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Colin Rose was an Engineer and Union Convenor at the Westland subsidiary Normalair-Garrett and remembers the role of the Rate Fixer
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Colin Rose was an engineer and union convenor at the Westland subsidiary Normalair-Garrett and remembers what the company was like when he joined in 1967
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Colin Rose was an Engineer at Normalair-Garrett and remembers the Westland canteen
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Dave Calway began his career at Westland as an apprentice and stayed 46 yrs working as an engineer in the blade shop
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Dave Calway worked in the blade department at Westland and remembers how good the meals were in the works canteen
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Dave Calway worked in the blade shop at Westland and remembers when aluminium was used to make the blades
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Dave Calway worked in the blade shop at Westland and remembers when the department was automated
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Dave Calway worked in the machine shop and remembers having to be extremely precise with his measurements
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Dave Gibbings is a former Chief Flight Test Engineer at Westland and recalls when everyone arriving for work at the Yeovil factory had to 'clock in'
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David Angulo was a Management Accountant at Westland and remembers his early days working at the Yeovil factory
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David Angulo was a Management Accountant at Westland and remembers negotiating the introduction of flexi-time working
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David Angulo was a Management Accountant at Westland and remembers when offices had no computers
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David Angulo was a Management Accountant at Westland and remembers when workers were paid their wages in cash
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He became skilled at selling helicopters and many of the big orders won by the company were negotiated by him
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He remembers how a problem with taking photographs during test flights was solved with a pair of ladies knickers
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He remembers joining the company in 1950 as an Apprentice
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Harry Ridgewell joined Westland as a Design Draughtsman in 1974 and remembers his job interview
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Harry Ridgewell was a Design Draughtsman at Westland for 34 yrs and remembers working in Technical Liaison being his first job
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Harry Ridgewell was a Draughtsman at Westland for 34 yrs and remembers 'getting along well' with his Italian colleagues building the EH 101
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Harry Ridgewell worked as a Draughtman at Westland for 34 yrs and remembers when computers (CAD machines) replaced drawing by hand
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Ian Pavey was a Flight Test Engineer and remembers when Flight Pay was introduced
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Ian Pavey was a Flight Test Engineer at Westland and remembers the Yeovil factory being a friendly place to work
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Ian Pavey was a Flight Test Engineer at Westland and remembers what the department was like to work in
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Ian Pavey worked as a Flight Test Engineer on the Sea King
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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