THE JOURNAL OF THE·PLYSU GROUP No. 11 Spring 1974

PLYSU has a new Group Pro-duction Manager. He is Mr.H. J. Baker, who has joined thecompany from Metal Box (Hol-pak).

Mr. Baker, who is 40, was pre-viously manager of a factory inCheshire which produced most ofthe Ski yoghurt cartons used inthis country, as well as millionsof soft fat containers each week.

The factory - part of the Hol-pak business bought by Metal Boxfrom Unilever in 1970 - also hada bottle-blowing operation whichconcentrated on half-gallon andgallon containers.

Mr. Baker, who is known asJim and is married with twochildren, began his career as aproduction engineer before goinginto production, and then generalmanagement.

He describes himself as a fam-ily man - he has a boy of nineand a year-old, daughter - andsays he is looking forward to hisnew home at Flitwick, in Bedford-shire, being completed ... except

for the work he will have to doin the garden. A keen l l-handicapgolfer, he has twice sunk a hole-in-one - at Brighton and HoveGolf Club in 1969, and at PortSunlight Golf Club in 1972. Healso plays squash each week.

Mr. Baker's other hobbies in-clude reading (mostly modernhistory, biographies and, novels),going to the theatre and watchingfootball. Although in the past hehas followed, Liverpool and Ever-ton, he has now transferred hissupport to Luton Town. JIM BAKER

Sinking holes ·in one

PLYSU CHAIRMAN RETIRESTHE Chairman of theCompany, Mr. R. S.Sturdy, has now re-tired. He has notbeen in the best ofhealth recently andhas for some timebeing planning towithdraw from busi-ness life.

Mr. C. S. J. Sum-

merlin, the ManagingDirector, said: "Mr.Sturdy and 1 werefounder members ofPlysu way back in1946, and throughthe years we haveshared the problemsattached to a growingbusiness.

"I shall miss himvery much, and 1 be-

lieve many of youwill, too. 1 know youwill all join me inwishing Mr. and Mrs.Sturdy every hap-piness in retire-ment."

Mr. Sum mer li nnow assumes the ad-ditional duties ofCompany Chairman.

INSIDE ... Five pages of leisure news

WE SAID ...AND IT WAS!

PLYSU'S Football Club had a spot of trouble with whistles inDecember. But the problem had nothing to do with referees.

The people who came near to' causing a blow-up were ... 306 child-ren. For the organisers of the club's Christmas party for youngstersaged between three and 11 of anyone who worked at the firm made themis-take of putting out whistles on the tables spread for the tea-timetuck-in too early.

The result: uproar. Not even thespecially-recruited volunteer corps of"hushers" could quite keep down thenoise of the crowd.

As one of the organisers com-mented wryly afterwards: "Next time,we give the whistles out at the end!"

But even if the adults present hadtheir doubts about the din, for thechildren it all went towards one ofthe best afternoons they had had fora long time.

THERE WAS a man to entertainthem who was not only a ventriloquist,but could make animals out of bal-loons, too.

FavouritesTHERE WAS a film show featuring

such timeless favourites as DonaldDuck and Tom and Jerry.

THERE WAS a tea with 500 sand-wiches and a cake measuring 2ft. by18in. from which everyone had a slice.

THERE WAS a Father Christmaswho entered in style on a sleigh,headed for a grotto created by thegirls in the map room and dispensedsought-after presents such as footballs,table tennis sets and dolls.

The party was a triumph for theFootball Club. The organisers beganwork in August, attending to suchsmall - but important - details asmaking sure that the lake by the can-teen, where the fun took place, wasproperly fenced off. But even those

MANY of you may have had cross wordsto say about the crossword in our lastissue. No wonder. Because of a slip-upin the production process, the patterndid not turn out as compiler Harry Arnoldhad intended. Naturally enough, thismade extra problems for those tryingto fill it in.

A number of people persevered. Andthe man who did best in the face of allthe d.ifficulties was Jim Bayliss, of theToolroom. We give him a consolationprize. And we offer the rest of you ourapologies.

responsible were taken by surpriseby how popular the party turned outto be. At first they were expectingonly up to 200 children.

An organiser recalls: "Our only realmoment of horror was when we hadfirst got them all seated for tea andanother 12 arrived. There didn't seem'anywhere to put them - but wemanaged!"

