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Paul Murley
Paul Murley
Paul Murley joined Westland as an Apprentice Engineer aged 15 yrs in 1945 and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. He remembers the uproar when the company closed the very excellent works canteen and replaced it with self-service ready meals and microwave ovens
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Paul-Murley-canteen-microwave-lunches.mp3
Paul Murley joined Westland as an Apprentice Engineer in 1945 and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. He remembers how health and safety was paid little attention in his early days working at the Yeovil factory
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Paul-Murley-assembly-shop-health-and-safety.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
Paul Murley joined Westland in 1945 as an Apprentice Engineer straight from school and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. One of his most memorable moments was watching the first test flight of the EH101
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Paul-Murley-EH101-first-flight-Lynx-prototypes-.mp3
Paul Murley joined Westland straight from school in 1945 and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. He remembers 'clocking in' at the start of every shift
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Paul-Murley-clocking-in-.mp3
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