Summer 1974

S K Choksey photo far right appointed a director of H W Process Engineering Ltd London Division A H a r d i s t y director, appointed general manager Bramall & Wax Ltd D r T E M o o d y appointed company medical advisor FT Nunn'\ngton photo right appointed sales director B & S Massey Ltd IG S m i t h director, appointed general manager Bramwax Steels Ltd

NEW EBNPHNIES M a n c h e s t e r C o l d F o r g e L t d is the name of a new H W subsidiary company located at Openshaw, Manchester manufactur ing cold forged products mainly for the automot ive industry. B r o w n B r o s ( M e t a l s ) L t d Head Wr ightson has recently acquired the who le of the share capital of B r o w n Bros (Meta ls) Ltd w h i c h carries on business as stockists of bright d rawn steel f rom premises in Houns low and Hackney. It is intended to merge the business w i t h that of Renown Simpson Steels Ltd our London steel s tockhold ing company.

ENMEEBP RBBRESS T w o of our steel s tockhold ing companies have recently moved to more spacious premises; their new locat ions are: A l f r e d S i m p s o n L i m i t e d Bridge Street Sw in ton Manchester England M 2 7 1 EL telephone 061 -794 4777 re/ex 668766 ca6/es Simsona Manchester R e n o w n S i m p s o n S t e e l s L i m i t e d Nobel Road Eley Estate Edmonton London N 1 8 3 B H telephone 0^-SOS 5561 /e /ex261075

Congratulat ions to Mr Frank Brown w h o was recently elected chairman of the Drop Forging Research Associat ion at their annual general meet ing at Keni lwor th. Mr Brown is managing director of H W Stampings and is the immediate past president of the Nat ional Associat ion of Drop Forgers and

Stampers. He has served the Drop Forging Research Associat ion as counci l member for the past nine years and the last year as v ice-chairman.

Photo shows Mr Brown being welcomed into the chair by Mr L Hewitt of George Turton Piatt

In 1 9 7 0 w o r k w a s s t a r t e d by H W P E L i n T h o r n a b y o n w h a t w a s t e p r o v e o n e o f t h e b i g g e s t d e m o l i t i o n a n d r e b u i l d j o b s In a w o r k i n g p l a n t e v e r t o be u n d e r t a k e n by t h e B r i t i s h S t e e l C o r p o r a t i o n .

T h e u p r a t i n g in c a p a c i t y o f t h e B S C S t r i p M i l l s D i v i s i o n L l a n w e r n W o r k s r e q u i r e s t h e a d d i t i o n o r r e p l a c e m e n t o f e v e r y a s p e c t o f s t e e l m a k i n g p l a n t f r o m i r o n - o r e h a n d l i n g t h r o u g h t o s t e e l m a k i n g . T h i s c o m p l e x o p e r a t i o n , k n o w n as S c h e m e C, is a m a j o r p r o j e c t in B S C ' s m o d e r n i s a t i o n p r o g r a m m e .

HWPEL involvement was to replace the three basic oxygen furnaces, together w i th boilers and gas cleaning plants, w i t h three larger furnaces (of the Demag design and manufactured by HW Teesdale) complete w i t h gas cool ing stacks, water coo l ing system and gas cleaning plants. As management contractors, HWPEL were responsible on behalf of BSC to carry out the design, purchasing, progressing and inspect ion and all these funct ions were ini t ialed f rom the Thornaby off ice. To carry out the func t ion of demol i t ion and rebui ld ing, HWPEL set up a management and construct ion off ice at the L lanwern works responsible to Mr R Mi tchel l , the project manager, and the work undertaken by this of f ice covered for assembling the furnace after delivery by sea f rom Thornaby, the pre-assembly of hood carriage w i t h w i n c h systems, instrumentat ion and p ipework in addi t ion to the demol i t ion and instal lat ion of the

OS furnace by subcontractor loyees

V e A ssembling no2hood carriage in the charging bay April 1974

new equipment. The first of three sections of the plant was shut d o w n on 6 January 1974 and a l lowed to cool . The demol i t ion, a formidable task in itself, was successfully achieved in 18 days and more than 1,000 tonnes of boiler steelwork, steam drum, c ladding and p ipework were removed dur ing this t ime. The task of install ing the new equipment involved a lot of detailed planning and was programmed to take 86 days, w h i c h required 24-hour work ing and a great deal of intense effort by all the work force. Despite all the national di f f icult ies w h i c h were prevail ing at the t ime of this conversion, the first stage of the operat ion has been completed successful ly and this was achieved by close liaison and co-operat ion between H W P E L a n d BSC. At the t ime of wr i t ing , the first furnace has made 10,000 tonnes of steel and work is proceeding ready for the replacement of the remaining t w o furnaces.

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rs STHTEMENT Results

T h e H e a d W r i g h t s o n G r o u p o f C o m p a n i e s h a d a s a t i s f a c t o r y y e a r in 1 9 7 3 - 7 4 . G r o u p t r a d i n g p r o f i t s r o s e t o £ 1 , 5 6 2 , 0 0 0 f r o m £ 1 , 4 5 6 , 0 0 0 a n d p r o f i t a f t e r t a x w a s £ 7 9 2 , 0 0 0 c o m p a r e d t o £ 9 9 8 , 0 0 0 . E a r n i n g s p e r s h a r e w e r e 5 7 6 p ( 7 - 2 7 p ) . T h e f i g u r e s f o r las t y e a r i n c l u d e d a p r o f i t o f £ 3 0 8 , 0 0 0 o n t h e sa le o f a s h o r t l e a s e h o l d . T h e r e is n o c o m p a r a b l e i t e m i n c l u d e d in t h e r e s u l t s f o r t h i s y e a r . A p a r t f r o m t h i s s p e c i a l i t e m , t r a d i n g p r o f i t s h o w s an i n c r e a s e o f £ 4 1 4 , 0 0 0 (36%) a n d p r o f i t b e f o r e t a x an i n c r e a s e o f £ 1 2 7 , 0 0 0 ( 1 1 % ) . W e a r e p r o p o s i n g t o ra ise t h e t o t a l d i v i d e n d s f o r t h e y e a r by t h e m a x i m u m a m o u n t a l l o w e d u n d e r S t a g e 3 l e g i s l a t i o n . W e a r e r e c o m m e n d i n g a f i n a l d i v i d e n d o f 1 5 4 6 0 2 5 p p e r s h a r e w h i c h w i t h t h e i n t e r i m m a k e s a t o t a l o f 3 -3075p, c o m p a r e d t o an e q u i v a l e n t o f 3-15p las t y e a r .

Al though prof i ts improved, there were certain events w h i c h caused them to be lower than they might have been. Interest charges rose f rom £112,000 to £397,000 partly due to h igh rates of interest dur ing the year and partly due to substantial investment. Had interest rates remained at the same average level as they were in the preceding year then the interest charge w o u l d have been reduced by £135,000. Secondly, we had a most d i f f icul t year at the Iron Founding div is ion of Head Wr igh tson Foundries Limited. I ment ioned in my statement last year that w e were expanding our business as makers of grey and duct i le iron tunnel segments. Over the past eighteen months the effect of inf lat ion on the principal raw materials of the Iron Founding div is ion has been to increase the cost of these by over 100%. Improved performance has enabled us to contain the overall escalation in costs at 50% but escalation of this amount is unprecedented and has resulted in heavy losses on t w o long- term f ixed price contracts. Thirdly, the results for the year are

affected by the coal miners' dispute and the subsequent shor t - t ime work ing in December 1 973 and January 1 974. Last year w e reported on our plans for Stockton Precision Forge. 1 9 7 3 - 7 4 turned out to be a di f f icul t year in w h i c h to launch a new high techno logy project and we have made s lower progress than w e planned. We shall be wa tch ing the posit ion closely this year because w e d id not achieve our budget last year and have only been able to forecast a break-even posi t ion this year. All our costs have increased considerably over the year and a l though the most dramatic effect was at the Iron Founding div is ion, increases in costs and the effects of Stages 2 and 3 have meant that profi ts have been adversely affected. Orders received dur ing the year amounted to almost £44,000,000 and we have had signif icant further orders since then.