But if the children's party - theclub hope it will be repeated this yeareither by them or through the socialclub - was the most eye-catching ofPlysu's Christmas events, it was byno means the only thing going on ...

'. A staff dance, held on December28, was attended by 190 people.

There was dancing to the Hatricksgroup from Northampton and the B &W disco. A splendid buffet supper wasprovided.• The Wayne Trio, with singer SteveMatthews, were responsible for themusic at a general dance on January26.

CurtainThis was organised by Dora Buck-

thorpe and Audrey Britten to raisefunds for a curtain to screen theserving area of the canteen when suchfunctions are held. As a result, £37went into the kitty.• The Fishing Club dance on Febru-ary 9 was a "sell-out" - even beforethe tickets went on sale.

A very good beat group, The BrokenPieces, based at Northampton, keptthe pace lively during the whole even-ing, and a buffet supper servedswiftly kept the queues down to aminimum.

It is intended to hold a Fishing Clubdance once a month until enough fundshave been raised to pay for clearanceof the lake of Trees, Silt and the like.

The estimated cost of this is £600.A good start was made at this firstdance - £70 was raised.

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STARTING HERE ... Five up-to-the-minute

pages specially for Plysu people at leisure

Were wedownhearted?Oh, NO !DURING the First World Warsporting activities virtuallycame to a complete halt.

One of the reasons for this was,of course, that most of the able-bodied young men were engagedin that awful war and most ofthose who werenot actually in-volved we reworking 10 n ghours in a re-served occupa-tion.

After the war, it was still ayear or so before this aspect oflife got under way once more.

I think it was either 1920 or1921 that the young men of ourvillage - those who had returnedsafely from the conflict (manydid not) and those who had notbeen old enough to get swallowedup in the conflagration - decidedto try to form a football club ...for the first time ever.

by CYRIL SUMMERFORD-

ProblemsApart from the financial diffi-

culties to be overcome, there wasthe fact that in such a small vil-lage (total population about 150)11 players - and a reserve or two- able to play in all Saturday

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matches took a bit of mustering.However, somehow or other,

we solved both these problems.The club was formed, and it

was decided to play "friendly"games only. I saw many of thesegames, and "friendly" wouldhardly be the word I would useto describe some of them -especially those in which neigh-bouring village teams were ouropponents.

Ours was a most peculiar team.I mean, how else can you describea team Which, while their oppon-ents were sucking half-lemons atthe mid-match break, werehappily drinking beer and eatingjam tarts?

Transport to away matches was

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a large horse drawn wagonette,big enough to take the entireteam, plus an odd (very odd) sup-porter and a small barrel of beerfor refreshments on the way.

They usually came home sing-ing: "Are we down hearted? Ho-oho, ho! Are we down Ha-ha-ted?Ho- ho ho!" Everyone within ear-shot said: "Ah, they've lostagain!"

The home football field itselfwas quite good - if you didn'tmind going through two muddygateways to reach it.

Well, I say "good" ... and soit was, apart from blackthorn,which surrounded the playingpitch. This used to puncture theball quite often and it was usualto see members of the team beforeevery match busy with a cycle re-pair outfit trying to stick just onemore patch on an already

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Were wedownhearted?Oh, NO !

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seriously over-populated footballbladder.

ImportantAfter repairs had been accom-

plished, it became necessary, ofcourse to re-insert the bladder inthe case and re-inflate. This meantthat someone's cycle tyre alwayswent "flat" - after all, the valvehad been extracted for a more im-portant purpose.

But no one seemed to mind. Be-sides, the match had to go on -if only to justify the consumingof the beer and tarts.

The t.eam wore light blue shirtsand white shorts. But as eachteam member had to get his ownlaundry done at home, there wereseveral shades of both blue andwhite after a few washings. Thisdepended on whether the washersat home were good, bad or some-thing in between.

ArgumentsThe first few home games after

the formation of the club were,I remember, played with goal-posts with no crossbars. Wherethese should have been, two-inchwhite tapes were tightly stret-ched, so there was scant chance ofthe ball rebounding back intoplay from the cross bar.

There being, of course, no goalnets either, you can imaginewhat arguments took place aboutwhether the ball had passed underthe "bar" or over it.

But what fun it was - for thespectators ...

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THE canals and inland water-ways are now playing an ever-increasing part in providingrecreational facilities for greatnumbers of the population.

