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This site is dedicated to the men and women who have worked at Eastleigh Works. All contents of this site have been compiled in good faith and the author apologises for any errors or incorrect information.
The site is really just a record of names of the people who worked at Eastleigh Works
This has been a very long process and if you know of any errors or know of anyone else who has worked at Eastleigh Works, please contact us with as many details as possible (which can be shared publicly) and if you have any photographs which we would be able to consider for inclusion, that would be a great help (although we cannot guarantee we will use them - mainly due to space and copyrights).
If you are visiting this site, it is most likely that you worked or knew someone who worked at Eastleigh Works and if you can help with any stories, funny, sad or serious, or just a few thoughts of working life, please contact us and I will try to add it to this site, but no promises given.
New! Employment Register
Our sincere thanks to Dave for the incredible job he has done transcribing the 2570 names from an employment register for Eastleigh Works dating from July 1874 - August 1930. He has spent many hours doing this job and also we offer many thanks to Jenny for letting him do it!
To view these pages please click the links below but please be patient as they may take a while to load as there are 300 names per page, thanks!
Ledger Page 1 | Ledger Page 2 | Ledger Page 3 | Ledger Page 4 | Ledger Page 5 | Ledger Page 6 | Ledger Page 7 | Ledger Page 8 | Ledger Page 9 |
New Page - Listing people who worked in
Works Study from the outset in August
1967
Click the button below and click on SLIDESHOW to view 454 images of Eastleigh works. This came from the DVD which all members of staff were given, just before the works closed with many thanks to Vince Walker for sending in a copy.
LAST UPDATED 19th February lots of names added and more photos real soon and a few new pages too!
Murray (Jim) Allam's Magic Memories - will make you smile!
Tom Thorne remembers Campbell Road
Does anyone remember Richard Bullard, CM&EE Apprentice in 1962-64? Click here to see some notes from Richard (and scroll down the page)
Thanks to Trev Ward for filling in some gaps for names on the Training School Page 1978 - 79
Names to the Fitting Shop Pictures on Gallery Page 8 - Thanks to Chris Smith
Pictures on Gallery Page 9 - Thanks to Brian Dear
Picture on Gallery Page 10 - Thanks to Trev Newstead
Tin shop Planning Stores Offices Polishing Shop
New page thanks to Andy Key for the photos on this page Gallery Page 8 & Page 9 - thanks to Brian Lisher
We now have 1775 Many thanks for all of your help!
New Pages: Lift Road Blacksmiths Wheel Shop Works Managers and Assistants Gallery Page Progress Dept Planning Office
I
can’t help being impressed by your website and the high
level of importance everybody attaches to the Works and
the time they spent there. However, it must be worth
stating somewhere on the site that the Works is still
open, employing staff ( and apprentices) and
overhauling locos, EMUs and coaching stock.
Obviously we can’t fully recreate the glory days of the
20th century, not least because Alstom did
such a good job of selling off and otherwise destroying
so much vital infrastructure and equipment. However,
when I look at Chris Smith’s pictures on page 8 of the
gallery showing the Erecting and Carriage Lift shops
empty, I do feel that its worth talking about the
present. To give an idea of what we do, I’d point people
in the direction of Carl Watson’s excellent website www.carlswaton.com/trains/html which is stacked
full of pictures showing the Works doing exactly the
kind of jobs that former employees recall. In fact quite
a number of the current workforce are ex Alstom / WTL
/BRML people.
And
all this within the space of seven days!
Please feel free to reproduce this email on your
excellent website if you think it would be of interest
Bruce Knights
Knights Rail Services
Ltd
I am sure all visitors to this site and ex employees would agree with me and wish Bruce and his team all the very best of luck for the future and hope the works can remain open for many years to come!
Family History
We have been getting many queries from people researching their Family History and whilst we will try to help where we can, we cannot and are not a site which is able to add too many more queries as you will appreciate, this site takes many hours to update. I have, however, added a few queries and if you are able to help, please email us and we will pass your information on to those concerned.