Cash f l ow

The statement of source and appl icat ion of funds inc luded in the Directors' Report shows that w e put £1,557,000 into businesses acquired or expanded dur ing the year and into investments outside the Group. These investments include new s tockhold ing facil i t ies in London and Teesside, the purchase of Pardor Engineering Co Limited of Dudley, whose business consists of repairs and services in the metal fo rming and steel industries, and our investments in British Nuclear Associates Ltd and th rough it the National Nuclear Corporat ion Ltd. In addi t ion w e invested £626,000 in new facil i t ies for exist ing businesses. This inc luded the new factory for Al f red Simpson Limited at Sw in ton , Manchester, and the development of our riverside site in Midd lesbrough. The move of Al f red Simpson Limited to the Sw in ton site is n o w complete and w i th the new equipment that we have installed wi l l enable us to give a highly eff icient service to our customers. The development of the riverside site in Midd lesbrough wi l l enable us to undertake more work for the North Sea oil industry as wel l as our tradit ional work on dock gates and harbour instal lations. The amount spent on f ixed assets for the remainder of the group was £1,167,000 w h i c h by itself is the highest ever spent in any one year and reflects the investment needed

in modern tools and equipment. The total effect was to increase bor rowings by £2,342.000 of w h i c h £200,000 was bor rowed f rom the Department of Trade and Industry and the balance f rom our bankers.

Steel stockholding

For some years w e have been steadily changing the shape and structure of Head Wr ightson. We have recently formed our steel s tockhold ing and processing interests into a sub-group w i th Mr E V Davies as Chairman. This expanded sub-group had a most successful year in 1 9 7 3 - 7 4 and 1 9 7 4 - 7 5 has started wel l . We are at present complet ing the purchase of B rown Brothers (Meta ls) Ltd. a bright bar steel stockholder in the London area, w h i c h business w e wi l l run together w i th Renown Simpson Steels Ltd. Al l the individual businesses w i th in the s tockhold ing group produced good results under the leadership of Al f red Simpson Ltd of Manchester. Sales cont inued to rise throughout the latter half of the year and are n o w buoyant a l though they wi l l not necessarily remain at the current level.

Foundries and forges

I have referred to the problems of the Iron Founding Division and the s low start of Stockton Precision Forge. Both Head Wr ightson Stampings and Steelcast had reasonable years somewhat hampered by s low trading at the beginning of the year in Steelcast and by t roubled t imes and labour shortage at the end of the year at both. Order books are now satisfactory and w e are looking fo rward to a good year.

Manufactur ing

Head Wr ightson Teesdale is a heavy plate fabricator w i th considerable machine shop and f i t t ing capacity at T h o r n a b y - o n - I e e s a n d Midd lesbrough. Typical amongst the jobs they tackle are the three BOS vesse ls for the British Steel Corporat ion at L lanwern, fabricated at Thornaby and out loaded f rom the new riverside site to go by sea to South Wales. Another series of launches took place as dock gates were completed for Grangemouth, Scot land. Teesdale's markets are buoyant but here again the improvement was a long t ime coming and w e are

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awai t ing the next round of nuclear power station orders. Head Wr ightson Teesdale has a most successful record of nuclear power sub-contracts. The British nuclear power industry has come in for a great deal of comment in past months. It is perhaps t imely to remember that the generat ing costs of exist ing nuclear power stations are amongst the most economical in the country. There seems to be almost universal agreement that nuclear generat ing capacity should be increased and it is frustrat ing to be able to add little to my statement of a year ago. B&-S Massey Ltd had a profi table year and a good yearfor new orders. Just after the year ended, a large contract for Poland ensured t w o years' work load for our Openshaw works . Massey has been cont inu ing its technical progress w i th considerable success on up-dated hammer designs and presses but w i t h some problems on the Rotaform. Prospects look good w i th a w ide spread of markets inc lud ing Brazil, France, India, Romania and Spain. Grosvenor Steel Fabrications had a di f f icul t year but is n o w in a better t rading posit ion a l though there are problems of steel supply and escalating costs w h i c h need careful contro l . We shall be seeking more f in ished products suitable for Grosvenor's capacity to lessen our dependence on the jobb ing market.

Contract ing

During the year w e made Important changes in HW Process Engineering Ltd and The Head Wr ightson Mach ine Co Ltd. We appointed a General Manager to each of the HWPEL off ices and w e transferred The Mach ine Company 's works to Head Wr ightson Teesdale thus leaving The Mach ine Company solely as a design and contract ing company. These moves were in response to g r o w i n g markets and to the need to provide a f lexible service to our customers abroad. We are n o w in a posi t ion to quote di f fer ing types of contract and cont inue to o f fe r the ful l Head Wr ightson manufactur ing resources to our domest ic customers, particularly the British Steel Corporat ion. HWPEL has carried out a successful development programme w i th our Research and Development Division w h i c h has resulted in a contract for the design of a h igh capacity i ron-ore sintering p l a n t f o r t h e

Ravenscraig Works of the Strip Mi l ls Division of the BSC. HWPEL has also been cont inu ing w i t h our current contracts in Chile. We started this round of contracts dur ing President Frei's term of off ice, then operated dur ing President Al lende's mount ing di f f icul t ies and n o w f ind ourselves faced w i th the unfavourable att i tude of our present government to Chile. We conf ident ly expect that relations between the t w o countr ies wi l l improve as Chile is able to return to a more relaxed style of government . One extreme has led to another and it is d isappoint ing to f ind that our present administrat ion is unwi l l ing to help Chile back to the moderat ion she enjoyed before Dr Al lende. The highl ight of the Mach ine Company 's year was the comple t ion and subsequent successful commiss ion ing of a cont inuous w ide strip pickle line at Ebbw Vale. This contract marked the latest accompl ishment in a long record of supply as a contractor to the steel industry over a w ide range of strip and tube plant. Prospects in this market are encouraging.

Overseas

Al though the i rcont r ibu t ion to profi ts is not large our overseas companies are developing new markets for their UK col leagues as wel l as t rading in their o w n right. Last year w e formed a jo int ly o w n e d engineering company in Brazil w i t h the Villares group of companies. Villares Wr ightson Engenharia is in Sao Paulo and has recently booked its first orders. We also formed a small company in Venezuela.

Staff

It w o u l d be untrue to say that w e had no internal labour t roubles last year. However, the greater part of the trouble that w e did have was only a reflection of national or regional disturbances. We are actively seeking improvements in all our established methods of consul tat ion in a determinat ion to achieve part ic ipat ion by all employed in Head Wr ightson. It is pleasing to record that w e celebrated the 25th anniversary of our Employees' Counci l dur ing November 1973. Our Sports and Social Clubs f lour ish. Our thanks are due to all those w h o work for Head Wr ightson at home and abroad. We have a g o o d team and we intend to bui ld upon it in

particular by increasing our cadre of professionally qual i f ied engineers.

