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

Gerald Franks talks about his work at the Butler and Tanner printing works and describes how he completed his apprenticeship

Bill Ellis talks about his working life at Wessex Engineering in Frome and tells how he later went on to run a hardware store

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

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

Rodney Clarke talks to us about his time driving lorries, firstly for Express Dairies and then later for English China Clays

Steve Francis started work as an apprentice in the toolroom, then trained in the drawing office before becoming a senior design engineer

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

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

Richard Withey worked at Singer’s like the two generations of his family before him. He describes how he started as a toolroom apprentice