Thompson Chassis Bilston 2004

Описание: This was gratefully filmed by Joe Bryan in 2004. I have done numerous copies for different people. I know some people still haven't seen Joe's film. This is your opportunity to sit back & relax and have a look at the factory as it was just before it's final closure. Feel free to download the film. If you like the video please give me a thumbs up. If you don't like the video give me a thumbs down. Thanks.

At approx. 1hr 9min you can see the last Range Rover (Tempest) chassis being produced in Bilston.
Please comment. Doesn't matter if it's positive or negative.
I myself have fond memories of Thompsons. I worked at Thompsons just short of 40 years. I had my first interview with Jim Weeks in an old Anderson shelter. I then served my apprenticeship with the company. Emerys Lloyd met me on my first day & took me to see Geoff Smith (foreman). I first worked on the Rover P5. I used to go in to Tony Williams's welding cabin & learn to arc weld. After only a few weeks of starting at Thompsons on the Rover P5, Colin Cole & Sambo Cartwright tied my hands together & put me in a waste paper bin. This was just before dinner time & i usually went home for dinner!! I didn't that day. Colin had a Commer Cob van in those days.
I worked in the Prototype Department for many years. My first learning curve was working on the first prototypes of the Range Rover Chassis.
Many families worked there. The Bate family (my family), The Oldfields, The Shintons (2 Shinton's families), The Richards's, The Pugh's, The Rogers's, The Barnetts & many more.
I knew virtually everyone on the shop floor & also the offices. My sister Barbara & Dorothy Rubery used to work for David Bullock in the 1960's. I remember Sue Morgan starting. Sue, Dorothy & my sister Barbara used to wear the shortest miniskirts you've ever seen! I was an apprentice the same time as my brother Gordon, John Ault, Mick Evans (later to become the boss), John Tart, Dave Andrew, Phil Shinton & more. Some of these people were slightly older or younger than me.
John Ault was at Thompsons until the very end.
I used to talk to John Walters (electrician) about the local pop scene when we were younger. I remember Opple Pie (yes it was Opple), Goblin, Cheyenne, The Red Baron, Nasser, Nap, Mad Jack & Pudding. There was Roly Rhodes, George Sherwood, Harry Roberts, Fred Stockton, Bill (Ginger) White
If anyone has any footage of Thompsons Motor Pressings please put it on youtube. I would like to see some footage from the offices. Happy viewing. Clive