Posted 11-01-24
Message from Andy Mattless
It
is
with
a
very
heavy
heart
that
I
have
to
tell
you
of
Alan
Hawes
(Big
Al)
who
sadly
passed
away
today
.
A
life
long
friend
and
work
colleague
of
mine
and
many
others
surviving
and
no
longer
with
us
.
Our
thoughts
and
love
at
this
very
sad
time
go
out
to
Lyn
and
all
her
family
and
friends
.He was much loved by us all and will be sorely missed.
God bless mate XX
Posted 19-01-22
its
a
very
sad
day
again
to
announce
that
we
have
lost
a
few
of
our
good
and
trusted
Autowrapper
work
colleagues,
DIck
Bull
and
Dick
Gash
have
sadly
left
us
…
But
they
have
also
left
us
with
many
great,
happy
memories
,and
both
been
fantastic
contributors
to
this
website
that
keeps
the
history
of
this
amazing
company
and
the
people
behind
it
alive,
and
hopefully
shared
for
many
generations
to
come.
our
condolences go out to the families and friends and we send our respect to all that were close to these wonderful individuals. Thankyou all
Posted 13-01-21
It’s
very
sad
to
announce
the
passing
of
our
good
friend
and
colleague
Neville
Harrison
who
sadly
lost
his
battle
with
Covid
on
12-01-20,
our
thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends we have changed the front page of the autowrappers website in memory of Neville
Posted 01-04-20
Wow
….
what
a
month
it
has
been,
the
Corona
Virus
has
been
at
the
forefront
of
the
news
and
media,
although
not
going
out
in
the
evenings
has
given
me
more
time
to
spend
on
updating
this
website,
so
its
great
to
announce
another
update
to
the
History
of
Autowrappers,
we
do
get
a
few
messages
via
Facebook
and
Email
from
people
that
worked
at
AW
or
knew
someone
that
worked
there,
some
of
the
messages
are
quite
informational
about
the
past
times
in
the
factory,
so
we
decided
to
add
a
“Notice
Board”
page
to
the
Tell
your
Story
section,
this
allows
us
to
post
the
smaller
messages
that
are
not
big
enough
to
have
their
own
page
but
are
still
important
to
the
history
of
Autowrappers,
You
can
view
the Notice Board section Here.
The
response
for
donations
to
fund
the
hosting
of
this
website
has
been
fantastic,
in
fact
i
didn’t
expect
anyone
to
reply,
but
i
can
not
believe
how
kind
you
have
all
been,
and
I’m
really
touched
by
your
support,
a
big
thank
you
to
everyone
that
responded.
my
goal
is
to
prepay
the
hosting
for
the
website
for
the
next
20
years
to
keep
it
up
there
through
hell
or
high
water
so
should
anything
happen
to
me,
the
website
will
live
on,
this
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
have
2
admin’s
here
on
the
website,
so
we
can
keep
the
website
running
should
anything
happen
to
either
one
of
us.
also
the
main
objective
is
to
allow
generations
of
the
future
to
understand
the
history
of
how
this
small
engineering
company
from
Norwich
grew
into
one
of
the
most
respected
packaging
companies
in
the
world.
which
produced
some
of
the
best
engineers
in
the
world
also.
So
following
on
for
the
above
i
would
like
to
thank
Ivan
Mortimer
for
his
donation
last
week,
and
also
i
would
like
to
thank
Kelvin
Woodard
for
his
kind
donation
of
donating
a
years
worth
of
hosting
for
us.
a
big
thank
you
to
both
of
you.
it
starts
us
towards
achieving
our
goal
of
keeping
the
website running for many years to come. we have added you both to the
HALL OF FAME section Here.
Kelvin
sent
me
some
time
ago
the
information
of
his
apprenticeship
when
he
started
at
the
Edward
St
factory,
I
somehow
missed
it
in
my
emails
and
it
wasn’t
until
he
emailed
me
this
week
that
i
noticed
it
in
his
previous
email,
it
is
a
great
insight
to
joining
a
engineering
company
in
the 1960s so i have added it to the
Tell Your Story section Here enjoy
Jon
Bye
sent
us
a
photo
taken
at
the
NEC
exhibition
centre
in
Birmingham,
this
features
the
latest
in
New
Technology
at
the
time
Autowrappers
first
Electronic
Servo
based
machine
the
young
lad
running
the
machine
is
no
other
than
John
Marlee
MD
of
Bradman
Lake,
the
current
manufacturer
of
Auto-Wrapper
machines
I
have
added
the
photo
to
Part
6
of
the
History
section
which
means
this
section
is
now
well
and
truly
open, and will be adding more content soon.
See the Photo HERE
So
that’s
about
it
for
the
moment,
everybody
Stay
Safe,
Stay
Home
and
Stay
Calm
and
we
at
the
History
of
Autowrappers
wish
you
all
the
best
during these difficult times. we will be back with more updates very soon.
