Salfords, Monotype Works 1911
Photo ref:
63427
Photo ref:
63427
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Employees are leaving the Monotype factory. Many travellers on the Brighton line will remember the Monotype name, as it was advertised along the factory buildings which backed on to the railway line. Monotype came to Salfords in 1901, and made all kinds of hot metal castings for the printing trade.
An extract from Surrey.
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This is a long shot, but I wondered whether anyone remembered the Southern City Sounds, a band who used to play live music at the Mill House back in the 1970's. They played quite a few Glen Campbell songs and the like and back in the day were pretty good. My late husband and I used to have dinner there on Saturday evenings and there was a small area for dancing, It was a great evening out. I often wonder what happened to the band.
I started school at Salfords when I was 5. Which was1963.
I was born in 1950 in New House Lane, then moved to Copsleigh Ave around 1954, I think it was 1955. When I attended Salfords School then went to the new school in Copsleigh Ave, we lived at No.58 until 1968 when we emigrated to Australia. I remember playing in the woods behind our house and along the railway embankment, catching newts in the newt pond and picking wild blackberries around the edge of the ...see more
I was born in Redhill but lived for my fist 12 years at 16 Dunraven Avenue, my father, William (Bill) Park worked at the Monotype most of his working life, he was in the sand-blasting area. I went to Salfords school until our family moved to Redhill in the late 50's. My first bike came from Platts along the main road and I was in the choir at Salfords at the time Father Whitlock was vicar. This ...see more
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