A lot of the machines there were ex-mod issued to Saunders Roe during the war, the B&W was when it was the British Hovercraft Corp and laterly GKN Westlands.
Gruff storemen with a gammy leg and a metal plate in his head. Often with as much self importance as a doctors receptionist.
PA's that think they're as important as the MD they work for. Edit - Actually those are still very much with us!
And being paid in cash! We used to get envelopes with a window and the cash laid out so you could count it without opening the envelope - so no scamming! They were works of art! God knows the expense of counting cash out and putting it in envelopes for about 20,000 or more staff! And wage vans stuffed with cash circulating the country on Thursdays and Fridays! Wage van hold-ups, as in The Sweeney! I would of paid to see the aftermath with John Thaw looking typically p1ssed off!
