In my own apprenticeship days the long workshops
seen in the pictures by the GNR Leeds-Ardsley line
contained the fitting and machining shops for the
heavy transmission equipment built by the successors
of Mess'rs Newton Bean & Mitchell, Mess'rs Crofts
Engineers and Co
Above you see the fabrication dept where large gear
box cases were fabricated before going for machining
Above and below the general fitting shop where
worm wheel and helical gears were built for a
multitude of purpose
Below can be seen the use of some of the worm
and wheel gears manufactured on the Dudley
Hill site
These I believe were powering malting drums at
a distillery in Scotland.
So now you know what went on those works next
to the GNR line and my own association and
eventual success, gaining my second and chief
engineers qualifications and when my engineering
career ended with redundancy I was ideally placed
to study for a degree and taught mathematics
and physics to would be future engineers.
I do feel very sad these days that the
opportunities afforded me, albeit with
great patience and understanding is not readily
available to the young men and women of today where
it seems everything has to be done and achieved between the
ages of five and eighteen. My path has been one of lifelong learning.
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