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Industrial Memories

Gerald Franks explains the printing process at Butler and Tanner
 Gerald Franks explains the printing process at Butler and Tanner 485 643 Mercer Design
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Gerald Franks talks about his working life at the Butler and Tanner print works and recalls the stages involved in getting a book to print read more
Gerald Franks talks about being an apprentice with Butler and Tanner
 Gerald Franks talks about being an apprentice with Butler and Tanner 414 601 Mercer Design
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Gerald Franks talks about his work at the Butler and Tanner printing works and describes how he completed his apprenticeship read more
Bill Ellis discusses his time at Wessex Engineering in Frome
 Bill Ellis discusses his time at Wessex Engineering in Frome 598 708 Mercer Design
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Bill Ellis talks about his working life at Wessex Engineering in Frome and tells how he later went on to run a hardware store read more
Freda Henly remembers working for Wallington Weston
 Freda Henly remembers working for Wallington Weston 576 768 Mercer Design
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Freda Henly was born in Milk Street in Frome. In this video, she discusses her working life at Wallington Weston when the firm was at Adderwell read more
Ron White talks about the taxi service he began in Frome
 Ron White talks about the taxi service he began in Frome 778 1024 Mercer Design
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Ron White talks to us about how he set up and ran a taxi service from the Lamb and Fountain public house in Castle Street, Frome read more
Rodney Clarke recalls driving lorries for Express Dairies
 Rodney Clarke recalls driving lorries for Express Dairies 768 1024 Mercer Design
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Rodney Clarke talks to us about his time driving lorries, firstly for Express Dairies and then later for English China Clays read more
Steve Francis talks about his working life at Singer’s in Frome
 Steve Francis talks about his working life at Singer’s in Frome 645 768 Mercer Design
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Steve Francis started work as an apprentice in the toolroom, then trained in the drawing office before becoming a senior design engineer read more
Simon Giles discusses his career with Singer’s and Tyco
 Simon Giles discusses his career with Singer’s and Tyco 701 768 Mercer Design
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Simon Giles recalls how he started work at Singer’s in Frome and then moved to the Marston Trading Estate with the successor company, Tyco read more
Rodney Clarke and Robert Latchem talk about Singer’s in Frome
 Rodney Clarke and Robert Latchem talk about Singer’s in Frome 1024 901 Mercer Design
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Both Rodney Clarke and Robert Latchem started at Singer’s in the 1950’s as trainee draughtsmen. Here, they tell us about their working lives read more
Richard Withey recalls his time at the Singer’s foundry in Waterloo, Frome
 Richard Withey recalls his time at the Singer’s foundry in Waterloo, Frome 1024 894 Mercer Design
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Richard Withey worked at Singer’s like the two generations of his family before him. He describes how he started as a toolroom apprentice read more