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    United carpets,Hart St.

    Thank you for an excellent job.
    My hall stairs and landing looks brill.Love it.
    Would recommend you.
    Devil in disguise,





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    Shouldn't you be telling them and not us?????

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    Quote Originally Posted by theskinners View Post
    Shouldn't you be telling them and not us?????
    I have told them.
    And now I am telling you lot.
    Devil in disguise,

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    I will stick to buying my carpets from Southport Carpet Centre on Eastbank Street.

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    I've used United Carpets several times in the past and can echo Whiplash's sentiments.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiplash View Post
    I have told them.
    And now I am telling you lot.
    You tell em Whippy .
    REST IN PEACE THE 96.
    Y.N.W.A.

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    Anyone remember when the United Carpets building on Hart Street was a engineering works called AJ Kinnings ? I started off my working life there as an apprentice toolmaker back in the late 60's and later moved to their other factory in Tulketh Street. Happy days . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackrock View Post
    Anyone remember when the United Carpets building on Hart Street was a engineering works called AJ Kinnings ? I started off my working life there as an apprentice toolmaker back in the late 60's and later moved to their other factory in Tulketh Street. Happy days . . .

    I most certainly do, my late grandfather started there at 15 and retired at 70 from there, when my father passed away we found letters, one giving my great-grandmother permission for my granddad to leave school at 15 to start work there as the 1st world war was on, the other letter was his congratulations on your retirement at 70, my granddad met my nan there.
    Last edited by gsgsgs; 08/09/2018 at 10:29 AM.

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    Arnold Kinnings was originally from Leeds and in 1911 he was a boarder at 7 Derby Road Southport .

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    Just spoken to my brother and looked at the letters, my granddad actually retired at 75! I wonder if 60 years working for the same employer is a record?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gsgsgs View Post
    Just spoken to my brother and looked at the letters, my granddad actually retired at 75! I wonder if 60 years working for the same employer is a record?
    think that is something to write about , god bless him ey.. thats when people stuck at it, better the devil you know... he must have been pretty much , can i say it, happy in work... time just prob went by so fast...before you new it ten years gone then another n so on.. he deserves a gold watch at least.. hope he had a grt send off.. bet he stayed married to your nan all his life to..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackrock View Post
    Anyone remember when the United Carpets building on Hart Street was a engineering works called AJ Kinnings ? I started off my working life there as an apprentice toolmaker back in the late 60's and later moved to their other factory in Tulketh Street. Happy days . . .
    I remember when it was an engineering works in the 70's and 80's called Gauges North West. It was so dodgy John Wayne was the MD with Billy the Kid as Company Secretary.

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    Quote "I remember when it was an engineering works in the 70's and 80's called Gauges North West. It was so dodgy John Wayne was the MD with Billy the Kid as Company Secretary."


    I can't speak for Gauges North West, but Kinnings was a respected light engineering firm that made cold formed parts and specialised nuts and bolts. I learnt my trade there and had a great time doing it. I still remember the white pint pot that I used for my brews and the smell of the coolant oil used on the lathes etc that seemed to stick no matter how many showers you took. The women who operated a lot of the machinery were as hard as nails but with hearts of gold, and always good for a bit of banter. Not like some of today's PC workforce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackrock View Post
    Anyone remember when the United Carpets building on Hart Street was a engineering works called AJ Kinnings ? I started off my working life there as an apprentice toolmaker back in the late 60's and later moved to their other factory in Tulketh Street. Happy days . . .
    My Dad worked there for years as a tool setter, I can still smell the oil. His name was Len Worthington
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