plysu people no.2 summer 1971

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THE JOURNAL OF THE PLYSU GROUP No. 2 SUMMER 1971 A Report from the Chairman on •.. PLYSO'S BRIGHTEST YEAR Whoosh! WALLY WADE CELEBRATES 25 FIRE-FIGHTING YEARS ... Wally Wade and four of his mates put in some overtime. Not in the tool shop, as it happens, but behind a hose beside the lake. Wally and his team staged a fire- fighting exercise-and an Extra- Special Job they made of it too. For the date, May 10, was an Extra- Special one in Wally Wade's calendar -his 25th anniversary as a volunteer fireman. BUT read his full story on page 2. AND read what Wally's wife, Hazel, thinks about it all. We have just completed the most successful year in our history and last January we became a public company. You may recall I told you over the tannoy a few weeks ago that we had managed a profit for the year of £244,000. After tax and dividends this left us with £129,000, all of which has been ploughed back into the company. In fact during the year we had to raise from banks and from our shareholders the extra money required to pay for £358,000's worth of factory buildings, plant and machinery (including a £40,000 canteen). This year we are going to continue our policy of expansion and you will see more new modern machines in the factory and there will be a con- tinuing programme of new buildings. In this plastics business we cannot stand still because our competitors are always at our heels and if we do not continually improve our machinery and methods we shall be overtaken. It is the responsibility of manage- ment to decide what to make, what machinery to buy and how much The Plysu Fire Brigade's celebration line-up with Wally (in the white helmet), Brian Rogers, Brian Griffin, Don ·HiIIand Keith Leadbeater. extra factory space is required. It is the job of the sales force to sell the goods we manufacture at the right price so that the company can operate at a profit. But the best machines and the smoothest sales force in the world are no good at all without the men and women in the factory, and in so many cases it is the loyalty of the workers that makes the final difference between the success and failure of a business. We at Plysu are lucky with the quality of our employees at all levels and this has been the overwhelming factor in our success of the past. We must never forget the importance of the human element in all sectors of a business and whatever happens in the future, however large we become, however automatic our machines and processes, I confidently believe that the Plysu family will survive and flourish. IN THIS ISSUE Saved by the Bell Shooting Times Press Show unites Old Friends 4 Sports News 5 'We could have Danced .. .' 6 Safety First 7 Debut at Northpak 2 3 8

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Page 1: Plysu People No.2 Summer 1971

THE JOURNAL OF THE PLYSU GROUP No. 2 SUMMER 1971

A Report from the Chairman on •..

PLYSO'S BRIGHTEST YEARWhoosh!WALLY WADECELEBRATES 25FIRE-FIGHTINGYEARS ...

Wally Wade and four of his matesput in some overtime. Not in the toolshop, as it happens, but behind a hosebeside the lake.

Wally and his team staged a fire-fighting exercise-and an Extra-Special Job they made of it too.

For the date, May 10, was an Extra-Special one in Wally Wade's calendar-his 25th anniversary as a volunteerfireman.

BUT read his full story on page 2.AND read what Wally's wife, Hazel,thinks about it all.

We have just completed the most successful year in our historyand last January we became a public company.

You may recall I told you over the tannoy a few weeks agothat we had managed a profit for the year of £244,000. Aftertax and dividends this left us with £129,000, all of which has beenploughed back into the company. In fact during the year we hadto raise from banks and from our shareholders the extra moneyrequired to pay for £358,000's worth of factory buildings, plantand machinery (including a £40,000 canteen).

This year we are going to continueour policy of expansion and you willsee more new modern machines inthe factory and there will be a con-tinuing programme of new buildings.In this plastics business we cannotstand still because our competitorsare always at our heels and if we donot continually improve ourmachinery and methods we shall beovertaken.

It is the responsibility of manage-ment to decide what to make, whatmachinery to buy and how much

The Plysu Fire Brigade's celebration line-up with Wally (in the white helmet),Brian Rogers, Brian Griffin, Don ·HiIIand Keith Leadbeater.

extra factory space is required. It isthe job of the sales force to sell thegoods we manufacture at the rightprice so that the company can operateat a profit. But the best machines andthe smoothest sales force in theworld are no good at all without themen and women in the factory, andin so many cases it is the loyalty ofthe workers that makes the finaldifference between the success andfailure of a business.

