THE JOURNAL OF THE·PLYSU GROUP No. 10 Christmas 1973

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IT LOOKS like being a greatChristmas for Plysu people.

And, of course, the peoplefor whom Christmas is mostimportant are the children. Weare happy to report they arebeing excellently catered forby the Football Club.

They are holding a party inthe Plysu Restaurant for allchildren aged between threeand 11 of everyone who worksfor the firm.

SpecialAnd a top-notch party it

should be . . . there will be aprofessional magician, a teaparty, a cartoon film show thatwill include Tom and Jerrycartoons, and Father Christ-mas.

The Father Christmas willbe something special with pze-sents, paid for by the Club'sweekly tote, for each of theabout 200 children there.

This is the first time theclub has held a party for child-ren. But, according to Secre-tary B. R. Larbey, they arehoping to make it an annual,:,vent.

Coming dancing at therecent Fishing Club dance.More pictures: Page 2.

STOP PRESSLOCAL FIRM UNDERPLYSU UMBRELLA

PakliteLtd., ofBletchley, hasbecome part of thePlysu Group! Thefirm blow-mouldsPVC bottles of 32 c.c.to 1 litre capacity,most of them for thecosmetic, toiletriesand pharmaceuticaltrades.

Perhaps this could be a pre-cedent ... other sports clubsin the company might organ-ise parties for, say, old agepensioners.

But this was not all happen-ing this Christmas. There wasa dance for the Evergreens onDecember 3; and a staff danceis due to be held on Decem-ber 28.

PLYSU IN PICTURES

FUN AT THE HOP

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• •THERE'S nothing justnothing, like a night out ata dance ... the gaiety, thesparkle, the swirl of thegirls' skirts, the music ofthe band.

So often, too, romancebegins as a couple meet onthe floor to the strains ofanything from a waltz fromVienna to a rock 'n' roll tunefrom Nashville, Tennessee.

Did that happen to anyoneat the Fishing Club dance inthe Canteen recently? Well,who knows. But certainly- as the pictures here show- a lot of people had a lotof fun ...

Which was only rightreally. Because, whatever thenews might suggest, this isthe season of goodwill !

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PLYSU IN PICTURES

How wewereall

..bowledoverby theducks!PLYSU people lost their heartsthis year . . . to a brood ofducks.

The story began when a singlemuscovy duck appeared outsidethe despatch department down bythe lake. The girls working therebegan to feed her, and she becamea firm friend.

There was just one worry . . .wasn't she lonely on her own?

Some of the Plysu people who helped look after the ducklings . in thepicture, Ray Cliff ton, Dick Large, Cliff Page, Jack Sorenson, Tommy Spate,Brian Johnson, Johnny Pecoraro, Alec Brindle, Jess Paterson, Bill Dudley,Sen Munnoch, Jerry Ramsey and Dave Coxhill.

Then somebody spotted an adver-tisement in the local paper for amuscovy drake. He was dulybought to join her on the lake.

The two birds took to eachother. And things worked outpretty much as could have beenexpected. For in due course 16eggs were laid down by the lake.

Now comes the sad part. Oneday there was a violent thunder-storm, and the frightened mother

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LEFT: The lake'sswans and theircygnets. BELOW:The newly-hatchedducklings.

duck abandoned her nest.And, that, of course, could well

have been that ... if Plysu peoplehad not stepped in to lend a handagain. Three of the eggs wererescued and put in an incubator.

Let fishing club secretary JackSorenson take up the story: "Withthe help of a bowl of warm waterthe chicks were extricated fromtheir shells and fed with a match-stick and eye droppers until ableto fend for themselves."

The young ducks - one ofwhom has since unaccountablydied - then joined their parentsand some swans on the lake. Andnext year? Well, who knows ...there might even be some moreducklings.

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--My wordl here's away to win a prize

PLYSU PUZZLESIT'S Christmas time ... a time for fun,puzzles - and prizes. Try your hand atthe competitions on this page. They areopen to everyone who works at Plysu.Send your entries to Mark Suter in MainOffice by 10 January, 1974. The winnerswill be announced in our next issue.

