My regards and best wishes to any other colleague from that time who may read this. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). I loved reading your article and others’; the photos took me to another era. I worked in the Hollingbury heavy machine shop on nights for two years from 1968 till 1970 on the Swift-Summerskill Plano mill and I have a photo taken of me by my Dad working this machine if you are interested. MyBuilder makes it easy to find local Plumbers. All the very best. And I can still do it. Figure 7 shows a view of the inside of the new No 6 Factory. They also had a garage within the Hollingbury factory, it employed about 3 or 4 mechanics! Visited the factory in 1978 for a training course but can’t remember much else about it. By the way, can anyone give me details of the December “get together” of the KTM Social? My facts are straight, exactly straight! MyBuilder makes it easy to find local Window & Door Fitters. I know of a series 1 machine (with the rounded styling) but don’t know where the series 2 fitted in. Has anyone any recollection of when the series 2 was in production, and what made them different from the series 3? Thank you so much for this article, it made the diaries come alive! Lively times! Website +44 1273 007799. I only looked up the name of Kearney & Trecker out of curiosity as the company I work for still uses their machinery. The letter was offering the Sussex company industrial development and housing land in Scotland. If only every factory estate had so enthusiastic a chronicler as Peter! Moved to China! I joined ktm in 1974 after 15 years in the RAF. It was lucky timing for me as we were employed as the main designers and Manufacturers for NCR at Dundee, making Cash Machines. I still remember Stan’s horror in hearing that I had no expereince in machining cast iron. However Carden Park occupied the site between the 2 existing factories! I still speak to Gil Percy, and I’m pretty sure I know Mike Dyer from way back! I found the article very interesting and I will let my work mates know about it. Because of the growth experienced by the Company during the war and post-war period, plus the increased size of the Company products, new facilities were required. The “typewriters” manufactured in Brighton were actually “electronic teleprinters” made by ITT Creed and exported all around the world, probably to the states as well. Pity what’s left of us can’t have a meeting. I remember in the early 1970s when several thousand men and women used to be employed actually making things instead of a few hundred now just selling things. Wow, that was some welding shop, talk about heavy duty! Hello Peter. Built in 1987 as an industrial building; latterly used by Sussex Police. The next decision was how to connect it to the No 6 factory. Hi Vidyadharan (sorry but what is your first name?) An example of this was an order from diesel engine manufactures, Perkins of Peterborough for a £900,000 transfer machine, to be built at the new Hollingbury factory. This is the story of the Dieing Presses and you can see now from where the comment that CVA stood for`Copy Very Accurately` comes from. We talked enough on the shop floor. Of course I remember you well. Also, was the term “dieing” for a high-speed metal blanking press first used by C.V.A, as previously it was used for “clicking” presses in the leather etc trades? I am a residant in Hollingbury and have just wrote an article on the history of Hollingbury Industrial estate and surrounding area using some of your information and three  pictures. Also I worked at Portland Road stores on night shift in the late 60s until it closed and moved to Hollingbury where I was one of a hand-full of men that set the new stores up. The wood, next to Hollingbury Industrial Estate would contain a “bee bank” and chalk grassland managed by Brighton and Hove City Council officers. In February 1994 FMT went into receivership. However the land perhaps seemed more important than manufacturing. I remember hiring Alan as an Applications Engineer. Sussex House, Crowhurst Road, Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton, BN1 8AF . I was visiting the facility with the Canadian distributor, Williams & Wilson Ltd, from Toronto, Ontario with Dave Kreissel. Please put some info and pictures on the site. The app brings to market for the first time a new and powerful way to find and apply … Get instant job matches for companies hiring now for New jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate like Sales Advising, Software Development, Management and more. The building of No 8 assembly and stores factory was underway. Date: 8 December 2012: Source: Own work: Author: The Voice of Hassocks Hi Zena, originally (1917) CVA were CAV and connected to the company Lucas, probably you should look at the Portland Road pages, here: http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/category_id__1787.aspx – this is where your dad would have worked. That’s not a very nice remark to make about Brighton, especially on Christmas day, J. Financial difficulties ending in receivership: the late 1970’s to 1994 The Company was never again as profitably as it had been in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and by the late 1970’s got into financial difficulties. My name may be published alongside the comment on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. By accident I came across this interesting article and postings from past