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  • Barry Ashford on Dowty Electronics – Gresham Lion Technology

    08/04/2021
    I started with Greshams on the Hanworth Trading Estate in the Recording Heads Section in 1962; got my 10 year...

  • John Redfern on Dowty Group History

    28/03/2021
    Hello Martin...thank you for your email. Dowty Marine has its own dedicated pages on our website... here is the link:...

  • Martin Hayward on Dowty Group History

    27/03/2021
    I notice this page makes no mention of Dowty Marine 1960-1963 and the poduction of the Dowty Tubocraft of which...

  • Rob Neal on John Herring

    19/03/2021
    Hi. Rob Neal here. Dowty apprentice 1975-79 and worked for the group in its various guises until retiring from GE...

  • John Redfern on Dowty Boulton Paul – Customers

    19/03/2021
    Hello Les… many thanks for the correction, we will edit the caption accordingly….

  • John Redfern on Dowty Boulton Paul – Works History

    19/03/2021
    Hello Les... many thanks for the correction, we will edit the caption accordingly....

  • Les Whitehouse on Dowty Boulton Paul – Works History

    18/03/2021
    Your war service badge is actually only the Sports and Welfare Society membership badge (SWS) from the 1950's. The war...

  • Les Whitehouse on Dowty Boulton Paul – Customers

    18/03/2021
    The ship you show is not a Cable Laying Vessel. This is the Hecla Class Admiralty vessel pennant number A319,...

  • Anthony Flood on Dowty Seals, Meco, Electrics & Ultra

    17/03/2021
    Reg Cull was at Ultra Hydraulics which was formally DHU. Great guy

  • Martin Westwood on Boulton Paul – People

    17/03/2021
    The sack race. Brian Reader...He worked in the machine shop and also ran the Saturday league DBP football team. Memories...

  • Anthony Flood on Dowty Hydraulic Units

    16/03/2021
    Pete Regan DHU died July 2016

  • Carol Butler on Dowty Fuel Systems

    16/03/2021
    Gerry Butler February 2003

  • Roger Langley on Dowty Mining Equipment

    16/03/2021
    Andrew Seagrave DME

  • James Parker on Dowty Group Apprentices – Wall of Fame

    16/03/2021
    Great thing to do. It would be nice to see others from my era.

  • Steve Chester on Boulton Paul – People

    15/03/2021
    So many people, too numerous to mention, just reminds me of some wonderful days spent working with some lovely people...

  • Stuart Duffin on Jet Test Cell at Staverton

    25/02/2021
    Does anybody know what happened to the test stand ? There might be a requirement to test a Spey 202...

  • mike buckles on Dowty Air Crash – Wolverhampton

    23/02/2021
    My name is Mike Buckless for many years I will never forget this day myself as boy of 7 years,...

  • Mary Austin (Fellows - former employee) on Boulton Paul – People

    21/02/2021
    The photograph below the 50 year service to Albert Noden shows my father Noel Fellows (front row, third in from...

  • Mike Josey on Jet Test Cell at Staverton

    18/02/2021
    Recall working as part of the inspection and test engieers with Terry Strawford when Rolls Royce was "on site" doing...

  • Cathy Edge on Dowty in a village called Atworth

    14/02/2021
    A really interesting article. George Thatcher was my grandfather's first cousin. During WW2 my mother was evacuated to Atworth and...

  • Robert Elleray on Memories of a Shipping Agent

    28/01/2021
    Hi John, Not sure if you've read my previous comment? From memory, others in the department were Phil Warring, John...

  • Geoff Onions on Dowty Taurodyne

    31/12/2020
    The picture in the archive is a Dowmatic Transmission as fitted to many applications from Wallis and Steevens road rollers...

  • Geoffrey John Walter Hall on Dowty in a village called Atworth

    26/11/2020
    Hi all, I was researching the Mendip Car but found nothing until I came to this site. I worked at...

  • Robert Elleray on Memories of a Shipping Agent

    16/11/2020
    Hi John, Yes, it was Arthur Strache! I can remember that he'd been at LEP for many years, and retired...
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  • Dowty Rotol - Non Destructive Test Dept

    25/03/2021
    Dowty Rotol Non Destructive Test Dept 1988 Photographs submitted by Andy Bond-Thorley

  • Memories of Coal Mining Days

    15/03/2021
    Memories of Coal Mining Days I was involved with man-less coal face trials at Bagworth colliery 1986-1990 with Dowty Mining Equipment True Engineers! Peter ...

  • Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union - 16th April 2021

    12/03/2021
    Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union – The Half Ball Club The DFS Reunion scheduled for 16th April 2021 has unfortunately been cancelled due ...

  • Sir George Dowty - In His Own Words

    05/12/2020
    Sir George Dowty (1901-1975) was a noted inventor and businessman, who pioneered many components used in the aviation industry before, ...
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