Talk:British Thomson-Houston

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Would you be able to assist with the necessary details of a motor 1425hp DC motor for a winder build by British thompson some 40 years ago

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Possible mistake at AEI 1957

Hello, At present (2nd July 2018) the page says under AEI: 1957: Building of Britain's first commercial nuclear power facility began at _Berkeley_. (My emphasis). This doesn't seem right to me, but I don't have any references to hand. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield#Calder_Hall_nuclear_power_station I would expect AEI were involved building Calder Hall but the dates aren't consistent and I don't think "Berkeley" is right either. I'd fix it myself, but I don't know what the right information is. Has someone got some facts muddled, or is there some subtle point about "commercial"? OldBoar (talk) 12:17, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

I've partly answered my own question. Looking at the entry for "Berkley Nuclear Power Station" it says that AEI were partly responsible for building it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Nuclear_Power_Station

The Calder Hall entry under Sellafield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield#Calder_Hall_nuclear_power_station says that was connected to the grid in 1956.

The dates aren't consistent between the three articles and the point about "commercial" really deserves a citation to justify whether the first commercial power station is Calder Hall or Berkeley. I don't have the necessary reference books so I'm going to leave it for the time being. OldBoar (talk) 18:37, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Suggestion about some of the text which has been edited to show citations are needed.

Regarding this paragraph: "In the 1960s BTH apprenticeships were highly thought-of[by whom?], with apprentices exposed to production of a wide range of industrial products. Each year in Rugby there was a big parade of floats run by its apprentices, many of whom lodged in the nearby Coton House apprentice hostel.[citation needed]"

In 1960, instead of going to university, I joined AEI (which BTH had, by then, become known as) in Rugby. I was one of their hundreds of student-apprentices taking part in what what were known as "Thin-Sandwich Courses" because each year of each 5-year course was divided into two six-month periods: January to June at college - working for a degree or diploma in engineering - and July to December working in AEI's factories and offices, gaining excellent practical work experience in a wide range of electrical and electronic products.

In my case my industrial shifts were spent firstly in Rugby in the Apprentice Training and Drawing Office Training departments; then in the Small Motors factory in Blackheath, West Midlands; the Semiconductors factory in Lincoln; the Mazda Lamps factory in Leicester; 'Factory Accounts & Costing' dept. (Rugby); Motor Sales dept. (Rugby); 'ClearCall' (public address systems) Sales (Leicester); Voltage Regulator Sales (Leicester); 'Organisation & Methods' dept. (Leicester); Telecomms Research Laboratory (Blackheath, London) and lastly in the Central Finance dept. at AEI's Head Office (London).

Over the first 3 years I stayed at Coton House for several periods of either three months or six months, depending on where I was working.

Hence, from my own experience, I can say that AEI (formerly known as BTH) provided apprenticeships which were highly thought of, both by the apprentices themselves and by their future employers. Coton House - just outside Rugby, not far up the road to Leicester - certainly was AEI's Apprentices' Hostel.

Unless someone objects, in about a week's time I plan to change the text as follows:

"In the 1960s AEI's apprenticeships were highly thought-of, both by the apprentices themselves and by their future employers, because they gave the participants valuable experience in the design, production and overall industrial management of a very wide range of electrical products. Over a hundred of the apprentices - who came to Rugby from all over the UK, and a few from abroad - lodged in the nearby Apprentices' Hostel at Coton House which was uphill from Rugby on the road to Lutterworth and Leicester.

Each year in Rugby there was a big parade of floats run by the apprentices."

Anameisbutaname^Talk 20:48, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

'Bee Hive' Refrigerator

The 'Bee Hive' Refrigerator
Birmingham Museums Trust

Inside this file are two more images, one of them the logo.

When did they produce it?

Ping welcome, Steue (talk) 02:45, 24 September 2023 (UTC)