THE JOURNAL

OF THE PLYSU GROUP

No. 7

WI NTER, 1972

THE TRAMPS INVADE

An on-the-spot report by our special correspondent
In the hush of a September evening, murmurings swept the hills and valleys of Beds. and Bucks. the hedgerows and disused stations of British Rail. No corner could escape the message

which throbbed and pulsated its way round the workhouses of two entire counties-and out they came. The Plysu Canteen hummed with their presence. A general delousing/decoking operation was offered but rejected by their leader. After the initial "oathlike" greetings were exchanged and everyone had kicked the mangy old off-white mongrel that one of 'em had brought with him, it was obvious that the event was going to go with a swing. Among their numbers were two toff-like types; rumour had it that they were from the City Branch. When the Canteen Staff came round (windows were opened), a constant supply of rnetbs' was pro-

The camaraderie of the open road is cap cured in this pie cure of three 'tramps' swopping tetes over some light refreshment.

duced, laced with Charley Wells' best by "The Johnny Walker". The car park itself was a sight to behold-there was line upon line of old prams, soap boxes, pushchairs, mostly carrying a spare wheel and begging bowl. Spotted, parked unobtrusively in one corner was a scissor grinders contraption. As the evening progressed, most of the "Ki ngs of the Road" ate sparingly and stowed the remaining food away in their cooking utensils, which up to that time had been used to contribute to the band's excellent performance as they danced. Then the clock struck twelve, and as they varlished into the night as silently as they had appeared it was generally felt that a good time had been enjoyed by all.

In this Issue ...

The Tramps Invadeexclusive picture coverage Plysu Crossword Mr. Jackson shows the flag Thank you corner Take to the boats Anyone for Golf? People making news Shop! Welcome to newcomers Sports round up 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8

WHO SCOOPED THE POOLS?

Sixteen lucky members of the Containers Department-that's who! How much did they win 7 Let's just say "a substantial amount". But with a 16-way split it's not so surprising that most of the winners when interviewed for Plvsu People said, "This win won't change our way of life and we certainly plan to carry on working".

THE TRAMPS INVADE ...

exclusive pictures

These photographs of the tramps enjoying themselves were taken by our intrepid news photographer at great personal risk to himself. Whilst doing his job he received numerous threats including a particularly nasty one from the wielder of the big stick! (below right).

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Crossword Puzzle Winners

The crossword puzzle competition in the last issue of Plysu People produced quite a crop of entries. The fi rst completely correct entry was received from Mr. Maxwell Summerlin who wins a Premium Bond. The correct solution is printed above. Other crossword puzzlers who acquitted themselves particularly well were: Mr. E. B. Jones-Industrial Pat Ayre-Containers. Mrs. J. Chappell-Moulding Office Joan Hunt-Containers Stripping Mrs. B. Cullip-Containers Stripping Mr. S. Cooper-Electricians Mrs. K. O'Brien-Housewares Department. Alongside is another chance for you to win fame, glory, and a Premium Bond by entering the Plysu People Autumn Crossword competition. All you have to do IS cut out your completed crossword and submit it with your name and department to Mark Suter at the Main Office. To make things even fairer and give everyone time to tackle the crossword the competition will remain open until Monday, January 8th when entries will be drawn out of a hat. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn. So get busy on Harry Arnolds latest chequered challenge and get those entries rolling in to Mark Suter.

Plysu Crossword
by Harry Amold

Across

Down 1. Eager to get to six (4). 2. A visit to Uncle's for a decent wine (4) 3. Biblical hunter (6).

1. Olden day lovers means of communications. Ah these Chinese get everywhere (1,4.2.3.4). 9. This may be expected marriage (6. 3. 6). 11. Young Lady's delight night (2, 2.1, 4). as a result of

4. Deep affair (7). 5. Evening dress Richard (7). 6. Throws the pilot out of the dance (6). 7. Don't shut the door' Leave it (4).

