Made from a seventy ton casting this impressive boring machine had been made by Asquith for marine diesel turbine production, The man bottom right gives an idea of the size of this Engineering giant.
(the man standing right gives the scale)
Carol's grandfather Leslie worked for Sentinel originally and then moved to Rolls Royce. He then worked for Woodvines, who became William Asquith and then Norton Asquith so, as you can see, he put in rather more than 10 years. He must have been in the industry the whole of his working life. He was 62 when he was awarded the Certificate, retired in about 1968 and he died in 1971, so he didn't have much of a retirement.
Carol also tells us that Leslie managed to get her Aunt (Jean Minshall) a job in the Office where Jean worked for about 4 years before Jean's son was born in 1959.
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