Annual dinner, English Electric Co., Stafford

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Date:1947 - 1950 (c.)

Description:Pictured are employees with long service attending a Dinner in the old Association Hall, at Stychfields on the Lichfield Road Site. This image is the first of two views of this Dinner with the second photograph taken later at 8.25pm from the opposite end of the room.

In this view the clock on the wall (on the right) shows the time is a few minutes past 8.00pm. On the tables there are menus, jugs of water, bottles of wine including a South African Hock and bottles of Friar Tuck white sweet wine, the plates (with EE logo in green on a cream background) are empty. At the back of the room the Catering Staff are waiting to serve the food after the photographer has finished. On the right is what would be known as the ‘top table’ with Mr Milligan, Works Manager (sitting under the window) with senior managers and their spouses. On this table there are vases of iris and on the other table’s vases of daisies.

Over the years the Company name changed several times, from English Electric Co. to GEC, then to GEC ALSTHOM and later to Alstom, however, during all these changes the Company continued to hold annual dinners and dances to mark the occasion for employees with long service (usually in excess of 25 years) and for those who had retired in the previous year.

This image is taken from a glass negative donated to the Staffordshire County Museum by Alstom Power, Lichfield Road, Stafford.

Additional information:
Siemens Brothers purchased the land in 1901 and built the factory and offices which were ready to start production in 1903. In 1918 Siemens merged with several companies, including Dick, Kerr and Co., to become the English Electric Co. Two years later in 1920, The English Electric Co bought the Stafford Works. The English Electric Co merged with GEC (The General Electric Company) during 1968 and the Lichfield Road Site became part of GEC Power Engineering Ltd. On 22 March 1989 became part of GEC ALSTHOM, an Anglo French Joint Venture. On 22 June 1998 became part of ALSTOM with global HQ in Paris and to date (June 2014) continues to be part of the ALSTOM Group.


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1900s
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1930s
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1970s
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Creators: Mr Andy Ellis, Alstom Power, Stafford - Contributor

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Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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