A 1955 intake at Bolton Tech ( Jeff Brown)

A 1955 intake at Isle of Grain Refinery in 1958 ( Syd Freeman)

From left to right, Front row (FR), Rear row (RR).
(FR)Allan Perett, (RR), Jimmy Woolgar?, (FR)?, (RR)Colin Marshal, (FR)Brian Jackman?, (RR)Dick Payne, (FR)?, (RR) ?fraction of a head, (RR) Graham Wallace?, (FR) Rod Harris, (FR)?, (RR)? hidden, (RR)? head down, (FR) ?, (RR)? 1/4 head, (FR) Terry Gooding, (RR) part of head?, Tony Machell. Syd Freeman taking photo.

Balance of E/A's at IOG at that time; A.D Clark, KB Edwards, I.D Eley, P.Gibbons,M.J Gray, J.R Henton ( Became BP C/E British Faith 1970), S.W Jones, J.R.Little, S.A Medland, W.H Parslow, D.J Probert, W.R Rawlings, I.H Stockley

A 1975 intake at Poplar tech ( Nick Tompkins)


The following five pictures are all of 1952 Engineering Apprentices at Wandsworth Technical College. These pictures were sent to me by Ken Goodison and donated by Brian Elford.

The apprentices in the picture from left to right: Ken Goodison, Peter Bamforth, Dick Sheppard, ??? Holmes, Brian Elford, ??? Hoskins, Brian Barnes, Geoff Hartwell, Peter Everett, Hamish Cattanach, ??? Western. (the ??? mark denotes unsure of first names).

This picture is the same apprentices as in the above picture.

This picture is a workshop at Wandsworth in 1952 with BP and Shell apprentices.

The 1952 Shell and BP apprentices.

This is a picture of Brian Elford with BP bosses. I believe that the man without a hat is D.G. Alcock, the Apprentices Training Superintendent. Does anybody know who the two gentlemen in bowler hats are?

To see a more complete write up of the Apprenticeship program from my perspective, click here.

To see a copy of my 1955 Apprenticeship Indentures click here

To see a copy of my Apprenticeship Wage Scale click here