THE JOURNAL

OF THE PLYSU GROUP

No. 4 WINTER 1972

CHANGING FACE' OF PLISO

SANTA CLAUDE (AND FRIENDS) CHEER OLD FOLK ...
The Plysu skyline is continually changing and with each issue of Plysu People there is some alteration or addition to factory buildings and the equipment they house. During 1971 our main territorial expansion was on the housewares front, although by moving the injection moulding shop we have made room for more blow moulding machines to increase our containers production in the future.
By the end of August the first half of the new housewares building was completed and 25,000 square feet of extra space was available to house our expanded injection moulding shop and to provide more room for the assembly teams. The second 25,000 square feet is nearly ready and this will provide increased and improved storage space for finished goods and a new despatch area. The old housewares building will be used for assembly and storing of the more bulky blow moulded lines. The inevitable consequence of all the year round building on heavy soil is the sea of mud that prevails just now in the building area. Unfortunately until the ground dries out there is not much we can do to effect a lasting improvement but we have an ambitious programme of road and footpath construction which will be put in hand as soon as the weather permits. Containers Our next priority is to find more space for the growing container production and we hope that if we can get the necessary government and local council permission further building will start during 1972. (contd. p. 8)

SO YOU'D LIKE TO RUN A POP GROUP?

Presenting Santa Claude Phillips and his Christmas angels. The two tots are, in fact, his grandchildren, Sean, 2, and Tina, 3. The festive threesome were among the stars that took part in a bumper Christmas party for the old folk of the area. And quite a party, it turned out to be. To see how our guests enjoyed themselves, turn to page 2.

It is not all glamour and girls says Dick Larbey., and why did they saw a Hammond organ in half ?-page 4

Bless 'em all, it was ...

A Bumper Party
Plysu made it party time for the old folk in the area on 11th December, when the Wavendon Friendship, Aspley Guise Silver Threads and Woburn Sands Evergreens were wined, dined and entertained in the Plysu Restaurant. A total of 150 guests were transported freely by Armstrong Coaches.
Miss Marina Boston played the piano while the guests arrived and were greeted at their tables with a sherry. At 4 p.m. a 40-strong team of Plysu employees served a first class meal: Chicken Soup, Chicken and Ham Salad, Fruit and Cream, Cheese and Biscuits, and Coffee/Tea. Table wine was also served during the meal. After the meal a grand free raffle took place, during which some 100 in value was given away in prizes. First class entertainment was provided after 5.30 p.m., for which thanks go to: the Sylvia Mitchell School of Dancers, the Hogsty Men who provided Folk music, the Brookland Club Choir who gave some fine entertainment, and St. Michael's Church Choir who sang carols and led all present with some old carol favourites. Mr. C. S. J. Summerlin gave a short address to all present and thanked all Plysu employees who had made the event such a success. Many local shopkeepers, publicans and a coal merchant also gave valuable gifts, which were given away during the free raffle. Plysu were pleased to welcome the clergy from the local churches who visited the party. On departure, soon after 8 p.m., each guest was given a gift by Santa Claude Phillips. Our thanks are due to all the Plysu people who gave so generously to an unforgettable Christmas 'warm-up'. KEN COLEMAN.
Mr. C. S. J. Summerlin presents a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Dora Buckthorpe. Her birthday was the same day as the Old Folks' Dinner.

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The Brooklands Club Choir show their paces. Santa Claude presents bags of groceries to all the old folk.

CAKE COMPETITION Our plea, last issue, for cakes for the Old Folks' Christmas Party met with very generous response, writes Ken Coleman. The cakes were displayed in the gaily decorated hallway of the Plysu Restaurant. Mrs. P. Summerlin escorted by Mr. J. Cable had the unenviable task of judging the best home-made iced cake. A total of 55 cakes were received for the competition, and of these 35 were home-made. The icing of the cakes was of a very high standard and gave our charming judge quite a problem. In the end, all who made cakes were awarded prizes. Pictured: Ken Coleman, Dora Buckthorpe, Midge Hollier, Audrey Britten and Mrs. Summerlin with a prizewinning cake.