They provide a means of get-ting away from the increasingtempo of work and day-to-dayliving - and offer one the oppor-tunity to go back in time to amore leisurely and carefree wayof life.

While cruising along the water-ways at a steady 4 mph, it ispossible to see views of the sur-rounding countryside not possibleby any other means. YQU will seecomparatively rare birds such askingfishers, which I had beforeseen only very seldom outside ofzoos and aviaries.

HISTORYIn the period from April 1 to

the end of October last year, myfamily (three adults plus a largedog) travelled more than 650miles on the waterway system.This included a 14-day holiday,when we completed a round tripof something over 300 miles.

Our holiday trip started offfrom Woughton (near Simpson),where the boat is usually moored,and our first stop was at StokeBruerne. This is a place wellworth visiting as there is awaterways museum which tracesthe history of canals right backto their beginning.

Just after leaving Stoke, youapproach the longest navigabletunnel on the waterways system.It is about 1t miles long, butapart from the fact that it is verydark and wet in the tunnel, itdoes not present any real prob-lems in navigation.

It used to be far more difficultin the days of horse-drawn barges,when the crew had to lay on theirbacks on a board placed acrossthe barge and propel it throughwith their feet.

There are, of course, manytales of the tunnel being haunted.But I am delighted to say thatthe only spirits I have seen inthere are the ones I carry on

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board. And now that I have men-tioned spirits, I should also tellyou that good pubs are placed atappropriate intervals along thecanals and rivers, and most ofthem are well worth a visit.

The next place of any real in-terest is Braunston, a reasonableday's run from Stoke. Here wehave a junction of canals, and itis possible to head for Birming-ham, Leicester, Northampton orOxford. We went to Oxford. TheOxford canal is much narrowerand shallower than the GrandUnion, but after many groundingswe eventually reached Oxfordand the Thames.

We spent a night at the TroutInn at Godstone, and then went

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upstream on the Thames as faras Lechlade. This is as far as it ispossible to go. Beyond theretowards the source, the Thamesis navigable by row boat orcanoe only. We spent some timeat Lechlade, as it is a very prettypart of the river.

We then turned round andheaded for London. This part ofthe journey was the most reward-ing and interesting. Apart fromthe really beautiful scenery andthe speed at which one can travel,the best thing, as far as we wereconcerned, was having the locksopened for us - by now my wifewas becoming somewhat exhaus-ted.

Most of the towns on theThames are old and well worth avisit. Henley, of course, is wellknown because of its regatta. Butto pass the back of the Castle atWindsor and to see parts of it thatare not possible to see from theroad is most interesting, as too

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is Runnymede, where MagnaCarta was signed.

After many stops, we eventu-ally reached Tower Bridge inLondon. We spent a day exploringthe tidal Thames, then cameback to Richmond, where we re-joined the Grand Union Canal.

HAZARDSFrom Brentford the canal

starts a steady climb throughnumerous locks until it reachesthe top level at Thing. There it ispossible to divert and go alongthe Aylesbury Arm - which canbe an interesting journey, thoughnot without its hazards as thispart of the system is usuallyshort of water.

We eventually arrived back atour starting point after havingtravelled more than 300 miles,negotiated something like 267locks, of which we operated 250

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ourselves (and still have the blist-ers to prove it), thoroughly tiredand in need of a bath, but hav-ing enjoyed every minute of thetrip.

It is possible to go' almost any-where by water in this country.One can get to Wales by canalfrom Bletchley, and to many otherinteresting places, too. We intendto spend a fortnight in the areaof the Wash this year, and wewill spend three or four weekendsnavigating the boat to the KingsLynn area, using the GrandUnion Canal, the River Nene andthe so-called drainage dykesacross the Eens from Ely.

LUXURYBoat-owning is now within the

reach of almost anyone in thecountry. Good second-hand cruis-ers can be bought at very reason-able prices. Alternatively it ispossible to hire the more tradi-tional type of narrow boat, sleep-ing up to 12 people, with all modcons.

H one is really looking for aholiday with no work at all, thenit is possible to book passage onhotel boats, which are very luxur-iously appointed. You can jointhe boats at many places in thecountry and spend a week or afortnight doing nothing exceptlaze about eating, drinking ...and really taking it easy.