Can anyone help Carol with any information regarding Ernest Edgar Lay? If so, please let us know and we will forward it on to her
Hello
I have just found my grandfather, Ernest Edgar Lay, Holder-up in your employment ledgers. My grandparents lived at 132 Campbell Road, the last house in the street and although my grandfather died when I was very young I have fond memories of visiting my Nan until she could no longer live on her own which must have been sometime in the 1950s.
The magic of arriving by train and taking a taxi the length of Campbell Road, which felt miles long, listening to the trains shunting when I was in bed, walking down to where the turntable turned the huge locomotives round, the back alleys where I played with the local children and the allotments, but the memory that lingers longest is of the factory whistle and all the men riding out to lunch on their bikes.
My brother and cousin being slightly older than me used to escape and sneak over to play on the 'lines', much against parental guidance, laying pennies on the track to be squashed by the trains and retrieving the flat ones when the train had passed!
My Grandfather also coached the local runners in the Athletics Assoc, I have a badge with his details on.
Does the Working Mens Club still exist, I wonder if they have any historical photos.
Keep up the good work.
Carol Johnson
Do you know anything about Leonard James Perry? Please see Judy's email and let us know if you can help and we will pass your message on, thanks! |
My grand father I think joined the works after the first world war. He was a blacksmith and his name was James Leonard Perry. As far as I can tell he worked there until he retired. He lived in Desbrough Road Eastleigh. He died in 1953.
My dad did his apprenticeship at the works my mum can remember he went to Southampton Tech 2 nights a week while he was working there. He was born in 1914 so I should think he started work about 1929 or 30. He moved to Hamble about 1937 when he left the
My dad had 2 brothers but I do not know if they worked at
I would be most grateful if you can find any thing out for me it is very sad that maybe the old records of the works have disappeared. I will put together a short message together for the web site and e-mail it later.
Thank you once again
Judy
Dear Sir,
Does anyone remember Kathleen Vince, French polisher, my Mother at the Eastleigh Carriage works? She worked there through much of the war and up to the 'last day of steam' which I was there for. She also did a lot of work for then "Fur and Feather" collections, making cakes etc.
Any recollections or pictures would be gratefully received.
I am trying to trace relatives who worked at
Frank Glassby. My Grandfather also would have worked there to having transferred from Nine Elms in
I appreciate any help you may be able to give.
David Varlow
Hi
would you know if you have any pictures of David Horton. He is my dads son Dick Horton he work at
Carol
Thanks to: Sue Alcock for names on Gallery Page 3 and Galley Page 5
Dusty (Kevin Williams) for Andy Key for photos on Gallery page 8 and Roger Beach helping Andy put names to faces on Training School 78 - 79 Lillian Bannell for the names of people in the Accounts Dept added to the Offices page Stewart Waghorn for the Gallery Page 7 photos Ray Smith for names and photos of the Traverser gang (added to the Yard Gang page Roger Belcher, Don Chisholm and Reece Dominy for nearly 200 names for the Electricians Page Lionel Monckton for the 78 names for the Stores page Brian Lisher - Trimmers details and names and giving 48 names for the new Progress Dept Page Bill Laishley for sending loads of names through for the Vehicle Builders Page Vince Walker for supplying names, corrections and a photo for the new Erecting Shop page and the DVDs Bob Smith for the aerial photo of the works on "The Works Page" Martin Ball for Names on the 1974 - 75 Training School page |
Special Thanks go to:
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This site is for you! To give you the chance the walk down memory lane of that place we all used to love to hate. It takes a long time to put this together and it cant be done or made better without your help! So if you see a picture of someone you know on here, let us know if you recognise them and we haven't named them. Or if something on this site helps to bring back a memory, please, give others a chance to wander down memory lane with you and share your photos or stories, funny, sad, or serious, we don't mind, but please SHARE! simply contact us and I will try to add your bits too!
More Thanks: Andy Key for the photo on Gallery Page 8 Ken Hunt and Norman King for getting together with me at Kens house and going through the paint shop names Thanks to Alan Vine for sending in names for the Fitters Page
Chris Smith for pictures on
Brian Dear for picture on
Colin
Lee for sending the missing Training School photo for
1979
- 80 and supplying the photo and names for the |
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Disclaimer If anyone sees anything which they feel is too personal on this site and they are not happy with, please let me know and I will remove it, especially photographs.
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