Thorn Electrical Industries
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Merthyr Tydfil. |
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Thorn Electrical Industries - 1993 (Photograph
Courtesy of Mervyn Davies) |
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Thorn Electrical Industries -
Factory Site - Prior to Construction. |
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Building the Factory - 1947 |
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Thorn Electrical Industries - 1960s |
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Thorn Electrical Industries |
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The Thorn factory decorated for the
Coronation in 1953 |
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Thorn Electrical Industries -
Factory Floor |
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Thorn Electrical Industries -
1960s |
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Thorn Electrical Industries |
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Thorn - Staff at Children's
Christmas Party - 1960's
Third from left, in the front
row, is Netta Lewis, the factory nurse.
(Photograph
Courtesy of June Quinlan) |
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Thorn Lighting Trip to
Worcester Races - Late 1960's
(Photograph
courtesy of David Chennells) |
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Thorn Electrical Industries -
Staff
Recognised are: Howard Butler,
Lettie Thomas & Jimmy Little.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Byrion Williams & Information Courtesy of John Barry) |
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Thorn R.F.C. - Annual Game for
a Local Charity
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dave Edwards) |
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Howard Williams - Foreman -
1991-92 - Just before to Closure.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Iestyn - Celtic Pride) |
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Lamp making department 1986.
Celebrating the completion of
an Asda contract, Denis Keating Back row extreme right.
(Photograph
courtesy of Denis Keating) |
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Thorn Electrical Industries -
Spooling Section
Back Row L-R:-
Rowland Thomas, Angela ?, Ann ?, G. Iles
Front RowL-R:-
Barbera Hussey, Susan Davies, Christine ?, Theresa Park.
(Photograph
Courtesy of John Berry, Names courtesy of Barbara Hussey) |
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Barbara Hussey in the Tungsten
- Halogen Spooling Dept.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Barbara Hussey) |
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Thorn Electrical Industries -
Goat Mill Road Filament Factory - Early 1980s
(Photograph
Courtesy of John Berry) |
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Last Day - At Thorn Electrical
Industries |
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Dennis
Keating's photographs of the last day at Thorn's
September
1992
(Click on any photograph to enlarge) |
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Staff having a last
day drink in the canteen |
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Neil Robinson - last day drink in
canteen. |
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Peter Gill - Fitter in the fitters
department - last day. |
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Peter and Eddie - last day having
a goodbye drink. |
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Dennis Keating with his father
Bill, a former foreman at Thorns. Bill had just retired and came back to
see Thorns for the last time. You can see "A Line" in the background
including Gerald Jones. "A Line" was the last lamp making machine to
run at Thorns before closure. |
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Girl inspecting lamps as they come
off "A Line" - last day.
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Gary - electrical
foreman/supervisor. |
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Gerald
Jones was a Machine Setter on "A line" Automount - that's the machine he
is standing next to. |
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Dennis
Keating, Line Foreman.
Started
at Thorn in 1973. |
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Bill Keating outside Thorns a few months
after it closed. You can see in the background they are knocking it
down. |
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Thorn factory being
demolished, early 1993.
(Photograph
courtesy of Denis Keating) |
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