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a moonlit 8. Wine dregs (4). (3). 10. And get mixed up with the sweetheart near the porch (7). forces

13. Fertile arable land of East Anglia

25 Years With Plysu And Still GoingStrong

Twenty-five years with the same company suggests that it can't be such a bad old firm to work for after alii Four Plysu employees who have recently chalked up a quarter of a century's service with the company and deserve congratulations from us all. are: Mrs. V. Garner Housewares Mr. P. JackmanWork Shop Mrs. K. Murray Industrial Miss H. Rann Industrial

14. "As as a Welsh pub on Sunday" (Boozers Guide to Britain) (3). 16. Rental agreement period (5). covering a specific

12. The young scamp is always in it (7). 15. Pig of a thing to see through (3).

17. East Anglian island on dry ground (3). 21. Musical briskness (7). 22. If your transistor is. you will be in 12 down (7). 24. Wartime restriction 25. Not man enough? (6). (6).

18. Plvsus Father Christmas (5. 5). 20. Our office girls are short and hot (5). 23 Gilbert and Sullivan Princess (3).

26. Beer 7 Sounds more like a malady. (3). 27. Writing implement (9).

28. Get the sheep right out of the sewer (4). 29. Iron bloc inhabitant (4).

32. Napoleon found these put in at Waterloo (10.5). 33. Munich Mark's Olympic feat. caused by Olympian feet (5.4. 6).

30. You silly old goat why are you dressed like that? (4). 31. Oxfordian river (4).

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TAKE TO TI
Taking to the water all over Britain is a rapidly growing armada of boats made from a material with which we are all familiar-plastic. Cycolac ABS, the engineering thermoplastic used is extremely durable and tough, which means safe boating of all kinds. It is now ten years since the first boat with a Cycolac ABS hull was first introduced by a British manufacturer, and total European production now from firms in Finland, France, Italy and The Netherlands as well as the U. K.-had exceeded 45,000 boats by the end of last year. The material is thermoformed from flat sheet into the shape of a boat hull in a single vacuum moulding operation. Two shells are formed in this way into an inner and outer hull

Another example of how plastics are increasingly being used for tnermo-Iorrned hulls is the versetile Durafloat 3.60: (below) which was designed by Colin Mudie and is seen here demonstraring its capability under sale.

Pictured here is Mr. D. Jackson of the Injection Moulding Departmenttaking part in the recent Royal British Legion Festivalof Remembranceheld at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Mr. Jackson who works on the General and Service Committees of the Bletchley Branch of the Royal British Legion,servedwith the British Army in North Africa, Italy and Europe.His last two years' servicewas with the British Military Mission in Greece.

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU! ..

Mrs. Inkpin would like to thank publicly all the kind young men of 'Plysu' who give her such valuable assistance (unasked) when the s'tarter on her car jams-which is all too frequently.

Dates tor your Diary

Bingo - every Thursday; Red Cross training-every Thursday; TableTennis-everyWednesday; Staff Dance-January 6. 1973; Red Cross Dance-February 10. 1973.

AND AGAIN!
The highly successfulTramps Soiree held on 16th September raised 7317 for the Charterhouse Rheumatism Clinic. The organisers want to thank everyonefor entering into the fun so willingly. and making the evening such a success .

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E BOATS!
skin and bonded together to make a very buoyant boat. In some designs this is supplemented by filling some or all of the space between the two shells either partially or wholly with low density rigid foam. Stringent testing has shown that these hulls have considerably higher resistance to impact than other materials commonly used for constructing small boats such as glass fibre reinforced plastics or aluminium. The production of hulls in this way ensures a low initial cost for the spare-time sailor who gets a durable and high quality boat that needs little maintenance, is light and readily transported (e.g. on a car roof), easy to launch, good looking and generally very good value for money. No wonder so many people are taking to the water in small boats.

Anyone For Golf?

On November 20th, the golf enthusiasts at Plysu got together and formed a new section of the Social Club-The Plysu Golf Societv. Regular meetings are planned for the winter months, at which it is hoped to show instructional films and possibly have a Professional present to discuss the game with members. In the summer we hope to play golf' Anyone, who is even mildly interested in golf, will be more than welcome at these meetings, so do go along. Len Perry, Secretary of the new section will be pleased to pass on details of when and where. Starting a new section like this always means problems of one kind or another. One particular headache the Golf Society is suffering from, is shortage of equipment. So if you have any old golf clubs lying about in your garage, under the stairs, or maybe in the garden holding up the dahlias, please get in touch with Len Perry! If you've got no further use for them, they could be a great help to those who do not want to go to the expense of buying clubs until they are sure they like the game.