employees. Browse professional courses in Hollingbury Industrial Estate and improve your career prospects with reed.co.uk, the UK’s #1 job site. On the 28th April 2006 I received an emMail from Doug Valeriani who now lives in Australia. It also turns out that the Rockwell company have their origins in Milwaukee as do K&T. The employees were made redundant, with a few kept on to complete existing contracts and help clear the factory. Very few people seem to know much of the Kemp Town factory, I would be very interested to hear about it if you wish to email me at: pedrogroves@googlemail.com. This new type of machine, for the automotive industry, was called a Transfer Machine and could produce engine blocks, or like components, economically. After progressing through the m/c shop and D.O. My father George Solly started work in Portland Rd. He died very suddenly at the age of 34. Message for Martin Cummins; re your question about the origins of the CVA Dieing Press. It was during this time that the smallpox scare happened and we were quarantined in the office until the health department sent out people to vaccinate us. Baqueano (440) 3.2 mi I also remember the tea girl who used to come around with tea and food. To the east is open downland and Hollingbury Hill, to the north arable and pastoral farmland whilst below and to the west is the expanse of the neighbourhood of Patcham with which Hollingbury is connected. 01273 421777. 839 New jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate on totaljobs. The agreement is dated November 1958 and was drawn up at the behest of CVA, following a long running dispute between KDL and CVA over the encroachment of spoil from the building works. I am now wondering if, when the K & T range of tools displaced the Dieing Presses, the design was adopted by the Coventry firm of Matrix, to become the Rockwell-Matrix? Sussex House, Crowhurst Road, Hollingbury, City of Brighton and Hove, England. View details and apply for this Delivery Driver job in Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton (BN1) with Argos Ltd on Totaljobs. Contact Us. my email address is welknowntools@rediffmail.com. Sussex House, Crowhurst Road, Hollingbury, City of Brighton and Hove, England. I remember a figure of over 2000 people when I started. (Perhaps he had connections to Strachan & Henshaw?) Soon after this I did spend some time on the big aerospace machines, it was probably then that I met you, Les Freeman and Eric Lowen? Just been having a conversation with my Granddad about his time working there. Skill, mystery and mental games in 1900s 4D sets What a good apprenticeship, even for a 30 year old new boy. Kearney & Trecker Ltd do not seem to have had patents in this area. We spoke about the time we worked there, also at Portland Road. Find the perfect hollingbury industrial estate stock photo. I shall look through this again now, no doubt several times, and relay it to Alan. Finally I worked in the Unit Build Section with Don Timms (foreman), Barry Muir, Douggie Brown, Charlie Benford, Mike Dixon, Eddie Osbourne, Rex Lowe, Les Lucas, Roy Crowe and Dennis Bailey. Model 3-5 axis was my speciality - ended up in Norway for good after installing 8 machines here. I should know as I was employed by them and visited the factory a number times. However the management decided to increase the product range by acquisition and purchased 2 failing machine tool companies. Kind regards! John, reading your comment of 25/12/09, and reading it again now, you do STATE that only one product was manufactured in Brighton, which is not true! I was very interested in the comments about the CVA. Find and apply for the latest jobs near Hollingbury Industrial Estate from The Lanes, Palmeria … In fact, I forgot why I visited the site in the first place. The Council had borrowed the money to build the factories and the Company was repaying this at 2.5% above the borrowed rate. I tried to explain that coming from the aerospace industry where I had been programming K & T Milwaukee Matic Eb NC machines, all the materials we machined were high strength steel and aluminium alloys, and that I did not see a problem learning cast iron. Hi John, email me your postal address, on pedrogroves@googlemail.com. Although Brighton is best known for its tourist industry, there was actually a strong (for the size of the town) manufacturing industry in Brighton. MyBuilder has 12,507 vetted, reviewed and trusted Plumbers 311 Design jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate on totaljobs. Hi David, yes more recently some industry has moved to China, however Hollingbury Ind Estate, without being rude to the small manufacturers that are still there, went into decline many years ago, while China was still a “closed country.” If my memory is correct, decline started in the Thatcher years of 1979 onwards. Wide range of products The Company produced a wide range of engineered products, and experienced steady growth and expansion during the 1920’s and 1930’s. MyBuilder has 4,426 vetted, reviewed and trusted Window & Door Fitters If you would like your email address made available for Peter to contact you, then you can add it to a new posting. In its time, Creed was anything but a minor production unit. Don’t know anything about Electra, it must be someone else! and I remember Bob being up the end near the canteen working on tooling for the No. Your email address will not be published. A very kind ‘gentle’ man. 01273 