The one thing that really standsout in my mind is the type ofperson who takes to boating forpleasure. They are, I think, themost helpful and friendly type ofperson that I have met. This alonemakes it all worthwhile and wellrepays the blisters and achingbacks and arms.

Who knows . . . I may meetsome of you in my travels thisyear. If so, I look forward to itwith pleasure.

Loilering·wilhin lenl!

OUR first escapade in campingshould have put us off for life.

It all started three years agoat a Whitsun holiday, when mysister-in-law spoke about the joysof camping she had experiencedwith her family as a young girl.Carried along with the thoughtsof the great open air life, we bor-rowed a tent from a friend,which we later felt must havebeen used by Lawrence of Arabia.

We arrived in the New Forestfor our trial run. The friendlyattitude of fellow campers - andthe sheer beauty of the place -stopped it from being a disaster.

To get the most enjoymentfrom camping - and to make ita holiday instead of a hardship- the tent must be the most im-portant item. This should be ade-quate in size to accommodate thewhole family.

ImportantIn our case, the family is two

adults and four children, rangingfrom five to 15 years. We chosea six-sleeping tent and found themost suitable for our needs wasthe French Lamont Super 6 Bisframe tent, in our experience oneof the best of its kind.

Another important point is thechoice of cooker - as I'm suremust women will agree. My wifechose the camping .Grillogazdouble burner, which can caterfor a much wider range of menus.

Careful thought should begiven to sleeping, and good qualitysleeping bags are a must if one isconsidering camping in this coun-try. Blow-up air beds are in ouropinion, the most comfortable,and where space is a prime factor,they have an added advantage.

Before attempting a main holi-day, try a weekend or two on anapproved site. A list of siteswithin easy reach of home can beobtained from the Forestry Com-

What goes up ... must comedown. But it's all part of thefun when you go camping,Continental style.

Mike Fairman

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mission or the Camping Club ofGreat Britain. This trip will giveyou the experience of erectingyour tent and help you be able tochoose the right equipment foryour particular needs before em-barking on a full-scale campingholiday.

PleasantWe went the whole hog on our

first two weeks, chasing the sunto the south of France. After muchconsideration, we chose theHovercraft as a means of cross-ing the Channel. It was a verypleasant and fast trip. It is- themost economical way as you payfor the car only, and there are norestrictions on the amount ofpeople travelling.

We chose to drive on the Auto-route, which, though the fastestroad, is not the most interestingfrom a sightseer's point of view.This journey takes two days andwe made the mistake of sleep-

ing in the car for our overnightstop.

We rectified this on the returnjourney, however, by not usingthe Autoroute, stopping earlierand pitching our tent for a nightat one of the many random sitesalong the way. This turned out tobe a delightful place in thegrounds of a chateau . For £1 wehad hot showers and toilet facili-ties as good as those in any four-star hotel.

Do make sure you arrive atyour destination with adequatetime left to erect your tent indaylight. I suggest you allow twohours. The particular site thatwe chose was all that we hopedfor - well laid out, and with ex-ceptionally clean showers andtoilets, a swimming pool andreasonably-priced shop and bar.

FriendlyAs on all four or five-star Gov-

ernment-approved camp sites,there was a really good take-awayservice with French Cuisine -very handy if you want a breakfrom cooking. Although weseemed to take half of Sainsbury'swith us, we found food from thelocal market to be reasonablypriced and extremely fresh.

People on camping sites abroadwere most friendly and languagewas no barrier at all - especiallyfor the children, who made greatpals with the Dutch, French andGerman kids around them.

As for our entertainment,after bedding our f a m i I y,thoroughly exhausted from thedelightful climate and warm sea,we spent many a relaxing eveningwith our newly-made foreignfriends, helped along with thelocal crayfish and several bottlesof vino.

There were many places of in-

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Drinks 011round us!

ROY BROMLEYcontinues hisseries on eatingand drinking out

Now food ond winecoil Ihe lune ...THERE are no prawn cocktailsor steaks on the menu at theKnife and Cleaver at HoughtonConquest. For landlady MaryChadwick, who also does thecooking, is quite frank whenshe talks about the "steak-and-chips brigade".

"We would rather they chose arestaurant that caters for thattype of meal," she said as wesipped a glass of 1973 NouveauBeaujolais wine in the bar.

Mrs. Chadwick added: "Thereis nothing more boring thanstanding in the kitchen all nightcooking well-done steaks. Wewould serve steak if it wererequested but we wouldrather not."

