john c G Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) Looking for a photo of my granddad Thomas Mitchell who lived at 41 Bewsey Street, Warrington, he worked at the Vulcan foundry and retired from there in the 1950s , he died in 1970 at the age of 87. If anyone can remember him or has any knowledge of where I could get a photo of him I would be over the moon. He was married to Rose Hickman nee Bracegirdle in 1940 so there is possibly a marriage photo somewhere. Regards John PS He was 6ft 5" so will be easy to spot if anyone has a photo of him. Edited May 7, 2019 by john c G Forgotten info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Welcome to the forum john c G I can't help re your Grandad I'm afraid but hopefully someone on here can. Good Luck and I have my fingers crossed for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 You may already know this but I just googled and there is a website for the Vulcan Foundry. The site contains copies of ALL the Vulcan Magazines from 1948 to 1962. There are photos in some of them and mention of staff etc but unfortunately they are not searchable so you'd have to read through each. The website also has a few videos too (Vulcan on Film) and a whole host of other sections too. May be worth a try anyway. Here's the linkhttp://enuii.com/vulcan_foundry/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 Also John ,you could try the Newton-le-Willows facebook page. I should think there will be some ex Vulcan employees on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john c G Posted April 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 Thanks very much for your replies, did not know about the facebook page thanks Davy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john c G Posted May 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 Thanks for the linc Dizzy, after a long troll through the site I found something that I never knew about him 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 Fantastic that you found that snippet John 😁 Such a shame you didn't find a photo of him but I'm sure will eventually somewhere. Have you tried asking on Facebook group pages such as 'Warrington Memories', 'Warrington Photos Warrington Born', 'Warrington Forgotten Faces' and 'Warrington Day to Day'. People often ask for help or if anyone remembers people on those groups and more often than not someone does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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