Ericsson/Plessey Circuit Engineers Department, Beeston, 1950-1980
A group of staff from the Ericsson/Plessey Circuit Engineers Department, dated about 1953
Standing left to right : *, Ted Tuck, Sam Needham, *, Roy Horsley, Alan Foster, Tom Star, Phil Harvey, Cyril Drinkwater, Bob Iliffe, Eric Dyson,
*, *, George Attenborough, Tom Reston, Charlie Lambert.
Seated left to right : Gordon Shaw, Ernie Woodward, Wally Smith, Bob Donaldson, Bill Howell, Norman Bonser, Ron Gunson
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Another group from the Department from about 1950. Gordon Shaw is 4th from the right
Another Circuit Engineers Department group, again from about 1953
Left to Right (except those in the distance):*.*.Ray Horsley (sitting),Bob Donaldson, Wally Smith, Eric Dyson, Gordon Shaw, Roy Fearn,
Dickie Drysdale, Alan Foster, Ernie Woodward, *,*, Jim Stevens, Les Weaver, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, Tom Reston, Tom Star, Ron Gunson, *, Sam Needham,
Norman Bonser, *, *, Frank Priestley, Bill Howell, *, Mr Spiegel, Cyril Drinkwater
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The staff of the Circuit Engineers Department, taken on the occasion of the retirement of Gordon Browne and Owen Peak, in 1980
Standing left to right: Owen Peak, Bob Iliffe, *, Bill Hoare, Vic Parnham, Bill Howell, Phil Bond, Gordon Browne, Gordon Shaw
Seated left to right: Wally Smith, John Rowbotham
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Another picture from 1980, on the occasion of the retirement of Gordon Browne and Owen Peak, when the group had been joined by staff from other departments
Left to Right: *, *, *, *, Frank Hand, John Rowbotham, Dennis Austin, *, *, Albine Savage, *, Gordon Shaw, *, Alan Spicer, *, *, Pete Robinson,
* (just showing), Bob Iliffe, * (just showing), Gordon Browne, *, Bill Hoare, *, *, Doug Haywood, *, *, Bill Howell, * (just showing), *, *, Owen Peake, *, Vic Parnham, *
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George Tuck has identified his father on the top photograph, standing on the extreme left of the front row
He was Captain of the Ericsson Hockey Club (see Sports section) before the family left for Canada in 1957, where he worked for Siemens in Winnipeg
George has also identified Charlie Lambert (another hockey player) as the last on the right of the top photo, with pipe and moustache
and Roy Horsley, yet another hockey player. He has also suggested a date of about 1953 for the first and third photographs
Judith Huntridge has identified her father, George Attenborough on the first picture, standing third from the right. George was at Ericsson/Plessey from the 1920s until his death in 1975
John Rowbotham has provided all the other names, clarified the dates and identified the occasion of the bottom two as the retirement of Gordon Browne and Owen Peak
Other names and other information would be appreciated
Thanks to Gordon Shaw's daughter, Rebecca, for kindly supplying the photographs
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