tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2930176456436384260..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Sepia Saturday 119 : Orange Creams Of The World UniteAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-11734243698184146702012-04-14T20:14:47.615+01:002012-04-14T20:14:47.615+01:00Yep, recognized Albert immediately, like seeing an...Yep, recognized Albert immediately, like seeing an old friend.The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-9677727411133242302012-04-14T06:05:39.258+01:002012-04-14T06:05:39.258+01:00Great photo! My father also was a machinist at som...Great photo! My father also was a machinist at some points in his work life--in addition to being cook, carpenter, stone mason, millwright, chief in the Navy & a few other things I probably never have heard about! That is work in the old sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-54673244215880236352012-04-04T02:50:29.389+01:002012-04-04T02:50:29.389+01:00Sweet work..I would never have guessed that it was...Sweet work..I would never have guessed that it was a candy making machine:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-62352498585776768642012-04-03T08:29:47.706+01:002012-04-03T08:29:47.706+01:00I don't know if it is true, but they look as i...I don't know if it is true, but they look as if they are glad to be part of a team. I think that people now miss the chance to be part of a larger unit, with all the outsourcing and contract work and downsizing. <br />I don't think Quality Street as as good as they used to be! but personally I'll have the caramel thing with the nut in it :)Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-41442011001691629062012-04-02T02:29:01.661+01:002012-04-02T02:29:01.661+01:00Hi Alan, that is a wonderful picture. Quite a stu...Hi Alan, that is a wonderful picture. Quite a sturdy machine for sure. And so big! It is fun to see your Dad at work too.<br /><br />KathyOregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-47135437197349298762012-04-01T20:38:27.424+01:002012-04-01T20:38:27.424+01:00You would have claimed this was a special project ...You would have claimed this was a special project for NASA <br />that I would have believed you. I am THAT naive after all!!<br />:)~ <br />HUGZBruno Lalibertéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-4477143942361047572012-04-01T19:35:42.130+01:002012-04-01T19:35:42.130+01:00All I keep thinking is did he bring samples home? ...All I keep thinking is did he bring samples home? Lots and lots of samples. Did you have a golden ticket?Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-29925255251286970692012-04-01T14:14:17.286+01:002012-04-01T14:14:17.286+01:00Yes, I recognised your Dad - he looks like he'...Yes, I recognised your Dad - he looks like he's having a bit of a chuckle. Can you pass me one of the purple-wrapped quality street please? I'll give the Capstans a miss :-) JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-73066356483626697672012-04-01T14:13:04.352+01:002012-04-01T14:13:04.352+01:00Yes, I recognised your Dad - he looks like he'...Yes, I recognised your Dad - he looks like he's having a bit of a chuckle. Can you pass me one of the purple-wrapped quality street please? I'll give the Capstans a miss :-) JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-88194741496339938262012-04-01T13:38:51.151+01:002012-04-01T13:38:51.151+01:00Great post Alan. Ah, before the computer age, peop...Great post Alan. Ah, before the computer age, people all worked together and formed a team. I know this is being done nowadays, but, it is over the "net", no opportunity to take a group picture like this one. Rosie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-24997691549772980752012-04-01T08:06:12.739+01:002012-04-01T08:06:12.739+01:00Now just as I was wondering where on earth you wer...Now just as I was wondering where on earth you were, back you come to let the truth get in the way of a good story. Mind you, with the change of workplace location, most of the post stays the same except the end product changes from caramels and butterscotch to Park Drives and Capstan as I seem to recall that Fields made machines for the cigarette industry! I will try and get to see the Fields building before it is swept away.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-38180984298311671002012-04-01T08:03:02.083+01:002012-04-01T08:03:02.083+01:00You are so right. You don't hear from the old ...You are so right. You don't hear from the old bugger for three months and then back he comes to contradict you.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-29374672127036597592012-04-01T07:23:46.966+01:002012-04-01T07:23:46.966+01:00Elder brothers, eh!
