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Eric Beattie
11/06/2021
I have been doing some research on the Dowty Turbocraft for the Isle of Wight Classic Boat Museum, for which ...
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, ...
Apprenticeship Prizegiving - 1982
08/11/2020
Dowty Group Annual Apprentices Prizegiving – Nov 1982
Dowty Group (General)
04/11/2020
Remembering our colleagues that once worked within the Dowty Group If you know of any colleagues that have died and are ...
Gresham Lion - Memories of Doug Baldwin
04/11/2020
I joined Gresham Lion Group/ Gresham Transformers in their Twickenham Road works in Feltham in 1957 as a student apprentice ...
Dowty Hydraulic Units
12/09/2020
Remembering our colleagues that once worked at Dowty Hydraulic Units If you know of any colleagues that have died and are ...
Dowty Group Services
12/09/2020
Remembering our colleagues that once worked at Dowty Group Services If you know of any colleagues that have died and are ...
Dowty Fuel Systems
12/09/2020
Remembering our colleagues that once worked at Dowty Fuel Systems If you know of any colleagues that have died and are ...
Dowty Mining Equipment
12/09/2020
Remembering our colleagues that once worked at Dowty Mining Equipment If you know of any colleagues that have died and are ...
Dowty Rotol
12/09/2020
Remembering our colleagues that once worked at Dowty Rotol If you know of any colleagues that have died and are not ...
Queen's Award for Technology 1988
09/09/2020
In 1988 Dowty Meco won the Queen’s award for technology for Its Armoured Face Conveyors.
Rotol Amateur Boxing Club
05/09/2020
Gloucestershire Echo July 19th 1944 Rotol ABC. (Amateur Boxing Club) The Larry Manton mentioned in the latter part of this report was ...
Restored Pool Hoist
22/08/2020
Second year machining apprentices posing with the restored pool hoist in 2006. I can’t remember what school it came from but ...
40 years in the Rear View Mirror
21/08/2020
In a few days, I will be marking forty years working for the same company. It’s not only a personal milestone ...
Apprentice Intake 1987
21/08/2020
Photographs of the Dowty Group Apprentice intake for 1987
A.V.Roe and his 4-Wheeled Motorcycle
06/08/2020
This is an article from a locally published pamphlet titled ‘Memoirs of a Lowford boy’. The author was Mr Jim Greening ...
Memories of Aubrey Bush
22/07/2020
My name is Aubrey Bush and I joined Dowty Mining Equipment as the Home Sales Manager in 1982 working for ...
Memories of a Shipping Agent
09/07/2020
Firstly, I found the Website very informative and interesting, in particular the railway section as I am a life-long railway ...
Apprenticeship Prizegiving - 1984
11/06/2020
Copy of the progamme for the Dowty 35th Annual Apprentice Prizegiving which was held at the Cheltenham Town Hall 12th ...
Dowty Rotol - Front Office Building Refurbishment
08/06/2020
Dowty Rotol – Front Office Building Refurbishment In 1990 the iconic white Front Office building and adjacent red brick buildings were ...
Dowty News Mining Edition 1977
07/06/2020
Dowty News – Special Mining edition 1977
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Dudley Whittle
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Electra & Mining Exhibition 1976
09/07/2021
The gentleman in the white shirt is Don Farnell. Don was service manager of Dowty South Africa from 1976
John Redfern
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Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility – Ashchurch
05/07/2021
Hello Geoffrey... thank you for your email and update on the dates... there are earlier photos in the post too...
Geoffrey Weaver
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Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility – Ashchurch
04/07/2021
I notice you have circa 1960 I can tell you the test ramp was built about 1984 as I worked...
Vivien Blackford
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Dowty in a village called Atworth
30/06/2021
My dad Douglas Rigg worked at Dowty in the late 50's until he retired. In the early 60's he went...
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