Posted 06-03-20
Message from Geoff King ….. Dicky Bull is having a retirement party, Bullys retirement on the 3rd of April 2020 at the Glasshouse in Norwich
6-00pm onwards,
We
have
added
to
the
History
Documents
section
a
copy
of
the
Deed
of
Apprenticeship
that
was
given
to
Philip
White
when
he
started
at
Autowrappers in 1965, many thanks to his wife Carol for sharing this.
see it in this section Here
Posted 04-03-20
A Very Big thank you to Rod Horne for his Donation and also for his kind words of support, Rod you made all the effort worthwhile, thank you
Posted 02-03-20
A Big thank you to my co Author of the AW website Paul Holmes for his Donation to the hosting upkeep
Posted 01-03-20
Big
thank
you
to
Kevin
Haylock
for
your
donation
to
the
website,
you
are
officially
the
first
member
of
the
hall
of
fame
,
a
friend
of
Autowrappers
but
most
importantly
a
big
inspiration
to
me
because
he
taught
me
so
many
things
over
many
years
…
so
again
thank
you
for
keeping
this
little
slice of history alive.
Posted 01-03-20
Due to requests to donate ( as mentioned below ) i have set up the Autowrappers Hall of Fame page for Donations for friends and supporters
Please click on the Hall of fame icon below.
Posted 01-03-20
A
very
Good
Day
to
all
our
fellow
Auto
wrapper
folk,
you
may
have
noticed
that
there
has
been
very
little
activity
on
the
History
of
Autowrappers
website
recently,
The
first
reason
for
this
is
the
Website
used
design
software
that
was
embedded
in
the
Host
server
this
had
become
obsolete
which
means
that
it
was
difficult
to
do
any
updates
and
also
we
could
not
back-up
the
website
easily
to
use
with
another
host
...
but
the
main
reason
was
the
cost
..
until
last
month
it
was
costing
me
£17
per
month.
for
AW
hosting
and
domains.
so
that’s
over
£1000
i
have
spent
on
the
AW
website
in
the
last
5
years
...
my
other
website
"Ditchburn"
costs
me
half
that
and
i
can
design
on
my
desktop
and
upload
any
where
....
so
last
week
i
spent
every
evening
re-building
the
website
form
scratch
..
and
moved
it
to
a
different
server,
i
was
able
to
make
quite
a
few
back-
door
improvements
along
the
way
which
means
that
pages
now
load
quicker
and
faster
and
i
have
changed
the
"Tell
You
Story"
and
some
other
sections
to
individual
pages
rather
than
having
to
scroll
down
a
long
page,
just
a
few
jobs
to
get
some
things
working,
like
the
links
on
this
page,
..
i
have
kept
the
website
with
the
same
look
as
i
find
it
easy
to
navigate
...
if
anyone
wishes
to
donate
to
help
keep
the
website
running
and the History of Autowrappers Alive, please let me know, all donations will be gratefully received,
Posted 28-2-19
It is with great sadness to inform of the passing of Pete Marlee.
John
and
his
Family
has
kindly
informed
us
that
his
Dads
Funeral
will
take
place
at
St
Faiths
Crematorium
Norwich
at
3:30pm
on
Monday
17th
June and afterwards a celebration of Pete’s life will be held at the Old Rectory Crosswick
Posted 28-2-19
Regarding
the
announcement
on
the
front
page,
we
are
sad
to
inform
of
the
passing
of
George
Howell
on
the
8th
of
February
2019,
and
also
Dick
Payne
in
the
last
week
of
February,
the
funeral
of
George
Howell
will
be
held
at
St
Faiths
Crematorium
on
the
8th
of
March
2019
at
1:15pm,
and
the
funeral
of
Dick
Payne
will
be
held
at
Earlham
Crematorium
on
the
14th
March
at
11:45am
our
condolences
to
their
families
and
loved ones.
Posted 09-02-19
It’s
great
to
announce
some
wonderful
and
historical
additions
to
the
website,
Firstly,
a
collection
of
Auto
wrappers
Company
memo's
was
sent
to
us
by
Kevin
Haylock,
the
first
one
was
from
1949
and
was
from
Charles
Maddison
to
his
workforce
detailing
the
fact
that
the
company
had
been
trading
just
two
years
and
he
would
not
tolerate
slackness
in
his
employees...
otherwise
they
would
have
to
leave...
quite
a
stern
speech,
the
second
from
Kelvin
Woodard
was
a
Letter,
sent
to
his
parents
in
1964
to
say
that
he
had
been
accepted
as
an
apprentice
at
Auto
wrappers,
it
details
the
pay
structure
and
requirements
for
apprentices
at
the
time
and
is
a
quite
interesting
read,
There
are
some
additional
company
memos showing the downfall for GEI in 1999 with the collapse of GEI on the stock exchange. to view these memos and letters
please click here
Also,
Kevin
Haylock
sent
us
the
following
articles,
one
from
the
EDP
regarding
the
takeover
of
GEI
by
the
banks
and
the
introduction
of
Philip
Corke as MD at whiffler road in 2000, also Kevin sent us a copy of the Autowrappers Magazine from 1980 to view these
please click here
Also added this update is an addition to Les Davison's story regarding an incident with some mighty fine French cigars
click here
Posted 10-12-18
Just
when
there’s
been
no
Posts
for
a
long
time
2
come
along
at
once...