Prospects

Predict ion is, as always, hazardous -perhaps for a capital goods engineer never more than today. Last year I began my last paragraph w i th the qual i f icat ion ; 'If the Government can keep the economy on its present c o u r s e . . . ' . N o w our national course is uncharted whi ls t the phoney war between one election and another cont inues. Therefore, anyth ing other than comment on our present posit ion is di f f icul t . Present circumstances indicate that w e should have a much better year than last year. In the longer term it is harder to see wha t is go ing to happen despite the fact that your company is in good heart and steadily improving its performance. We had hoped that the old arguments as between what should be nationalised and wha t should not were over and that all parties w o u l d concentrate on making a success of the mixed economy broadly as it is. It appears that this is not to be. Your company is primarily a capital goods engineering company serving customers in a domestic market where a major proport ion of f ixed capital investment is made in the publ ic sector. We are affected by any shi f t ing in the boundaries between public and private industry. If the delays in investment w h i c h have fo l lowed past changes are a guide - as w i th the structure of the nuclear power industry - the effects can be serious. Leaving aside this major unanswered quest ion, the prospects wor ld w ide are good . There is evidence of increasing investment in steel at home and abroad. The chemical and petrochemical producers are go ing ahead w i th a much larger programme of new plant than in recent years. North Sea Oil is br inging us work as wi l l the NCB's new programme, and our export prices are compet i t ive. The Head Wr ightson Group of Companies is also much better balanced than it used to be by virtue of its major interest in steel s tockhold ing. In summary this year should be better than last and progress should cont inue into 1975.

John Wrightson

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riNHNCML REPORT 73-7f Group result

The f inancial result of the H W Group for the year ended 31 January 1974 was as fo l lows :

profit before tax

copp, U K c o m p a n i e s

c o n t r a c t i n g 3 7 3 m a n u f a c t u r i n g 8 9 8 s u p p l y 3 9 5

o v e r s e a s c o m p a n i e s 3 2

1 , 6 9 8 d i f f e r e n c e s o n f o r e i g n e x c h a n g e 1 1 1 o t h e r e x p e n d i t u r e less i n c o m e ( 2 4 7 )

t r a d i n g p r o f i t 1 .562 i n te res t p a i d ( 3 9 7 ) i n v e s t m e n t i n c o m e 4

p r o f i t b e f o r e t a x 1 , 1 6 9 tax ( 3 7 7 )

7 9 2 d i v i d e n d s ( 3 2 1 )

r e t a i n e d p r o f i t 4 7 1 d e f e r r e d t a x a d j u s t m e n t ( 1 8 2 )

t r a n s f e r t o rese rves C 2 8 9

Where the money came f rom

The external turnover of the g roup w a s :

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H e a d W r i g h t s o n & C o L t d Y a r m C l e v e l a n d

d i r e c t o r s Sir J o h n Wr igh tson B t T D DL chairman J o h n Eccles managing director W H Adams The Rt Hon The Earl of Halsbury FRS Sir Cyril Hawker James Iveson Alastair M o r t o n

H e a d W r i g h t s o n { M a n a g e m e n t ) L t d Y a r m C l e v e l a n d

g r o u p / a d m i n i s t r a t i o n / r e s e a r c h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t

H e a d W r i g h t s o n P r o c e s s E n g i n e e r i n g L t d

Thornaby D/visfon C l e v e l a n d

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g : s i n t e r i n g p l a n t / m i n e r a l d r e s s i n g o r e p e l l e t i s i n g a n d n o n -f e r r o u s m e t a l l u r g i c a l p l a n t / c o a l p r e p a r a t i o n p l a n t , i n c i n e r a t i o n a n d c o m p o s t i n g p l a n t / w a t e r a n d e f f l u e n t t r e a t m e n t p l a n t / f u m e c l e a n i n g p l a n t

L ondon Division

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g : f u m e c l e a n i n g p l a n t / h e a t e x c h a n g e e q u i p m e n t / c o o l i n g t o w e r s / s p r a y g r a n u l a t i o n p l a n t

T h e H e a d W r i g h t s o n M a c h i n e C o L t d M i d d l e s b r o u g h C l e v e l a n d

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g : e q u i p m e n t fo r m a n u f a c t u r i n g s tee l a n d n o n - f e r r o u s t u b e s a n d f o r w o r k i n g p r o c e s s i n g a n d c o a t i n g s tee l a n d n o n - f e r r o u s s h e e t s t r i p a n d p la te

H e a d W r i g h t s o n T e e s d a l e L t d T h o r n a b y C l e v e l a n d

d e s i g n a n d m a n u f a c t u r e : i r on a n d s tee l w o r k s e q u i p m e n t / n u c l e a r p o w e r p l a n t / h e a t e x c h a n g e r s / d o c k a n d h a r b o u r e q u i p m e n l / s p e c i a l r a i l w a y w a g o n s / c o l l i e r y p l a n t / m e t a l l i f e r o u s m i n i n g e q u i p m e n t / d r y i n g g r i n d i n g a n d c l a s s i f y i n g e q u i p m e n t / c h e m i c a l a n d p e t r o - c h e m i c a l e q u i p m e n t / e q u i p m e n t fo r m a n u f a c t u r i n g s tee l a n d n o n - f e r r o u s t u b e s a n d f o r w o r k i n g p r o c e s s i n g a n d c o a t i n g s tee l a n d n o n - f e r r o u s shee t s t r i p a n d p la te

• B Ct S M a s s e y L t d O p e n s h a w M a n c h e s t e r

d e s i g n a n d m a n u f a c t u r e : m e t a l f o r m i n g m a c h i n e s a n d g e n e r a l e n g i n e e r i n g

• G r o s v e n o r S t e e l F a b r i c a t i o n s L t d A u d e n s h a w L a n c a s h i r e

w e l d e d f a b r i c a t i o n s i n m i l d s tee l , s ta in less s tee l a n d n o n - f e r r o u s m e t a l s

P a r d o r E n g i n e e r i n g C o L t d T i p t o n W e s t M i d l a n d s

repa i rs , m o d i f i c a t i o n s a n d s u p p l y of s p a r e par ts fo r s tee l a n d o t h e r p r o c e s s p l a n t s

H e a d W r i g h t s o n F o u n d r i e s L t d

Steelcast Division T h o r n a b y S t o c k t o n - o n - T e e s a n d B i l l i n g h a m C l e v e l a n d

c a r b o n , m a n g a n e s e a n d a l l o y s tee l c a s t i n g s

Iron Founding Division Eag lesc l i f f e S t o c k t o n - o n - T e e s C l e v e l a n d

t u n n e l s e g m e n t s

H e a d W r i g h t s o n S t a m p i n g s L t d S e a t o n C a r e w C l e v e l a n d

d r o p f o r g i n g s in s tee l a n d a l l o y s

S t o c k t o n P r e c i s i o n F o r g e L t d S t o c k t o n - o n - T e e s C l e v e l a n d

f o r g i n g s p r o d u c e d by t h e R o t a f o r m p r o c e s s

M a n c h e s t e r C o l d F o r g e L t d O p e n s h a w M a n c h e s t e r

f o r g i n g s p r o d u c e d by t h e c o l d f o r g e m e t h o d

V

• A l f r e d S i m p s o n L t d S w i n t o n M a n c h e s t e r a n d C a n n o c k

p r o c e s s o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s o f s ta in less s t e e l , b r i g h t a n d b l a c k c a r b o n a n d a l l o y s tee ls a n d c o r r o s i o n res i s tan t f a s t e n e r s

