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Post by ingrowlad on Apr 16, 2015 17:46:30 GMT
Reckon you're thinking of John W. Laycock's. It was through an archway, and I believe they may have been steel stockholders, but I don't think there was a foundry there. Could be wrong - perhaps somebody who knows more than me can come along and put the record straight. They also supplied tools and parts to the trades. When I was a young apprentice at the NEGB a favourite trick by the oldies was to send us apprentices around to Laycocks for maybe a left handed hammer or a bubble for a spirit level. All good fun and it got us out of the workshop for a while. I worked at Laycocks in the 60s as a Labourer.. it was a steel stockholder , there was a lot of solid brass & copper bar.. and steel the usual lenghs of chain... Also down stairs they made 'one or two Fireplaces,, And my claim to fame was helping to make one, for the film,(Billy lier) with Tom Courtney staring... |
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Post by mitch on Jul 9, 2019 12:42:02 GMT
If it was steel it wouldn't be a
foundry, they dealt only in cast iron. I worked at John .Smiths on Lawkholme Lane in the mid 50s as a core maker. We produed gas pipes and lathe beds for various companies including the then gas board.
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