The
AW
Xmas
Meetup
took
place
on
Friday
28th
of
November
at
the
Reindeer
Pub
in
Norwich.
The
event
was
organised
by
Andy
Matless
and
had
a
fantastic
turnout,
great
to
see
so
many
old
and
new
faces.
If
anyone has anymore photos to add please send them to us and we will add them to this section. to view the photos
please click here
posted 09-12-18
It’s
been
a
long
while
since
my
last
posts...
unfortunately
I
have
been
very
busy
with
other
projects,
work,
amongst
other
things,
but
today
we
finally
have
an
update
firstly
two
more
Golden
Boys
meetings
have
been
organised
by
Amir
Askari,
the
first
being
a
celebration
of
Phil
White
and was attended by his wife Carol and the second was the November meeting to view them
please click here
Posted 13-07-18
Today we have added an article to the "Tell Your Story" Section sent to us by Les Davison about how he started at Autowrappers,
click here
Posted 07-07-18
As
you
all
may
have
seen
on
the
main
page,
this
week
we
lost
one
of
our
very
dear
friends
Mr
Philip
White,
Phil
was
a
very
big
contributor
to
this
site,
and
we
send
out
condolences
to
his
wife
Carol
and
to
his
family,
Anyone
that
ever
met
Phil
would
know
what
a
nice
guy
he
was
and
very helpful to everyone, we will all miss him greatly,
Last
month
the
Golden
Boys
had
a
meeting
at
the
Glass
House,
hosted
by
Amir
Asgari
the
Golden
boys
are
for
any
retired
or
ex
AW
employees, a great place to catchup and have a drink together.
to view this latest update, click here
Posted 02-06-18
Hello
again
everyone,
and
welcome
to
another
update
for
the
History
of
Autowrappers
Website,
today
we
have
some
photos
from
1987,
taken
at
a
night
out
with
the
AutoWrappers
Engineers,
these
have
been
kindly
sent
to
us
by
Richard
Rush.
enjoy
the
trip
back
in
time
to
1987,
to
view
this latest update click here
Also added today is a photo taken of the engineers whilst the Autowrappers factory was briefly at old Hall Road to view this
Photo click here
Posted 15-05-18
Hello
to
our
readers
here
at
the
History
of
Auto-Wrappers
website,
Karl
here...
with
another
great
update
to
the
site,
this
time
to
the
Machines
section,
we
have
now
completed
the
scanning
of
all
the
machine
brochures
from
1996
to
2002,
this
is
the
range
of
equipment
that
was
manufactured
in
the
later
GEI
days,
when
you
click
on
each
machine
brochure
it
will
open
in
a
separate
window
and
you
can
read
the
machine
information just as you would have in the original brochure,
to view this latest update click here
Posted 11-05-18
Thanks to David Mortimer for sending some names regarding the people at the 1958 Dinner dance,
To view the article, click here
Posted 03-05-18
A
big
thank
you
to
Kelvin
Woodard
for
sending
some
information
regarding
Dal
Dewgarde
who
was
at
the
1958
Dinner
dance,
you
can
read
about this in the Tell Your Story section...
To view the article, click here
Posted 29-4-18
A
big
thank
you
to
Rod
Horne
for
helping
us
with
many
names
for
our
latest
update
to
the
1958
dinner
dance
photos
in
the
people
section,
click
here to visit the page.
Posted 25-4-18
Our
thanks
go
out
to
Kelvin
Woodard
and
Vanessa
Weston
who
assisted
us
with
some
of
the
names
of
the
people
at
the
1958
Dinner
Dance,
click here to visit the page.
Posted 05-04-18
Our
thanks
go
out
to
Carol
and
Philip
White
and
Paul
Holmes
who
assisted
us
with
some
of
the
names
of
the
people
at
the
1958
Dinner
Dance.
click here t
o visit the page.
