What a great set of pictures on the site, reminns me very much of where i spent most of my working life, the worksop looks nearly identical machinery much the same,all that's missing is the noise and smell. I can still hear the planer running with 20 foot long cut on taking cuts about quarter of an inch deep big blue sizzling cuttings flying off and the end of the cut probably an inch wide to lay smoking on the floor you didn't make a habit of standing on them they would burn through the soles of the new rubber soled safety boots. the old leather soled ammunition boots lasted longer. don't know if any other readers here know the ones i mean? they had arrows stitched into the toe caps, gov property. the planer made by waldrich was later fitted with 2 spindles and insert tooling and then only made little chips. overhead cranes look like they might made by sir william arroll in glasgow i believe. i had forgotten we had marking out tables that size that had steps to climb up. makes my 12 inch by 18inch look a toy. thanks for finding those Eric, enjoyed the nostalgia.
John
