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[bikemeister2000]

A lot of it was exactly thesame when I joined Raleigh in 1976. Good times

 

[legrandefromage]

A lot of it was exactly thesame when I joined Raleigh in 1976. Good times

was it all black and white back in 70's too?

 

[bikemeister2000]

Yep, most of the time. It was all feet and inches, pounds, shillings and pence too

 

[sinnerman]

I thought that was brilliant, the good old days, when a girl could fit an innertube in 50 seconds, and what looked like a 12 year old, building wheels like a pro.... :shock:

I agree with others, by todays standards health and safety would shut them down in 30 secs, no goggles/ guards etc etc etc....lol..

Every body working, NO DOLE QUEUE.... :shock:

SO would you call them handbuilt or NOT...?

AND WHO SAID WE WERENT ONCE GREAT........LOL

 

[gtRTSdh]

That was really interesting, the most surprising was the pressing of the BB shell from plate to shell & gussets!

Amazing that everything was completed in one giant factory!

 

[Woz]

Big thanks to the OP!

It's difficult to imagine what was actually sourced from another supplier. Great insight to what was happening in Nottingham.

 

[Chute55uk]

What about the guy dipping his hand in the enamel? And the junior taking the wheels to a skilled worker to fit them... when I were your age I had to dip my hand in enamel for 15 years before they let me put the wheels on lad.....

 

[uphillcursing2]

I could not decide if I should be proud or ashamed. Raw materials in one side of the factory and the finished product leaving the other against the H&S and mind numbing monotony of the jobs.

Thought the bolt on Seat stays were an odd touch.

 

[julesg007]

Thanks OP for a really good find.

Amazing how things used to be done - won't find any of that in a modern factory or that amount of workers.

Also amazed to see that all of the bike was built in house again that doesn't nowadays.

Did see a modern bike being made on one of those "how it's made" type of programmes and was a totally different situation - far fewer workers, many more components were brought in ready made and much more done by automatation rather than hand.

 

[hurin76]

the unskilled young worker had the worn face of a 35 year old, tough job