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Sport and leisure

  • Dave Calway worked in the blade shop at Westland and remembers his colleagues playing football with Yeovil Town FC

    Dave Calway worked in the blade shop at Westland and remembers his colleagues playing football with Yeovil Town FC

    http://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Dave-Calway-Football-clip.mp3
  • John Groves was a Design Engineer at Westland for almost 50 yrs and remembers how sport played a big part in everyone's life

    John Groves was a Design Engineer at Westland for almost 50 yrs and remembers how sport played a big part in everyone's life

    http://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/John-Groves-sport-and-leisure-club-clip.mp3
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