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My first day
My first day
Colin Hague was Chief Test pilot at Westland and recalls his first day working at the Yeovil factory
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Colin-Hague-My-First-Day-clip.mp3
Dave Calway began his career at Westland as an apprentice and stayed 46 yrs working as an engineer in the blade shop
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Dave-Calway-clip-his-apprenticeship-.mp3
David Angulo was a Management Accountant at Westland and remembers his early days working at the Yeovil factory
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/David-Angulo-office-.mp3
Harry Ridgewell joined Westland as a Design Draughtsman in 1974 and remembers his job interview
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Ian Pavey was a Flight Test Engineer at Westland and remembers the Yeovil factory being a friendly place to work
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Ian-Pavey-clip-Westland-when-he-started-work-.mp3
John Groves worked as a Design Engineer at Westland for nearly 50 yrs and remembers what the factory was like when he joined
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/John-Groves-factory-was-like-when-he-started-1948.mp3
Norman Pilton remembers starting work at Westland in Martock in 1943 during WW2
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Norman-Pilton-13022-when-he-started-in-1943-working-at-Marock-.mp3
Paul Murley joined Westland in 1945 as an Apprentice Engineer aged 15 yrs and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. He remembers being taken by his father to the Yeovil factory for his job interview
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Paul-Murley-family-generational-company.mp3
Val Edmunds is a Performance Engineer at Westland and remembers being interviewed for her job
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Val-Edmonds-job-interview-clip.mp3
Val Edmunds was a Performance Engineer at Westland and remembers what the Yeovil factory was like when she started working there
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Val-Edmonds-early-memories-of-Westland.mp3
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Trade unions
My working day
My first day
Westland Affair
Test pilots
Fun days
Women in the workplace
How I did my job
Aircraft types
World War 1: the beginning
The interwar and experimental age
World War 11: wartime production
1950 to 2015
World Helicopter Speed Record
Canteen
Health and Safety
Wages
Computerisation
Hendford Halt
Progress chasers
VH 71 American Presidential Helicopter
Apprentices
Westland 'shadow' factories
Crash landings
Sport and leisure
Getting to work and leaving work
Staff and manual
Blade shop
Royal visits
Petter family
Harald Penrose
WG30
Falklands war
Diversification
No Joke Working at Westland