Plysu Social Club

Section Angling Bingo Football Golf Red Cross ., Secretary

.J ack SorensonMrs. Wilson-Print

Engi neeri ng Room

Dick Larbey-Inspection Len Perry-Housewares Claude Phillips-Personnel Terry Mason-Drawing Office

The Yak III (below) is one ofche tetest in the new breed of vacuum-moulded plascic pleasure boa ts. If can be filled with an oucboard motor of up to 25 hp. for wacer (Ski-ing. or Bermuda rig sails for safe family sailing.

Table Tennis

If you are interested in any of the above activities contact the Secretary of the section concerned. They will be very happy to give you details of meetings, fixtures, and opportunities to take part.

Plysu people moking news

Congratulations
To Doreen Stevens, of the Mouldin Room, and Derrick Killick, of Maintenance, who are planning to get married at Ampthill Methodist Church, on December 16.

"The

newly-formed Woburn Sands football team, who are playing friendly matches until next season, met a Marley Tiles team at Aspley Guise cautions, and the Council's decision "not to appoint a parish constable for the ensuing year". Come along, put on your thinking caps and send in your guesses to Mark Suter, in the Main Office. We shall be publishing the most correct and/or most original attempts to name these men, in the next issue of

To Elaine Butterfield (formerly Karney) who worked in Housewares. and gave birth to a baby girl. Sally Ann, weighing 71b. 110z. on 23rd September.

Now is the time to point fingers and name names. Who do you recognise among the youthful faces of this "newly-formed Woburn Sands football team"? To give you a clue to the date of the photograph, the local newspaper in which it appeared also carried news of Ampthill Rural District Council's plans for air-raid pre-

To Jean Jenkins, on August 26th.

who

got married

Plysu People.

To Philip and Angela Rose, whose baby son, George Edward, weighing 71b. 120z. was born on July 28th.

YOUNG GENERATION CORNER

Congratulations
To Jocylyn Cook, who used to work in the Mop Room, on the birth of a baby girl, who is to be named Lisa Marie. To Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Jean Butler, of Reception) who were married at Bletchley Registry Office on November 11. To Cathy September. King

To Francis Shanley (formerly Coleman) who used to work in the Sponge Room, and gave birth to a baby boy, Nicholas John, on October 9th. To Christine Smith who October 1st. White became

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and Philip engaged on

The radiant bride (above) is Sandra Goodchild with her husband Michael Gay after their wedding at SI. Michaels. Woburn Sands. on October 24th.

These three happy vounqsters are a/l Mrs. Nicholls' grandchildren. Joanne Church, on the left. is her granddaughter; young Darron Coleman in the centre is a greatgrandson; and on the right Mrs. Nicholls other great-grandson, is Oerron's elder brother, Anthony Coleman.

To Fiona Ruggiero (formerly Caves) on the birth of a baby boy. David. weighing 71b. 100z., on September 8th. No wonder Angela Casey has been looking very pleased with life recently-she won a 1700 coat in a Fashion Show I

1972 has been a good year for Norma and Cliff Bowler, who have been five years at the Plysu Blending Room. Earlier this year they were blessed with a grand-daughter, by the name of .Julie Suzanne, and then more recently they celebrated thei r 30th Wedding Anniversay

Red Cross News

Congratulations to Mrs. M. Buik, SR.N .. who has been appointed a nursing officer of the British Red Cross, and appointed Nursing Examiner for the Bedford Division's next two nursing examinations.

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Conqretutetions to Jean Jenkins and Garry Rowney who were married on Augusc 26th and are pictured here leaving Ampchill Regiscry Office afcer che ceremony.

Members of the local detachment have for the past eleven weeks been on a nursing course at Edgbury Hospital. with Mr. F. Bowles, S.RN., Matron, as lecturer, assisted by Mrs. Barnett. Assistant Matron.