Plysu people
Congratulations
To Roy Styles (Stores) and his wife Eugenia, a son, Alexander Derek, born on 10th November, 1971, weight 7 Ibs. 10! ozs. Eugenia was at one time a secretary to Bob Taylor. Two Plysu people became engaged on Christmas Day Madeline Payne and Dave Stapleton. Madeline works on Standards and Dave is a Colour Matcher. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hollier celebrated their Silver Wedding on Sunday, 26th December, 1971. Mrs. Hollier, better known as 'Midge' is forewoman in the Mop Dept. Janet Sharpe left us on the last day of the year to await a happy event. Janet was Mr. Eastaffs secretary and joined us in 1965. She was presented, appropriately, with a baby's bath, blankets and toiletries. Every good wish for the future Janet.
GET WELL SOON
We offer every good wish for a speedy recovery to David Bennett who is at present in hospital.

Plysu Crossword

Welcome
We offer a warm welcome to the following who joined us at Plysu: Containers: Carol Argent, Pamela Baxter, Iso bel Brooks, Valerie Cardoe, Sandra Carwell-Cooke, Jocelyn Cook, Jennifer Dunn, Gwendoline Harris, Jean Jenkins, Jane Keep, Betty Kilby, Stefanina Marotta. Mabel McMillan, Charles Pain, Carole Peacock, June Skolsky, Dorothy Slaney, Patricia Sowter. Transport: Alan Teale. HjW Transport: Robert McCaighey. Housewares Yard: Bernard Haylis. Electrical Maintenance: Gerald Ramsey. Canteen: Alice Stanford. Carpenters: Brian Teagle. Engineering: Raymond Clifton. Inspection: Douglas Battinson. Cleaning Department: Ethel Almond. Lorry Loader: M ichael Fisher, J oseph Hodge. Moulding: Arthur Alien, Graham Bailey, John Benson, John Dunbar, Frederick Farmer, Alistair Findlay, Cyril Graham, Arthur Gurvey, Geoffrey Latter, Leslie Morris, Derek Nott, Paul Nott, Peter Relf, George Stewart, John Taylor, Leslie Taylor, Anthony Thurlow, Ronald Vine. Chipping: John Barnes, Harry Indge, William Ingram, Derek Perry, Edward Woolhead. Maintenance Department: Martin Cannon, Derek Killick, Hugh Michael, Nigel Warner, David Wheelhouse. Housewares: Tony Dickens, Terence Farmer, Ann Owens, Gertrude Tough.

Iby Harry

Arnold

CROSSWORD Across 1. Hardly the coffee pot of Aspley Guise. 2.8.5. 9. The pride of Woburn wouldn't scare The pants off them. No brother' "They're here again." The Kiwi said "I'm going home to mother." 3.7.5. 11. Aretheseluciferslandingstrips79. 13. See 28 down. 14. Bill smoked a weed but his partner had no vices. 3. 16. If you're not one of these to Plysu you shouldn't be here. 5. 18. While a double diamond may sway a girl's heart, the caveman approach is more certain. 5. 19. A nasty action in removing an article from his epithets. 5. 20. Kon-Tiki's materials. 5. 23. We hope Bill wasn't on this although he might have been when younger. 3. 25. Oriental pecuniary inclination. 3. 26. No mate! Your passage is chargeable. 9. 32. At June and December your letterbox contai ns fascinating news. 8.7. 33. Who kept the Trojans out at Thermopylae.7.8.

D1~v;.nheyaren't hoopersonthe lake. 4. w 2. It is and right so to do. (General confession). 4. 3. Persian King succeeding Darius I in 485 B.C. 6. 4. Results from misdemeanours. 7. 5. Where the favourite should not be. 4.3. 6. Slave class in Sparta at the time of Alcibiadies. 6. 7. A drastic loss of money from the pound which we hope will look into itself. 4. 8. Or for the high jump? 4. 10 & 12. The devils shoes in an equatorial marathon. 4.3.7. 15. A tide would leave you aground. 3. 17. The 18th and 19th century 'in' place. 3. 21. Who went.public before Plysu? 7. 22. Your creepy crawly horoscope. 7. 24. Was Noah's navigation wrong or was this his original destination. 6. 27. His prod in the fire produces the highest colour in this country. 28 & 13 across. In spring a young man's fancy . ** 4.3. 29. By the bones of the sacred saints! This diversion is the world's most recent miracle. 4. 30. If you cannot get a good deal here, your navigation is awry. 4. 31. The young lady with 28 refused dinner. Or were you just stood up? 4.

(This crossword is a pretty stiff one, according to keen crosswordaddicts in the office. Harry Arnold tells us that he is running a 'book' on who completes it first). 3

Dick Larbey on the j!!y-sand pitfalls of .