• B r a m a l l £t W a x L t d S h e f f i e l d

p r o c e s s o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s o f s ta in less s tee ls

• B r a m w a x S t e e l s L t d S h e f f i e l d

p r o c e s s o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s o f c a r b o n s tee ls

N o r t h E a s t e r n S t e e l S t o c k h o l d e r s L t d S t o c k t o n - o n - T e e s C l e v e l a n d

p r o c e s s o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s o f s ta in less s tee l , b r i g h t a n d b l a c k c a r b o n a n d a l l o y s tee ls a n d c o r r o s i o n res i s tan t f a s t e n e r s

R e n o w n S i m p s o n S t e e l s L t d L o n d o n

p r o c e s s o r s o f s ta in less s tee ls

• H e a d W r i g h t s o n & C o S o u t h A f r i c a L t d J o h a n n e s b u r g registered in South Africa

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g

• H e a d W r i g h t s o n ( A t i s t r a l i a ) P t y L t d S y d n e y N S W registered in Australia

d e s i g n a n d c o p t r a c t i n g

H e a d W r i g h t s o n I n d i a L t d C a l c u t t a

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g

H e a d W r i g h t s o n ( S u d a m e r i c a n a ) L t d S a o P a u l o Braz i l

sa les

H e a d W r i g h t s o n d e V e n e z u e l a L t d C a r a c a s registered in Venezuela

m a n a g e m e n t o f a c o n t r a c t f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f g o l d m i n i n g a n d r e f i n i n g f a c i l i t i e s in V e n e z u e l a

U n i t e d C o n s o r t i u m ( C h i l e ) L t d Y a r m C l e v e l a n d 50%

m a n a g e m e n t o f a c o n t r a c t f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f c o p p e r m i n i n g a n d r e f i n i n g f a c i l i t i e s in C h i l e

t n d e i n - W r i g h t s o n S A M a d r i d registered in Spain 49%

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g

V i l l a r e s - W r i g h t s o n E n g e n h a r i a L t d a S a o P a u l o registered in Brazil 49%

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g

T a y w o o d W r i g h t s o n L t d S o u t h a l l M i d d l e s e x 50%

m a n a g e m e n t o f a c o n t r a c t f o r t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a n a l u m i n i u m s m e l t e r at I n v e r g o r d o n fo r B r i t i sh A l u m i n i u m C o L t d

B r i t i s h N u c l e a r A s s o c i a t e s L t d L o n d o n 8.57%

this company holds 35% of National Nuclear Corporation Ltd

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g f o r c o m p l e t e n u c l e a r p o w e r p l a n t s

T h e N u c l e a r P o w e r G r o u p ( H o l d i n g s ) L t d R is ley C h e s h i r e 11.11%

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g fo r c o m p l e t e n u c l e a r p o w e r p l a n t s

T h e N u c l e a r P o w e r G r o u p ( H . H . - H o l d i n g s ) L t d R is ley C h e s h i r e 14.44%

d e s i g n a n d c o n t r a c t i n g f o r c o m p l e t e n u c l e a r p o w e r p l a n t s

n o t e S u b s i d i a r i e s are 1 0 0 % o w n e d b y H e a d W r i g h t s o n a C o L t d b u t t h e shares o f t h o s e m a r k e d • are h e l d i n d i r e c t l y t h r o u g h a s u b s i d i a r y c o m p a n y . In r e s p e c t o f a s s o c i a t e d c o m p a n i e s a n d t r a d e i n v e s t m e n t s t h e p e r c e n t a g e s h o w n fo r e a c h c o m p a n y is t h e p r o p o r t i o n o w n e d b y H e a d W r i g h t s o n a C o L t d . A l l c o m p a n i e s are r e g i s t e r e d in E n g l a n d e x c e p t w h e r e s h o w n .

NEWSPRBNBMERSEHS Photograph top left shows a cool ing tower installed by HW South Afr ica Ltd on top of the off ice block of the Carlton Centre complex. Johannesburg. This cool ing tower is reputed to be the highest one in South Afr ica and possibly in the Southern Hemisphere, the sill height being 1926m. HW South Afr ica Ltd also installed the lowest tower in the wor ld -underground at Western Deeplevels mine.

Three prospective c o w b o y s f rom HW Teesdale, namely Reg Underwood . Brian L u m b a n d Eric Lockney, are presently work ing w i t h Automat ic Dril l ing Machines Inc at Dallas. Texas, on automated oil dr i l l ing rig designs. They describe life in Dallas as somewhat hectic, but much enjoy the del ight fu l ly perpetual summer (70 -80 -90 F during the w in te r ) . However to offset the blue skies and sunshine they ment ion tornadoes, hurricanes, tarantula, black w i d o w spiders, rattlesnakes, deserts and giant cact i . Photograph far left shows Reg Underwood c l imbing out of a hoist basket having been l ifted off a dr i l l ing platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph bottom left shows xhe rather precarious hoist basket suspended in mid air f rom the rig.

T w o flare stacks pfjoto left bui l t by HW (Austral ia) Pty Ltd for the BOS plant at the Port Kembia works of Austral ian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (photograph Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co L td ) .

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3tin+Bulletin+Bulletin+Bulletin+Bulk

Largest sinter plant exported from UK is commissioned in Brazil

A 1 2 ' w ide sinter plant designed and suppl ied by Head Wr igh tson Process Engineering Limited to Companhia Siderurgica Nacional of Brazil is currently being

Scanning electron microscope for examining fracture surfaces A highly advanced scanning electron microscope in operat ion in The Company's Research & Development Division at Thornaby. There are only about 100 of these machines in the wor ld and its main appl icat ion at Head Wr ightson i s i n f r a c t o g r a p h y o r t h e examinat ion of fracture surfaces.

commiss ioned. The photo shows the igni t ion hood of a similar plant recently commissioned at the Corby Works of Brit ish Steel Corporat ion.

Major contract completed under NCB*s current development programme General v iew at the coal preparation plant at the National Coal Board's S i lverwood Colliery near Rotherham in Yorkshire. Head Wr ightson Process Engineering Limited have designed and commiss ioned an extension to th is plant to re-treat 350 tonnes /hour of I ' to i m m coal to produce high qual i ty cok ing coal for use by the Nat ional Coal Board and the Brit ish Steel Corporat ion.

Precipitator for British Gypsum-an example of HeadWrightsorfs specialisation in gas cleaning equipment A n electrostatic precipitator suppl ied by Head Wr igh tson Process Engineering Limi ted, London Division to the East Leake Works of British Gypsum Limited.

Massey High Speed Presses are part of major order for Brazilian forging company A Massey high speed press similar to those being suppl ied by B & S Massey Limited. Openshaw. to one of the largest forges in Brazil, Sifco Do Brasil {photo by courtesy of Garr ingtons Limited, N e w t o n Works, Bromsgrove).

Effluent treatment plant for BSC designed and built by Head Wrightson General v iew of plant designed and suppl ied by Head Wr ightson Process Engineering Limited for the neutralisation of acidic waste f rom the p ick l ing plant at the Whi tehead Works of Brit ish Steel Corporat ion.

Unique granulator-order for Kodak is second in World A Head Wr ightson "Granula i r " spray granulator plant at Kodak, Liverpool. This process w h i c h produces closely sized granules f rom a so lut ion or slurry feed was developed by Head Wr ightson Research B Development Div is ion. A similar plant has recently been commiss ioned in Austral ia.