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Congratulations
To Mrs. Toni Borromeo and her husband Luigi, on the birth of a baby boy. Carl. on October 31st.

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On the 20th December two members will provide entertainment at the Nursing Staff Annual Dinner whifst the remainder of the detachment wifl cerrv out voluntarv nursing duties at Edgburv Hospital.
Another happy couple who were married recentlv ac Ampthill Registry Office are Madeline Payne and David Staple con. Our photograph was taken before the ceremony which cook place on September 30ch.

shop!
for sale
1965 FORD CORTINA in good condition. M.O.T. till March. Taxed till December. 2 Owners. 45.000 miles only. 200 required.

Welcome
Moulding: Mr. John Middleton. Mr. Raymond Perry, Mr. David Philo, Mr. Stephen Cook. Mr. Vincent O'Mara. Mr. James Armstrong, Mr. Neil Whitham, Mr. Paul Turner, Mr. Michael Winn, Mr. Terence Langton, Mr. Richard Freestone, Mr. Royston Guymer, Mr. Edward Nagle, Mr. Francis Fishlock, Mr. Anthony Butcher, Mr. Edward Hadlow.
Mr. Christian Cheneler, Mrs. Defjit Kaur, Miss Margaret Guess, Miss Rosemary Healey, Miss Jacqueline Capp, Mr. Stephen Fall, Miss Jacqueline Whitfield, Miss Rosamund Dennis, Mr. Joseph Roberts, Mrs. Doris Parsons, Miss Margaret Dunham, Miss Dawn Minards, Mrs. Rada Milenkovic, Mr. John Denton, Mrs. Catherine Reader, Mr. Raymond King, Mrs. Doreen Bushell, Miss Kashmiro Punpaul, Mr. Christopher Whall, Miss Teresa Dass, Mrs. Raj Dass, Mr. Stephen Leonard, Mr. Alan Hurst, Mrs. Satvinder Kaur, Mr. Cyril Snoxall, Mrs. Dhanti, Mr. Terence Squire, Mrs. Mohinder Ubhi, Mr. Kevin Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Gurmit Singh, Mr. John Graham, Mrs. Judith Hooper, Miss Jayne Mote, Miss Joy Nunn, Mrs. Shirley Higgs, Mrs. Kathleen Fuller, Mr. Dennis Carter. Tarver, Mrs. Olive Millard, Mrs. June Prince, Miss Joyce Bushby, Mr. Russell Freeman, Miss Deborah Wiltshire, Mrs. Gladys Lynch, Mrs. Ratni Gill, Mr. Keith Moore.

Industrial:
Kronins.

Miss Fiona Tvers, Mr. Oscar

Uniloy: Mr. Charles Gower, Mr. Keith Lowe. Chipping: Mr. Frederick Houlihane, Mr. Terence Keohane, Mr. Edward Lee, Mr. Arthur Harrison, Mr. Lawrence White, Housewares: Mr. Brian Pali, Mr. Francis Creasey, Mr. Archibald Reynolds, Mrs. Susheila Dass, Mrs. Mabel McMillan, Mr. David Cox. Mop Dept.: Miss Glenda Keep. Catering: Mrs. Doreen Gebauer. Carpenter: Mr. Harold Stanford, Mr. Roger
Everett, Mr. Allan Mackenzie.

Containers:

wanted
Is there anyone with a tape recorder in good condition thatthey would like to sell? If so, please contact M ark Suter (Ext. 225), because a buyer is prepared to pay a reasonable price for it. Can anyone help with old golf clubs? Suitable for use by beginners. If they can. Len Perry, Secretary of the Plysu Golf Society, will be very pleased to hear from them.

Security: Mr. Sidney Rowe. Maintenance Workshop: Stores:

Mr. Leslie Perry. Mr. Gary Uhli.

Print Room: Miss Pamela Baxter, Miss

Mary Forrest, Mr. Jan Power, Mr. Frank Purcell, Mr. Frederick Sorenson, Mr. Norman

Cleaning: Mr. Albert Glenford, Mr. Thomas

Cufflin.