RUNNING
Most people's idea of members of 'pop' groups is of lazy idiots of doubtful musical ability, desperately in need of regular visits by a nitnurse and the occasional spray over with carbolic acid, who entice young girls into rusty Ford transit vans with doubtful motives. I would hate to shatter anyone's illusions on this subject, however colourful, but as a past member of several groups I would like to give my impressions of the experience.

A POP GROUP
also exceedingly difficult to play, due to its higher demand for musical ability. The most important aspect of being a member of a 'pop' group was that it instilled in us qualities which a large section of young people in recent years in this country have not been able to glean from a largely mundane existence, due to the lack of a common objective, such as the upkeep of Empire, War, or recovery from War. Firstly, self discipline. Though we were engaged in playing music voluntarily, we had a commitment to the other members of the group>, ot only n .to help in running the show, but also to follow the largely very strict arrangements of the tunes. This is more difficult than one might think listening to a live group, but one person not quite sure of What should happen next means a disjointed and dismal performance. Secondly, strength of will. To be able to stir any spark of emotion (however expressed) from a small number of not yet drunk, gossiping early arriversat a dance is an achieve-

After the Beatles

It all began for me in 1965 when, in the wake of the Beatles' popularity, I, along with so many thousands of young people, set out on the road to stardom. Our prime motivation was the success of the few, and unfortunately (though nottoo surprisingly) it was the very few who actually reached their goal. For this reasonthe Beatles lost their popularity with the groups-though not with the public -and it became 'corny' to perform Beatles' tunes. Instead, groups turned to little known American blues artists for their inspiration, such as John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters-perhaps comparing the plight of the negro musician with their own disillusionment of the glittery 'pop' scene. Basic English 'skiffle' riffs of the 1950's were used to liven the solid blues' themes and so 'Rhythm and Blues' was born, quickly gathering a tremendous following, and throwing up its own heroes, such as the Rolling Stones and Manfred Mann. It also liberated the coloured artist, not only in Britain, but also and more significantly, in America. This was to lead to the emergence of the famous Memphis Soul and Tamla Motown Sounds, which were (and are) progressions of the old Negro folk music of the slavery days.

Dick Larbey (top) with his group and, right, pictured today.

Range of Styles
This was the path my group followed, from the Beatles to 'R & B'.,thence to Negro 'sour and finally progressive 'pop', a hybrid influenced by a wide range of musical styles including blues, American and English folkmusic, American country music, 'Rock and Roll' and modern jazz! This very broad spectrum has probably accounted for its failure as a 'commercial' style, due to the simpler taste of the majority of 'people. It is

ment. If the floor clears and people head for the pub when you are performing-start again-from the beginning! Finally, sheer physical strength! This is best illustrated by analysing a typical night's performance. In the absence of a paid road manager who sweats and grunts and drives in order that one may simply walk on stage, perform and go home-a luxury afforded only to those groups earning enough to pay such an animal-the night's programme reads something like this:-

trouble. The performance over and even more thoroughly exhausted, the gear was dismantled, packed up, and heaved into the waiting van. We then drove home, to complete the journey at an unearthly hour in the morning.
Irate Cops

Obituaries
We were all saddened by the recent death of Gladys Pledger. Gladys, who joined us in September, 1947, was one of the pioneers who did much towards laying the foundations from which Plysu grew to the Company it is today. Her cheerful personality, her integrity and skills will be a great loss to the Industrial Division. To her relatives and many friends we extend our deepest sympathy. We deeply regret to report the death in a motor accident of Miss D. R. Casey (Industrial) during the late evening of Friday, 12th November, 1971. The funeral at St. Marv's Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, 18th November, was attended by many of her colleagues and friends.

Added to this were all the tussles of irate policemen who could not imagine why our van should be parked on a double yellow line with gear strewn all over the road/pavement/forecourt, irate caretakers who could not imagine why it should have taken more than two minutes flat to pack up our gear and go, or why the drummer should have driven 6-inch nails into the stage in order to secure his bass drum. Irate promoters who could not imagine why we should have asked such an exhorbitant fee for such trivial effort and finally irate agents who could not imagine why they should give us our90%! Nevertheless,it was great fun and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it; so next time you think the group is lousy, give them a hand all the same,if not for the music, then for the effort they are putting in just trying to please you. What? The Young Girls? After that lot, you must be joking!