We at Plysu are lucky with thequality of our employees at all levelsand this has been the overwhelmingfactor in our success of the past. Wemust never forget the importance ofthe human element in all sectors of abusiness and whatever happens inthe future, however large we become,however automatic our machinesand processes, I confidently believethat the Plysu family will survive andflourish.

IN THIS ISSUE

Saved by the Bell

Shooting Times

Press Show unites Old Friends 4

Sports News 5

'We could have Danced .. .' 6

Safety First 7

Debut at Northpak

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SAVED BY THE BELLTimes of crisis seem to bring out the best ideas. For instance theGreat Fire of London in 1666 gave birth to the Fire Brigade.

The Woburn Sands Fire Brigade, 400 years later, is a smallbut valuable branch of the Fire Service, and I imagine the trainingis rather more complex than that undergone by our predecessors.

Today a fireman is trained in amultitude of jobs, M.1 rescue,breathing apparatus, different typesof gas, petrol, chemicals, gettingpeople out of lifts, heads betweenrailings, etc. All these jobs requirespecial training and equipment otherthan the standard things that onewould expect to find on a fire tender,hose, water pump, ladders.

What sort of people, at any time-day or night, wet or fine, snow orfrost.vdrop what they are doing and

TheFireman'sWife

A fireman leads a hectic, often dangerouslife, so who remembers the fireman's wife?Wally's wife, Hazel, sees the occasionallycomic side of her fire-fighting husband'sspare-time interest, and put pen to paperfor us.

A fireman's wifeHas a terrible life,On a cold winter's nightWhen a chimney's alightHe'll kiss her just onceThen be's gone for the night.In his haste he will findHe's forgotten his bike!While her man is so bold,Poor thing, she's so cold,For aJl through the nightShe has no one to hold.If he does not forgetHe's a fireman soon,I bet she'll fly offWith Bob to the moon.Poor Wally, they'll leaveWay down below,Perhaps he'll be singingHis tale of woe.For up in the cloudsHis wife's gone with Bob,But a fireman must-Get on with his job.The flight was alright,But she thinks that she mightGet back to her man,On t~is cold winter's night.She's back in his arms,Now-what's that they hear?It's a fire bell ringing loud and clear.

HAZEL WADE.

by Wally Wade

rush to the Fire Station to assistsomebody in trouble.

You know some of them. Theywork for us and of course we mustthank the Plysu management fortheir co-operation during workinghours. Let us give you a list:- BillBarnes, Jock Courts, Jackie Farmer,Don Hill, Keith Leadbeater, BrianGriffin, Brian Rogers.

The late Jesse Cook was also amember of our Fire Brigade, as wereretired members of the Company:J. G. Jackson, J. Harris, E. Fox, SolLeadbeater (succeeded by Keith andtwo sons-in-law as well), and manyothers.

It is a very full, sometimes hazard-ous, occasionally funny, 'spare time'occupation being a fireman, and Iunderstand that my wife has a fewcomments on her own on the subject!

FIRE! DO'S& DONT'SWally Wade advises:Always remember to have a dampcloth or towel at hand while fryingor cooking. If the frying pan catchesfire, throw the damp cloth or towelover and remove it as quickly aspossible outside. Do not attempt tothrow water on as this will causesevere splashing and will result inyourself getting burned.

Make sure that all electric appli-ances are kept in first class condition,such as electric blankets, fires,cookers, wireless, television andclocks.

Paraffin heaters, fires, stoves, etc..make sure that these are kept from abuild up of dust, sweet papers, dailypapers and children's inflammabletoys. Most of all do not attempt torefill while still alight. Last thing atnight. make sure that all appliancesare switched off. Close all doors tohallways and stairways, etc.

