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bertie · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: An interesting find

Hi.No essay tonight, just a quick point of interest. Since the unseasonal weather re-appeared again, I got the Pop out, and decided to clean the inside. I removed the rear seat squab, and attached to one of the springs was this tag:

Obviously the company supplied the springing for the seats, but what happened to them? I`ve google searched it, but to no avail. Can anyone shed any light on it? I`ll be very interested. Cheers... Smile

Greg · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 445 Location: Dreamland Margate

Hi, I too have the same kind of label, but different colour, still attached to the springs of the passengers seat of my Pop, it reads:

A product of
Crosby Spring Interiors Ltd.
St. Helens, Lancashire,
England.

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh

Hi Bertie,

Here's some stuff on them...

http://www.macearchive.org/Media.html?Title=13025

http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/homefront/films/ce9.html

http://www.railcar.co.uk/DLight/MCdesc.htm

They were still around in 1974...

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/46376/pages/9194/page.pdf

Looks like they are still there in 1992 too..

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sandiacretownfc/satteam.htm
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bertie · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:00 am Post subject:

great stuff, thank you. I`ll look through those with interest!

Phil - Nottingham · Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1252 Location: Nottingham

The single story sprawling factory builings were in sighting distance of where we live but whole site demolished 10 years ago but is still being redeveloped with modern semis/terraces of 2/3 story much the same as the ones that surrounded the factory and large tenement mill which were built at the end of the 19C. The mill is now stylish apartments but it with its landmark blue brick fancy top chimney stack can be seen for miles even from the M1

My mother worked in the payroll dept from 1973 to 1992.

All sorts of springs were made for the upholstery firms round here but they also supplied almost all UK car producers eg Ford BL Rootes and Vauxhall. If seats have sprung inreriors which quality seats had then they are likely to be Lace Webb's

Became part of Tinsley Wire Industries Ltd (TWIL) of Sheffield which used to be next to the cooling toweres at side of the M1 there
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bertie · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject:

brilliant. thanks phil, many questions answered

Phil - Nottingham · Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1252 Location: Nottingham

The streets were a terrible place to drive round whether car/pushbike or motor bike as there were loads of broken sporting pieces/sharp wires far worse than nails and screws for causing punctures.

Had regular fires in the paint shop (black to keep the springs from rusting!) - One was during the firemans strike in 1976(?) when the Green Goddesses turned out - caused a lot of damage before the regulars got there
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petelang · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 444 Location: Nottingham

Mate of mine was maintenance engineer at Lace Webb in the 70's. It was the main employer in sandiacre. There has been a lot of seat related industries in Nottingham as there were factories at Triumph Road (Cox TI? I think) may have been associated with Raleigh. Also Lear in Glaisdale drive Bilborough Notts made seats and several industrial units there made bits for them.