Various shots of George Goodwin making pots for handmade steel melting. He works alone, wearing only shorts and a vest. He makes the containers from special mixture of clay. It is skilled work and George has been doing in for 40 years.
Various shots of George Goodwin making pots for handmade steel melting. He works alone, wearing only shorts and a vest. He makes the containers from special mixture of clay. It is skilled work and George has been doing in for 40 years.
Various shots of men working in foundry: they use one of George's pots to transport molten steel from furnace. The molten steel is poured into moulds, an automated compressing machine pounds the steel.
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This is my Grandad and just how I remembered him. I have spent lots of hours when I was little watching him at the Abbeydale industrial hamlet making the pots.
It is a very proud moment to find television footage of my Grandad George. Goodwin He certainly worked hard during his life time and as I remember he was a very gentle man.
Kerry Cowen (nee Goodwin)
I can always remember going to see grandad at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet treading the clay and making the Crucible Pots. He was a really hard worker and a really kind man. I have recently purchased this footage so that I can show his great grandchildren and one day his great great grandchildren. Casey (Goodwin)
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This is my Grandad and just how I remembered him. I have spent lots of hours when I was little watching him at the Abbeydale industrial hamlet making the pots.
It is a very proud moment to find television footage of my Grandad George. Goodwin He certainly worked hard during his life time and as I remember he was a very gentle man.
Kerry Cowen (nee Goodwin)
I can always remember going to see grandad at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet treading the clay and making the Crucible Pots. He was a really hard worker and a really kind man. I have recently purchased this footage so that I can show his great grandchildren and one day his great great grandchildren. Casey (Goodwin)