Last of 3 converters for BSC about to be shipped to South Wales A 1 3 0 tonne basic oxygen steel making (BOS) converter manufactured by Head Wr ightson Teesdale Limited, at the Company 's Midd lesbrough riverside site prior to shipment to the Llanwern Works of Brit ish Steel Corporat ion.

Head Wrightson B Co Ltd Y a r m T e l e p h o n e : 0 6 4 2 7 8 1 0 1 0 Y o r k s h i r e T e l e x : 5 8 - 6 0 6

E n g l a n d C a b l e s : T e e s d a l e S t o c k t o n - o n - T e e s T S 1 5 9 D A

Designed by Gray Design Associates London and Yorkshire Printed in England by Sceptre Liiho Limited Leicester

A t f i r s t g l a n c e t h e E g g l e s c l l f f e C o m p r e h e n s i v e S c h o o l s e e m s t o be w h a t i t is - a h u g e s c h o o l c o m p l e x t h a t c a t e r s f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1,500 c h i l d r e n . B u t t h e ECS is a s c h o o l w i t h a d i f f e r e n c e a d i f f e r e n c e b r o u g h t a b o u t by t h e s c h o o l s t a f f , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m t h e l o c a l p a r i s h a n d r u r a l c o u n c i l s , t h e D u r h a m C o u n t y E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t y a n d t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c , s o m e o f w h o m a r e H e a d W r i g h t s o n e m p l o y e e s .

For, in addi t ion to its educat ional faci l i t ies, the ECS is involved in a pi lot scheme w h i c h is relatively new to the area and certainly to the count ry as a w h o l e ; that of ' the shared use of school facil i t ies by the communi ty ' . Some Head Wr ightson people have been directly involved w i th this scheme and Eric Hall HW wages dept was a member of the steering commit tee w h i c h m e t t o ' look into the feasibil i ty of shared use and all all ied aspects leading to the format ion of a communi ty association based on the school complex' . There being no precedent for the scheme, the steering commit tee had no hard and fast r u l e s t o g u i d e t h e m and no previous experience on w h i c h to base their organisat ion. They merely relied on their o w n init iat ive and good advice f rom the educat ion departments of Durham County, local communi ty and youth associations and the ECS staff. After a public meeting in March 1973, w h e n the const i tu t ion put fo rward by the steering commit tee was accepted and the association off ic ial ly named the 'Egglescliffe Communi ty College Associat ion ' , various activit ies commenced ranging f rom chess to cookery and karate to car repairs. Eric then a membero f the management commit tee (and n o w chai rman) , became very involved w i t h the organisat ion of these activit ies and has interested other people at Head Wr ightson in this very live and exci t ing scheme.

Tony Court on right in photo below, HWPEL cost office, himself a black belt of karate, has a large and active karatesect ion w h i c h meets regularly. J i m Gaffan f rom the maintenance department at Thornaby has run a car repairs class for the last t w o seasons, and Les Bell photo bottom left. HW Teesdale industrial engineering department, was a founder / ins t ructor of the archery section In addi t ion to his commit tee responsibil i t ies, Eric Hall is at present involved in organising small bore rifle shoot ing , fencing and outdoor survival and hopes that brass band, country dancing and typ ing sections wi l l soon be started. Other activit ies already running include keep-f i t for ladies ( 'Slim J ims Club' ) and men ('Fit Forties C lub ' ) , youth games, art society, bridge, tennis, badmin ton, yoga and netbal l .

The association has come a long way f rom being just an ' idea' w a y back in 1971 and w i th the recent re-organisat ion of local government in the area, it looks forward to an even larger membership and a wider range of activities. It is hoped that future projects w i l l include more academic subjects using laboratory and modern teaching aid facil it ies of the school and perhaps incorporat ing 'Open University' facil it ies. One th ing is for certain, the scheme is a great success and who le families have n o w the oppor tuni ty to participate in any type of activity at present being organised - and at very reasonable cost. Membership costs £1 peryear per fami ly w i th individual section fees f rom 5p to 25p, and it is open to all ages between 11 and 99 I ! Eric w o u l d like to hear f rom anyone at Head Wr ightson either w h o is interested in starting up a section at the Egglescliffe Communi ty College Associat ion or w h o w o u l d like to jo in any of the sections currently running. He can be contacted on internal number 198.

photo bo t tom : Eric Hall assisting some young enthusiastic archers with target practice

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We wish each of the fo l l ow ing personnel a long and happy retirement.

HW Foundries Steelcast Division BHIingham Foundry J L R o w l e y 34 years' service Stockton Foundry T K e n l e y 48 years' service Thornaby Foundry H H M a r s h a l l 51 years'service J T r o t t e r 1 3 years' service G W a t e r s 14 years' service C W W o o d h o u s e 40 years' service

HW Machine Co S B S t o n e 35 year's service T L D T h o m p s o n 34 years' service

HW Stampings J A d a m s 1 5 years' service

HW Teesdale A F l i n t 11 years' service A J a c k s o n 46 years' service JE N o l a n ( M ' b r o ) 19 years' service JE W a l l a c e 42 years' service

B&S Massey J F o s t e r 39 years'service J T h o r n l e y 50 years' service F W a l l 33 years' service

HW South Afr ica

Mr Kenneth Hurst retired as technical sales manager for H W South Afr ica Ltd on 30 Apr i l . He wi l l be reviving an old hobby that he started whi ls t serving as a HEME Major dur ing Wor ld War I I , of sail ing a 13m ketch among the Greek islands. A presentation of a pair of binoculars was made to him by Mr Eric B rown managing director on behalf of his fr iends and col leagues at HWSA.

Massey presentations

Presentations were made at B&S Massey to Fred Wall of the product ion control department to mark his retirement after 33 years' service and to J o h n Thornley production manager who received a go ld wa tch to commemorate 50 years' service w i th the company.

Massey director

Mr J o h n foster technical director retired after 39 years' service w i th B&S Massey. Jack was in charge of the design staff w h i c h produced the h igh speed forg ing press in 1948 w h e n PCN Pickwor th was the technical director. When Lionel Wells retired in 1963, Jack succeeded h im as technical director and dur ing his term of of f ice Massey int roduced the Hydrostamp, use roller and w ide ram t r imming press to their range of forg ing equipment . The Massey counterb low hammer was designed by Jack and other technical developments invest igated wh i le he was director include automat ic transfer systems

for press forg ing, automatic mould ing mach inesandco ld forg ing presses. The Rotaform w h i c h has n o w reached the proving stage was also init iated in the latter half of his jur isdict ion. We w ish Jack every enjoyment in his retirement to the Lake District where he has built a house w i t h a we l l - too led workshop. In this he can pursue his l i fe- long hobby of bui ld ing model trains. W h o knows, w e may soon be riding on a Foster designed super hover-train I

l o p : left to right EG Scrannage works director, Fred Wall, John Thornley and AJ /Vowaz-ddirector and secretary above: Mr A Angus Thomas managing director B & S Massey makes a retirement presentation to Mr Jack Foster

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The annual presentation of long-service awards was made by the chairman. Sir John Wr igh tson, on Wednesday 10 Apri l . The recipients w e r e :

50-year award R W F e a t h e r s t o n e / y W P f Z . H H M a r s h a l l Thornaby Foundry F W S h a w HW Teesdale Maintenance Dept A V i c k e r s o n RFtD Division O W y n n Iron Foundry