Posted 25-03-18
Hello
again
to
all
the
readers
here
at
the
History
of
Auto
Wrappers
web
site,
todays
offering
is
one
of
the
biggest
updates
we
have
ever
done
in
one
hit
,
an
addition
of
over
90
photos
in
the
"People"
section,
this
last
weekend
was
spent
scanning,
preparing,
and
uploading
all
the
photos
to
the
web
site,
at
lot
of
time
and
effort
but
the
results
are
fantastic,
The
Event
in
the
photos
happened
at
the
Grosvenor
Rooms
in
Norwich
on
the
14th
of
November
1958,
to
celebrate
the
10
year
anniversary
of
Autowrappers
and
the
sale
of
the
company
to
the
Tobinoil
Group.
the
photographs
show
a
great
insight
to
the
times
at
AW
during
the
Edward
St
era,
if
anyone
can
help
put
names
to
some
of
the
faces
in
the
photos
please email us it would be very much appreciated.
click here to visit the page.
Posted 12-12-17
We
received
a
lovely
Email
today
from
Jean
Cann
regarding
our
website,
many
thanks
Jean
it
is
a
pleasure
and
we
at
Autowrappers.co.uk
wish
you and your family a happy Christmas and a wonderful new year.
to read click here
Posted 10-12-17
Today
we
have
done
quite
a
few
large
updates,
firstly
as
promised
we
have
the
story
regarding
the
visit
from
Jean
Cann
(Bill
Maddison
"the
founder
of
Auto-Wrappers"
daughter)
she
visited
with
her
family
and
we
had
a
great
day
discussing
the
History
of
the
company.
you
can
read
the full story on the
"Tell Your Story" page click here
Jean
also
gave
us
a
photo
taken,
we
believe
in
the
early
fifties
of
the
Auto-Wrappers
Football
team
when
they
won
the
Business
League
Championship, we would like to know the names of the players, if anyone can help please let us know. to view the photo, click here
Also
as
previously
mentioned
there
has
been
regular
lunch
meetings
of
the
retired
folks
that
worked
at
Autowrappers,
these
have
been
organised
by
Amir
Asgari
and
have
been
nicknamed
the
"Golden
Boys
Lunches"
if
you
want
to
join
let
us
know
and
we
will
put
you
in
touch
with
Amir for the next one. the last one was in November with a great turnout ...
to view the photos, click here
Posted 23-11-17
Today
we
have
a
great
story
from
Kelvin
Woodard
who
has
sent
us
his
tale
of
working
at
Autowrappers
between
1964
and
1973,
it’s
a
great
story
of
working
at
both
the
Edwards
St
and
Whiffler
Rd
factories.
thanks,
Kelvin,
for
giving
us
another
slice
of
history
of
the
Autowrappers
heritage. To view the article, click here
Posted 20-11-17
Hi
all
…
and
welcome
to
the
next
update,
as
previously
mentioned
Andy
Mattless
sent
us
the
photos
from
Trevor
Kirby's
Retirement,
these
have
now been posted on the website, to view the photos click here
Posted 11-11-17
Hi all … and welcome to the latest "late late" update …
Apologies
to
our
regular
visitors
that
the
site
has
been
at
a
standstill
for
a
while,
mostly
due
to
lots
of
things
going
on
in
my
private
life,
including
retiring
from
the
restaurant
business
and
my
children
going
off
to
university,
and
more
recently
being
involved
in
one
of
the
largest
single
factory
installations that Bradman Lake has undertaken,
for
me
it’s
fantastic
that
the
installation
has
been
here
in
the
UK,
so
it’s
a
great
boost
for
British
manufacturing
in
these
uncertain
times,
Paul
has
also
been
very
busy
and
just
returned
from
a
Trade
show
in
the
Gulf,
which
Bradman
Lake
has
been
exhibiting
our
latest
packaging
technology…
also
some
of
you
may
have
heard
that
Bradman
Lake
has
just
bought
the
Norwich
based
bread
slicing
and
packaging
company
“Ibonhart”
which
is
great
for
the
UK
packaging
industry
….
Less
of
what
is
currently
happening
and
back
to
the
“history
of
Autowrappers”
site,
here’s what coming up....
Andy
Mattless
is
organising
the
2017
Autowrappers
“its
nearly”
Christmas
Drink,
this
is
happening
at
the
Reindeer
pub
on
Dereham
Road
on
Friday
24th
of
November
2017
(from
7pm
onwards),
all
ex
Auto-wrappers
and
current
Bradman
lake
employees
and
friends
are
welcome.
We
look forward to seeing you all there.
Amir
Asgari
is
current
organising
monthly
pub
luncheons
for
AW
Pensioners
which
started
small
with
just
a
handful
of
people
but
is
now
rapidly
growing,
if
you
would
like
to
attend
one
of
the
monthly
lunches
or
know
someone
who
would
like
to
attend.
Please
send
me
your
contact
details
and I will pass them onto Amir.
