tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post1206552427720524003..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.667-04:00Comments on Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.: Gripping Tales: Wilkinsons Tools, Warrington, Lancashire, EnglandMister Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663484841011868779noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-53738656552845742322024-02-20T08:30:39.493-05:002024-02-20T08:30:39.493-05:00My dad worked there Thomas coxMy dad worked there Thomas coxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-32118284990516991512022-03-31T13:27:38.675-04:002022-03-31T13:27:38.675-04:00my grandad worked there,he used to teach the appre...my grandad worked there,he used to teach the apprentices,his name was frank Rotherham,sadly no longer with us..mrsgeetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909840696477543283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-34205469960092044592021-09-04T17:35:10.951-04:002021-09-04T17:35:10.951-04:00Hi Milly, I'm sorry I don't remember your ...Hi Milly, I'm sorry I don't remember your uncle, when did he leave and what did he do there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-3550014259365439962021-08-20T02:53:25.928-04:002021-08-20T02:53:25.928-04:00my uncle worked there for 40 yrs phil barlow my uncle worked there for 40 yrs phil barlow millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527136864722041983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-32353034363396427722016-08-26T14:20:52.846-04:002016-08-26T14:20:52.846-04:00Shut about 1993. Record moved it to Sheffield. Sad...Shut about 1993. Record moved it to Sheffield. Sadly the two works managers tony and mike were killed in a accident on the way to Sheffield. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182967670681726105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-63117722735336634922016-08-26T14:20:32.736-04:002016-08-26T14:20:32.736-04:00Shut about 1993. Record moved it to Sheffield. Sad...Shut about 1993. Record moved it to Sheffield. Sadly the two works managers tony and mike were killed in a accident on the way to Sheffield. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182967670681726105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-25030686083974071652014-11-27T18:05:30.978-05:002014-11-27T18:05:30.978-05:00I was an apprentice toolmaker at Wilkinson's T...I was an apprentice toolmaker at Wilkinson's Tools from 1969 to 1973. Possibly one of the reasons for its early demise was all the toolmakers were sacked for going on strike and leaving just us 3 apprentices who each left within a couple of years after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com