Cartoon by Mulroy reprinted from PRW

HEARD the one about the chap whocame into the shop and said to thebloke behind the counter ... ?

Well, we have. But we would liketo have vour ideas on the situationillustrated above. What is the manon the right saying?

We are offering £2 for the bestsuggestion . . . and £1 for any runners·up printed.

So put pen to paper - if you wanta brush with success!

This is how to joinin our big laugh-in

THERE'S only one thing better thana good joke . . . and that's a goodjoke shared.

Everyone has a favourite funnystory, and we're offering prizes foryours. Good prizes, too - £2 for theone the judges pick as the best,and £1 for all others published.

The joke you send in can be aboutanything you like. Nothing is sacredin the great Plysu People Laugh-In.

Two requests" though. Keep themshort . . . and, please, keep themclean!

YOU WRITE ...WRITE to us, we. asked in our last

issue. About Plysu, about Plysu People... about anything you liked.

You did. And thank you.Just one problem, though ... This

being the Christmas issue and therebeing so much news about, we foundourselves short of space. So lettershad to be held over.

Don't worry, though. They'll be backnext time. With a better selectionthan ever.

And remember . . . our offer re·.mains open. There's £2 waiting forthe writer of the best letter in eachissue of Plysu People, and £1 foreach other one published.

So, like they used to say . . . let'sbe having you!

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ACROSS1. Event for the Highland Games

(7,3,5)8. Interesting place for the thrifty

(8,7)10. A kinky part of a modern knife

(9)12. Support, or lack of it, for the

ladies (3)13, 22, 17. Cat and mouse game on

the telly (3,3,5)15. Swings and . .. (4)17. See 13 across.18. See 10 down.19. The worst form of servitude

known by old Diggers (5)22. See 14 across.25. The harbour is no good to the

landlord-or his customer (3)2·6. If a drawing pin does this to

your clothes, you'll know it (9)31. The trouserless vicar in the TV

show (8,7)32. Legendary mammal of the Mid-

lands - and that's the truth(3,2,10)

CROSSWORD SETBY HARRY ARNOLD

6. You stupid bird! Get your ownhome (6)

7. Yorkshire pud's dear mate (4)9. 18 across. Good shot sir! Oh, get

up to date (4,3,5)11. The last one must have been

lonely (7)14. What landed on Mount Ararat.

I think this crossword came outof it (3)

16. Polyphemus and Reilly had onething in common (3)

20. Adjust your sights for a betterlife (7)

21. Curse of the drinking classes(4,3,3 )

23. You might with a girl - or shemight tell you where to (3,3)

24. Surprises for openers (6)27. Pre-nationalised t r a i n service

(1,1,1,1)28. Pollution on the river (4)29. What's with you, oh hairy bear?

(4)30. "This royal throne of kings, this

scepter'd ... " (4).• There's a £2 prize for the first all-correct entry, or else the one judgedby the editor to have most merit.

DOWN1. Rubicund jug (4)2. You must, or sink (4)3. They're old and east or west and

playable (6)4. A warship's fighting force (3,4)5. At least he makes a different

sort of ashtray (3,1,3)

MANY restaurantswould be proud ofthe menu EamonnRyan and his wifeMary offer at theOddfellows Arms.

You'll find it oppo-site the police stationand dwarfed by themassive new red-bricktelephone exchange atLuton.

And there they providesomething rarely foundin town centre pubs -reasonably-priced homecooked food.

At lunch-time, estateagents, bank staff, jour-nalists, policemen, officestaff, civil servants andtelephonists pack the twobars.

There they enjoy mealsthat include rabbit stew,goulash, steak and kidneypie, spaghetti bolognaise,paeasant casserole, prawnomelettes and chicken pie.

With reasonable notice,Mary will cook almostanything - including coq-au-vin, roast turkey orfillet steak.

The prices are remark-able, too. Most dishescost between 30p and 50p,including two fresh vege-tables.

~ince moving from theMarquess of Bute roundthe corner 18 months ago,Eamonn and his wifehave boosted trade.

