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THE HOUSE MAGAZINE OF RANK XEROX MITCHELDEAN THREE TO THE FORE! These three "tigers" from PED the tournament appears on page 11) one under par — he actually hit a bird Electronics — Tony Knight, Danny told us there has been an increase of in flight with his tee shot. Haines and John Miles — won the Ron 10 per cent plus in membership over Or the day RXGS so to speak 'burned Morfee Cup in the recent the last year, though for some reason up the course' at Abergavenny during interdepartmental golf tournament. no lady has yet applied to join. last summer's hot spell and the fire Says John, seen demonstrating a What's the attraction of the game? brigade had to be called to extinguish recovery shot: "There's no truth in The healthy outdoor life, the personal a grass fire. ('Funny thing, they didn't the rumour that we electronic types sense of achievement in beating the have us back there this year.') use radar to find a ball in the rough." course, the apres-golf at the 19th Or the gas explosion which threw With around 100 members from all hole? starting times into confusion at St over the site, the RX Golf Society is Mellons. Perhaps it's the exciting things that the biggest section within the Sports happen on the way round the course. Just shows that golfers will go & Social Club, and it's still growing. Like the time when Brian Wragg got through fire, water and anything else Alistair Caldwell (whose report on a 'birdie', not that he holed out in to play their sport. Fancy dress cricket. Punch & Judy show, street tug-of-war, bonfire and torch procession — lively events like these made Mitcheldean village's Silver Jubilee celebrations on June 6 r and 7 an event long to be remembered. Dave Norman of Group Materials Management, who took over the chairmanship of the Jubilee committee at a crucial time, told us he was amazed how much individual ability was brought to light 'as we V . went down the track of preparing and fund-raising, and the co-operation received from local organisations and business was first-class.' Lighting-up time for ye lordly persons of Mitcheldean village — Lord Byard of Westbury (from whom Eric Tose is descended) and, rising to the occasion. Sir David, estates manager of 'Norman' extraction. Among the many guests at this Elizabethan feast/fund-raising event was Fred Wickstead and his retinue. Left: How Dave looks when involved in managing fix materials. GONGRA¥ULA¥IONS- Apart from making a donation, there in the locality. The old Malt House children's Jubilee crowns. were various ways in which Rank formed the nucleus of the factory Going further afield, the Company Xerox was pleased to help. The 9200 that is now the vast Rank Xerox provided a chauffeur-driven car to did its bit by printing the professional- complex.' convey four children to Buckingham looking programmes; these were Palace where they delivered a loyal prefaced by a brief history of Photos of the site in its early days, address to Her Majesty from the Mitcheldean prepared by Dr Peter and a large coloured blow-up of it people of Ross-on-Wye. Mayes (Quality Engineering as it is today, were the Company's Manager). contribution to an exhibition depicting As Dave Norman commented: 'The life in Mitcheldean in days gone by. celebrations aroused a splendid He wrote that, throughout the Among the items on show we community spirit which we hope will centuries, 'iron smelting, coal mining, noticed a copy of the May/June 1961 stay with us for a long time to come.' ore and stone quarrying, pin and nail issue of VISION with a cover manufacture, grandfather clock picture of Bebe Daniels and Ben making and brewing have all Lyon — remember? Jubilee Awards flourished and faded.' The Rank Xerox Variety Club 1977 is proving a great year for Thomas Wintle's Brewery brewed its entertained senior citizens at a Wilf Morris, JP. Inspection fine ales and stout from 1868 until sing-along and donated £10 for chargehand in Electrical Subs, he has 1923 serving some 70 public houses prizes. in the last two months been elected chairman of the Forest of Dean Batman Peter Mayes, the sports organiser, Other contributions included the District Council after years of local comments on the bat work at the fancy making and engraving by RX government and community work, dress cricket match, while Michaela, the apprentice Philip Davis of a name- awarded a Jubilee medal and invited 'Keen' treasurer, tries to manage without plate for a flowering tree planted at to attend a garden party at benefit of a computer. ^nb Oixon Townsend House old people's home Buckingham Palace. to commemorate the Jubilee. Tuba-playing Jack Thomas of TED In a neat bit of recycling, some 800 has also earned a Jubilee medal — throw-away plastic packs for