Alan - my sympathies. I also ...Elder brothers, eh!<br /><br />Alan - my sympathies. I also have one of these elder brother things.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-27931908007321027772012-04-01T00:54:49.416+01:002012-04-01T00:54:49.416+01:00I'm still around, and as always, ready to put ...I'm still around, and as always, ready to put my brother to rights. So as an engineer, let me add...<br /><br />The picture dates from when my father's worked as an engineer at Fields (Packaging)Bradford. That was before his time at Mackintoshes. The factory was housed in a "state of the art" 1930′s Art Deco building. It closed down last year. Ali, it might be worth a photo if they haven't already demolished it. It's located at the bottom side of the park across the road from Southmere Drive.<br /><br />It's worth noting that in those days enginners wore ties - my father did right up to retirement.Roger Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076364512957667043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-89584880892705189662012-04-01T00:06:28.427+01:002012-04-01T00:06:28.427+01:00My mom adore MAckintosh!My mom adore MAckintosh!Gloria Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055543111865966546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-61770386924851252442012-03-31T20:42:33.531+01:002012-03-31T20:42:33.531+01:00Ah! I Close My Eyes & I Can Smell The Scent of...Ah! I Close My Eyes & I Can Smell The Scent of Mackintosh's Wafting Across The Halifax Skyline!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-6062994432113595182012-03-31T16:58:52.025+01:002012-03-31T16:58:52.025+01:00How lucky that they made something that makes so m...How lucky that they made something that makes so many people happy!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954692169914973706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-52737287864729514262012-03-31T16:37:29.875+01:002012-03-31T16:37:29.875+01:00I can see several examples of dripped oil in the p...I can see several examples of dripped oil in the photo! He couldn't have worked at a better place. I hope there were plenty of free samples.Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttp://apostcardaday.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-52861965991984890032012-03-31T14:21:24.761+01:002012-03-31T14:21:24.761+01:00ah candy, I too would not have guessed that such ...ah candy, I too would not have guessed that such a machine was for that purpose. So interesting this week to see the folks at what I descendant of working people thought to be real work--like you, I never was into what I thought was real work other than my own garden. I was a bureaucrat, a fine one too but glad those days are over and I can sit and toast real workers like this AM with a good coffee and cinnamon roll, likely made in some bakery using a well built machine. <br /><br />No matter how early I think I am on Saturdays--there across the big pond, folks beat me to posting and reading.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-65596696673872165742012-03-31T10:05:10.706+01:002012-03-31T10:05:10.706+01:00Nice post! That's what I call a proper machine...Nice post! That's what I call a proper machine - lots of dials, buttons and levers :o)Wibbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02276903940866394424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-81516893489208605202012-03-31T03:26:39.528+01:002012-03-31T03:26:39.528+01:00Wonderful picture and thank you to the builders of...Wonderful picture and thank you to the builders of candy machine and the women who worked on them.Life Goes Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777055726019503326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-61623359140132655592012-03-30T23:57:08.931+01:002012-03-30T23:57:08.931+01:00I spotted your father right away, which made me th...I spotted your father right away, which made me think about how we get to know people we've never met on blogs. <br /><br />Now I'm off to look at the Smothers Brothers video that Little Nell recommended.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-13634943152526609602012-03-30T23:07:29.805+01:002012-03-30T23:07:29.805+01:00If I remember rightly, Quality Street now says Nes...If I remember rightly, Quality Street now says Nestle on the packaging. Shame :(<br /><br />If I were to select a 'toffee', it would be a coffee cream :)Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357761230206692089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-65896312743754839222012-03-30T22:07:12.146+01:002012-03-30T22:07:12.146+01:00Wonderful picture. I can't see the folks wher...Wonderful picture. I can't see the folks where I work looking quite so proud of what they do.. pushing paper around may not be so strenuous but sometimes it's hard to see what you've achieved.jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-64748223936061156382012-03-30T21:39:44.003+01:002012-03-30T21:39:44.003+01:00Hi Alan, a wonderful picture, we think it lasts fo...Hi Alan, a wonderful picture, we think it lasts forever and it never does, it seems it now lasts if we are lucky a year. My husband worked with electronics, and when he started in the sixties, seventies, it needed a huge room to house the computers, and then they shrank until all fitted into a matchbox. And now they are barley visible!Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.com