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Get a new starter, put ’em in a packing case, seal ’em up!
[Terry M, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All we used to do was come here on Monday nights, downstairs, cos that was the old canteen, and have a cup of tea. That\u2019s all we done. Well, do a bit of running about with hoses, reeling out. Bill Woods, who was fire officer, he did put us through our paces, keep us in training, but, no. Just fun, weren\u2019t it?
[Reg, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Morlands Works Fire Brigade – this group came fifth in the country in 1970
Photo: Morlands Magazine, Christmas, 1970<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you were walking down the factory, they\u2019d have a bulldog clip and pin a sheep\u2019s tail on the back of your jumper or coat. And everybody would be making sheep noises at you and you didn\u2019t know why until you got back and hung your coat up and there was a filthy sheep\u2019s tail hanging on the end of it.
[Tim, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A chap was a lay preacher, so conscientious. One day I got on the phone and got him called on the tannoy – he came running in, so furious!
[Terry M, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The guy next to me in the Work Study offices used to put a pencil with an eraser under his handset so it looked like his phone was on but it was just jacked up enough to come off the hook – he had a very peaceful life! So if you rang him, he would be permanently engaged!
[Tim, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Paul<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Paul Squire and Chris Petty, C Room coat cutting, Morlands
Photos: Terry Maine<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019d all have a good old sing-song with the music, and when that finished one half of the room would sing and the other half would answer. So we\u2019d sing \u201cThere\u2019s a hole in my bucket\u201d one side then the others would carry on and sing back.
[Wendy F, Morlands]<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Machinists\n
Machinists in the closing room, Morlands, 1977
Photo: Howard Stone<\/sub><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“And the more I remember about it now the more I remember the fun we used to have on the shop floor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12,22],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-jokes","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redbrickbuilding.co.uk\/heritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}