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The Colchester factory photographed in the 1970s

Colchester Dispatch department 1970s

Gear cutting

Main spindle gear being generated

Bed grinding

Early 1950s - lathe assembly using lots of careful hand fitting but showing some degree of disorganisation with a headstock on the floor and electric motors on the fitting bench.
More factory pictures can be found here.