size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">John Cassar       Sadly Passed away Ian  Caspall   Vehicle Builder   Started in 1990 as apprentice Oct 07 working at Bournemouth Depot for SWT as Heavy Maintenance manager Mick Chalk C3 Repairs Body Maker     Don Chalk Door Hanging Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Ron Chalk Door Repair Finisher     Rex Chalk Stepboards Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Peter Chalk C3 Repairs Body Maker     David Chapple         Maurice Cherry Pickler Bodymaker   Sadly Passed away Ralph Childs         Gary Church (Chinner) Van Shop Vehicle Builder     Den Churcher   Finisher     Ted Churcher         Ron Clements N/S C/H Body Maker     Frank Collins (Shop Rep) Finisher     Mick Collins   Vehicle Builder   Tony Collins (TC) Van Shop Vehicle Builder     Eddie Cook   Vehicle Builder     Paul Cooper   Vehicle Builders     Ian Cornford         Sid Cox       Sadly Passed away Paul Crawford Van Shop Allied Trade     Alan Creecy Door Hanging Body Maker The Oldest Apprentice in the Works!!! Bill Cripps       Sadly Passed away Steve Cullum Door Hanging Body Maker     Fred Curly   Vehicle Builder     John Cutler Door Hanging Labourer     Alan Dade Van Shop       Dave Davies   Body Maker     Randall D'Bell   Vehicle Builder   Started as apprentice in 1990 Oct 07 working at Salisbury depot for SWT Ray Davis   Body Maker     Peter Dawkins Fibre Glass Doors Allied Trade     Roy (Slim) Dawkins Body Repair Body Maker   Shop Rep for T&G Peter Dawkins Cabs Body maker     Adrian Dean   Vehicle Builder Sadly passed away John Dear Body Repairs Body Maker     Gary Dooler       working for Soton council as a carpenter since 2001 (15/10.2007) George Donawa Door Fitting Up Body Maker     Mick Dowling   Allied Trade     Francis Downs   Vehicle Builder     Bill Draper   Body Maker or Finisher Also worked in Progress Ron Draper Fitting Up Finisher     Percy Duffin       Sadly Passed away Maurice Dukes Foreman Finisher   Paul Dunwell   Vehicle Builder   Started in 1990 as apprentice Paul Eades   Vehicle Builder     Robert Edmunds   Vehicle Builder   Started in 1990 as apprentice Gordon Effamy         Norman Effamy         Joe Evans         Phil Farmer Body Maker C/H   Sadly Passed away Danny Farrant   Vehicle Builder   Started in 1990 as apprentice Don Fisher   Finisher     Ray Fisher   Body Maker     John Flannagan Van Shop       John Fletcher         Fred Flint Door Repairs Body Maker     Gordon Flynn   Finisher     Stan Foster Stripping Body Maker     Rick Foster   Vehicle Builder     Alec Foster Door Hanging Vehicle Builder     Paul Foster   Vehicle Builder     Neil Fox   Vehicle Builder   Started in 1990 as apprentice Terry Fox       Sadly Passed away Derek Foulds Door Fitting up Body Maker     Len Freemantle   Unknown   Sadly Passed away Brian Garney Foreman Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Pat Garwood Stripping Finisher   Sadly Passed away M Goodchild   Vehicle Builders     Dean Goodenough Fitting Up Vehicle Builder     Brian Gorry   Unknown     Jim Gowans       Sadly Passed away Kevin Grace   Vehicle Builder     Richard Grace   Vehicle Builder   Door Gang - reckons he had been there long enough - thanks for the laughs we had - and how could I have forgotten you - sorry mate! Jerry Grace Fitting Up Finisher     Tony Gray Night Shift Allied Trade   Margret Green Polishers Polisher     Len Green       Sadly Passed away David Greenstock         Kelvin Griffiths Stripping Body Maker     Paul Hagans   Labourer     Charlie Haines Glazing Body Maker     Dave Hales C3's Body Maker     Dave Hamilton Door Stripping Body Maker Sadly passed away Ron Hanaghan C3 Repairs Allied Tarde   Charlie Haines       Sadly Passed away John Hand Interior Doors Allied Trade     Dave Handley Door Hanging Body Maker     Dave Hart Fitting Up Finisher     Gerry Hart       working for Soton council as a carpenter since 2001 (15/10.2007) Paul Hatch Van Shop Vehical Builder     Ron Hawkes Stripping (N/S) Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Robin