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Old 23-08-2009, 22:37   #13
West Ender
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Re: English Electric Company (Clayton-le-moors).

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
Every one keep calling it English Electric.
But that factory in Clayton was purpose built for the the Bristol Aircraft Co, they built Bristol Radial Engines. My father started there in 1939 as a tool setter, and worked there throughout the war.

Retlaw
I wonder if he knew my dad who was there from 1941 to 1945. He was a charge-hand in technical inspection.
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