40-year award R B e n n e t t Thornaby Foundry JE B u r t o n HW Teesdale Middlesbrough Works W H C l a r k HW Teesdale Bridge Yard G T C o x Stockton Foundry H Cryer HWPEL P G a y n o r Thornaby Foundry H H e a t l e y Thornaby Foundry F Hodgson HW Teesdale machine shop E M c C a r t e n HW Teesdale machine shop J McCarten HW & Co Ltd wages dept TE O s b o r n e Thornaby Foundry T Rowland HWPEL G S i m m o n s Thornaby Foundry J W S m i t h HW Teesdale DO E T u n n e y HW Teesdale Bridge Yard P W a l s h Stockton Foundry H W i l s o n HW Teesdale DO SJ W i l s o n HW Teesdale DO C W W o o d h o u s e Thornaby Foundry

Grosvenor awards The above photograph was taken at the presentation of long-service awards to three older members of Grosvenor Steel Fabrications Ltd, (left to right) Mr E I Ford managing director. Mr H Clayton, Mr GT ^wsopp former sales director. Mr J Hall. Mr J Hepwor th , M r W M c K e w works director.

left: the presentation reception at Thornaby be low : recipients of the 50-year award

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Miss Patricia Johnson , secretary to Sir J o h n Wr igh tsonand M r A J Reed, was awarded a £5 book token prize at the Bi l l ingham Technical College for her g o o d consistent work dur ing the college term 1 9 7 2 / 7 3 and successfully obtain ing the London Chamber of Commerce private secretary's certif icate.

Awards to HW Trainees 1973 4

At a presentation ceremony on 2 Apri l the chairman. Sir J o h n Wr ightson Bt, presented certif icates to 35 craft and technical trainees and t w o foundry trainees to record the successful complet ion of their basic training received through the H W training centre.

Mary Burton Trophy 1973 4

Also at the above ceremony Sir J o h n presented to 18-year-o ld David Laverick the Mary Burton Trophy for the best apprentice of the year. David completed hisf i rst-year training in the HWt ra in ing centre last summer and had g l o w i n g results f rom his technical college examinat ions. The Mary Burton silver t rophy is dedicated to the late w i fe of the donor of the award, Mr Ar thur Burton, w h o retired f rom H W Teesdale in 1 9 7 1 . David retains the cup for one year and also received an inscribed tankard as a perpetual memento of the occasion.

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Massey apprentice awards 1973 photo opposite Congratulat ions to the fo l l ow ing B & S Massey apprentices w h o successful ly gained awards in 1973.

A A x o n machine shop M ECS 1 D A x o n fitting shop M ECS 1 P D Burrows fitting shop BECS D C a l v e r t machine shop BECS A J Cieary machine shop BECS D L Constant ine /7?ac/ j />7es/7op M E C S 3 S C r o s s machine shop MECS 2 G W Deak'm fitting shop BECS K Furness machine shop MECS 2 S H i l l machine shop MECS 2 A Howarth machine shop M E C P 4 C H u t c h i n s o n / o o / / ' o o m M E C S 2 I J o h n s o n fitting shop M ET 3 JEKeWy fitting shop BECS J R Lees/7?ac/7/>7e j / 7 0 p MECP 4 P L i v e s e y too/room MECS 1 S Maher fitting shop M E T 3 R McPherson /7?ac /7/>7e5/7op W C P 4 M Nield/T?ac /7/>7es /zopMECS3 G P Norr'is machine shop BECS D R Price fitting shop MECS 2 A P r i t c h a r d fitting shop BECS C B Ross machine shop MECS 1 J R o u t l e d g e / n a c / j / > 7 e s / 7 o p M E C S 1 E S a u s s e h r d machine shop MET 2 K S i n g h toolroom MECS 3 D T h o m a s fitting shop M ECS 2 S T o b i n material control M ET 4 O A W e s t machine shop BECS A W i l l i a m s / / « / > 7 p s / z o p MECS 1 D M \Nyrtr\e machine shop BECS

Certif icates for f i rst year 'o f f the job ' apprentices P D Burrows fitting shop 0 C a l v e r t machine shop A J CI ea r y machine shop G W D e a k i n fitting shop J E KeWy fitting shop G P Norris machine shop A Pritchard fitting shop OA W e s t machine shop D M \Nyr\r\e machine shop

Certif icates for apprentices having completed H02 turn ing 1 and H2B turning 2 modules A Howarth machine shop J R Lees machine shop S S i n g h machine shop

Certif icates for apprentices having completed their apprenticeship B A i r e y electrician D Bhaga fitter A Pace blacksmith ST Ohio miller

Module training successes Congratulat ions to the fo l l ow ing trainees w h o have successful ly completed training modules val idated by the Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB) .

Research & Development Division D T a n n e r electrical maintenance II J 22

HW Foundries Ltd Iron Founding Division J H a l l electrical maintenance Pt 7 J 2 G Tinkler mechanical maintenance Pti J^

HW Stampings I B a n k s die-making H 22 M Home electrical maintenance I J 2 R Hudson electrical maintenance I J 2 D Hugill mechanical maintenance I J 1 H W Teesdale Middlesbrough Works M J Barker mechanical fitting I H 3 J J C r o n e s b e r r y turning / H 2 D J D u r h a m turning I H 2 G G o o d h a l l turning I H 2 K H i n d electrical maintenance / J 2 P D Lawrence turning I H 2 D P Levett mechanical fitting I H 3 J R P r o c t o r boring H 28 IP W o o d / / m r 7 p / H 3

HW Teesdale Thornaby Works A Agar turning li H 23 EJ A l l s o p thick plate working II D 2 1 SE B r o m f i e l d mechanical fitting I H 3 A Bulmer manual metal arc welding F 4 A P C o x tungsten arc gas shielded welding F 2 J C D a l k i n g thick plate working II D 2 1 R R Fox thick plate working II D 21 E D a r b y welding practices F T D F l a v e l l welding practices F D G o d f r e y welding practices F I J o b l i n g mechanical fitting I H 3 I M e d d i c k welding practices F S C G M e t c a l f e turning II H 23 E S p a c e y tungsten arc gas shielded welding F 2 G M Spedd\r\g tungsten arc gas shielded welding F 2 A P a t t i n s o n mechanical fitting/ H 3 D T r i p p e t t tungsten arc gas shielded welding F 2 T W a l t e r s general welding and cutting F M W o o d thick plate working II D 21 G W o o d i n g welding practices F

Do w e wan t to see our Country die ? Let 'Goodwi l l ' be our Battlecry Make no mistake, w e are at War To beat I n f l a t i o n - 7 4 '

Stabil i ty to n o w achieve W o n ' t be w o n by selfish greed All w i l l have to 'give and take' Industry a success to make

Let us act before it is too late Wage and effort correlate There's something we 've all got to learn There's digni ty to Work to earn Prosperity does not like 'Manna ' fall Into the wa i t ing laps of all Noth ing in this Wor ld is free Surely everyone can see !

A chal lenge to our w a y of life Lower l iving standards, violence, strife Hi- jacked Aircraft, Postal Bomb Was it in vain. His Cross, H i s T o m b ? Has Mank ind become so bl ind To see the mess he leaves behind ?