They have wan a five-day holiday in Sardiniafrom brewers WatneyMann for a 46.7 per centincrease in beer salesduring one six - monthperiod. And some daysthey sell 60 lunches.

They are both intent ongiving customers that cer-tain welcome feeling. No-one comes in without a"g 0 0 d morning" - orleaves without a "thankyou".

The couple met andlearned their trade at

The Three locks: Ex.it horses, enter cars

Drinks 011round us!

The Oddfellows Arms: Trend reversed

The Swan at Streatley, bythe Thames in Berkshire,a hotel now owned byDanny La Rue. Eamonnwas cocktail barman andMary the head waitress.

The Oddfellows offers10 wines, starting at £1.A Beaujolais costs £1.10.

Eamonn runs one of thefew Watney houses to gorecently from manage-ment to tenancy. Thegeneral trend is the re-verse.

He said: "We get afantastic cross-section ofpeople. Lunches keep us

very busy."Most of our prices

would be double III arestaurant. We are proudof our menu and thestandard of the food.

"People s h 0 u I d bemade welcome. Usually Iknow a customer's nameif he has been in a fewtimes. That is very, veryimportant."

* * *Former barge andboat builder Stan Gil-ders, aged 67, hasfound a fine place to

live - alongside theGrand Union Canal.

He helps out at theThree Locks at Soulbury,near Leighton Buzzard,which is owned by hisson-in-law, Douglas Bar-thaud, and daughterPeggy,

There has been a pubon the site for 150 years.Converted from a feedingcentre for hansom cabhorses, the picturesquepub takes its name fromthe three canal lockswhich are just outside.

Once the building wasthatched and housed upto 20 horses at 6d. a nightin wooden stables.

It was like Bedford-shire's answer to thestaging posts of the WildWest. Now it providesfood and drink for entire-ly different s 0 r t s oftraveller.

In the summer, hun-dreds of sightseers arriveat the Three Locks.

Many come by car. Afew more robust typeswalk along the canal bankfrom Leighton Buzzardfour miles away, have afew drinks and a snackthen trudge back as thesun sets.

Others come byand stop for abefore continuingjourney.

If they stay Ion genough, they can chatwith Stan Gilders.

Late in the 1950s, be-fore ill-health forced himaway from the big citygrime to the clean coun-try air, Stan worked onthe Cutty Sark as a boatrepairman, as she wasbeing prepared to standin splendour at Green-wich.

At the Three Locks, trya delicious prawn salad at65p or a toasted sandwich.During the week thereare hot snacks-includingeggs, bacon, pies, beansand sausages.

bargemealtheir

Ray Bromley

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PLYSU AT PLAY

What adifferencea year made

by Jack SorensonTHE lake at Plysu is as unpre-dictable as ever. It never fishestwo days alike ... and perhapsthat is one of its attractions.

Last season only one smalltench was caught and very fewperch. But for some unaccount-able reason, this year severalvery good tench have been caught- two weighing almost twopounds - and numerous perchhave been taken during matches.

We have had on occasions tenand twelve pounds of fish as thewinning weight, while on others amatch has been won on sixounces.

GuidanceThe junior matches are still

extremely popular among theyoungsters, some of them alreadybecoming quite proficient anglersunder the guidance either of theirfathers or one of the seniormembers.

One or two of them, I feel sure,

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So the say-ing has it. And presumably the same goes for Tom, Dickand Harry. Not to mention their wives, mothers andgirlfriend. All of which is a long way of saying that weare pleased to present a short run-down of Plysu atleisure ...

could be a serious challenge to alot of the seniors in matches.

The large carp have becomevery wary indeed of any bait con-cealing a hook, but many Plysuemployees must have seen themthrowing themselves out of thewater like porpoises. Sometimesthe sudden sound of them can bequite alarming on a quiet evening.

ReminderThe club's thanks go to one

member - Mike Dickins, fromDesign office - who offered toattend our first match and photo-graph the presentation of thetrophies to Mark Cannon, whowon both the Claude PhillipsShield for the best specimen fishand the Dave Caton Cup for thehighest number of points.

Mike also attended and photo-graphed the presentation of theJunior Points Cup, which wasdonated by Peter West and pre-sented to Carl Clifton.

