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Dave Calway worked in the blade department at Westland and remembers how good the meals were in the works canteen
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Dave-Calway-food-at-work-canteen-clip.mp3
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
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