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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

'Bee Hive' Refrigerator

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)[reply]