PricesMrs. Chadwick and her hus-

band Brian, both 46, may notserve steaks - but the rest ofthe menu would grace the mostexciting of London restaurants. . . at prices which are still re-markably low.

Try Dover sole stuffed withprawns and mushrooms at £1.44,or Caribbean crawfish tail sauted

in butter, flamed in brandy andserved in a prawn and mush-room sauce.

The day I called, the specialmenu included langoustinesmeuniere at £1.30 and pork filleta la creme at £1.25. The winesrange from Chateau Rauzan-Gassies at £7.50 to carafes 'at£1.02.

Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick movedto Houghton Conquest ten yearsago because they wanted to run aquiet country pub. Four yearsago they opened the restaurant-and have been so busy even sincethat Mr. Chadwick had to give upplaying flute for the Philhar-monio Orchestra, the BBC Sym-phony Orchestra and the LondonSymphony Orchestra.

Mrs. Chadwick plays the violinwhen she gets time, and thecouple's love for the classics isevident from the music which isplayed in the restaurant.

She said: "We wanted a pubfor a rest. We ended up workingharder than ever. We had neverrun a restaurant before, so it wasa complete experiment. I hadnever cooked for large numbers,so I had to learn by my mistakes.I choose the menu from dishes I

Loitering within tent!• From previous page

terest for the avid sightseer. Wevisited Nice, Cannes, St. Tropez- all of which were of great in-terest to our elder children.

Since that first successful holi-day, we have had many campingtrips abroad - each one appear-

ing better than the last. If youprepare wisely, you will find thatapart from being a most econo-mical way of seeing Europe,camping is a most pleasant andrelaxing way of spending a holi-day.

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Landlady Mary Chadwick ...working harder than ever."We wanted a rest" shesays.

have tried and liked myself."Her husband's hobby is nowwine. He compares it with playingthe flute: "You learn more aboutit as you go on," he said. When Iarrived, Mr. Chadwick was awayat a tasting at Christies for a bigwine auction. He returned later,having decided not to buy any-thing because prices were toohigh.

RiotousThe pub is also a big gathering

place for veteran car fans. Onthe third Monday in every month,Bristol and Bentley owners packthe car park with their magni-ficent cars ... and the bars withchat about exhaust manifolds andpetrol consumption. They startedgoing to the pub when theylearned that the Chadwicks Owna 1930 4t-litre Bentley.

Houghton was infamous in theSeventeenth Century. The villag-ers were so riotous that theRector banned the demon drink- and sent the offenders off toAustralia.

Now it is much quieter. Theonly noise comes from the purrof a Bentley engine, the tinkle ofwine glasses ... and the discreetafter-dinner talk at the Knife andCleaver.

COOKING

NEWS ABOUT PLYSU

MARRIED Elaine Welks(above), of Containers, picturedon the day she became Mrs.Pecoraro. With, of course, Mr.Pecoraro. Also wed recently:Gillian Seamark (Industrial), whois now Mrs. Short. Following themsoon should be Bridget Owen,whois engagedto LesShaw.

Two friends haveretired - Mrs.Violet Garner (Housewares) after25 years and Mrs. Dasey, also ofHousewares,after ten.

FOOTBALLTHE team has been doing well thisseason, despite dropping well behindin the League programme. But recentform suggests that the team has stillsome way to go before becomingmature enough to challenge for pro-motion.

The club was still in the DivisionThree Shield after an 8 - 1 win overPlessey Reserves. Peter Clementsscored four goals in this match, whichmade him club top scorer with 11goals. Then came Paul Jenkins (son ofMarcel Jenkins, in the Regrind Depart-ment) who, at 16 years old, had scoredeight goals - no mean feat againstdefences made up of much older play-ers.

Martin Tucker had scored five goalsthis season, as well as keeping a tightgrip on the midfield, along with JessPattison and, making his comeback toclub soccer after a break of sometime, Eddie Beal, who has proved thathe has lost none of his old skills byholding a regular place in the team.

Full marks, too, to Ken Wade, who,taking over the goalkeeper's positionfrom Steve Wright, and being plungedin at the -deep end against; Old Strat-ford, the top-of-the-league side, gave areally heroic display, including severalimpossible-looking saves. In spite ofKen's efforts, the team was beaten 3 - 1in this game.

