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Description: | Incomplete sequence of bound volumes containing copies of 'The Wingfoot Clan', a plant newsletter, produced at larger Goodyear factories. The majority of the publications in this section are from a series first published at Wolverhampton in September 1928, known as the English or British edition. The magazine was published monthly, with special Christmas editions. This section contains an unbroken run of newsletters from 1928 to 1957. Issues dating from 1958 to 1967 are missing, with the exception of a loose copy of the issue dated May 1961 (DB-20/6/1/1/15). The sequence resumes in January 1968 and runs to December 1972. Most news items focus on the Wolverhampton plant, but later issues also include information about events at the Goodyear aviation factory at Wallasey.
There are also bound volumes of the Craigavon edition of 'The Wingfoot Clan', produced for employees at the company's Craigavon plant in Northern Ireland, dating from 1974 to 1977.
The publications contain news for Goodyear employees about developments within the company such as the activities of company executives and other employees or new products. There are also articles about plans for the company's future and about the work carried out at different departments within the factory. The main focus of the newsletter, however, is on the employees and their personal news and interests. Each issue contains articles and photographs about sports and social events organised by the company for workers and their families, as well as announcements of births and weddings, together with photographs of the children of Goodyear employees. There are also sympathy and condolence notices following the death of workers or members of their family. Wartime editions also include news of former employees serving in the armed forces for the duration of the conflict. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | 1928-1977 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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