This year, for the first time, we

THEy'RE IN THE NEWSPLYSU PEOPLE is aboutPlysu people. For Plysu peo-ple. And, we hope, mostly byPlysu people.

This is YOUR newspaper.So let us know what you aredoing. And thinking.

To make it easier for youto get your news and viewsto the paper, we have set up anetwork of correspondents.Here they are

Ethel Best, Raymond Hall -Housewares

Edna Ingram - ContainersAudrey Perry, Hazel Wade-

IndustrialMark Suter - Main OfficeDerek Sinfield - Moulding

ShopTony Collins, Jean Smith --

Print RoomClaude Phillips - Personnel

OfficeLes Hailey - Transport

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entered a team for the summerleague under the Milton KeynesAssociation - and have not donetoo badly. We have also held com-petitions with the Milton KeynesPost Office, both on the Plysulake and on outside venues.

May I once again remind mem-bers please to use landing netsfor the larger fish to save theirlips being torn and keep-nets inpreference to linen hampers andbuckets to keep their fish in dur-ing matches, especially duringwarm spells.

Plastic containers warm upvery quickly in the sun and causethe fish considerable distress, ifnot death.

Another danger, this time tobirds, is discarded broken lineleft on the bank, where it canbecome entangled in their legs. Soplease put your discarded lineand any other rubbish after fish-ing into one of the empty binsprovided for that purpose.

Now we aregetting amongthe goals

by B. R. LarbeyTHE Plysu Football Club'sannual general meeting washeld on August 1.

Among other business, officersfor the 1973/74 season wereelected. These were as follows :

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Chairman, Mr. W. Barnett;.cretary/Treasurer, Mr. B.Larbey; Fund-Raising Sec-

tary, Mr. K. Wade; Execu-re Committee, Mr. M.~cker, Mr. M. Jenkins, Mr.

lTrattles, Mr. V. Pattison.ie Executive Committee wasI made responsible for team~tion and the position of teamager abolished.t the meeting, disappoint-t was expressed at the waySocial Club had now appar-~ ceased to function, as it wasthat the encouragement of

11 activity within the companyd only benefit employees ifierly organised.

Encouragingh.e legality of the Football) having funds held by anmisation which had not heldannual general meeting wasquestioned. It was felt this

ild be investigated.he Secretary reported that the's first season of league foot-had been encouraging and

ed forward to an improve-t.h.e need to score more goalshighlighted by the fact that

club had scored the least num-of goals in the league last

on.

Generoushis problem is in fact now!g cured, with the current'on having started in style.club has notched its biggest

ever - 6-0 away to Syresham~rves - after unluckily losingat home to Westbury the pre-s week. We have also beateniley and Longton Reservesand Twyford Reserves 2-l.) return to the meeting weld like to record the Chair-'s remarks that "the club isining unparallelled support1 the shop floor through thetote, and I wish to thank all

e who subscribe so gener-y in order to provide thewith its means of existence".

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Dave Caton (in hat) presents trophies to Mark Cannon.

Carl Clifton proudly displays the Junior Points Cup he won

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Plysu meels the people

The window of the CenturyYOU could compute it to have

been a success when Plysu wenton show in the window of the

NCR showrooms in London. Wewere one of the first of NCR'sclients to be given a display.

Which was only fair, really ...after all, we were among the first

companies to use one of the firm'sCentury computers.

• • •PLYSU were a big hit at theTeeside exhibition sponsored byICI at Tees-side Airport. That's ourstand on the left. And pictured onit are Containers Sales ManagerJohn Speller (left) and North-WestPackaging Representative JackMartland. These two manned thestand with North-East PackagingRepresentative Peter Malia.

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BY CiEORGE!THAT WAS QUICKA QUICK delivery by Plysuhelped a major customer beat fireloss.

Within 24 hours of hearingabout a blaze at Brichem, ofSlough, in July which destroyed40,000 S66's and R70's, driverGeorge Glover was on the roadwith the first 10,000 replace-ments.

Brichem uses a large numberof packs a year. They are leadingmanufacturers of floor mainten-ance products and equipment.Their entire stock of empty bot-tles was wiped out by the fire.