DICK LARBEY

FISHINGWE are now into the three months ofthe close season, and they are goingto be extremely busy ones. The clubhas acquired a new stretch of wateradjacent to the works, on which a con-siderable amount of work has to bedone before it becomes the sort offishery we intend it to be. The Plysulake, too, has been scheduled for aclean-up this year.

An increasing number of people areturning to fishing each year as ameans of relaxation. And naturally, asthe number of anglers increases, so theamount' of water available to the in-

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dividual fisherman becomes less andless. It follows, therefore, that anywater that holds fish must be lookedafter properly and developed wherenecessary to preserve the sport weenjoy.

With most anglers being pollution-conscious, they are able to play alarge part through their clubs andassociations in seeing that our riversand waterways are cleaned up, therebyrendering a service to the country aswell as to their sport.

The Plysu club's activities over thepast year have been many and varied,organising both senior and juniormatches, arranging monthly dances andfund-raising raffles, and entertainingand being entertained by visiting clubs.

We have also taken part in both thesummer league and Angling Timeswinter league matches as well as anadded activity this year - "duckraising" - the results of which arenow gracing our lake.

This is a good opportunity tothank all the members who helped tomake our activities such a successthis year - and also to the employeesof Plysu who, though not members,are very necessary to the success ofour dances and raffles.

Please, members . . . try to attendour meetings whenever you can, andsupport the committee, who are work-ing hard to maintain growing interestin the club. Don't be shy in comingforward with offers of help on ourworking parties.

To those of you unlucky with yourcatches last season, I say better lucknext time ... and to the luckier ones,tight lines again for 1974.

H. SORENSON

NEW JOBPLYSU have officia:lly taken over thecanteen. And Roger Dover (below),who had been employed at GardnerMerchants, the company who used torun it, has joined the staff as CanteenManager.

Although Gardner Merchants hadbeen of great help in setting up theoperation, Plysu felt that vemployeeswould be happier if c- ,_

the company ran the [canteen rather than;an outsider.

Mr. Dover wasvery keen to. joinPlysu. He has prov-ed a most competentand popular mana-ger, and the veryfact of doing so willmake his job easier i- as he has become ~one of "us" rather:than one of "them". ,~

Mr. Dover, 33, <jIS married and livesin Houghton Regis. He is a fullyqualified chef - he usually takes hish~]iid~Y's in France '0'1' Spain to keep -up wHih ilJhelir cuisine - and is inter-ested in rugby, cricket and fishing.

Plysu have a number of plans forthe canteen. Plans are under way toincrease the size of the bar; to im-prove the layout of the serving areato speed up service; 'and to put inautomatdc vending machines so. tl1atbot meals are availab'le round theclock. A greater emphasis will alsobe put 'on maldrrg avai'lable freshfoods where possible.

Printed by The Ruislip Press, Ickenham, Uxbridge, Middx.

LIME CREAM PIE

INGREDIENTS602 Sweetmea~ Biscuits302 Butter~pkt Lime JeHy1 smaH can Evapomted Mi~k102 P~ain Chocolate (Chopped)GTeen co~ouring'Choco~ate flakes

METHOD

Crush biscuits with a rolling pin.Melt butter and mix with biscuits.Press into a deep pie plate or 8in sand-wich tin and leave until firm. Dissolvejelly in a little boiling water, andmake up to t pint with cold water.Leave to cool. Chill evaporated milkand whisk until thick. Whisk jelly intoevaporated milk until thick and almostset. Add colouring and fold in choco-late. Pour into biscuit case. Decoratewith pieces of chocolate flake.

MRS. M. FOUNTAIN,Housewares.

FRESH FACES

MEET two of the new Plysu gen-eration ... Sally Ann and MarkButterfield. They are the grand-children of Vera and HeinzKarney. She works in the PrintRoom; he as a Maintenance Fore-man.

HELLO, PEOPLE!THIS is YOUR newspaper. So let usknow what you are doing. And think-ing.

To make it easier for you to getyour news and views to the paper, wehave a network of correspondents. Herethey are ...Ethel Best, Raymond Hall - House-

waresEdna Ingram - ContainersAudrey Perry, Hazel Wade Indus-

trialAvril Lee - Main OfficeDerek Sinfield - Moulding ShopTony Collins, Jean Smith - Print

RoomClaude Phillips - Personnel OfficeLes Hailey - Transport