Does Anyone Know Anything About The Glove Factory ?

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[pilgrim]

Seem to think the proper name was the 'Bedlington Glove Company' and them that was wandering their way back from imbibing at the 'Station' kept nicking the 'G' !!

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 03/05/2013 at 18:25, Reedy said:

As promised here are a couple of photos of some of the staff from the 'Glove Factory'.

The photos were taken after the company won an award for it's exports.

Sorry I don't know the date.

If I find any more pics I'll post them.

Some names added to the photos posted by @Reedy

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

6 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

 

 

[Jammy]

Don Hutton was a machine mechanic and took over the Glove Factory with a partner(not known to me). I can't remember if he was still a boss when it closed. Don is not in the photos. Sadly Don died a few years ago but his wife Irene still lives on Stakeford estate.

Jammy

 

[Karen eaglestone]

hi Katie i work at bedlington glove factory my name is Karen eaglestone 

[Karen eaglestone]

Hi Katie my name is Karen eaglestone i worked at the glove factory 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

1 hour ago, Karen eaglestone said:

Hi Katie my name is Karen eaglestone i worked at the glove factory 

@Karen eaglestone - I remember this posting that @katie had made back in 2013 so I checked back to see when Katie last visited the site. Katie hasn't revisited the site since 18th April 2013 = 2 days after she joined.

If you hover over the members 'name tag' the system shows some info - small drop down section but staying on the current page you are viewing -  and if you select/click on the member's name the system displays a bit more info by redirecting you to the member's info page.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2020 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Jr6468]

I remember the glove factory. I met my future wife in the middle sixties when She worked there. She didn't really like working there doing machine work making gloves. When we were courting around 1967 we used to babysit for Audrey Howie and her husband. Cannot remember his name sadly. They were both kind to us. Of course time has gone on since and we have our 52nd anniversary on Monday. She left in 69 to join me down south when I was serving in forces. We used to meet up in sixties at the railway tavern when it was a disq. Great night out. I remember Dot Temple and my wife's friend Margaret Stewart. She was instrumental in us meeting. Those times long gone. Regards

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

4 hours ago, Jr6468 said:

I remember the glove factory. I met my future wife in the middle sixties when She worked there. She didn't really like working there doing machine work making gloves. When we were courting around 1967 we used to babysit for Audrey Howie and her husband. Cannot remember his name sadly. They were both kind to us. Of course time has gone on since and we have our 52nd anniversary on Monday. She left in 69 to join me down south when I was serving in forces. We used to meet up in sixties at the railway tavern when it was a disq. Great night out. I remember Dot Temple and my wife's friend Margaret Stewart. She was instrumental in us meeting. Those times long gone. Regards

@Jr6468 - spent many nights, late 1960's, in the Railway Tavern (Craigsies) before going on to the Domino.

In the Railway Tavern disq the Double Maxim looked like engine oil - you could get a pint of milk  - the landlady (can't remember her name ) loved it when a fight broke out and I think the policeman that would sort it out was 'Big Jock' .

Some photos from @Reedy of two xmas parties at the Glove Factory and one of the management and I think the lady in the photo with the four gents is Dot (Dolly ) Temple.

 

One photo from Colin Crackett showing some ladies working at their machines.

This photo from a Claire Gates but no info :-

Edited August 8, 2020 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 08/08/2020 at 16:55, Jr6468 said:

I remember the glove factory. I met my future wife in the middle sixties when She worked there. She didn't really like working there doing machine work making gloves. When we were courting around 1967 we used to babysit for Audrey Howie and her husband. Cannot remember his name sadly. They were both kind to us. Of course time has gone on since and we have our 52nd anniversary on Monday. She left in 69 to join me down south when I was serving in forces. We used to meet up in sixties at the railway tavern when it was a disq. Great night out. I remember Dot Temple and my wife's friend Margaret Stewart. She was instrumental in us meeting. Those times long gone. Regards

@Jr6468 - did you see the Glove Factory photos above?

[Canny lass]

Last photo, from Claire Gates:

That's Dorothy (Dot) Lumsden (with glasses) on the far right.

[Jr6468]

So sorry, I got the names mixed up as I mentioned it was Audrey Howie we babysat for, actually it was Audrey Davison. It was the photographs that confused me. Sorry again.

[Canny lass]

On 14/09/2020 at 16:33, Canny lass said:

Last photo, from Claire Gates:

That's Dorothy (Dot) Lumsden (with glasses) on the far right.

Naturally, I should have said on the LEFT. I haven't known my ass from my elbow for many years but not knowing right from left is unforgivable!

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Does anyone know anything about the Glove factory before it switched premises to the old institute at Barrington.

Does anyone have a photo of it or as it was in it's previous life on the North side of the river Blyth when it was the Infectious Disease hospital next to the old staithes?

This image from an old map posted by @Jamesin 2018

  

[Patricia Wadsworth]

I’ve just stumbled across this site……I knew and often visited The Bedlington Glove Company. In the 1970s I worked as an assistant selector at M&S and Bedlington was the company making all our ladies suede fur lined mittens which were a very good seller for years. I used to visit the factory and dealt with a charming gentlemen named Mr Sharman. I’d never visited the north-east before and he always took me to Gosforth Park Hotel for lunch I recall it was a very grand dining room overlooking the gardens/park and I always saw the peacocks from the restaurant windows. 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

Welcome to the group @Patricia Wadsworth.