The blaze was on Monday night.We heard about it on Tuesday,and by 9.30 a.m. on WednesdayGeorge - see the picture on theleft - was unloading.

Whol's cooking?PLYSU people are springinginto the Mrs. Beaton busi-ness. Here is a selection ofthe recipes we have beensent ...

First, from Mrs. Vi Enever,here is how to make Family FruitCake.

120z self-raising flourHb soft margarine60z castor sugar3 eggs3 tablespoons milkflb mixed fruit

Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Adda little flour to prevent curdling. Thenmix fruit and flour and milk and mixto smooth consistency. Turn into a9in cake tin. Bake fOT 90 minutes at350 degrees electric.

Now, from Sid Vinton, comesthis recipe for what he calls aMars Bar Cake.

For the base you will need

402 self-raising flour402 margarine20z castor sugar

Cream margarine and sugar. Fold inself- raising flour. Press into flat tin ortray. Bake for 20 minutes in a mod-erate oven at 350 degrees or mark 4.Leave to cool.

ow for the toffee centre . . .

202 granulated sugar2 tablespoons of Golden Syrup1 small tin of condensed milk402 margarine

Melt all ingredients in pan over lowheat. Boil for seven minutes, stirringcontinuously. Pour over base. Whenset, cover with melted chocolate.

From Ethel Best comes thisrecipe - it makes entertainingeasy, she says - for GingerCream.

} double cream cartont single cream carton1 pkt ginger biscuits1 orangeSmall pieces of ginger and nuts to

decorate

Whip cream together with finely-chopped orange p-eel and a squeeze ofthe juice. Take ginger biscuits andlayer with cream. Then spread re-mainder of cream all over the biscuits.Place in a Polythene bag (do notsquash) and put it in the fridge over-night, so the ginger biscuits softeninto the cream. The art in cutting thisis to do it diagonally, not in slicescorner to corner.

Have YOU anyworth sharing? Iflove to hear them

recipesso, we'd

HAVE YOU A RECIPE FOR US?I

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HOW· THEYGOT INTOTHE SWIMOF THINGSDURING the summer monthschildren of the staff of Plysu re-ceived swimming lessons by kindagreement of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. J.Summerlin at their home inAspley Guise.

Mr. Frank Todd, a member ofthe staff of Plysu, taught thechildren the different strokes.They met every Saturday mom-ing at the heated swimming pool,with as many as 20 youngstersattending for about It hours.This figure varied with theweather and whether or not theywere on holiday.

PROGRESSThe swimming lessons first

began in 1972, and Mr. Todd, whowas the Secretary of the Bletch-ley Swimming Club a few yearsago and is now Championship Sec-retary for the Oxon and NorthBucks A.S.A., is pleased with theprogress of the youngsters.

The children in the picture are(left to right): Mark Thurston,Stewart Ikin, Stewart Copeland,Diane Langridge, James Bayliss,Gary Leadbeater, Angela Hill,Andrea Tucker, Julie Copeland,Elaine Murdoch, Susan Voss,Wendy Voss, Susan Passenham,Stephanie Voss. And looking on,Frank Todd.

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This coilsPEOPLE AT PLYSU

Rachael Potts and Fernando Marotto

Cherry Potts and Alan Church

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for ourcOngrolulolion

MARRIAGES

Stefania Marotto (Moulding Tunnel) and DomenicoBorrome at the Italian Church, Bedford, August 11.

Cherry Potts (Housewares) and, Alan Church at St.Margaret's Church, Lidlington, August 18.

Angela Britten (Sales Office) and Derek Holmes atSt. Mary's Church, Woburn, September 8.

Rachael Potts (Print Room) and Fernando Marottoat St. Francis's Church, Bedford, September 15.

Marina Boston (Despatch Office) and SeamusMcCormack at the Catholic Church, Woburn Sands, onOctober 27. Their reception was held in the PlysuCanteen.

Dr. Derek Sturdy (Computer Room) to MicheleEkins, Saturday, December 15.

ENGAGEMENT

Joan Walsh (Housewares Sales) to Keith Bates,June 24.