small having given many years' service as parts known as stripper fingers were band sergeant for the TAVR branch used as presentation boxes for the of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. This aerial picture of Mitcheldean was taken last spring. Duff Bennett, Factory Waste B Cleaning Supervisor, discusses ttie manpow/er chart with John Wooding of RX Cleaning Services. Right: A cleaning operation in progress on the top floor of Building 29. MAKING Every working day at 6am, an army At one time, cleaning in production of cleaning operators arrives at the areas was carried out by the Plant to make a clean sweep of our department concerned. With a view KEEP BRITAIN TIDY shop floors. to improving standards, a general This year there is a positive move housekeeping committee was set up towards getting people to become Before the 'dawn chorus' is heard in litter-conscious. The Keep Britain last year and it was decided to hand our production areas, they have Tidy Group, of which Rank Xerox the work over to Rank Xerox whisked away the refuse from under are members, held a Jubilee Week Cleaning Services. the benches and around the litter campaign, and are hoping this Following a try-out with temporary will trigger off a continuing effort machinery, they have emptied the workers, a permanent force of male throughout the country. dustbins, and are ready to keep up cleaners (no women applied I) was Well-known personalities like Harry the good work throughout the day. formed under the supervision of Secombe, Ronnie Corbett, Lulu, David Cassidy, are giving their It's not all manual brush and shovel John Wooding. services voluntarily to help put the work — the service has become The current force of 33 includes a message across that litter hurts us in mechanised with the introduction of miscellany of ex-tradesmen — a every way — economically, from the a pedestrian-operated mechanical former baker, fitter, building foreman. standpoint of health and safety, and scrubber and five mechanical 'We've even had people with aesthetically. brushes. A-levels in the force,' says ex-deputy It is one environmental problem we Steered at a brisk pace down the works convenor John. can solve, not just where we work main alleyways, the latter sweep up 'What we'd like to see now is a but in the locality where we live. We the refuse which is manually brushed higher level of litter consciousness. will all benefit from keeping our bit of Britain tidy. into their path, while the scrubber The facilities are there (on the 9200 washes the floor clean and even floor alone there are no less than mops up the waste water afterwards. 79 dustbins) — let's use them.' FAREWELL, FETTER HILL! COUNT DOm TO THE COUNTFetter Hil l Quarry, some six miles away in the Forest, used for the By now you will know that 'The stock records are believed to be disposal of our treated waste over a Count' who has been making his primarily responsible for part number of years, is no more. appearance on posters across the shortages and are a contributing site was not, as someone thought, a factor to the continuing production The filling in of this gaping hole, new group engaged for a three- shortfalls against programme. 100ft long, 35ft wide and 30ft deep, night stand in the Ballroom on There is also a need to reconcile was recently carried out under the July 20, 21 and 22. actual inventory balances with book direction of Robert Johnson of balances, and to satisfy certain Works Engineering and John 'He' was created to publicise a Watkins of Works Laboratory. external audit requirements. mammoth counting operation of all A mini-count took place m selected Should they explore this area in Mitcheldean, Lydney and Cinderford areas at the end of April to test out centuries to come, geologists may be production material in assembly, the various procedures that have been puzzled by the unique strata — manufacturing and stores areas. It was developed for the physical inventory; polythene sheeting reinforced with estimated that some 70,000 plus part excellent results were achieved and chicken mesh and chain link fencing numbers were to be counted in over the tipped sludge, then layers of the assembly and manufacturing the co-operation received from all large and small limestones, areas alone. areas was 'inspiring'. As we went to press, areas were foundation, binding and organic The main objective of this physical being specially cleaned and tidied up, material, the lot being topped off inventory is to update all our ongoing items clearly identified, etc., ready with coalbrash (coal-impregnated stock files/systems and, specifically, for the army of trained 'counters', dirt) up to the surrounding land to reconstitute the stores issue list identifiable by their badges, to begin levels.