Mr. F. Redfern (centre), assistant General Works Manager at Forward Radiator, thanked employees for their long service and wished them well in retirement, at a recent get-together at Triumph’s Birmingham factory. Continue reading “Forward Radiator Retirements”
Trevor Worthington – Apprentice of the Year 1962
Apprenticed 1958-63 and Apprentice of the Year in 1962.
Selected to go to VW on an exchange visit organised by the Institute of The Motor Industry 1964. I joined the Quality Department in 1964, became Quality Service Liaison Engineer then Investigation Supervisor located in the dungeon under the Spares Department. Continue reading “Trevor Worthington – Apprentice of the Year 1962”
Forward Radiator – Pt 1
The Forward Radiator Company Limited was formed in February 1919 and I started work with them in September, 1922. I was the first clerical employee set on, all the clerical work up to this time having been done by “the boss’. Mr. C. N. Rawsthorne, the Secretary and Director of the Company.
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