Date:11th of September 1969
Description:Ted Tighe being presented with a gold watch for 21 years' service with Quickfit and Quartz by Managing Director Ted Pearse at the Quickfit '21' Club 6th Annual Dinner, held at the Crown Hotel ballroom, Stone, on Thursday 11 September 1969. Quickfit and Quartz, makers of scientific and industrial glassware, began in 1934 as a subsidiary of the Triplex safety Glass Co. at Kings Norton, Birmingham. They moved to Stone in 1946 and greatly expanded their Mill Street factory in 1951. In 1958 they were taken over by James A. Jobling of Sunderland and moved to a new factory on Tilling Drive in Walton in 1963. In 1973 Quickfit joined the Corning company, which in turn became J Bibby Scientific Products in 1982. Photographer: Joe A. Toriati, Studio Roma, 62 Hope Street, Hanley.
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Quickfit '21' Club 6th Annual Dinner, held at the Crown Hotel ballroom, Stone on Thursday 11 September ...
Quickfit '21' Club 6th Annual Dinner, held at the Crown Hotel ballroom, Stone, on Thursday 11 September ...
Ted Tighe being presented with a gold watch for 21 years' service with Quickfit and Quartz by Managing ...
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Image courtesy of: Mr E. J . Tighe
Donor ref:P2009.004.0006 (37/43159)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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