Never to the dark side Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 Tuesday 26th September 2023, 7.30pm Yate Lecture Series: Harry Dolman Yate Heritage Centre 7.30-9pm Clive Burlton discusses the history of Bristol legend Harry Dolman, engineer, businessman, sports fan and much more. Admission £2 or free for Friends of Yate Heritage Centre. Booking is essential. Funded by Friends of YHC. Presented by Yate Town Council with Yate and District Heritage Centre events. For more information please contact the Heritage Centre on 01454 862200. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 Hope they bring their own public address system and don't use the one from the stand that carries his name. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZepperin Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 The organisers kindly ask attendees to refrain from bunking off ten minutes before the end of the talk to beat the traffic. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 Just a random flashback for me regarding Harry..... I was an apprentice at Strachan & Henshaw. When we went to day release college next to the Pineapple once a week, the Brecknal Dolman & Rogers were apprentices were getting paid more than us! I was on £3 14s and 6d per week. As you were. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 9 hours ago, 42nite said: Just a random flashback for me regarding Harry..... I was an apprentice at Strachan & Henshaw. When we went to day release college next to the Pineapple once a week, the Brecknal Dolman & Rogers were apprentices were getting paid more than us! I was on £3 14s and 6d per week. As you were. My old man worked at BDR & said Dolman paid workers more than all his competitors but refused to have Trades Unions on site, so no pay negotiation ever took place, it was take it or leave it. As for the comments above about the pathetic sound system in the stand that bears his name, the bloke was a genius in terms of light industry, if he was still around & had anything to do with how it functioned I expect it would be state of the art, as opposed to useless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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