Freda Henly was working for Wallington Weston while they were still at Adderwell, the site later occupied by Cuprinol and which is now residential. She stopped work when her first child was born in 1941.
Industry
Bill Ellis talks about his time at Wessex Engineering
Bill Ellis worked at Wessex Engineering, an offshoot of Nott’s Industries also based at Merchants Barton. He later changed career and ran a popular hardware store at Badcox.
Gerald Franks talks about being an apprentice with Butler and Tanner
Gerald Franks describes how he started work at the age of 14 as an apprentice for Butler and Tanner.
Gerald Franks explains the printing process used at Butler and Tanner
Working with metal type was both skilled and laborious. Mistakes were costly and late corrections had to be made directly on the printing machines.
Gerald Franks remember the Butler and Tanner trade union
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Gerald Franks started work at Butler and Tanner in 1945, when he was 14, at the Frome Selwood Printing Works in Selwood Road. All the Butler and Tanner employees were union members when he worked there.
Dorothy Hawker recalls her time working at Butler and Tanner
Dorothy Hawker worked on the gathering machine in the bindery at Butler and Tanner in Frome until her son arrived. In those days bindery work was regarded as ‘women’s work’.