ID Number – 473
Image No – img088
Subject – Exit of GWR Works
Date – circa 1960
Donor – ChromaticArts
Street – Rodbourne Road
Location – West Gate
Factory – GWR Works
- ID Number - 473
- Image Number - img088
- Photo Date - circa 1960
- Subject - Exit of GWR Works
- Donor - ChromaticArts
- Business - GWR Works
- Type - Photo
- Streets - Rodbourne Road
Ron Jennings In 1949 When I left School at the age of 15 my first job was in the V shop (boiler Shop ) just to the right of the Rodbourne Rd gates,The L2 (Tender Shop) was on the left side of the Gates, The support bracket,fixed to the out side wall which is still there today,Held the Iron Man as known, They would lift the the engine cylinder over the top ,to where a Riveter was sat inside, My job was to hot the rivets and pass them to the man inside,He would push them through the holes and another man with a air gun would pean them over Ron