Earlier
this
year
we
had
a
visit
from
Jean
Cann
and
her
family
(
Jean
is
Bill
Maddison’s
daughter
who
was
the
founder
of
Auto-wrappers)
,
Jean
visited
the
AW
site
along
with
her
family
and
we
had
some
great
discussions
about
how
AW
Started,
ironically
it
was
Jeans
Mother
who
decided
that
Auto-wrappers
should
be
in
Norwich
…
at
the
time
Bill's
family
were
living
in
Halifax
and
he
asked
her
where
she
thought
would
be
a
good
place to set up this new packaging company, and she replied that she had thought Norwich to be very nice ….. and the rest is history.
As
a
side
thought
...
what
if
Jeans
Mother
had
suggested
another
part
of
the
UK
...
how
the
packaging
history
for
the
eastern
region
would
have
changed
...
all
the
spin
off
packaging
companies
that
were
born
around
the
region
because
of
the
apprenticeships
provided
by
Autowrappers
would not exist today.
Jean Brought us a book of photos from the early days of Auto-wrappers, and we will be scanning them and putting them on the website soon,
Also
some
of
you
know
that
Trevor
Kirby
recently
retired
from
Bradman
Lake
-
Autowrappers
after
many
years
of
great
service
to
the
company,
over
these
years
he
has
helped
and
trained
many
new
comers
in
the
business,
passing
on
his
skills
and
knowledge
to
many
others
(including
myself)
we
would
like
to
wish
Trevor
all
the
best
in
his
retirement,
Andy
Mattless
has
sent
us
some
photos
of
Trevor's
retirement
party
which
I
will be posting soon.
Posted 19-03-17
As
most
of
the
readers
of
this
site
are
aware
this
year
is
the
70th
anniversary
of
Auto-Wrappers,
the
company
was
started
in
1947
by
Charles
"Bill"
Maddison,
In
April
2017,
Jean
Cann
(
Bill
Maddison’s
Daughter
)
and
her
family
will
visit
to
the
Beccles
factory
to
celebrate
70
years
of
manufacturing
the
Auto-Wrapper
brand
of
equipment,
and
to
see
some
of
the
latest
developments
in
the
packaging
world.
We
look
forward
to
her visit. we will update you with more information and photos of the event when it happens.
Also,
this
week
"The
History
of
Autowrappers”
had
a
great
article
published
in
the
Magazine
"Packaging
Europe"
the
magazine
is
one
of
the
world's
leading
packaging
magazines.
and
has
the
latest
Packaging
news,
analysis,
discussion
&
contacts
for
international
buyers
&
suppliers,
and
covers
the
latest
developments
in
the
packaging
world,
and
it
was
fantastic
to
see
the
"History
of
Autowrappers"
website
in
the
breaking
news section. To read the article click here
Posted 23-02-17
Machines
Section
Update:
We
are
pleased
to
announce
that
we
have
just
completed
one
of
the
largest
updates
to
the
machines
section
that
we
have
ever
done,
with
some
fantastic
new
photos,
information
and
brochures,
many
never
seen
before,
the
section
we
have
updated
is
"The
Whiffler
Road
Machines
1976
to
1996",
including
the
introduction
of
the
electronic
machines
and
also
the
rare
Vertical
Bagging
machines.
many
of
the
brochures
can
be
opened
in
a
new
window,
and
can
be
read
just
as
they
were
printed.
To
view
The
Whiffler
Road
Machines
1976
to 1996 Machine section please click here
Posted 22-02-17
Auto-Wrappers
sold
to
Tobinoil
in
1958:
We
have
been
sent
a
great
newspaper
article
from
Jean
and
Kenneth
Cann,
as
most
of
you
will
know
by
now,
Jean
Is
Charles
Maddison's
daughter,
the
article
outlines
the
sale
of
the
company
by
Charles
Maddison
to
the
Tobinoil
group
in
1958,
it
has
a
great
photo
of
Charles
and
Jean,
and
is
full
of
historical
information
regarding
the
rise
and
success
of
Auto-Wrappers.
To
view
the
article
please click here
Posted 19-02-17
The
Photos
that
were
sent
to
us
by
Alan
Hawes
have
now
been
added
to
the
People
page
section
Autowrappers
Around
the
world,
these
were
taken
during
an
installation
of
a
wrapping
system
in
India
during
1997.
Also
added
to
this
page
is
a
photo
from
Jon
Bye
taken
in
Warsaw
with
Trevor Kirby. To visit the Auto-wrappers "Around the World” page please click here
We
have
also
been
sent
some
other
photos
for
the
people
page
from
Jon
Bye,
these
have
been
added
to
the
bottom
of
the
Whiffler
road
section
and
the
events
section.
these
can
be
found
at
the
bottom
of
each
page.