Wally joined the National Fire Ser-vice on May 10, 1946, and became amember of the Bucks Fire Brigadetwo years later. He was promoted toleading fireman on February 1, 1961,and in 1966 received the Queen'sAward for 20 years' long service andgood conduct. He was promoted toStation Officer six months ago.

NIGHT SCHOOLFulbrook School has evening classesin the following:-

Shorthand PotteryTyping Keep Fit (M. & F.)Dressmaking BadmintonWoodworking

Any other normal subject can bearranged for a minimum of 10 people.Rosemary Furnival (Industrial) al-ready has people interested in :-

English LiteratureEnglish LanguageGuitar PlayingBook KeepingPaintingDomestic Science, but notenough to start a class.

Interested people contact Rosemaryon Ext. 252, or anyone on back page.

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SHOOTING TIMESPETER EVANS, Plysu'sWork Study Engineer, des-cribes the gentle art ofrough shooting

So as not to upset any of the avidreaders of Plysu People, I havedeliberately avoided any reference tothe many cuddly little things thatspend their days going hoppitty-skippity, hoppity-skippitty, hoppittyBANG! I have also included noreference whatsoever to the latestcraze of shooting skinheads up theHigh Street.

I will, however, try to conjure up apicture for you of a typical Saturdayafternoon spot of rough shooting.

Take a 12 bore shotgun, somecartridges, a Labrador, a pair ofWellington boots and a large gamebag (large 7). Throw everything intothe car and let's go.

On arriving at your covetted fewhundred acres of shoot you alightfrom your car amid a flurry of boots,bags and a Labrador, who is so eagerto get started that she has made herexit over your head. You scream ather to "Come here you nice-doggy"at such a pitch that two brace ofpheasants, a covey of partridge anda pair of snipe take to the air directlyover the hedge that marks theboundary of your shoot.

Model DogAfter a couple of hours of heavywalking, the dog suddenly decidesto become a model gun dog, investi-

gating every likely spot, and just asyou think it's about time to pack it inthere is a sudden furry from thehedge, a staccato of wings. Intothe air rises a beautiful brace of

pheasants. We're in luck, they areflying close together. With no con-scious effort, the gun is at theshoulder, the sight is giving just theright amount of lead to get both withone shot, the finger crooked aroundthe trigger gives a gentle squeeze-CLICK-what the ... 7 Quick, be-fore they get too far, try the backtrigger-panic-click! With the fracas

....____ofgetting out of the car you haveforgotten to load the gun.

Resigned to our fate we turn andhead toward the car. That's it just atthe end of this bridleway. Right now,try and keep the dog as clean aspossible, so as not to get muck andfilth all over the-Judy, come out ofthat bloody pond!

Incidentally, it's not always likethis, and anyone who is genuinelyinterested in having a beautiful walkthrough wet kale and ploughed upfields on a freezing cold day, let meknow. We'll arrange a date and gobag some pheasants (during theseason).

Back to basicsThe basic equipment required canvary tremendously in cost from a £15Greener single barrelled 12, to a pairof Luigi Franchi over and inver"Snipes" at a mere £1,500 a time.Once you have hammered your bankbalance for the gun itself you make avisit to the local gunsmith and payout another £5·00 for a hundredcartridges. For convenience, another

(continued on page 5)

Cartoon Quiz ~

This may, or may not, happen in the Plysu canteen. London "Evening News"cartoonist, Doug Smith, thought it a possibility but-having completed thedrawing-declined to comment.So, over to you. Can you supply a caption to fit the cartoon 1There's a £1 premium bond for the winning line.Entries to David Bennett by 31st August.

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PRESS SHOW UNITESOLD FRIENDSSix years ago Suzanna Newman and Valerie Carr, both journalists,were working in Australia on different magazines. Occasionallythey used to meet at press conferences. Then Suzanna left to jointhe talented Australian colony in London and, some months later,Valerie too, set off for a new career in London.

But neither knew where the otherhad gone and it took Plysu to bringthem together again.

The occasion was the first evervisit to Woburn Sands by Women'smagazine writers to see Plysu house-wares being made. The date was 3rdJune. And the time was 11.15 a.m.when Mr. James Summerlin wel-comed the group of lady writers whocame by coach from London.

