McCorquodale printing works
McCorquodale printing works
McCorquodale printing works on Stratford Road, Wolverton. Originally established in 1878 as printers to the Railway Company, later produced post office stationery and banknotes. The main building was of 1884 and further extended in 1905. Later demolished.
Place
Bucks, Wolverton
Reference number
SFC/001/132
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Hi,I worked here from 1982 -84,in the finishing department, met some lovely ladies,I was the labourer and then worked on the guillotines, they had a canteen with two snooker tables,there was a chap called George Stevenson, he was a guillotine operator, I remember one day he cut the top of his thumb off,he was so calm,book binding was fun,those machines were awesome,bet they have been destroyed now,good times
My Mother Vera Stones worked for McCorquodale printing works after leaving school aged 14 in about 1930 she trained and became a Certifier. I believe she worked in a secure area as she checked postal orders printed in the factory.
She lodged in Windsor Street but left Wolverton in 1937 after marrying my Dad.
My Dad Frederick Lister who also lived in Windsor Street had completed his Apprenticeship at the Railway Works in the early 1930s he had managed to get a job in Coventry as a coach painter and sign writer and that’s where Mum and Dad settled after there marriage in St. George’s Church, Wolverton.
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