White Tomkins & Courage

A Memory of Reigate.

In the 1960s I used to hurry down Nutley Lane each morning to my job as telephonist at WTC, which was situated a few road away at the distal end of Nutley Lane and has long since disappeared. WTC was a thriving, example of local industry in the area, producing biscuits and fruit squashes, alcoholic beverages and many more products of which I dont recall now. The offices were situated in a lovely old building which has long been demolished and has been replaced by housing.Behind the offices were laboratories and factory buildings. The company provided work for a lot of local people, scientists, factory workers, technicians and clerical staff to name a few.
Being about 15 years old at the time, I only recall a couple of faces from that era (1963/4). The office manager was Mr Edwards and I think his P/A was called Pauline, there were a few other secretaries, plus Vanessa Paine, a 16 year old glamorous girl who worked as receptionist. I also remember Mr Smith (?) the sales manager, who was a bit of a flirt, but quite harmless, someone put a large, dead spider in my drawer for me to find on my return from leave, I always wondered if he was the culprit. I wonder what has happened to all the lovely people who worked at WTC?