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RMMee Moderator	Vic Hallams replied on: 5/4/2008 2:40:50 PM When are we talking about Sprocket?
sprocket7	Vic Hallams replied on: 5/4/2008 11:52:39 AM Hi All, Been some time since I was last here that I totally forgot I ever was! (previously Sprocket) Anyways I remembered something from my past that relates to Vic Hallams and wondered if anyone has any information?. My dad used to take me to Vic Hallams on a sunday where people used to go to play poker and other card games I am not sure if this was some sort of a pub/club or just a meeting place where no alcohol was involved. The last time I went I remember I swung on a table playing with friends and the table came away from the wall and smashed the bridge of my nose! I am more curious as to how it came about that people were meeting in what I thought was a 'factory' type place for cards and whatnot. Thanks xx
RMMee Moderator	Vic Hallams replied on: 12/28/2007 11:16:10 AM Certainly in the 1980's he lived in a house set back down a long drive off Ilkeston Road. As you travel towards Ilkeston, the driveway was on your right just after the Mundy Arms.
philfred	Vic Hallams replied on: 12/28/2007 10:14:00 AM From Kelly's 1941, Hallam Victor Herbert, The Maples, Shipley. Thats what bit says in the directory, as usual not got a clue where the house was located. regards Phil
RMMee Moderator	Vic Hallams replied on: 9/20/2007 6:20:38 PM New page on Hallam's on the main website. Anyone know which year the new offices were built at Hallams? (Late 50's/early 60's)
paulr	Vic Hallams replied on: 3/16/2006 8:06:02 PM quote: Paul I was very interested to read your posting. My mother and Aunt worked at Collaros. I didn't realise there was a book, can you purchase it locally? Ann Marie Ann Marie. My Dad worked at Collaro's he was a setter on the auto lathes,his boss was a Londoner,Ernie Paffey.I remember dad taking me down to the canteen and loads of ladies making a fuss (very nice but I was only 4 at the time)and they used to give me very big shortcake biscuits with chocolate on one side,still one of my favourites.Dad also made us some hot water bottles from shell cases. PaulR
Jennypeg Researcher	Vic Hallams replied on: 3/14/2006 11:09:59 AM Heanor Council 14th Sept 1950 Heanor Observer The tender of Messrs Vic Hallam Ltd of £29/14/9 each for the supply and delivery of 12 market stalls was accepted.
RMMee Moderator	Vic Hallams replied on: 1/4/2005 10:36:54 AM Ann Marie Try this link, though I think you'll find the phone number should start 01629 rather than 01620 Robert
RMMee Moderator	Vic Hallams replied on: 1/4/2005 10:30:29 AM Ann Marie It was published in 1999. The title is "Boiler Suits, Bofors and Bullets," author Jenny Edgar, published by Derbyshire County Council Libraries and Heritage Department. I don't know if it is still available locally, but it is certainly still available via Amazon on the net. The marked price of the book is £5.99, and its ISBN number is 0 903463 57 1. It's certainly worth a look if you have an interest in Collaro's. I may be at the library this week, and I will see if they still have a copy on sale. Robert
annancliffe	Vic Hallams replied on: 1/4/2005 9:37:20 AM Paul I was very interested to read your posting. My mother and Aunt worked at Collaros. I didn't realise there was a book, can you purchase it locally? Ann Marie
paulcliff	Vic Hallams replied on: 1/4/2005 12:50:13 AM This should be interesting to your posters, I found out a couple of years ago some interesting family facts: My Grandma Elsie Cliff nee Adcock worked at Collaros during the war and her picture is in the Collaros book. My Dad Peter Cliff worked at Vic Hallams and at Leaderflush Myslelf I worked at Leaderflush for 14 years before moving on. Three generations working on the same site at different times
chrisbrin	Vic Hallams replied on: 1/2/2005 4:50:03 PM Hi Azzabuv. The Field I think. Chrisbrin
Azzabuv	Vic Hallams replied on: 1/2/2005 12:23:30 PM Hi, Chrisbrin. Do you know where at Shipley he lived? Azzabuv.
chrisbrin	Vic Hallams replied on: 9/3/2004 9:10:37 AM Spoke to my mum, she says he was a manager, he lived at Shipley. My brother was at school with his son late 60's early 70's.
Azzabuv	Vic Hallams replied on: 8/27/2004 12:21:24 PM I was employed there briefly (a year or so) in the mid-50s. Does anyone remember Henry Smith. I believe he was a manager/director or similar, from around the 1950s onward. I think he passed away in the 70s - 80s. Azzabuv.

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