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Originally Posted by dkpeterborough
The Witness was manufactured for Ilford by Peto Scott in Weybridge, Surrey.
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OhmiGod...
I've just actually had the time to read this, instead of just drooling over the photos.
My family (on my Mother's side) lived in Weybridge from the 1930s to the early 1970s. My Grandfather was invalided out of the Royal Navy in the inter-war years and was Chief Maintenance Electrician at Vickers during the Second World War. He knew Barnes Wallis, who worked there, and told many tales of his time there. After the War, redundancies were necessary, and he was unfortunate. The policy was to make redundant every second employee, based on their clock number. The man with the number just in front of his had passed away just before, so his number was skipped, and my Grandfather was next.
He then went to work at Peto Scott. I remember little of this, but I know he worked there for some ten years after the War, so he would certainly have been there at the time. The funny thing is, as a child, I never knew how Peto Scott was written, as I only ever heard it spoken about. I had it in my head that it was "Pete O'Scots" and in some way thought it was a man's name.
Thank you so much for this insight into my own past, and that of my family.
Regards,
Bill