Henbest Door Fitting up Vehicle Builder   Steve Hibberd   Vehicle Builder     Stan Hickman   Vehicle Builder     Les Hill       Sadly Passed away Fred Hollingdale Body Repair Unknown   Sadly Passed away Alf Hunt Door Fit Up C/H     Sadly Passed away Gary Kinch         Chris Hooper   Labourer     Michael Horan         Ron Horspool Door Repairs Body Maker   Eric Humby   Vehicle Builder     Alan Hunt         Graham Hunt Foreman Body Maker     Gary Hutchings Stripping Vehicle Builder   Graham Hutchings Body Repair Body Maker     Phil Jackson   Allied Trade   Neil Jarret Stripping Body Maker     Gordon Jefferies Door Repairs Allied Trade     Steve Jenkins   Vehicle Builder   Sid Jenman       Sadly Passed away Roger Johns         Dave Jones Door Hanging Vehicle Builder     Ray Joslin Van Shop Vehicle Builder     Bill Judd       Sadly Passed away Bob Keats Labourer Labourer     John Keens Chargehand Finisher     Dave Keigthly         Tony Kilmartin Foreman Unknown     Richard King Door Hanging Vehicle Builder   Fred King Glazing Body Maker     Ron Krangol Foreman Finisher     Bill Laishley Stripping Finisher     Bill Laishley Interior Stripping Finnisher     Martin Laker Door Hanging Body Maker     Mick Lane   Vehicle Builder   Tim Langrish   Vehicle Builder     Phil Laws       Inspection Wally Lebbern Door Fitting Up Body maker     Ian  Legg Van Shop Vehicle Builder   Worked as Foreman Bing Lewis Door Hanging Body Maker     Paul Lisher Door Staging Vehicle Builder  also worked in Asbestos House Harry Longman Snagging BodyMaker     Peter Luffman         Andy Lumsden   Vehicle Builder   Nigel Lush   Vehicle Builder     Fred Mansfield Cabs Body Maker     John Marks   Labourer     Trevor Marks         Eddie Marshall         Ray Marshall   BodyMaker     Peter (Pincher) Martin Door Fitting Up Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Steve Martin Clerical V/B Office     Roger Mattingly   Body Maker     Gordon McDonald         Shaun Mcgee   Vehicle Builder     Dudley McGill C3 Repairs Body Maker     Fred McGill Door Hanging Body Maker     Wayne McGill   Vehicle Builder     John MacIntyre Snagging BodyMaker     Colin Mead   Vehicle Builder   Stuart Mercer Door Repair Bodymaker     Alan Mew Door Hanging Vehicle Builder   Barry Mew   Vehicle Builder     Paul (Uncle) Mew Door Repair Allied Trade   Alan Mitchell Door Hanging Vehicle Builder   Sadly Passed away Pat Mitchell       Sadly Passed away Denis Monid Door Hanging Vehicle Builder     Bob Moore Fitting Up Finisher     Steve Moore Door Fitting up Vehicle Builder     Greg Murray   Vehicle Builder     Ian Negus Fitting Up       Mick Neilson Van Shop       Steve Newell Door Hanging Vehicle Builder   Sadly Passed away John Newman Asbestos House Vehicle Builder   Colin Nicholas       Work in V/B's form 1984 until made redundant in 2002 Fred Noble   Labourer     Ralph Norris Door Hanging Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Ken North Fitting Up C/H Finisher   Sadly Passed away Dave O'Neil   Finisher     John Osborn         Andrew Osman   Vehicle Builder     Derek Oxenham Door Fit Up Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Sid Packard   Body Maker   Sid was originally a Bodymaker and then in the carriage progress dept until retirement -Sadly Passed away Adrian Palmer Door Hanging Vehicle Builder     Mike Parker   Vehicle Builder   started in 1990 as apprentice Oct 07 - driving Instructor Colin Parsons   Body Maker     Alan Parsons   Vehicle Builder     Bruce Payne Fitting Up (C/H) Finisher     John Pearce Door Repair C/H Finisher     John Pennicott   Body Maker     John Penny Cabs Vehicle Builder     Pete Pettyfer Glazing Bodymaker     Den Pilchar   Vehicle Builder     Eric Pothary   Vehicle Builder     Colin Potter Cabs Vehicle Builder     Martyn Primmer   Vehicle Builder     Bill Prior Door Hanging Body Maker     Mick Ramsay Door Hanging Body Maker     Sid Robinson       Sadly Passed away Brian  Rangecroft         Barry Rawlings         Chris Razzel   Clerk     John Ranger         Roy Read         Graham Redfern Foreman Body Maker     