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Industrial Memories

Working Memories location map of main industries
 Working Memories location map of main industries 258 176 Mercer Design
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If you are interested in finding out where some of the main industries of Frome were located in the town, please see our map read more
Sylvia Austin looks back at her time at Wallington Weston
 Sylvia Austin looks back at her time at Wallington Weston 773 768 Mercer Design
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Sylvia Austin talks about her time at the Wallington Weston factory and describes working in the company’s busy tile department read more
Trevor Biggs remembers his work at the Wallington Weston plant
 Trevor Biggs remembers his work at the Wallington Weston plant 661 768 Mercer Design
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Trevor Biggs talks about his time at Wallington Weston and how he became active in the social club and in the trade union read more
Russell Milne talks about working as a printer at Butler and Tanner
 Russell Milne talks about working as a printer at Butler and Tanner 741 768 Mercer Design
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Russell Milne discusses working life and practices in the printing firm of Butler and Tanner, and remembers his boss, Joe Tanner read more
Stuart North remembers the sale of the Butler and Tanner printing works
 Stuart North remembers the sale of the Butler and Tanner printing works 1024 782 Mercer Design
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Stuart North discusses the sale of the Frome-based printing firm, Butler and Tanner, and recalls how mass redundancies resulted in a march through Frome read more
Ron Stone talks about Butler and Tanner and the Tanner Family
 Ron Stone talks about Butler and Tanner and the Tanner Family 275 296 Mercer Design
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Ron Stone discusses life at the Butler and Tanner print works in Frome. He talks about his work there, and the Tanner family read more
Ron and Pete Stone talk about their time at Butler and Tanner
 Ron and Pete Stone talk about their time at Butler and Tanner 450 387 Mercer Design
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Father and son, Ron and Pete Stone talk about their working time at Butler and Tanner, where it was common for several generations to work together read more
Stuart North remembers Butler and Tanner, and Butler, Tanner and Dennis
 Stuart North remembers Butler and Tanner, and Butler, Tanner and Dennis 891 768 Mercer Design
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Stuart North talks about his work at the printing firm, Butler and Tanner, and how the company later became Butler, Tanner and Dennis read more
Muriel Chapman talks about her time at the Butler and Tanner Print Works
 Muriel Chapman talks about her time at the Butler and Tanner Print Works 480 640 Mercer Design
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Muriel Chapman looks back at her time at Butler and Tanner where she started work in 1929 and was employed in the bindery departement read more
John Stocker discusses working life at Cockey’s Iron Works
 John Stocker discusses working life at Cockey’s Iron Works 604 672 Mercer Design
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John Stocker looks back to his working time at Cockey’s Iron Works and tells how his father drove the crane that poured red hot metal into the casts read more