WANTEDOne Guitarist
Since November, 1970, I have been a partner in a Folk Group known to many and called 'Postscript'. It started with just Penny Barker of Flitwick, on six string guitar and myself lead singer, hence the PS. After three months of singing together, we decided to add to the sound. What we wanted was a twelve string guitar, with a harmony voice and someone that could tell a few jokes (the kind a girl cannot tell on stage!) Ads. were put in the local paper and soon we received a call from a fellow called Clive Rudd who lives in Ampthill. Clive used to play in a pop group, so the change was a big one as the music was completely different. So we worked hard together, however, and he became the third part of the Group. For the past year the group have played cabaret at Dinner- Dances, been guest artistes at Ivinghoe Folk Festival, Folk Clubs around Beds.and Bucks., plus a block-booking at the Cross Keys, Pulloxhill, and even a Catholic Club in Bedford-to name but a few. In December, Clive however, left us, which is very sad because we have a good thing going, but we wish him luck with his new group. So, if there is a twelve string guitar player or even a double bass player in Plysu who would like to join a 'going concern', please let me know. SHAHN scan.

Half a Hammond! We climbed into the van, crammed with gear, and drove to the establishment at which the group was appearing. This involved considerable journeys. We encountered numerous trips to London, Cambridg.e,.Newmarket and even Brighton and Sutton-in-Ashfield, to say nothing of Abertillery! Ignoring the cramping pain shooting down our legs we unloaded the van. Normal amplifiers and loud speakercabinets were heavy enough, but we were unfortunate enough to feature a Hammond organ. This monster was about the size of a modern upright piano but twice as heavy. The manufacturers made life easier by sawing the thing in half. Good thinking, you may say, but the illusion is shattered by the fact that the lower half could be picked up and carried by one person. The upper half still needed four persons to carry it! I recall one particular venue in Cambridge where all the gear had to be carried up no less than seven flights of stairs. Thoroughly exhausted by humping gear about the next job was to unpack it, set it up on stage and tune the instruments (surprise!). We then started playing, usually working up a nice sweat for our

YOUNG GENERATION CORNER Meet the third member of the Club. She is Samantha Mullick, 3;t years. Samantha is the daughter of Alison, John Speller's secretary, and herhusband, Ashis.

Mainly for Women

Are you still suffering from post-Christmas and New Year bulge. Columnist Elizabeth Berg suggests ...

you to follow, consrcer how much variety and flexibility it in fact offers you. The fish dishes in your diet could be grilled bloaters, steamed or smoked haddock, steamed or grilled trout, cod, kippers, lobster, mussels or even eels, if you so fancy. Meat courses can be equally varied, taking in grilled bacon and gammon, roast, grilled or casseroled beef (use a meat extract cube and a little water plus onion for seasoning, but not eating, when preparing casseroled meat), roasted or boiled poultry, kidneys, liver, lamb, mutton, roast pork or chops, veal and all sorts of cold cooked meats like ham, tongue and pressed beef. Ladies following this diet should be sure to include liver or kidneys in their menus on at least five of the ten days in order to ensure an adequate iron intake and everyone should take a daily multi-vitamin tablet obtainable from your chemist. Lunches during your working day can take the form of a big helping of cooked meat plus one or two hot drinks and you can keep a few slices of your chopped pork, turkey and ham loaf or whatever, aside to eat with your mid-morning coffee and afternoon tea.

HOW TO LOSE TEN POUNDS IN TEN DA YS

Christmas and New Year may be a memory now, but how about all that festivity food? Are the effects of the turkey, pudding and mince pies still with you in the form of extra inches on your waist, hips and elsewhere? If so, now is the time to shed those unwanted pounds before they become a permanent feature. And even if you're not too unhappy with your outline, a little bit of dieting could mean all the difference between a reasonable figure and a super one-male and female! if you want to speed up the effect of your diet even more and firm up your figure in double quick time, you will need to help things along with exercise. This means finding a quiet period of the day when you can devote a full 15 minutes to a simple bend, stretch and hold routine. Since rapid results are the best incentive for sticking with any diet, I've drawn up an eating programme which will enable you to lose up to 10 Ibs. (or more) in ten days. Thereafter you should be able to maintain a steady 2 lb. loss each week on a less drastic but nonetheless very effective reducing programme.