To
visit
the
Auto-wrappers
"Events”
page
please
click
here
to
visit the Auto-wrappers "Whiffler Road” page please click here
Posted 09-02-17
As
mentioned
below
we
have
now
updated
the
History
section
to
include
the
wonderful
information
we
have
received
from
Mrs
Jean
Cann
(Bill
Maddison’s
daughter)
also
the
People
section
has
been
updated,
and
with
lots
more
photos
to
come
very
soon,
including
some
great
Photos
from Alan Hawes taken whilst working in India. To visit the new history update, please click here
Posted 09-02-17
Firstly
sorry
for
the
lack
of
updates
on
this
page
over
the
last
month,
I
have
been
very
busy
working
in
India
(
and
I’m
still
there
)
and
Paul
has
been
busy
back
in
the
office
at
Beccles,
but
that
does
not
mean
nothing
has
been
happening,
as
usual
we
have
been
extremely
busy
behind
the
scenes,
and
once
again
just
as
we
think
we
have
nothing
more
to
add
to
the
website,
more
great
information
and
photos
come
along,
This
week
has
been
very
exciting
for
me
and
Paul,
as
when
we
first
started
the
website
we
searched
for
information
on
Charles
William
Maddison
and
how
he
started
Autowrappers
(Norwich)
Ltd.
I
did
internet
searches
to
see
if
I
could
find
any
contacts
with
family
or
relatives
regarding
"Bills" History, but unfortunately, I could find nothing, this week we were contacted by Jean Cann and her husband Kenneth.
Jean
is
Charles
William
Maddison's
Daughter,
Jean
has
sent
us
some
fantastic
information
regarding
the
Life
of
Charles
William
Maddison,
including
all
about
his
life,
prior
to
forming
Autowrappers,
it
is
a
great
informative
and
historical
addition
to
the
website
and
we
will
be
publishing
it
very
shortly.
Jean
also
worked
at
the
Edward
St
Factory
until
1961,
so
we
will
be
publishing
some
Photos
that
she
has
sent
us
and
we
are
also looking forward to her knowledge of Auto-wrappers during that time.
The
above
is
great
news
for
us
especially
as
this
is
the
70th
year
of
manufacturing
Auto-Wrapper
Machines,
more
information
to
come
very
soon on this special occasion.
Also
we
would
like
to
wish
Richard
Rush
a
very
happy
birthday
today,
and
thank
him
for
the
many
contributions
he
has
given
the
site,
he
has
sent
us
a
great
photo
taken
during
the
Rowntree’s
Pastilles
Installation
at
Fawdon
near
Newcastle,
which
we
have
added
to
the
peoples
page.
To view Richard's photo please click here
Posted 03-01-17
The
Whiffler
Road
Years:
Another
large
update
added
tonight,
this
covers
the
Early
Whiffler
Road
years
when
the
company
was
owned
by
Tobinoil
the
update
covers
the
History
and
also
the
machines
produced
during
1966
to
1976,
the
company
started
producing
new
machines
and
diversifying
into
other
packaging
markets
during
this
period,
and
also
explains
the
SIG
pack
connection.
we
have
also
added
a
links
section
on
the
Contact
Us
page,
please
visit
our
Friends
on
the
internet
that
have
a
connection
with
the
history
of
Norwich.
To
view
the
History
pages
please click here. To view the Machines page please click here
Posted 01-01-17
HAPPY NEW YEAR
A
very
happy
new
year
to
all
our
readers,
2017
is
a
special
year
for
Auto-wrappers
as
this
year
is
the
70th
anniversary
of
manufacturing
wrapping
machines,
since
the
company
was
started
in
Norwich
during
1947.
this
website
has
grown
rapidly
in
the
last
year,
thanks
to
all
the
photos
and
articles
we
have
been
given,
and
its
thanks
to
you
all
that
it
is
now
one
of
the
most
comprehensive
History
of
Packaging
websites
on
the
internet.
We
have
a
lot
of
bigger
updates
coming
over
the
next
few
weeks
but
we
are
still
looking
out
for
further
information,
articles,
stories,
and
newspaper
cuttings
that
any
of
you
can
share,
please
email
us
if
you
have
anything
that
we
can
use
on
the
website.
today’s
History
page
(section
4)
update
is
only
a
small
update
that
covers
the
drawings
and
plans
and
construction
of
the
Whiffler
Road
Factory.
To
view
the
History page please click here
Posted 31-12-16
The
last
update
of
the
year,
Some
more
great
updates
to
finish
the
year,
we
have
now
updated
the
History
pages
parts
1,
2,
and
3
the
later
years are now in the process of being updated and will be active over the next few weeks.
To view the New updated History pages please click here
Posted 27-12-16
Hello
to
everyone,
it’s
been
a
while
since
the
last
update,
but
we
have
been
working
hard
behind
the
scenes
to
bring
you
some
more
great
information
and
photos
on
the
History
of
Autowrappers,
today
we
have
just
completed
updating
the
site
database
and
uploading
some
fantastic
new
pages
to
the
machines
section,
so
here
we
have
our
next
big
update....
this
covers
the
machines
produced
in
the
Edward
St
Factory
after
Autowrappers
was
sold
to
Tobenoil
in
1958,
it
was
during
this
period
that
the
first
Flow-wrapper
was
produced,
this
paved
the
way
for
Autowrappers over the next 56 years and is still our core business today.