SILVER WEDDING

Mary (Cleaners) and Bert Sedgewick, July 24.

What a load of bull !IT'S not only our policemen who are wonder-ful ... our drivers are, too. A very gratefulforeign lady motorist telephoned the officeone afternoon in July and asked for the MD'ssecretary.

She poured out her thanks about a Plysudriver who, at around 5.30 a.m. on a mistymid-summer morning, had coaxed a bullfrom the centre of a road back into his field."It could have been very nasty," said thewoman. "He was very brave."

Take a bow, driver Roberts!

Welcometo Woburn

PEOPLE AT PLYSU

'GOODBYE TO HELLO GIRL MAGGIETHERE was a small gathering in theJohnny Walker on September 28 tosay goodbye to a member of the officestaff, who you might say, has alwaysmanaged to make herself heard.

llfaggie Newbould had been with thecompany for 6~ years, most of that timeas switchboard operator and recep-tionist.

On October 10 Maggie, together with

Younggeneration

cornerWILL this pretty young womanbe joining us one day at Plysu?

Well, we'll just have to see.Certainly she has the background

for it. For her grandmother isMrs. Vi Enever, well known to

everyone in Housewares.This picture of Debra LouiseEnever, daughter of Vi's son

Robert and his wife Joan, wastaken when she was nine

months old.She is three now. But, we are

assured, she hasn't lost her goodlooks with age ...

her husband Jack and golden labradorSam, sailed for a sunny retirement toTeneriffe, one of the Canary Islands.Their new home will be in Lo Orotavavalley, in the heart of the banana plan-tation area.

Pictured above (left to right) at theparty: llfaggie Newbould, MaureenPoole and Joan Woodhead.

APRILMr. Thomas Hannin (Containers),

Mr. George Evans (Containers), Mrs.RosaIie Johnson (Print Room), MissRosina Collins (Print Room), MissElaine Gay (Industrial).

MAYMr. Anthony Gilbert (Containers),

Mr. McNicol (Moulding), Mr. BrianWinchester (Moulding), Mrs. B. Dudley(Canteen).

JUNEMr. Rudolph Gebauer (Containers).

JULYMr. John Gill (Containers), Mr.

Patrick Regan (Moulding), Mr. GeorgeMobley (Carpenter), Mr. RaymondStoner (Moulding), Mr. R. Rogers,

- Mrs. Catherine Webb (Print Room),Mrs. Thomas Walker (Transport), Mrs.Vanessa Cowley (Print Room).

AUGUSTMiss Susan Winchester (Industrial),

Mrs. Alis Kumar (Containers), Mr.Sydney Marsh (Moulding), Mr. BrianRedhead (Moulding), Mr. GerardDance (Uniloy Packing), Mr. MichaelFreestone (Containers), Miss SilvanaLawton (Industrial), Mr. Ernest Sim-mons (Cleaning), Mr. Dermis Carter(Moulding), Mr. D. C. Powell (ToolRoom), Miss Julie Gulliver (PrintRoom), Miss Angela Smith (PrintRoom), Mr. David Parker (UniloyPacking).

SEPTEMBERMrs. Jean Carter (Containers), Mrs.

Lynda Ambler (Print Room), Mrs.Sharda Nahar (Print Room), Mrs.Augustina Masih (Print Room), Mr.David Sinfield (Print Room), Mrs.Sandra Cole (Print Room), Mr. CyrrlGraham (Moulding), Mrs. CharanChambers (Containers), Mrs. JuneSkolsky (Containers), Mrs. Amar Kaur(Containers), Mrs. Mary Shepperson(Print Room), Miss Mary Keep (PrintRoom), Mr. Nicholas Pottle (Contain-ers No. 2), Mrs. Gwen Murden (PrintRoom).

A Plysu product is a thing of joyFor practical usage by girl or boy,And mother now can leave he?' childTo play, without a care.With Plysu products in the house,A mother is awareThere are no corners that can cut-Her child is safe from harm.A Plysu p1"Oduct is a giftThat's decorative, with charm.Enhance the beauty of your roomOn a Plysu pouffe sitAs with loving hands, child's hair you

groom.In your room, it will fit.There are trays and bowls and buckets,

too -Many more things Plysu makes for you.