565566. Peter, well done for putting this history together for us all to reminise over. Did my apprenticeship with Kearney & Trecker under Gil Percy 1970/71. Because of this the Company expanded to a number of other sites in the Brighton and Hove area. A new managing director, Bill Neill (fig 8) was appointed by the parent company. Actually I remember in 1947 when there was nothing there at all. Probably watch this page and someone will post the date! I worked in the firm continuously from 1970 to about 1993 and reading this article has triggered many memories of people and events back then. Thanks Pete.! London architects Townsend were used for this massive undertaking. When I came back to Brighton on my many visits, I always dropped by to see the lads at No 2. On top of the hill, work on the first of the new flats is also almost complete. The area is home to fantastic green space, with the 240-acre Hollingbury Park & Woods offering great walks for locals and visitors. Many employees of this firm still meet annually at the FMT Club in Franklyn Road, Portslade in the evening of the first Wednesday in December. Hi Peter: I guess that by now I am one of the oldest ex-employees of CVA/ CVA Kearney & Trecker/ KTM having had my 92nd last month.I can throw some light on the Dieing Press history. I started my apprenticeship with Paul in 1970, we both moved to Hollingbury in September 1972. Dad was always fiddling in his shed, a whiz at repairing dynamos for the neighbourhood and also a gifted woodworker. What a fantastic read, going back through and seeing all the names from way back. He used to have to entertain them in the evenings and would take them out to places like Eaton Gardens restaurant in Hove, Il Parmigianos off St James’s Street or the Black Lion at Patcham. View details and apply for this Cleaner job in Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton (BN1) with Brook Street (Uk) Ltd on Milkround. Hi Martin, I’ve sent you a separate email, however also for those out there who know more about the CVA Dieing Press, I would like to know more. There were some huge machines built by that division, for important companies all around the world, but Poland was prominent, at a time when it was far behind the Iron Curtain; Derry was involved in them all. Another point was that the H-60 was new ground breaking technology, and bound to be frought with problems. Email. The company’s various facilities around the Brighton area were eventually consolidated to Hollingbury. Get instant job matches for companies hiring now for Coach jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate and more. Email us. Almost had his arm ripped off by one of the machines when his coat got caught. Browse a list of properties for sale in Hollingbury Industrial Estate, East Sussex - page 3. By 1985 manufacturing at Hollingbury was in decline; providing nothing like the level of employment of its past. I worked with Carl on inspection for many years, and have been going swimming/golf with him every Thursday since about 1990, and still go now! Find and apply for the latest jobs near Hollingbury Industrial Estate from Aldrington, Bevendean Industrial Estate … Great to hear from you Jack; we were meant to meet up, but I’m not sure what happened, my number is 01273 779114. and we had to locate an underground high voltage cable so we could connect it to new machine in the heat treatment shop. Let us go back to 1985 and take a walk around Hollingbury Industrial Estate. It was good to hear all these comments from ex members of K&T CVA. In 1926, the Company first became involved in the manufacture of metal cutting machine tools. I can remember working with two other guys, Arthur Plum and John ? Find & apply online for the latest FMCG jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate with reed.co.uk, the UK’s #1 job site. The administrators put the FMT Pension Fund in the hands of William M Mercer of Chichester, the full address is: William M Mercer Ltd, Westgate House, 52 Westgate, Chichester PO19 3HF. The Department was responsible for the development of that and other industrial estates in the town, and the management of the huge portfolio of land and buildings owned by the Council. The photograph has been taken from the roof of the No 2 factory, which is now the Evening Argus building. hollingbury industrial estate is located stevenson road in brighton (BN1 8) in the region of east sussex (england). Also the new Portland Road development, completed in 1953, was mainly office space and not suitable for assembly of very large machines. Wells Thorpe were the consultant architects and the building, now the headquarters of the Evening Argus, was completed in 1952. Wow there are a whole load of names in the comments here that I remember as an apprentice. Work started on access with the construction of Crowhurst Road in 1946. Show admin. Recently more manufacturing has shifted out to Eastern Europe and China but the rot started ages ago. [comments editor – Hello Alan, we are unable to publish email addresses without permission. I started my apprenticeship at School Road for KTM in 76, one of about 40 others. An account of the development of the factories of CVA (later Kearney & Trecker) on the Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton. 1150 jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton (BN1) on totaljobs. The DC Gettys motors always seemed to end up full of coolant. During World War II its manufacturing