THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG — BLACKBURN TIMES

Today, we have for you, the second part of the Blackburn Times article for you to enjoy: - After passing through the iron gate at the entrance, I peeped at the foundation stone on the main building.  It was dated 1938 and I was later told that Alderman J Fryars then Mayor of Blackburn had made an expert job of laying it. Looking round at the factory blocks on the 43-acre site, it did not seem out of place to conjecture that such strides could only have been made over a century and certainly not within a decade and a...

Today, the Mullard archive has revealed the copy sent for approval by RF Kennedy, a journalist with the Blackburn Times.    Although I have abridged this text somewhat, this was first published in the  Friday evening editon of the Blackburn Times on 12th February 1954.  It was a 40-minute lunchtime break at the Mullard Blackburn works and the rush scene showed hundreds of workers on their toes, determined not to loose one second of the interlude which was typical of a factory where the accent is on..... Speed, Efficiency & Perfection. To a newcomer, it all seemed so much bustle...