Mr. Summer/in described howPlysu launched into the housewaresmarket in 1952 with a completelynew type of sponge mop. Theoriginal mop came from Plvsu'sAustralian connections and, referringto this, Mr. Summerlin said, 'I can'tsay too much in praise of the Austra-lians.'

As the reception broke up for atour of the factory Suzanna Newman,who now writes on home topics for

YOUNG GENERATION CORNER

My name is Kirsty Sinfield, I am nowall of two and this is when I wasnine months and much less sophisti-cated. I have been elected firstmember of the Young GenerationClub by the Editor and my Dad, whois Derek Sinfield and works very hardat being my Dad. Other members areurgently needed, so will all proudmums and dads at Plysu please diginto your photo albums in time forthe next issue. Age limit of theYoung Generation Club is nought tofive.

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Tit Bits, said, 'I'm Australian. I was sopleased at the nice things he saidabout us.' That remark was heard byValerie Carr, now with True Story,who hadn't spotted her in the gather-ing, and they recognised each other.So apart from an enjoyable visit theyhad a grand reunion.

PostboxI have a suggestion concerning thepublication of the Works paper.Instead of distributing it free, a smallcharge of 2~p should be made andgiven as a donation to either Cancer,Arthritis and Rheumatic Council orany other deserving medical researchcentre. I am sure that most readerswould gladly pay.

As you know, these centres domarvellous work and without themmedical science would not be so farforward as to help and save livesof many humans and every 2~pgiven would be a great help.

EMILY CUFFLlN (Containers)A generous thought-wouldothers like to join Emily in supportingworthwhile causes?-EDITOR).

shop!You may buy, sell or barter freelythrough Plysu People's small ads.column. If you want to remain anony-mous please ask for a box number.Copy for the next issue (see backpage) by September 20th.Viva Engine 1057 cc less sump andflywheel-£15.Qualcast Panther Mower-£4.Betty Freeman, Ext. 240.

Mynah-bird cage, nearly new con-dition-£2.John Perry, Protective Clothing.

Baby's wooden drop side cot, colourlemon, waterproof mattress. As new-£5·50. Derek Sinfield, MouldingRoom. (Daughter Kirsty has outgrown it.)

A Trip toTulip Landfor Harry. • •

:.Harry and Constance Crawshaw bythe canals in Amsterdam.

Plysu's 1970 'Salesman of theYear', Harry Crawshaw, whorepresents Plvsu's HousewaresDivision in the West countryand South Wales, spent fourdays as the Company's guest,with his wife, Constance, inHolland earlier this year.

Harry came top in a salescompetition to introduce fivenew lines previously sold byBex.

The reward was an all ex-penses paid week-end for two.

CANTEEN FACILITIESThe Management has agreed that Employeescan use the Canteen for any private function,e.g. wedding receptions, free of charge.Food, if required, must be provided by theuser unless a.special arrangement is madewith Gardner Merchant Limited who arethe caterers.

Regulations concerning the use of theCanteen and bookings must be obtainedfrom Mr. N. A. Slocock or Mr. G. F. Walker.

Photographs appearing inPL YSU PEOPLE can be orderedfrom D. A. Bennett. Ext. 225.

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OUR NEWMEET-if you haven't already-one of Plvsu's toughest, heavi-est-some say handsomest-new recruits.WE REFER to AUD 631J.BETTER known, perhaps as aBLMC Laird. Weight unloaded:20 tons. Trailer length 38 ft.Range: many, many miles, andat least 550 miles withoutrefuelling.AN 0 the new recruit picturedhere has an identical twin,

RECRUITwhich started work on 1 June.This is the first articulator to bepurchased by Plysu. Most ofthe transport of Plysu containersis on contract through BritishRoad Services.The articulated lorry has beendesigned to carry the maximumnumber of 1 gallon S.66 bottles.It can house 11,000 of these ata time or-alternatively, 1,800R.70's. A valuable new recruit,indeed! .