expertise was used extensively towards the war effort. BTW The AEs in Milwaukee were no different, if anything they were worse! I ended up on the bench next to Jack Cook, my mentor in the Press Tool Dept. This was the second largest N.C. installation in the world, the largest being in the U.S. factory. Regards, Martin. Anything further, such as possible patent list on literature, or early history, would, as always, be appreciated. Cllr … Let us go back to 1985 and take a walk around Hollingbury Industrial Estate. He also played for the KTM football team. Again, a huge amount of money by today’s terms. It may have replaced the small one which opened about 1926/7, or they may have run in tandem? My name is John and I am from Greece and recently I bought a Kearney & Treker machine. Hi Richard, I’ve got a great photo of the newer big foundry in Portland Road, I believe it opened in 1930. Peter, I hope the article you are writing will be a bit more accurate than your letter on this page! As an aside, Gil Percy is well known to us, he was mates with a previous Works Director (Arthur Sullivan) and our current Toolroom Manager (Mike Dyer) served under him for some years. If you are interested I could do you a copy, fascinating stuff! Hollingbury Hill itself reaches a height of 584 feet (178 m) above sea level and at its peak is Hollingbury Castle Camp, a century-old Iron fortress dating from around the sixth century BC. Baqueano (440) 3.2 mi Perhaps it was made under patents of William Frank Golding of Bristol who designed printing and metal working presses? 168 Other Attractions within 5 miles. Said to be like the Crystal Maze, Phileas Foggs is a immersive theatre experience for friends, families, groups, couples and corporate events. This brought the total number of ordinary shares held by Kearney & Trecker to 966,284 out of the 1,000,000 one pound shares issued. Lust is a shop in the heart of the North Laine area of the seaside town Brighton in the UK. Just in front of the Underwood building was a factory occupied by Elliot & Fisher adjcent to Crowhurst Road. Best nearby. Did you have a house called ‘Electra’ or something like that? Find and apply for the latest jobs near Hollingbury Industrial Estate from Aldrington, Bevendean Industrial Estate … My Dad used to speak several languages and so it was his job to translate for the foreign visitors to the factory. Portslade Office. To say that Brighton only manufactured typewriters is a disgrace, I’ll also be doing an article about the Airbus and the connection with manufacturing in Brighton to set the record straight. Also for many years the Company had ties with the U.S. machine tool manufacturer Kearney & Trecker of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was designated No 2 Factory. hollingbury industrial estate is located stevenson road in brighton (BN1 8) in the region of east sussex ( england ). The Christmas get-together is normally the first Wednesday of December in the Cricketers pub by the cricket ground. Crowhurst Road Sussex House, Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton BN1 8AF England. This was to prove to be a sound decision, as it provided a good link between the existing and new buildings, where massive 20 and 30 ton cranes overlapped, enabling heavy machinery to be easily moved between the two. Are there any other people around who worked in the pattern shop ? Grange Road Industrial Estate, Brighton, BN1 3EA. To all who are interested in the pension scheme, the info I have is as follows: K&T/KTM traded as FMT in 1994 when they went into receivership. I still treasure the great experiences we had there as young engineers and how that shaped my future in the industry. I now live in Lincolnshire and still work in machine tools for Newalls, part of the Danobat group. Found your article about CVA. Any chance of a copy of the old DVD. I appreciate you looking in the attic – I am steeling myself to do the self-same task! CVA was not, as stated in the article, ‘near the bottom of what is now Olive Road’. I have always wondered what happened to KTM. Additional retail … which was the beginning  of the Hollingbury decline. So many names that came back to me at a time when British Engineering was something to be proud of. I hope to get a reply from you. The CVA Dieing Press was one of these larger machines. A. One product in a place the size of Brighton I don’t think so there is always Brighton Rock as a second! I have long been interested in the Kearney & Trecker and CVA days of the late 1950s and 1960s and this has filled some gaps. Brighton Domestic Appliances - Brighton. As mentioned twice in my article, Brighton Corporation did an excellant job in anticipating the need for the estate and their environmental consideration. I would like to send my regards to all the KTM colleagues that I worked with during that time. Figure 6 shows the newly completed factory. Probably L&G would be a good starting point! Anyway I sent him a copy of a DVD I have with K&TUSA NC promotional films from the 1960s. The home front also was very well served; a major recipient being the Post Office. I just found a CVA catalogue in my loft and it states that the CVA Dieing Press was a Rockwell product. Hi Jo, no problem at all, go ahead as you wish! Please if you know where I can get parts for this machine? Dave Gunn was the young Kearney & Trecker Project Engineer and the architects wanted to know which method the Company had decided on. I worked in the