Stuart Redffern   Vehicle Builder     John P Rhone   Finisher     John Ridoutt         George Robinson   Finisher     Ernie Rosendale Fitting up Finisher     Gary Ryan   Vehicle Builder   Started in 1990 as apprentice Dave Salisbury   Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Barry Savage Van Shop       Barry Searle       Foreman - Sadly Passed away Gordon Sennet Sawmill Finisher     Frank Shawyer       Sadly Passed away Bill Sibley Fitting Up Finisher     George Simms       Sadly Passed away Mick Sibley   Vehicle Builder     Jeremy Small   Vehicle Builder     Paul Smith Door Hanging Vehicle Builder     Sid Smith Glazing Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Kevin (Gnome) Smythe   Allied Trade     Stuart Snellgrove   Vehicle Builder     Bob Snow   Vehicle Builder   Roy Snow Door Fitting up C/H Finisher     Bob Solman Vanshop Wagon Maker   Sadly Passed away Malcolm Spicer Cabs Body Maker     Kevin Spratt Body Repair Body Maker     Gavin Springer        

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Springer       Sadly Passed away Eric Stallard   Body Maker     Terry Stanton Interior Stripping Finisher     Albert Strand       Sadly Passed away Bill Steel Fibre Glass Doors Body maker   Sadly Passed away Roy Steel Door Stripping Body Maker   (known as STAND STEEL) Bill Steele C3 Repairs Body Maker     Burt Stevens Fibre Glass Doors Unknown     Jim Stewart         Don Stickland       Sadly Passed away Ray Stickles Fitting Up Finisher   Sadly Passed away Len Stoakes Interior Door Rep Finisher     Peter Stocker Cabs Body Maker     Bill Stockwell C3's Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Ollie Stockwell Van Shop Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Pete Stockwell   Vehicle Builder     Dave Stone Fitting up Vehicle Builder     Jack Street Chargehand Unknown   Sadly Passed away Les Sutton Cabs Body Maker     Trevor Swift   Vehicle Builder     Ray Swinherd   Labourer's Chargehand   Den Symes         Steve Tanner   Vehicle Builder     Brian Thorne Van Shop       Ken Thorne Fitting Up (C/H) Finisher   Sadly Passed away Percy Thorne C3's Body Maker     Trevor Thorne Cabs Vehicle Builder     Dave Thorne Door Fitting up Vehicle Builder     Mick Thurston Door Hanging Vehicle Builder   left in September '85 and worked for BA for nearly 18 years followed by stints at Airbus UK and as an independent engineering consultant around the world. I currently reside in Jersey and France and act as consultant for The States of Jersey Environment Agency working on sustainable business models - not bad for a "Rock Ape". Frank Tidey       Sadly Passed away Gary Toas Door Hanging Vehicle Builder     Robin Truslove Door Repair Vehicle Builder     Stan Tucknott       Sadly Passed away Mick Tyldesley   Vehicle Builder Came from "UP NORTH" c/h door hanging - V/B Foreman Dave Vaudin Van Shop       Reg Vince       Sadly Passed away Stewart Waghorn Door Hanging Vehicle Builder   started apprenticeship in 1985 worked nights, left Eastleigh March 2006, now has own business servicing and repairing
caravans and motorhomes. Bob Walker       Sadly Passed away Jim Walters   Body Maker     Keith Warland   Body Maker     Ken Warren       Sadly Passed away Tony Warren   Vehicle Builder   John Watson       Sadly Passed away Bill Weedy       Sadly Passed away Derek Wells       Sadly Passed away Arthur West Fitting Up (C/H) Finisher     John White       Sadly Passed away Stan White Interior Doors Allied Trade     Eric White Door Hanging Body Maker     Maurice White       Sadly Passed away Steve Whitton Marking Out Allied Trade     Peter Whitton       Sadly Passed away Paul Wickings   Vehicle Builder     Ted Wilkins         Eric Williams Foreman Finisher     Keith Willis         Ken Winters Foreman Unknown   Sadly Passed away George Winters       Sadly Passed away Bill Wormall Foreman Unknown     Ron Wrankmore C3 Repairs Body Maker   Sadly Passed away Dale Yarney   Vehicle Builder     Bob Young Foreman Body Maker     Ted Young      
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