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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Simms Motor Units Limited Oak Lane East Finchley
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 12:45 BST (UK) »
Hi, I am a new member and only found this web page when searching for Sims Motor Units in the general Google search.
I also worked for Sims ( as it was in those days) starting in the Sheffield depot in 1960 as a diesel injector trainee repairer under Manager George Paget and worked my way upwards to the Diesel Chargehand and then overall chargehand, (*) Cowling took over when George Paget died and shortly afterward In 1965 I moved to a as yet new unopened depot at West Molesey as the Workshop Superintendent under (*) Hughes, and due it's close location to the HQ at Boreham Wood soon got to know (*) Duncombe Manager at Boreham Wood, (*) Broom Director and the redoubtable (*) Bell the branch controller. I am sure Tommy Lawton will have know all these men. Later I became the depot manger at West Molesey and then L.S.U.K took over, finally under 'rationalisation' as they called it with too many depots in the same area West Molesey was closed . I moved eventually to CAV as an area team member, and finally was made redundant as they 'rationised' CAV and got rid of all the teams in the late 1980's ! While at Sheffield I had (*) Fenton working with me in the diesel shop, he took over the Bedford depot when Tommy Lawton moved on. small world !
I also worked for Sims ( as it was in those days) starting in the Sheffield depot in 1960 as a diesel injector trainee repairer under Manager George Paget and worked my way upwards to the Diesel Chargehand and then overall chargehand, (*) Cowling took over when George Paget died and shortly afterward In 1965 I moved to a as yet new unopened depot at West Molesey as the Workshop Superintendent under (*) Hughes, and due it's close location to the HQ at Boreham Wood soon got to know (*) Duncombe Manager at Boreham Wood, (*) Broom Director and the redoubtable (*) Bell the branch controller. I am sure Tommy Lawton will have know all these men. Later I became the depot manger at West Molesey and then L.S.U.K took over, finally under 'rationalisation' as they called it with too many depots in the same area West Molesey was closed . I moved eventually to CAV as an area team member, and finally was made redundant as they 'rationised' CAV and got rid of all the teams in the late 1980's ! While at Sheffield I had (*) Fenton working with me in the diesel shop, he took over the Bedford depot when Tommy Lawton moved on. small world !