SportPLVSU FISHING CLUBAnnual GeneralMeeting held on28th May, 1971

Officers unanimously elected;President-Mr. C. S. J. Summer-lin (re-elected) ; Chairman-Mr.C. R. E. Phillips (re-elected);Secretary-Mr. J. H. Sorenson;Joint Treasurers-Mr. D. Caton(re-elected) ; Mr. P.West.

It was announced that the winnerof the Chairman's Challenge Shieldwas Mr. J. Sorenson with a carp of101bs.

Mr. Sorenson was presented withthe trophy at the club's first comp-etition held on Sunday, 20th June,1971.

The Secretary is to donate a chal-lenge cup to the club to be awardedto the junior member who lands thebest fish.

The club had a membership of 45last year.

Membership fee per season; 50padults, and 25p juniors.

PLVSU F.C.Our Company's football team cele-

brated its formation with a 2-1 winover local rivals, Zenith, earlier thisyear.

Plysu opened the scoring throughGarner with a well-taken shot. Wrightput Plysu further ahead.

In the second half Zenith pulledone back through Watson with atwenty yard shot which was way outof the reach of Wade in the Plysugoal. The same player had a chanceto level the score when they wereawarded a penalty but Watson hadthe spot kick well saved by Wade.Plysu;K.Wade (Captain), P. Relt, A. Cashin,S. Wright, D. Woollet, D. Shepheard,B. Barnett, V. Pattison, S. Garner,T. Cox, D. Larbey.

Plysu F;C. have elected their Com-mittee as follows;-

Chairman-Bill Barnett, Hon.Sec. & Treasurer-Dick Larbey,Team Manager-W. Magenty,Club Captain-to be elected,Fund-Raising Sec.-Ken Wade,Committee-Martin Tucket andDave Woollett.

TABLE TOP RALLYA table top rally will be held in the

Canteen on Wednesday, 4th August,starting at 7 p.m.

The event will be open to allemployees, their wives or husbands,and family. An entrance fee of 25pwill be charged and this will be givenwholly as prize money, being splitbetween first, second and third.

So the more entries the bigger theprizes!

Items required will be an OrdnanceSurvey Map No. 146, seventh series(or later editions), soft pencil. ruler,rubber, paper. There will be 6 sectionsof about 20 mins. each with aninterval at the halfway stage.

People wishing to enter, havinglittle or no experience of navigationor map reading, will receive a helpinghand before the rally.

We hope as many people aspossible will enter and it is intended,after the competition, and whileresults are being calculated, to hold ameeting to discuss the formation of aPlysu Motor Club.

Organisers of this event are DavidBennett (Ext. 225) and GrahamShaw (Ext. 264) and we would liketo hear from entrants (particularlythose who have never enjoyed thefun of a table top rally) before28th July.

SHOOTING TIMES (from page 3)

£5·00 for a cartridge belt and, justin case you actually hit anything,£2·50 for a game bag.. Fully clothed and kitted out you

are raring to go. Unfortunately thereis nowhere available. You thereforehave a number of altematives i=-

(1) Speak very nicely to a localfarmer;

(2) Speak very nicely to me;(3) Join a local syndicate (Duke of

Bedford's etc.) at £500 a season;(4) Go poaching-risking a fine of

up to £200 or 6 months at oneof Her Majesty's Hotels.

Recommended is either number 1 ornumber 3, so long as the local farmerdoesn't already rent the shoot to me.

Getting a gunBut please, above all, get sometuition and please, please obtain ashotgun certificate from the Policebefore you enter the shop to buyyour gun-and never buy a second-hand gun from anyone before youhave a registered gunsmith. Checkthat the nitro-proofing has beentested and stamped on the gun,

After you have everything sortedout, buy a puppy from a good work-ing dog strain, feed one end, clean upafter the other, train it for a couple ofyears, by which time you will under-stand why I enjoy this particularhobby of mine.