Children g row ing up around us n o w A better wor ld could they e n d o w By effort, tolerance and love Forfa i th can mighty mountains move

Let's give ourselves another chance By work, our w a y of life enhance Prove that we have got the guts To lift our country f rom the rut Be Great Britain once again If hope and sanity remain

D R T a l l e t WW 7ees£/a/e

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PIRSTaiB PBRHULBHEQUHINTRNeE

HW Stampings At the recent annual general meet ing of the Stockton and Bi l l ingham division of the British Red Cross Society, Mr Arthur DF Peare assistant commandant and we/fare officer of the Billingham detachment, received his l ong -service medal f rom Mr F Stone Durham branch director.

Arthur, w h o is ambulance room attendant at H W Stampings, is also secretary of Bi l l ingham's mobile first aid unit , w h i c h is a caravan parked in the John Whi tehead Park, Bi l l ingham and does valuable work in the communi ty . Manned by volunteers of the Red Cross, it is opened dur ing school holidays, the Bi l l ingham Folklore Festival, the Bi l l ingham Show, the Teesside S h o w and other events in the area. Last year over 3 0 0 cases were treated and 1,890 hours worked .

B£rS Massey S Chapman, K Hark and SG Jackson of B&S Massey passed their re-examinat ion courses in first aid in industry and were awarded the St J o h n Ambu lance Associat ion and Brigade certi f icates val id for three years.

Bereavements it is w i t h deep regret w e report the deaths, as the result of a boat ing accident at sea on Sunday, 17 February 1974, of our Stampings works colleagues - Mr K W i l d of Horden and Mr C Parker of Seaton Carew.

A m o n g c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e c e i v e d f o l l o w i n g t h e S i l v e r J u b i l e e e d i t i o n o f W r i g h t A h e a d w e r e t w o i n t e r e s t i n g l e t t e r s f r o m r e t i r e d e m p l o y e e s w h o w i s h e d t o be r e m e m b e r e d t o t h e i r f o r m e r c o l l e a g u e s .

C h a s A r n i s o n HW Teesdale of 3 Ingrove Close, Stockton, n o w 77 years of age, 47 of w h i c h were spent w i th HW. Chas started at the Forge in 191 5 on muni t ion work and in his letter he was particularly reminiscent of the welfare activit ies he organised at Teesdale : bill iards handicaps; footbal l tr ips to Newcast le and Sunderland at 2 / 6 d re turn ; a sick c l u b ; and dur ing the last war a fund to send small gi f ts to H W personnel serving in the forces. Chas ended his letter 'as ye s o w so shall ye reap'.

G u y H i l l a b y HW Machine Co of 21 Tom Hall Court, Bedale Yorkshire, n o w 79 years of age, started his letter 'having perused the Jubi lee copy of Wr ight Ahead I have gone all nostalgically retrospective, as I recall the di l igence w i t h w h i c h we col lected i temsfo r the f i r s t i ssue ' . He cont inued, 'Alas, the old order changeth and giveth place to new, many of the old names have vanished and the new ones don ' t r ing many bells, but I still look fo rward to receiving my copy of Wr ight Ahead. '

In addi t ion, A r t h u r J a c k s o n HW Teesdale w ro te to us on his retirement to Austral ia. Ar thur started at Teesdale in 1928 as an apprentice fitter, and stated 'God help the apprentices of today if some of the o ld type works managers were about now ' .

Arthur asked if he was enti t led to quali fy to be a H W Stalwart. He jo ined the works first aid group in 1936 (his father had been a member all his work ing l i fe). Dur ing the war he was a membero f the HWf i re brigade and also the works bomb disposal squad, consequent ly he possessed both a Home Guard uni form and a National Fire Service uni form. He recalled many of the jobs he had worked on dur ing his career at HW - the Water loo Bridge, the cantilever rol l ing lift bridge at Swansea, the first automatic scale transfer car, the first 1,000-ton Treadwell ladle carand the Machine Co products such as drawbenches w h i c h started their life at Teesdale. In c losing he stated 'I have enjoyed it all and send good wishes to everyone at HW. '

E d i t o r ' s n o t e : Yes Arthur, you do qual i fy to b e a n HW Stalwart as indeed was your wel l k n o w n father - 'Al ln ight Jackson ' . Al l the best for your new life d o w n under. We reproduce a photograph f rom the family a lbum of the HWf i re engine and members of the brigade 1938-1966 . back row left to right Harry Cuthbert, Fred Close. Bill Wallace. Joe Dickenson. Manny Boyd. Arthur Jackson. Tommy Harper f ront row left to right Alf Waton, Dave Littlewood. Harry Soppet. Charles Littlewood. Syd Duckett

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NEWEBUNTieSBreNELRND O n t h e 1 A p r i l t h i s y e a r 1390 l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s i n E n g l a n d a n d W a l e s w e r e r e p l a c e d b y 4 2 2 n e w c o u n t y a n d d i s t r i c t c o u n c i l s w h i c h w a s t h e b i g g e s t r e o r g a n i s a t i o n o f l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t f o r 80 y e a r s . P e r h a p s t h e m a p i l l u s t r a t e d w i l l b e o f h e l p a n d i n t e r e s t t o r e a d e r s .

^COUNTY \E ^GPfeAT&R^tt^CH6S^ER 3 WV MIDLANDS 4 W YOfOSHIRE 5 S YORKSHIRE 6rYNEANDW£AR

below left: Mr Brian Longhorn patternmaker Steelcast Billingham and his w i fe Pauline.

below: Mr Stan DouXhwaxie HWPEL drawing office and his w i fe Susan HWPEL telex operator.

HWHRTIST Ray Wade HW safety officer recently received acclamation as an artist w h e n some of his paint ings were on display at Thornaby Pavil ion. Oil paint ing on canvas, mainly landscapes, is a n e w - f o u n d hobby of Ray's, yet his exhibi t ion has received admir ing interest f rom visitors to the library. As Ray said, 'if the pictures brought a little pleasure to some people then I am more than happy, because they have given me hours of pleasure and happy relaxation'.

S a t u r d a y 20 J u l y 3 p m Victoria Square Midd lesbrough

S u n d a y 2 8 J u l y 3 p m Guisborough

S u n d a y 11 A u g u s t 3 p m Redcar Promenade

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Herbs and spices and all things nice! What do you k n o w about the " herbs you use ? Very f ew people k n o w f rom whence they came and for wha t purpose they are used so w h y not f ind out ? A n A - Z o f Herbs and Spices ! Here are the f i rs t ; w

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A L L S P I C E : Thisdelicatelyfragrant spice tastes like a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. W h o l e - use in pickles, meats, boiled fish and gravies. G r o u n d - u s e in puddings relishes, cakes , pies and m many vegetables.

B A S I L : A herb of western Europe, tasty in soups and excellent for flavouring tomato dishes and pastas. Excellent with peasorstring beans.

^ B A Y L E A V E S : From a laureltree m growing in eastern Mediterranean I countries. Usefor pickling mstews. I soups, fish, sauces, gravies, vegetables M and in tomato recipes. Excellent

in meat and seafood cookerv-

C A R A W A Y S E E D : From northern Europe, especially Holland. Use in bread, loaf cake, cheese spreads and in casseroles. Sprinkle on rolls, sauerkraut, cabbage, turnips and asparagus.

C A R D A M O M S E E D : From Ceylol? or Guatemala. W h o l e - (a pod containing tiny seeds) for pickling; G r o u n d - spicy flavour in many recipes. Sprinkle on iced melon. Use seed in coffee.

C H E R V I L : Native to eastern Europe. Has a fresh yet spicy taste. Use in salads, mashed potato, scrambled egg, potato salad.