On with confidence
After ten days on this diet you will be feeling and looking great and you can move on with confidence to the next stage of the programme-the slow but steady weight loss. In order not to undo all the good work of the first ten days, you must re-introduce other foods gradually. During the first week of stage two, add an egg to your breakfast menu, 4 ozs. of green vegetables to your main meal of the day and allow yourself around 2 ozs. of cheese during the day. During the second week, add a starch-reduced crispbread to your breakfast and beqin eating a little fruit as a dessert-apples and oranges are fine but keep off bananas and grapes. By the third week you can slip in the occasional potato with your main meal or take bread instead of crispbread at breakfast-but not both. Stick with this less drastic form of dieting for as long as it takes to reach your desired weight level. Then keep an eagle eye on your weight and if it starts creeping up again, put yourself back on the strict all-protein diet for a couple of days. By the way, while this diet is fine for people in normal good health, it may not be suitable for those with medical conditions which require a diet containing a reasonable or even high level of carbohydrates. If in doubt you should check with your doctor before embarking on your reducing programme.

High Protein
Stage one of our 'Save Your Figure' campaign involves ten days on a strict high protein diet. This will have the effect of increasing the rate at which your body burns up food by around 40-50 per cent and will enable you to loose weight very rapidly indeed. It's a very simple diet to follow: it doesn't involve lots of food weighing and measuring and it won't leave you feeling sick and hungry half way between meals. For breakfast you eat half or a whole grapefruit and at intervals during the rest of the day, a total of ~ lb. of fish and a minimum of 1 lb. of meat. You can drink as much tea, coffee or sugarless fruit drinks as you like but keep the milk in tea and coffee to a minimum, use sweeteners instead of sugar and forget that beer and spirits exist. Now, before you dismiss this diet as impractical or even impossible for
Elizabeth Berg, is one of Britain's top writers, particularly on women's subjects, and will be contributing periodically to Plysu People. If you follow her advice on dieting successfully, watch out for her next article-a simple but effective course of exercises to "firm up the flab." It is scheduled to appear in our next issue.

Winter clothes are wonderful weight concealers, but come the Spring, you're going to have to disrobe and reveal all! Word is that the warmer weather will bring a crop of super clothes that need a slim figure to do them justice ... bell-bottomed trousers, sleek midriff hugging sailor tops, figure fitting dresses. Typical of the return to slimmer line clothes is this sophisticated dress by Horrockes Fashions which is perfect for Spring and Summer party wear. In 100 per cent washable cotton, it has gorgeous 'handkerchief' sleeves edged with fine lace. Choose from a royal/olive and purple combination of colours, or how about black/mustard/cerise. Both versions are available in sizes 12 to 18 and cost around 12'50.

How Plysu's Staff Danced the Old Year Away

Plysu welcomed the festive season, as usual-in style-at the staff dance on December 20th, It was yet another successful get-together in the Canteen and once more our congratulations to the organisers and to all who attended to make it such a success,

VIEWPOINT

FROM THE FLOOR

Entering-a vast empty space surrounded by closely-packed people sitting morosely enough at tables ... so what, make for the bar and get stuck in, except that many others have the same idea ... just afterwards and the bill is incredible ... but it is Christmas, .. swill some liquor-and some more-and some more-and then ready for the floor on to which some brave couples have now ventured ... collide with various angular personages while other heavier personages rest their weight on the toe ... can always polish shoes but what price my little toe on the right foot? ... amputation is almost painless they say, but who really knows? Aha, dinner/supper/the meal arrives, except that it doesn't and after a queue a wickersurrounded bird leaves grease everywhere (especially on partner's dress ... but it is Christmas ... more drink and suddenly a breath of fresh air seems desirable ... funny all the doors seem to be locked, now don't panic, this isn't Russia, there must be some way out, can't be locked in ... oh no, not locked in at ell, police locked out, that's quite obvious when the the sub-assistant-vice-under-deputy production manager proceeds to remove his clothes ... but it is Christmas, and the shock can be reduced at the bar and everyone is laughing so either the permissive age is come to Plysu or (another Scotch) life's not so bad after al!.
ANON.