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'We couldhove donced011 night ,

• • •. . . and about 250 people willbear this out. For that was therecord attendance at the 26thJune Dance in the Canteen.Congratulations to the organ-isers-Dora Buckthorpe, AudreyBritten, Midge Hollier and TonyHollis-and all who contrib-uted £91 towards the Plysu

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Social Club. A word of appreci-ation to the band, the 'Hat-ricks'). of Northampton, whohave been booked for two moredances in the autumn. A pageto some of you who enjoyedyourselves, and a thank youto all who turned up to makethe evening such a success.

Left to right: Margaret Hollis, Marion Griffiths, Josie Rowe,Liz Woods, Sandra Lines, Diane Indge.

Left to right: Peter Anstee, Dave Caton, Vera Karney, BrianGuess, Madelaine Paine, Annette Guess, Helen Jarvis,Caroline Tredray, Avril Anstee, Diane Caton, John Tredray.

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For Gilbert Waul (Moulding Shop),pictured here with his wife, Pearl, itwas a great way to celebrate a birth-day. For others, the perfect Saturdaynight out-as our cameraman records.

Left to right: Barbara Himmel, Hilda Barden, Gwen Hyde,Julie Farrell, Rosa Kirkup

..• Yes, 'we could have danced all night' was the verdict.Following the evening's success, other dances are planned.So here's to the next time .

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Plysu peopleCongratulationsBarbara Heffer of Millbrook, who hasworked for 1 year in the Mop Room, wasmarried on the 15th May to Jim Huggins.

Congratulations and much happinessBarbara Huggins.To Elizabeth Keech, who was engagedto Roger Lines, formerly a carpenter withPlysu, on 2nd May. This is a double con-gratulations, since it was also Elizabeth's21st birthday.

To Pamela Tarbox (Containers) whobecame engaged to Roger Macleod.

To Helen Fisher, whom many from theIndustrial Division will remember, on thebirth of Jason on 26th May. Weight:7 Ibs. 1 oz.

To Ginny Richardson (formerly of thePrint Room) on the birth of a boy on 19thMay.

Congratulations also to Roy Chapillon'sdaughter, Cheryl, who was married toTrevor Dimmock at. St. Mary's Church,Wavendon, on 19th June.

Jim Passingham has been appoin-ted to the position of Plysu TrainingOfficer and will be responsible toMr. Maxwell Summerlin.

Jim who has beenwith us 14 yearsstarted in the Moulding Shop andlater spent 2~ years in R.F. Mainten-ance. He then returned to the Mould-ing Shop at the time the first blowmoulding machine was installed.He spent 4~ years on the night shiftand was later appointed NightManager.

.Jirn'snew post will initially involvewriting a training programme and aspecial induction programme forevery new employee, irrespective ofdepartment.

This will include Company history,a tour of the entire premises and atalk on safety, welfare and firehazard, and will be followed by jobinduction, i.e. training for the par-ticular job that each new employeewill be doing.

This scheme has to satisfy theRubber and Plastic Industry TrainingBoard and Jim has recently been on atwo-week special course to preparehim for his task.

SAFETY FIRSTHow safety conscious are you?This trophy has been introducedby Plysu and will be awardedeach month to the Departmentwhich is most safety conscious.The result is decided on points,and the first awards, in May,went .to Containers (pictured),and in June it was a tie betweenEngineering (Tool Room, Stores& Carpenters) and MouldingRoom-Stores.

WelcomeWe offer a warm welcome to the followingwho joined us at Plysu during April and May:Containers Stripping: Christine Bentall,

Henrietta Bonar, Enid Bryant. MabelBurnage, Evelyn Carter, Sylvia Fountain,Joan Nordsted, Yvonne O'Dell, PeggyPalmer, Teresa Roberts, Olive Simms,Nancy Smith, Doreen Stevens.

Containers Packing: Paul Ward.Containers Transport: Waiter Browne.Products General: Bruno Comerford.Engineering: Keith Elms, Arthur Gibson,

James Ray.Print Room: Kathleen Fisher.Housewares Packing: Vivien Hancock.Products Moulding: Rodney Lancaster,

Michael Ward.Products Chipping: Albert Potts, Anthony

Stonebrook.

