayjones
lincolnshire
1 of 7  Wed 11th Mar 2015 10:59pm  

Does anyone remember this factory in Awson Street off Stoney Stanton Road? Wooden dashboards were made there for BMC, and I used to take them to Oxford and Longbridge in the company lorries. I was there around 1966/7 and remember the canteen sausage batches with loving memory!
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NormK
bulkington
2 of 7  Thu 12th Mar 2015 8:12am  

Yes I worked at the Awson. I started as a school leaver which would be 1956. If my memory is right they also made dashboards and door cappings for Humber. Thumbs up
Milly rules

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Norman Conquest
Allesley
3 of 7  Thu 12th Mar 2015 9:35am  

I remember the Awson not because I ever worked there but we could get timber offcuts to use as firewood. I think it was supplied by a man named Marclew or something very similar.
Just old and knackered

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IslandCafe
Plymouth, Devon
4 of 7  Thu 12th Mar 2015 11:34am  

A friend of mine (Ken Cadden) worked there around 1951/2. He did some sort of french polishing and hated it. It was a dirty filthy job and his arms were often blistered from all the chemicals used. Sadly he is no longer with us.
Alan

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rayjones
lincolnshire
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5 of 7  Thu 12th Mar 2015 9:43pm  

It's funny you responding to me about the Awson because I was one of the Avon Street gang that started using your Island Cafe right from the start way back in 63.
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IslandCafe
Plymouth, Devon
6 of 7  Fri 13th Mar 2015 9:52am  

Ray, as if I could forget you. Thumbs up
Alan

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jvb
Kenilworth
7 of 7  Sun 22nd Mar 2015 12:09am  

The factory was acquired by Burbidge in (I think) the early 1970's and they still make timber products there.
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