A big thankyou to Paul Holmes who has provided the photos and information for this, and upcoming updates
Myself (Karl Dawson) and Paul Holmes would like to wish all our visitors a very Happy New Year.
To view the New Machines update (Part 3, The Edward Street Machines the Tobenoil Years 1958 to 1966) please click here
Posted 27-11-16
(2nd
big
update)
The
second
instalment
has
been
added,
we
have
also
changed
the
navigation
links
to
be
easier
to
use
and
easier
to
find
articles.
the
latest
addition
is
a
comprehensive
view
of
all
the
machines
manufactured
at
the
Edward
St
factory
between
1953
and
1958
also
added
to
this
page
is
the
price
list
for
these
machines,
we
believe
that
this
price
list
was
produced
in
the
late
1950s.
To
view
the
New
Machines
page please click here
Posted 25-11-16
(1st
big
update
)
A
few
of
you
are
aware
that
myself
(Karl
Dawson)
and
Paul
Holmes
have
been
working
hard
behind
the
scenes
to
produce
one
of
the
biggest
and
best
updates
that
this
site
has
seen
so
far,
I’m
pleased
to
announce
that
we
are
starting
to
Roll
out
the
updates
and
we
will
continue
over
the
next
few
weeks
...
the
History
section
and
the
Machines
section
have
a
new
look
and
navigation
menu.
we
now
have
so
many
new
photos
that
we
have
separated
the
photos
in
to
the
year
and
factory
of
manufacturing,
So
far
only
the
early
years
1947
to
1953
have
been
updated,
but
the
rest
will
follow
over
the
next
few
weeks,
I
hope
everyone
enjoys
this
as
much
as
we
have
putting
it
together
To
view
the
New
History page please click here. To view the New Machines page please click here
Posted 24-11-16
We
have
been
contacted
by
Rod
Horne
with
some
further
information
to
a
couple
of
photos.
To
view
the
photos
on
the
history
page
please
click
here and click here
Posted 22-11-16
Autowrappers
Reunion
November
2016:
This
Year’s
Auto-Wrappers
Reunion
was
held
on
Friday
18th
of
November
2016
at
the
Reindeer
Pub
in
Norwich.
The
event
was
organised
by
Andrew
Gill
and
had
a
fantastic
turnout,
great
to
see
so
many
old
and
new
faces.
Our
Official
Website
photographer Andy Mattless was in attendance at the event.
To see Andy’s Photos of the evening please click here
A Photo was sent to us from Trevor Kirby, he believes it was taken in 1972 or 73... i somehow agree ...
Warning contains images that should only be viewed by a mature audience .... to view click here
Posted 16-11-16
Photo Caption Competition. The winning entry for the Caption Competition was sent to us by David Granados
Posted 27-10-16
We
were
contacted
by
Tony
Taylor
(ex-Nabisco)
who
has
visited
our
website
and
sent
us
his
recollections
of
working
with
Autowrappers
back
in
the
80s,
it’s
great
to
hear
the
customers
perspective
and
experience
of
working
with
Autowrappers
back
in
the
day,
to
view
the
article
please
click here
Posted 27-10-16
Had
some
great
information
sent
to
us
today
from
Rod
Horne,
regarding
the
names
of
people
in
photos
AW0240
and
AW0241,
to
view
the
photos on the history page please click here
Posted 22-10-16
A
nice
little
update
today
on
the
History
Page,
we
have
been
sent
the
original
company
formation
document
from
1948
when
Autowrappers
was
registered as a limited company, to view the article please click here
Also added documents regarding the companies change of name in 1990 to view please click here
Also added is an article in the "Old News" Section from 1997 when AW celebrated its 50 years in business
To view the article, click here
Posted 20-10-16
Updated
the
site
with
some
additions
on
the
History
page,
some
of
you
may
have
noticed
the
"Old
News"
button
on
the
history
page
recently,
clicking
on
this
takes
you
to
an
area
dedicated
to
old
newspaper
and
magazine
articles,
We
have
added
a
news
item
from
the
EDP
Circa
2000
around the time that Philip Corke was running the business to view the article click here
Also some articles sent in by Jon Bye from an internal magazine called PACK-IT, to view the article, click here
Posted 16-10-16
I'm
back
in
the
UK
after
many
months
away
working
in
South
Africa,
I
will
try
and
get
a
few
more
updates
done
over
the
next
week
or
so,
Firstly
Paul
has
added
...