The Barrington Colliery Institute building is still in use today. According to Stephen Martin, local guy who published many booklets on Bedlington and the surrounding towns, the Barrington glove Company was started in 1960.

Can't find a date for when the Institute was built. Barrington colliery started in 1821 (according to the Durham Mining Museum site) but the first time I can find the building on one of the old Ordnance Survey maps is 1896. 

There is only one old image of the building that I can find and that is the one in Stephen Martin's booklet on the colliery. The only other images are from Google street view - 2009 - 2026 and 2020.

I don't know if my Bedlington school mate, 1960-65, Vicky Robinson who also worked as a buyer for M&S did any business with the Barrington Glove company.

The last Time I met up with Vicky was at a school reunion in 1989 and although that's not too many years ago I can't remember if Vicky was married and if she did do any business in the area. I'll put that down to the ale etc. that flowed throughout the reunion meeting. 

Sadly Vicky is no longer with us.

The Gosforth Park Hotel, now the 'Grand' Gosforth Park Hotel, is still in business. 

[James]

Barrington was a thriving community of around 800 residents not too long ago and its history is described in detail in Stephen Martin’s booklet “Barrington”. We are left with only one remaining record of the colliery and this is the inscribed tablet above the entrance to what was the Barrington Colliery Institute shown in the photo below.

I drove past the old institute recently and stopped to read the inscription and was disappointed to see the company using the property had placed their company’s logo over the inscribed tablet as can be seen in the second photo. The tablet was put there about 130 years ago and is a small but important part of the history of Barrington and could even be included in the Bedlington Heritage Trail. Perhaps the council should consider asking the company to remove the sign and repair any damages to the tablet caused when erecting the board.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

2 hours ago, James said:

Barrington was a thriving community of around 800 residents not too long ago and its history is described in detail in Stephen Martin’s booklet “Barrington”. We are left with only one remaining record of the colliery and this is the inscribed tablet above the entrance to what was the Barrington Colliery Institute shown in the photo below.

I drove past the old institute recently and stopped to read the inscription and was disappointed to see the company using the property had placed their company’s logo over the inscribed tablet as can be seen in the second photo. The tablet was put there about 130 years ago and is a small but important part of the history of Barrington and could even be included in the Bedlington Heritage Trail. Perhaps the council should consider asking the company to remove the sign and repair any damages to the tablet caused when erecting the board.

@Malcolm Robinson do you know if the Barrington Colliery Institute name is Ok to be covered up or is there an East Bedlington council  (I am assuming Barrington comes under East Bedlington Council) department that could be contacted to look into what @James has commented?

 

[Malcolm Robinson]

14 minutes ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

@Malcolm Robinson do you know if the Barrington Colliery Institute name is Ok to be covered up or is there an East Bedlington council  (I am assuming Barrington comes under East Bedlington Council) department that could be contacted to look into what @James has commented?

 

Alan,

No I think its actually under Choppington Parish Council.  Sure the NCC councillor is Choppington too.  

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

6 minutes ago, Malcolm Robinson said:

Alan,

No I think its actually under Choppington Parish Council.  Sure the NCC councillor is Choppington too.  

Thanks @Malcolm Robinson

[2 Hartford Road]

Just joined the site when I posted info about the shirt factory behind Front Street and also mentioned the Bedlington Glove Company which was started by Mr & Mrs Mautner - Rudi and Valli, and it was on the left past the turn for Bedlington Station heading towards Bebside. The Mautners sold up to the Manager Mr Sharman and retired to Cardiff but had a small chain of laundrettes down there. Before they retired they had outgrown the Bedlington building and moved to Barrington Lane, I think it was by the railway going from Barrington to Bedlington Station, the company may have changed names and made items other than gloves there, my father was no longer doing their electrical maintenance by that time following the Mautners retiring. Again it is an old thread but hope it helps.

[threegee]

Wasn't "The Shirt Factory" in the council (BUDC) yard?  I can remember the outpouring of girls from there at the end of their shift.  It was always a place anyone industrious could get employment.  The phrase "she works (worked) at the shirt factory" did have a tiny bit of social stigma in those days, though.  It implied that the person might have done better at school.  Having said that, it probably paid a lot better than shopworker or clerical jobs.  The Rag Trade on TV epitomised this type of work. Work which was steadily eroded by the waves of imports from overseas "sweat shops", but don't get me started on so-called "globalism"!

I recall they had a problem with asbestos roofing in the BUDC yard, and some poor worker being killed when the roof didn't support their weight.  This might jog someone's memory on the place.

I can also remember going into the Barrington establishment to deliver or attend to something, or maybe to seek someone out.  At this point in time, I can't remember why I was there, though I have a brief mental image of the offices but not the work floor.  It was, I think, a conversion and not a purpose-built factory.

Update: Ah, yes, that's it above. Should have scrolled up!   Just pointing out the social attitudes (snobbery) of the era, and no downers on the industrious salt-of-the earth people that worked there.  A lot of that lingers on in the present day, when the thoroughly brainwashed ex-uni types regard themselves as socially superior and have a right to do everyone's thinking for them!