Sport

Plysu Fishing Club

Seventeen members and guests arrived to fish the last match of 1971 on Tuesday, 28th December-quite a good turn out considering it was the tail-end of the Christmas festivities, and if some of the heads there felt heavier than the keep-nets, it was not too surprising. What started as a mild sunny morning very soon became much colder as the time wore on and, witl, a fresh breeze coming from the east, fingers soon became so cold as to make the baiting of the hooks a difficult matter. However, the catches were not too disappointing, the total weight at the weigh-in being 30 Ibs. 9 ozs. Four members not weighing in meant that an average weight per competitor was 2 Ibs. 5 ozs. and that is much better than we have ever had before in a match. When you consider that most of the fish caught were very small, averaging about 1.t ozs. each with only one or two above the 4 oz. mark, it will be appreciated that a lot of work went into making that total. First and second places were won by the visitors with the writer taking third place. Placings:1. P. Hartup, a worthy winner with 6 Ibs. 12 ozs.; 2. J. Parkin with 4 Ibs. 1 oz. 3. J. Sorenson with 4 Ibs. exactly. Three other members have over 2 lbs.. and another four with just under 2 Ibs. The Wi Iy Carp If this mild weather continues we shall probably continue to hold matches up to the close season in March, certainly for as long as enough members remain interested. In the next issue of Plysu People, I hope to write about the largest of the fish in the lake, the wily Carp, and the method I use for catching them. Not that I am expert by any means, but I have had some success with them, having taken seven over 10 lbs., the largest being 12~ lbs., and I can assure you that having once hooked one, you will be hooked for sure and any other fish will be tame by comparison. JACK SORENSON.

Plysu F.C.'sgroundYes, it's official

Plysu's F.C:s long search for a permanent pitch is now over-and from next season our team will really be able to show its paces-and, we hope, bootfuls of goals. Mr. Maxwell told Plysu People "We have obtained agreement with the owner to convert the field opposite the factory and it will be Plysu F.C:s during the months September-April for, we hope, several seasons. "We would have liked it to be available for the rest of this season but the field needs flattening and laying out properly. By September, however, we shall be ready to kick-off:' Bill Barnet is Chairman of the club and Dick Larbey-Honorary Secretary, and a m'~ting was held on 19th January to discuss the club's current position, and to hear suggestions for fund raising activities.

The Changing

Face of Plysu

Continued from page 1

On the equipment front production of half and one gallon bottles will be further increased by the delivery of two more Uniloys. One is due in February to make the new five litre 'Compact' bottle and U.7 should arrive in May, tooled to make five half-gallon bottles at a time. Additional machines are on order or being developed by the engineers to increase production of other containers, notably the five gallon and 25 litre R.70 which have proved so popular during 1971. Housewares Our range of housewares will continue to expand and our design team has already got a number of attractive new lines well advanced towards the production stage. We hope to put more effort into selling our housewares in Europe this year, looking forward to the day when our 'home' market will be enlarged by the 250,000,000 or so potential customers in the Common Market.

Plysu Social Club

A further meeting of Plvsu's new Social Club was held on 12th January, and four additional members have been elected to the committee as a result of nominations. They are Mrs. A. Perry (Industrial), Mrs. H. Wilson (Containers), Mr. M. Jenkins (Chipping) and Mr. J. Sinfield (Engineers). Already on the committee (as reported in our last issue) are Joan Hartup, Tony Hollis, Kath Roslin, Marjorie Masters and Richard Large. The Club is now looking for opportunities to open up activities on an organised basis. Suggestions for sections included: photography, table tennis, darts, keep fit and dancing lessons. This is your Club and any help or ideas in forming such sections will be welcomed by the committee. During the meeting, the draft rules were approved, subject to amendment,and it was agreed that a Social Club notice board should be placed in each department.

Welding
Plysu's original activity of High Frequency Welding will not be forgotten during 1972. A further battery of modern welding machines are on order and we are hoping to find some extra factory space for protective clothing production. It is a very true saying that you cannot stand still in business. This applies particularly to plastics where it is very much a case of "progress or perish". Competition is intense but opportunities abound and Plysu is determined to be ready for these opportunities as they come along with modern machines, methodsand above all plenty of factory space. So who knows what the Plysu skyline will look like at this time next year? C. S. J. SUMMERLlN.

NEWS, please
We welcome news and views, comments and carps. This is your journal and your opportunity to put pen to paper. News to : .
Ethel Best, Raymond Hall-Housewares Edna Ingram, Peter Anstey-Containers Kay Norman-Industrial Mark Suter-Main Office Claude Phillips-New Office off Canteen Hall Derek Sinfield-Moulding Shop Elizabeth Keech-Print Room

An agreement has been reached between Plysu Limited and The General and Municipal Workers Union (London Region), giving the Union the sole rights of negotiation on behalf of the hourly paid employees at the Woburn Sands factory.

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