W. GREEN (Injection Moulder)

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Our Red Cross letter doy

AS AN accountant I am oftenasked for my advice on moneymatters. Those who come tome are not - as you mightthink - always well-to-do peo-ple who want to have what theyhope will be a profitable flutterin stocks and shares.

More often I am approached bysomeone who simply wants somestraightforward advice about start-ing a savings account with an eyeto the future or guidance aboutbuying a home and finding a mort-gage.

Since I joined Plysu some yearsago, I have been approached in con-fidence about such matters by manypeople within the firm and helpingthem has given me much pleasureand satisfaction.

This has been not only on a per-sonal basis, but also as an impor-tant part of my work - with, Imight add, the approval of our man-agement, who feel that the benefit

PROFICIENCY, H i g her andInitial First Aid Certificates werepresented in October to membersof the Beds 21st Detachment byMajor J. A. Newbery, BritishRed Cross Society Director of theBedfordshire Branch in the Plysuvisitors' dining room.

Before the presentation, Plysunursing sister Mrs. M. Buick - she isalso Detachment Nursing Officer -presented a bouquet to Mrs. P. E. M.Davis, Bedford Divisional Director, whowas retiring after 32 years with theRed Cross.

Major Newbury said he was verypleased to see directors of the companyat the presentation and that the inter-est of firms was a great help to RedCross work.

Mr. G. F. Walker, a director ofPlysu, said that like many others inthe country he knew of the Red Cross.but ·did not know the true value oftheir work until about a year agowhen his daughter had an accidentwhile on holiday and was still in plas-ter on the flight home.

The family were met at the airportby the British Red Cross and trans-ported home, which gave their daughtera great deal of relief from pain.

Mrs. A. Barnett, assistant matron ofEdgbury Hospital, who assisted in thetraining of the group, spoke of theirenthusiasm. The detachment's assist-ance was valued at Edgbury Hospital- particularly at Christmas time whenthe staff were having their annual

moneyof an informal advisory service ofthis kind should be available toeveryone at Plysu,

You can imagine my surprisewhen I heard recently that it wasnot generally known throughoutthe works that such a serviceexisted. Admittedly it has not beenwidely publicised, but I have beendoing this for some time . . . andthe word usually gets around.

So, for the record, I shall be de-lighted to assist anyone who feelsthey would like advice and help on

matters concerning savingwhether it be putting money asidefor a rainy day or towards a depositon buying a home.

For this purpose, I am fortunatelyin a position to make directly avail-able all the facilities of the old-established Northampton - basedAnglia Building Society, which Ihave represented as a fully-author-ised agent for six years.

The Anglia, which, with assetsexceeding £300 million, is the 11thlargest building society in theUnited Kingdom, offers a remark-ably wide range of savings schemesto suit virtually every purse andevery purpose. The facilities it offersto home buyers rate second to none.

I am available at the PersonnelOffice regularly every Friday lunch-time - any time after 12.45 - forthe benefit of those who wish touse this service.

Harry Arnold

Picture shows: Standing, right toleft: Mr. N. Slocock, Mr. J.Walker with members of the RedCross who received awards andseated at the table from left:Mrs. M. Buick, Mrs. A. Barnett,Mrs. P. E. M. Davies, Mr. Cable,Major J. A. Newberv (whopresented the awards) and Mr.W. G. Barnard (warden of theCheshire Home).

Christmas dinners and relief nursinghelp was very much in need.

A tasty buffet was served to guestsand members.

Awarded Proficiency First Aid Certi-ficate and merit bar for proficiency inthree subjects, Mr. C. R. E. Phillips,Commandant; Higher First Aid Certi-ficate. Mr. N. Bvrne, Mrs. M. Clarke,Mrs. D. Munn, Mr. J. Passingham, Mr.M. Rose and Mrs. S. Capp; Initial FirstAid Certificate, Mr. D. Jackson, Mr.T. McGl\~hin, Mr. A. Seyner andMrs. D. White.

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