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  1. Blankton

    Mechanical Engineering Craft Practise historical apprenticeship UK

    I have heard of them - but only because I used to work for Perkins Engine Co Ltd (who manufacture Diesel engines) in the same relatively small city of Peterborough and people used to get us confused! I assumed that there must have been some historical connection between the two, but as far as I...
  2. Blankton

    Mechanical Engineering Craft Practise historical apprenticeship UK

    I'm glad everyone has enjoyed it. Hoxton- you must be fairly local to me. I am familiar with Brush, as I live in Leicester and pass it if I go through Loughborough on the train. I believe that there is still some work going on there, but I think a lot of the engineering has been sent out to...
  3. Blankton

    Mechanical Engineering Craft Practise historical apprenticeship UK

    Thanks for the reply. Oil and scotchbrite sounds good.
  4. Blankton

    Mechanical Engineering Craft Practise historical apprenticeship UK

    Hi, I hope this post is allowed. It is a bit random. I am an engineer, but this isn't my area of expertise! Probably due to spending too much time in decomposing factories, I have a bit of an interest in old bits of industrial stuff. I recently found what I believe to be an old apprentice...

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