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Ian Hale

1968 For the second year in succession, one of our apprentices has walked off with first prize in Class 1, and the James Fielding Challenge Trophy, in the annual Craftsmanship Competition, organised by the Industrial Training & Education Group of the Gloucestershire & South Worcestershire Productivity Association.
This time it was 18-year-old Ian Hale, a first-year apprentice, w h o was successful with a miniature indirect dividing head, made under supervision.

The prizes for the 1968 competition were presented by Sir Nigel Poett, Director of the British Productivity Council,