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Sport
Angling Section
Now that the Angling Section of the Social Club has been accepted into the Milton Keynes Association, we are venturing into new competition fields, and we are hoping that some of the expertise of the regular competition anglers of other clubs will rub off on to our members, already we are finding that canal fishing calls for a much finer style of fishing than on our own lake for instance. This year we have been holding matches with a points system and the chart is beginning to show the consistency with which a few of the members are figuring in the top three placings and who knows, it may well be that a Plysu fisherman will one day represent the club in the National. Extra Waters The reasons why the committee took the decision to apply for membership of the Milton Keynes Angling Association were two-fold. One, that with the membership of the club growing yearly, we would find the Plysu lake inadequate to accommodate all members in competition, and joining the Association offers extra waters to " fish, and secondly, that the policy of the M.K.A.A., is to keep waters within the Development Area strictly for local clubs and to prevent large wealthy clubs from the Midlands buying up all available waters and forcing local people to travel miles for their angling. Eric Seamarks' Rudd

fish when faintly out of the mist came a plaintive cry for help. With visions of one of us going down for the third time I rushed off in the direction of the voice to find Mick Balderstone on his knees with his arms stretched to their fullest extent. his rod in one hand and landing net in the other, with a fat and very reluctant carp about a foot beyond his reach. Having netted it. it was weighed at once and returned to the lake, a very handsome ten and a quarter pounder which with his other fish made him a very worthy winner; especially as the carp was hooked and played out on a light line and number eighteen hook. This incidentally, is the first large carp caught during a match, may it be the first of many. Jack Sorenson, ENGINEERING.

have purchased two first class tables and the other necessary equipment. The dance which was held on the 28th October has helped to repay part of this loan, another dance is planned for some time next year at which your support will be much appreciated. Wednesday evenings

Your support on club evenings is also necessary to make this section a success, so please if you play Ping- Pong, or table tennis, are a beginner or quite competent at this sport. .please join us on Wednesday evenings in the Canteen between the hours of 7.30 p.m. and 10.00 p.m. approximately. Thank you. T. Mason, Chairman.

Football Club
As you will know, league fixtures have been taking place since September. After a good start. when our team beat M.K.D.C. Reserves 3-0, results have unfortunately not gone our way. Part of the reason must be the number of postponed matches which have not allowed us to settle with a regular team. Nevertheless, on several occasions we have been unlucky to lose, and we are hoping that in the weeks to come some improvement will come about. Home games After some difficulty in obtaining a regular side we have now assembled a really good team which should give us the results. It should be noted that despite our lonely position in the League (North Beds Div Ill) we have one of the best goal averages in that division. Your support at home games is always welcome. Watch the Containers Moulding Room notice board for details of fixtures. Thank you. B. R. larbey, Hon. Sec.

Our bowling ladies, Mrs. May Laing and her sister Mrs. Irene West, who bowled 'em all over earlier this year to win the Bucks County Women's Pairs Bowls Championship are pictured above at the special presentation evening when they received their trophy_ May and Irene have been members of the Woburn Sands Women's Bowls Club for ten years. In eight of those they have been partnering each other in pairs matches. This was their first victory in the county championships and they had to beat some stiff opposition, much of it from teams from their own Club. In fact to gain the trophy, they had to knock-out Mrs. Laing's daughter and partner in the semi-finals.

Back to the home front and the Plysu lake, we have good reason to be thankful to Eric Seamarks who so kindly allowed us to stock the lake with some of his splendid rudd, they have been the main stay of our competition weights and have settled in nicely replacing the hundreds of small roach we lost to a disease last year. Mick Carp Balderstone's Reluctant

NEWS,
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-Containers Hazel Wade-Industrial Mark Suter-Main Office Claude Phillips-New Peronnel Office Les Hailey- Transport Derek Sinfield-Moulding Shop Jean Smith-Print Room

Table Tennis Section

This section has now been running for approximately four months, with I might add, very little .support. A considerable loan was obtained from the Social Club with which we

Our Competition on October 1st. took a dramatic turn about an hour before the end. We began fishing in a heavy fog hanging over the water, and everyone was steadily catching

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