David
Mortimer’s
"Morty’s"
History
article
to
the
tell
your
story
page,
which
i
must
add,
is
a
very
funny
and
enjoyable
read,
I
have
added
a
slide
show
of
the
cartoons
of
Morty
to
this
article
(
first
time
i
have
used
this
website
feature
so
hopefully
it
will
work
on
all
browsing devices ).
Also
added
is
the
news
about
the
Auto-Wrappers
Reunion
on
Friday
18th
of
November
2016
at
the
Reindeer
Pub
in
Norwich
check
out
the
"Tell
Your Story" page for more information click here
Also
added
on
the
History
page
is
a
photo
sent
to
us
by
Kelvin
Woodard
which
shows
how
the
Edward
St
site
looks
today.
to
see
the
photo,
click here
Posted 07-10-16
Added Morty's History article to the Tell Your Story page, complete with some drawings of Morty by Ernie Rose.
to read the article click here
Posted 24-5-16
Sorry to inform everyone of this sad News, we have just heard of the passing yesterday of Adrian Gardiner,
Adrian
had
been
with
Autowrappers
for
many
years
and
was
still
working
as
a
design
engineer
for
them
under
the
Bradman
Lake
banner
until
yesterday, our condolences to his family at this sad time, i will update further information as we are informed.
Posted 21-5-16
Just
completed
a
HUGE
update
to
the
site
today
over
40
new
photos
added
to
the
PEOPLE
page,
these
were
kindly
sent
to
us
by
David
Mortimer,
most
of
them
span
his
career
at
Autowrappers
and
feature
colleagues
from
those
years,
especially
some
great
photos
of
Mike
Knights
who
is
sadly
no
longer
with
us,
i
hope
you
all
enjoy
looking
at
these
photos
as
much
as
we
have
enjoyed
compiling
them
on
the
site.
To
view
the
photos please click here
Posted 18-5-16
Facebook
Button
added
to
the
"Contact
Us"
page,
if
you
have
any
stories
or
photos
you
would
like
to
share
on
this
site
you
can
now
upload
them
to
us
via
Facebook,
also
if
you
want
to
be
notified
of
any
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Posted 15-5-16
A
Major
update
today
on
the
"History
page"
with
over
25
new
photographs
added,
many
thanks
to
Richard
Rush
and
Trevor
Kirby
for
allowing
us to scan the amazing photos that cover many years of Autowrappers history.
(the new photos are numbered AW0222 to AW0247) To view the photos please click here
Also added in the "machine" section is a very rare photo of a Super 2000 Duplex machine (AW0245)
and also, a photo of a sign removed from whiffler road when it closed, courtesy of Stephen Nichols.
Posted 22-4-16
Some new photos sent to us from Paul Tink have now been published on the People page
Posted 10-4-16
It's
Here
...
We
have
just
completed
"The
Andy
Mattless
Bumper
Book
of
Fun"
a
collection
of
photos
taken
by
Andy
over
the
years
during
his
time working at Autowrappers, to view the photos please click here
Also, today we have published a request form a reader (Kiron Chavda) in the tell your story section.
Posted 5-4-16
Large
update
today,
Simon
Gash
sent
us
an
Article
written
by
his
Father
Dick
Gash,
outlining
his
time
spent
working
at
Autowrappers
along
with
many photos from the era, thank you both for sharing them with us. To read the article click here
Posted 1-4-16
Added a photo on the "People" page of Dick Gash working on a Polo machine sent to us by Simon Gash
Posted 30-3-16
Added a photo on the "People" page sent to us from David Crisp of the Cromer to Norwich Pram race
Posted 29-3-16
1. We have added another photo to the "History" page from Mick Tooke showing the dispatch of machines from the Edwards St factory.
2.
We
have
added
a
new
photo
to
the
"History"
and
"People"
sections,
kindly
sent
to
us
by
David
Crisp,
the
photo
shows
the
Edward
St
development section around 1963-64
3. We have moved Website updates to here on the home page to keep the story page tidy.
Posted 26-3-16
1. We have added some new photos in the history section supplied to us by Mick Tooke.
2. New on the "Tell Your Story" page... An account by Rod (Fred) Horne of his time working at Auto-Wrappers,
giving us a great insight to the working conditions at Edward St during the 50s and 60s. To read the article click here
3.
We
are
currently
developing
the
"Andy
Mattless
Bumper
Book
of
Fun"
which
will
coming
soon
in
the
"People"
page,
this
contains
many
photos taken by Andy over the years.
4. Ivan Mortimer has provided an update to his story on the "Tell your story" page.
Posted 28-01-16
An article from Ivan Mortimer titled "My Life at Autowrappers" has been posted on the "Tell your story" page
To read the article click here
Posted 30-12-15
The Autowrappers Calendar Story from Andy Mattless has been posted on the "Tell your story" page.
To read the article click here
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