factory that produced parts for cookers do you have anyone who knows about it please? Strange but Rockwell Machine Tool Co Ltd, of Edgeware Road London, surely were in competition with CVA? It was brought down to Kemp Town and stripped to its last nut, washer, and bolt, measured up and the drawings were made in the Machine Tool Office under Les Smith, who was Chief Draughtsman at that time. Hello John. I was an apprentice at School Road in 1968 doing pattern making, then working in a pattern shop in Portland Road until I was made redundant after I finished my apprenticeship. No sooner had the steelwork been erected, than the Company realised that the massive new building would not be big enough! I’m going to try and get a story about the “Special’s Division” on the site some time in the future. Find and apply for the latest jobs near Hollingbury Industrial Estate from The Lanes, Cliftonville to Fishersgate and more. I believe that these 2 became ITT Creed in the early 1960’s. Some of the names at this time were, Percy Steer, Bill Smith, Cyril Moss, Fred Thomason, Ernie Vinal, Jack Rice, George & Derek Smith, Geoff Berry, Don Timms, Brian Staveley just to name a few that I can bring to mind. We all went to the No 2 factory in Hollingbury. Others, who visit this page, might be able to help, one is Henry (John) Stenhouse who was a toolmaker on the dieing presses, let’s hope someone can shed some light? Dave Hilton was the manager of the football team, and you are correct regarding the cap and white car. Commerce and industry. Steve Hussey. 156 Catering & Hospitality jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton (BN1) on Caterer. Hollingbury industrial estate, located in the north-east of the estate near the borders with Stanmer, Coldean and Patcham, occupies around 18 acres (0.07 km ; 0.03 sq mi) and was developed by the local council from 1950. 724 Restaurants within 5 miles. However it was massive in size, some up to 200 feet long and hundreds of tons in weight. The Hollingbury Industrial Estate had great potential and the Company decided on a purpose built factory with grand frontage onto Crowhurst Road. Only name I remember was my boss Vic Shepcott, I think. Photos and articles about Brighton and Hove in the time of coronavirus. Sadly we Brits don’t seem to make much anymore, I think all the best Toolmakers must be in China. And what, if any is the connection with Rockwell Automation of Milwaukee who manufactured the Allen Bradley NC and CNC Controls, which powered machines built on both side of the Atlantic by K&T? Patcham Office. I have now located a manual for Mr.A. In the early 1990’s Mr Bright headed a management buyout, and the Company name changed yet again to Flexible Manufacturing Technology (FMT). I moved on in 88 and was very saddend to watch its demise. 60 Retail jobs in Hollingbury Industrial Estate, Brighton (BN1) on Retailchoice. By the early 1980’s, with the Company still rarely very profitable, control was transferred come under the guidance of Vickers, who put Michael Bright in charge as Managing Director. I was in the UK recently and met up with a friend who I worked with at C.V.A – haven’t seen her for about 50 years. It was a dismal time for manufacturing, and in the 80s if you asked “who voted her in?” no one would own up to it! If only the UK could follow the quality standards of the Far East. MyBuilder makes it easy to find local Bricklayers. Contact Us. Brighton Council asked the government to intervene. I still remember the impact I felt about the size of the place the first time I walked into the No 8 shop in 1971, even after the time I had spent in Portland Road . My father, William Ronald McNuff, (‘Ron’ or ‘Mac’) 1902 – 1982, served his engineering apprenticeship in Glasgow and eventually joined CVA Lucas in Hove during the 1930s. Also it made the two factories as one, running parallel the full length of Crowhurst Road. Considering your comment was left on the K&T page, how on earth was anyone to know you meant, “only one product was manufactured at Underwood”? 5 & 6) and CVA regarding the transfer of a strip of land to the south of our site which actually facilitated the building, presumably, of the extended, No.6 factory. You may recall working together in the NC Application Engineering Department under the supervision of John Kidd. There were a number of alternatives, but by far the most technically complex was to demolish the massive end wall of No 6 factory seen in figure 9. The building was taken over in the late 1950’s by the North London company, Gross Cash Registers. We were placed right in the forefront of engineering technology through our partnership with K&T. In 1957 Kearney & Trecker Corporation invested 1.5 million dollars in the Company. In the mean time Littlehampton Council were hopeful that the Hollingbury proposals would be refused and perhaps a move to centralise operations in Littlehampton would be possible. Patcham Office. Brighton's first "ultramodern" commercial/industrial mixed-use building dates from 2001. He’s still knocking down the “Silver Bullets” (vodka martinis). I Steve, I don’t see your contact address anywhere, mine is pedrogroves@googlemail.com, I would love to see those photos! These photos are from 1974/5 and show the 2nd Year Apprentices in the Training School at Hollingbury, soon after that move. I am an Indian from Mumbai and I am having goose bumps as I write this. 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