Ewbank carpet sweepers - Page 2

Tealeaf · 02-12-2003, 15:55

I don't rmember the washing machines.....I do remember the names of parts of the factory....you went in through the main entrance & on the right was 1st, 2nd 3rd street.....then one of the buildings was called the Randstadt or something similar...another was called the Burcoplant...or something similar..I know in the second year I was there I worked in the top factory where they had the presses for the sweepers & the plastic coating machine...I think that's where most of the women used to work.

happyone · 02-12-2003, 15:58

tealeaf with hair now there would be a sight  ;D

Tealeaf · 02-12-2003, 16:03

Some of the women who worked there thought so...they could'nt keep their hands off!

janet · 02-12-2003, 16:09

Tealeaf. You are thinking of the ransberg that's where they used to paint spray the sweeper cases and handles.

Tealeaf · 02-12-2003, 16:33

That's the one...it used to stink like hell...!

janet · 02-12-2003, 19:56

Yeah it certainly did, you could get high as a kite and it did'nt cost you a penny. ;D

Mik Dickinson · 02-12-2003, 21:47

Me owd mother and Father worked there too.Dad was a forklift truck driver and i do not know what me mum did

janet · 03-12-2003, 10:22

I may have known your mum and dad too mik. everyone knew everyone then.

janet · 03-12-2003, 10:27

Atarah, Ewbank was the brand name of the carpet sweepers, but the original owners of the factory was Entwistle and Kenyon.

Tealeaf · 03-12-2003, 10:33

...And it was called Ewbank because the factory was located by the river where the sheep used to graze...hence Ewe-bank.....Baaaaaaaaaa....Baaaaaaaaaaaa

Mik Dickinson · 03-12-2003, 21:44

God tealeaf you are amused by little things mate.How long did it take you to think that one up

Atarah · 03-12-2003, 22:29

Hi Tealeaf, you've raised a good point there. Nobody, just nobody, seems to know the origin of the name EWBANK.

Atarah · 03-12-2003, 22:30

My suggestions are E for Entwisle ......... and the K at the end for Kenyon, but ... what about the middle bits?

Sara · 04-12-2003, 10:07

[quote author=Tealeaf link=board=qanda;num=1070323703;start=0#17 date=12/02/03 at 17:03:21]Some of the women who worked there thought so...they could'nt keep their hands off![/quote]

Remember going to America in 1982, and my mother sent quite a few ewbank sweepers over with me.  Got some very strange looks from the custom guys when they opened my case.

entwisi · 02-04-2004, 13:33

Janet, My dad worked at prestige in accy until 1977 when he had a brain heamorage. He was in charge of quality control.
My cousin also worked there for a while
They also made pans etc IIRC and we had a drawer full of knives etc.

Ian