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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Simms Motor Units Limited Oak Lane East Finchley
« on: Wednesday 01 March 23 21:29 GMT (UK) »
My dad, Bert (Albert) Curtis, worked at Simms Motor Units, East Finchley as a Progress Chaser from about 1948 to 1968.
I remember the coach trips out that were organised to the bulb fields and other places in the summer. The Flower & Vegetable shows where he used to enter veg from his allotment and I think there were children's Christmas parties.
I remember the particular grease/oil smell on his brown overalls and being told to be careful as there were bits of metal in the pockets. Eventually I was even allowed to iron them!! We lived only a couple of hundred yards away from the factory.
I think my granddad, James Booth, also worked there as a night watchman but not sure of the dates.
I remember the coach trips out that were organised to the bulb fields and other places in the summer. The Flower & Vegetable shows where he used to enter veg from his allotment and I think there were children's Christmas parties.
I remember the particular grease/oil smell on his brown overalls and being told to be careful as there were bits of metal in the pockets. Eventually I was even allowed to iron them!! We lived only a couple of hundred yards away from the factory.
I think my granddad, James Booth, also worked there as a night watchman but not sure of the dates.