Welfa~rePeople' sometimes want to contact Mr.C. R. E. Phillips at the weekend or even-ings and he would like you to cut out hishome telephone number for your use:

WOBURN SANDS 3472

ObituariesThe many who knew him at Plysu weresaddened to learn of Jesse Cook's deathin May, at the age of 61, after a long illness.

Born at Husborne Crawley, Mr. Cookwas Plvsu's Security Officer for 16 years.In his spare time he was an active memberof the local fire brigade, to which he con-tributed 10 years' valuable service.

He leaves a wife and three daughters.His close friend and colleague, Wally

Wade, told us: "Jesse was well known andliked by all who knew him during his longservice with Plysu. As a member of the firebrigade ho became a first class driver andfireman. Jesse will be sadly missed by all."

We also deeply regret to report the deathsof:-Dora Fairey (Containers) on 31 st March.Dora was a Sunday School teacher atAmpthill Baptist Church for 28 years.Ken Tulit (Moulder) who passed away on29th May.

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R70 MAKES.DEBUT AT NORTHPAKOur new R.70 five-gallon containerwas the central feature of our standat the Northpak Exhibition in Man-chester recently. The Exhibition wasaimed principally at attracting In-Industrial and Commercial usersfromthe South Midlands up to the ScottishBorder (writes John Speller).

The stand desiqn was most attrac-tive with, as its main feature, theR.70 stacked on pallets to form thewalls of the main office area. Therest of the stand was given over to along side-shelf display of the smaller,containers in our rangefrom 2 gallonsdown to 20 ounce sizes.

Credit for the stand design goes toPlvsu's Chief Designer, Mike Dickins,and his design staff. During theperiod of the Exhibition the com-pany's two Northern representatives,Peter Malia and Jack Martland, wereon duty providing answers to ques-tions and offering advice aboutmatters concerning our polythenecontainers, in company with Mr.Eastaffand the writer.

The true. success of an Exhibitioncannot be assessedin terms of actualorders taken but by the increasedbusiness that may be done by thisDivision of the Company over thecoming months. There is certainly nodoubt that the 5-gallon R.70 saleswill benefit by this Northern "debut."

UP TO STANDARDDue to rapid expansion of the PlysuGroup of Companies it has beennecessary to expand the technicalservices. To this end the StandardsDepartment has been strenqthenedby the appointment of Mr. H. D,Blake as Quality Control Manager, aposition he has held for the past7 years at the Hale End factory ofBXL Limited.

The Department has recently beenmoved into what was the old Mop

Room and the photograph shows thenew layout, and increased space.

Shown in the photograph areGerry Blake, Roger Milton (ChiefInspector) and Dick Larbey who areresponsible for establishing the qual-ity levels of the various mouldingsand assemblies.

New equipment is continuallybeing installed to maintain our highstandard and to ensure that first classgoods are sent to our customers.

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snap!You don't have to ride a camel inTimbuktu or a yak in Yakistan thissummer.

All you really need, possibly, is adeckchair at Skegnessand a camera.Or a rail/sea/air ticket to Anywhere inthe County of Fun.

Because that is what holidays areall about.

Take a camera with you. Lookthrough your prints when you getback and pick out the one that sumsup for you the high point of yourholiday.

Let us borrow the print (black andwhite only, please). Tell us where itwas taken and who (if anybody) ispictured.

Then let us know, in not more than20 words, why this picture remindsyou of the high point in your holiday.

There's a £1 premium bond foreach picture we publish in our nextissue. Closing date for entries: 20thSeptember.

Know your EditorWe welcome news and views, com-ments and carps. That is whatjournals are all about. This is yourjournal and your opportunity to putpen to paper.

Let us have your holiday snap(page 8), a line for the cartoon quiz(page 3), a photograph of yourbonny baby (page 4), and any othercontribution you wish to make forour next issue. We plan to appearagain this Autumn. Information to:

Ethel Best-HousewaresEdna Ingram-ContainersKay Norman-IndustrialAlan Perry-Computer RoomClaude Phillips-New Office off

Canteen HallDerek Sinfield-Moulding Shop