W C H I V E S : Belongiothesame • family as onion, leek, garlic and I shallot. Grass-likeleaveshavetaste I ofonion. Usechoppedtoflavour K cream cheese, mashed potato, salads,

omelettes and with tomatoes. A

C I N N A M O N : Spicy bark of oriental trees. W h o l e - for pickling, preserving, in stewing fruits. Stir coffee, tea and fruit drinks with cinnamon stick. G r o u n d - for baked goods, cinnamon toast and desserts.

LHBIES LBBK-M W a l k i n g t h r o u g h t h e N o 1 d r a w i n g o f f i c e o f H W P E L T h o r n a b y D i v i s i o n y o u c a n ' t f a i l t o n o t i c e a p l e a s a n t , c h e e r f u l f a c e s m i l i n g u p a t y o u f r o m t h e d r a w i n g b o a r d . H e r n a m e Is Eva -Eva C o u l s o n , a n d she j u s t h a p p e n s t o be t h e o n l y w o m a n t r a c e r a t H e a d W r i g h t s o n .

I came across Eva sit t ing in a sunny corner of the very large, airy d raw ing of f ice w i th pot ted plants by her side and f i t ted carpet under her feet - a sign of recent improvements made to some of the off ices at H W P E L T h e f a c t t h a t Eva is the only w o m a n in an of f ice ful l of men does not seem to worry her at all, and one can see immediately that she is very much at home in her surroundings and is admired and respected by her colleagues. Eva's career at HW goes back to the days of the old Stockton Forge w h e n she started as a tracer under the guidance of her fr iend Tommy Rowland, only recently retired f rom HWPEL. Before that t ime, Eva served her f ive-yearapprent iceship as a tracer at Ashmore's. Whi lst at Stockton Forge, she met and married her husband J o h n , w h o n o w works at H W Teesdale. Work ing hard, Eva enjoys her j ob and her presence in the of f ice adds

just a little feminine charm to the otherwise very masculine env i ronment ! We are proud of you Eva and of the work you do. It is pleasing to k n o w that we have someone f rom the fairer sex wav ing the f lag f rom amidst the drawing boards I Anyone else w h o works in similar circumstances ? We 'd love to hear f rom you.

Dorothy hits the headlines This is Dorothy Gunn - yet another lady f rom the Thornaby steel foundry at Head Wr ightson w h o was recently featured in the Evening Gazette as do ing 'a man's j ob in a man's wor ld ' . Dorothy jo ined HW in 1959 and has been operat ing a shell mou lder fo r qui te some t ime. The job involves some fairly heavy l i f t ing w h i c h , under normal circumstances, w o u l d be done by men, but Dorothy is no frail th ing ! She puts a great deal of effort into the job and gets a lot of enjoyment f rom her work.

Mementoes of summer At this t ime of year the countryside is ablaze w i t h the bright colours of w i l d f lowers g row ing in f ields, a long road-sides and on hi l l - tops. Many people, particularly w o m e n , are keen col lectors of w i ld f lowers and go to great lengths to try and preserve them In the best w a y possible. They may of ten have found that pressing w i l d f lowers between the pages of a book distorts the shape and the colours fade. A book called Flower Pressing' by

Peter and Susanne Bauzen deals w i th this subject in very good detai l . It shows the correct way to press f l owers ; w h e n to pick f lowers and h o w ; wha t to wa tch out fo r ; and h o w to make a col lector 's press from cardboard, r ibbon and paper. It also gives examples of h o w to use pressed f lowers to l iven up objects like place mats, table tops and trays. This book costs £1 .05 and Is part of the Little Crafts Book series publ ished by Oak Tree Press. Ward Lock Ltd.

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H LYKE WAKE T h e r e n o w n e d L y k e W a k e W a l k c o v e r s a r o u t e o f a b o u t 4 5 m i l e s o f r a g g e d N o r t h Y o r k s h i r e m o o r s f r o m O s m o t h e r l e y t o R a v e n s c a r . T h i s o d e w a s w r i t t e n in c o m m e m o r a t i o n o f an o v e r n i g h t c r o s s i n g o f t h e W a l k by a g r o u p o f H W M a c h i n e C o p e r s o n n e l . A g u i d e t o an E a s t - W e s t c r o s s i n g

We are the Lyke Wake walkers ; We t ramp o'er moor and fell. W e set off in br ight spirits Th ink ing all w i l l be we l l .

From Ravenscar to Helwath Seems like only a stone's th row. A n d someone cheerful ly ment ions, ' O n l y 3 7 m i l e s t o g o . '

Our dear old fr iends, the Army, Do their best to guide our trek. A n d lead us on due wes tward To cross the Jugger Beck.

Across the Burn H o w e heather We f ind it qui te a s log. A n d nearly lose our leader As he steps into a bog.

' 0 Lilla H o w e come quickly, A n d let us see the sight Of 'go l f -bal ls ' on the hil lside. S h o w i n g the wor ld 's sorry pl ight. '

Ellerbeck seems eerie W i t h the humming in the air, But S imon H o w e n o w beckons, 'Come on , we ' l l soon be there.'

The darkness c rowds around us As w e drop to Wheeldale Gil l . We rest awhi le and marvel A t the stars, so calm and sti l l .

Perhaps one of us is past it. Or his mind has gone astray; He th inks he hears soldiers March ing along the old h ighway.

A n d n o w the part we fear most, Wheeldale Moor at n ight I Our compass leads us fo rward Right to a f r ightening sight.

Blue M a n rears up before us W i t h his f ixed stony stare. ' 0 morn ing g l o w where a r t t hou ?' Seems to be our silent prayer.

Soon the dayl ight greets us. Hamer House is here somewhere. 'We' l l have breakfast in the k i tchen. But , ' t i s a castle in the a i r !

A n d n o w to guide us on our w a y Another track we f ind . A pleasant walk on spr ingy peat Leaves Hamer far behind.

A metalled lane to Ralph's Cross; Old Margery's d o w n the road. She looks forlorn and lonesome In such a rude abode.

A n d so on d o w n to Esklets. The bogs are all around. W i t h boots so full of water. There's such a squelching sound.

No rai lway lines to B lowath ? Has Beaching been this w a y ? W i t h 5,000 Dirgers every year You 'd th ink ' twou ld surely pay.

At last a break, but not for u s ; A fire once burnt the ground. The smuggler 's track beneath ourfeet Gives back an ancient sound.

Westward , ever wes tward . Across Urra Moor w e go. W i t h feet n o w sore and blistered. Our progress seems so s low.

Hasty Bank I Huh, that 's a laugh. As w e stagger up its slope. But the sight of Teesside's chimneys Seems to give us all fresh hope.

Cold Moor , Cringle, and Carlton. Each one wears us out. Should anyone n o w falter He'd have no strength to shout.

Oh w h y c a n ' t i t e n d in Scugdale? It seems such a pleasant spot. If I fail to make the Trig Point, Bury me here ; leave my bones to rot.

Across a sun- l i t m e a d o w ; A l o n g a sun-burnt t rack ; Only a mind gone crazy W o u l d dream of go ing back.

The final hill approaches; Our legs feel out of jo int . W h o was the foo l w h o stated You must end a t the highest point ?

Our loved ones wa i t to greet us But only stand and stare. Surely these bog-sta ined creatures Aren ' t the one's for w h o m they care !

0 the joy of a successful crossing. Guessour folks th ink w e are queer. Someone is already talk ing Of do ing it again next year I

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