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Dorset Bob · 13th March 2021, 23:32

Great pictures from another age, sadly gone forever all over the land.

This is the works where I served my engineering apprenticeship at High Wycombe.

BroomWade Works 1960s photo

It has gone now and has been replaced by flats and housing.

Engineering aside, High Wycombe was best known for its furniture industry.

Thomas Glenister Factory

This one, for example, as many others are no more.
At least they kept the steam engines when it was knocked down c 1990.

All but gone now, with all of the big factories demolished and the woodlands in the Chiltern Hills are not managed anymore.

I well maybe be accused of wearing rose tinted spectacles, but they were good times when I was there.

Maybe harder work than now, but it was a fantastic community and all the lads would help each other out.
We didn’t seem to have much money but we knew how to have a good time (particularly after the brown envelope arrived on a Friday).

These were the days of the best music, best motorcycles and the best women that ever existed.

There were over 2000 men working at that factory. We didn’t know anything about personal computers or political correctness.

But I bet the people who are there now, in their apartments, with a big TVs, delivered food, super-fast broadband, looking forward to the commute into London, hardly know anyone.

13th March 2021, 23:32	#5
Dorset Bob Senior Citizen Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur SE,Chrysler 300C,124 Spider, Daytona 955i,Honda XL250 & Royal Enfield 650GT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Kingdom of Wessex Posts: 6,976 Thanks: 2,391 Thanked 2,685 Times in 1,686 Posts	Great pictures from another age, sadly gone forever all over the land. This is the works where I served my engineering apprenticeship at High Wycombe. BroomWade Works 1960s photo It has gone now and has been replaced by flats and housing. Engineering aside, High Wycombe was best known for its furniture industry. Thomas Glenister Factory This one, for example, as many others are no more. At least they kept the steam engines when it was knocked down c 1990. All but gone now, with all of the big factories demolished and the woodlands in the Chiltern Hills are not managed anymore. I well maybe be accused of wearing rose tinted spectacles, but they were good times when I was there. Maybe harder work than now, but it was a fantastic community and all the lads would help each other out. We didn’t seem to have much money but we knew how to have a good time (particularly after the brown envelope arrived on a Friday). These were the days of the best music, best motorcycles and the best women that ever existed. There were over 2000 men working at that factory. We didn’t know anything about personal computers or political correctness. But I bet the people who are there now, in their apartments, with a big TVs, delivered food, super-fast broadband, looking forward to the commute into London, hardly know anyone. __________________ Let the good times roll............