THE JOURNAL OF THE PLYSU GROUP No. 7 WI NTER, 1972

THE TRAMPS INVADEAn on-the-spot reportby ourspecial correspondentIn the hush of a Septemberevening, murmurings swept thehills and valleys of Beds. andBucks. the hedgerows and dis-used stations of British Rail. Nocorner could escape the messagewhich throbbed and pulsated its wayround the workhouses of two entirecounties-and out they came. ThePlysu Canteen hummed with theirpresence.

A general delousing/decokingoperation was offered but rejected bytheir leader.

After the initial "oathlike" greetingswere exchanged and everyone hadkicked the mangy old off-whitemongrel that one of 'em had broughtwith him, it was obvious that theevent was going to go with a swing.

Among their numbers were twotoff-like types; rumour had it thatthey were from the City Branch.

When the Canteen Staff cameround (windows were opened), aconstant supply of rnetbs' was pro-

WHO SCOOPEDTHE POOLS?Sixteen lucky members of the Con-tainers Department-that's who!How much did they win 7 Let's justsay "a substantial amount".

But with a 16-way split it's not sosurprising that most of the winnerswhen interviewed for Plvsu Peoplesaid, "This win won't change ourway of life and we certainly plan tocarry on working".

The camaraderie of the open road is cap curedin this pie cure of three 'tramps' swoppingtetes over some light refreshment.

duced, laced with Charley Wells'best by "The Johnny Walker".

The car park itself was a sight tobehold-there was line upon line ofold prams, soap boxes, pushchairs,mostly carrying a spare wheel andbegging bowl. Spotted, parked un-obtrusively in one corner was ascissor grinders contraption.

As the evening progressed, mostof the "Ki ngs of the Road" atesparingly and stowed the remainingfood away in their cooking utensils,which up to that time had been usedto contribute to the band's excellentperformance as they danced.

Then the clock struck twelve, andas they varlished into the night assilently as they had appeared it wasgenerally felt that a good time hadbeen enjoyed by all.

In thisIssue ...The Tramps Invade-exclusive picturecoverage 2

Plysu Crossword 3

Mr. Jackson showsthe flag 4

Thank you corner 4

Take to the boats 5

Anyone for Golf? 5

People making news 6

Shop! 7

Welcome to newcomers 7

Sports round up 8

THE TRAMPSINVADE ...exclusive pictures

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These photographs of the tramps enjoyingthemselves were taken by our intrepidnews photographer at great personal risk tohimself. Whilst doing his job he receivednumerous threats including a particularlynasty one from the wielder of the big stick!(below right).

Crossword Puzzle WinnersThe crossword puzzle competition inthe last issue of Plysu People pro-duced quite a crop of entries. Thefi rst completely correct entry wasreceived from Mr. Maxwell Summer-lin who wins a Premium Bond. Thecorrect solution is printed above.

Other crossword puzzlers whoacquitted themselves particularly wellwere:

Mr. E. B. Jones-IndustrialPat Ayre-Containers.Mrs. J. Chappell-Moulding OfficeJoan Hunt-Containers StrippingMrs. B. Cullip-Containers Strip-

pingMr. S. Cooper-ElectriciansMrs. K. O'Brien-Housewares

Department.Alongside is another chance for you

to win fame, glory, and a PremiumBond by entering the Plysu PeopleAutumn Crossword competition.

All you have to do IS cut out yourcompleted crossword and submit itwith your name and department toMark Suter at the Main Office.

To make things even fairer andgive everyone time to tackle thecrossword the competition willremain open until Monday, January8th when entries will be drawn out ofa hat. The winner will be the firstcorrect entry drawn.

So get busy on Harry Arnoldslatest chequered challenge and getthose entries rolling in to Mark Suter.

25 Years With PlysuAnd Still GoingStrongTwenty-five years with the samecompany suggests that it can't besuch a bad old firm to work for afteralii

Four Plysu employees who haverecently chalked up a quarter of acentury's service with the companyand deserve congratulations from usall. are:

Mrs. V. Garner -Mr. P. Jackman-Mrs. K. MurrayMiss H. Rann

HousewaresWork ShopIndustrialIndustrial

Plysu CrosswordI

DownI by Harry Amold 1. Eager to get to six (4).

2. A visit to Uncle's for a decent wine (4)Across

1. Olden day lovers means of communi-cations. Ah these Chinese get every-where (1,4.2.3.4).

3. Biblical hunter (6).

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).

8. Wine dregs (4).

10. And get mixed up with the forcessweetheart near the porch (7).

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 12down (7).

9. This may be expected as a result ofmarriage (6. 3. 6).

11. Young Lady's delight on a moonlitnight (2, 2.1, 4).

13. Fertile arable land of East Anglia (3).

14. "As as a Welsh pub on Sunday"(Boozers Guide to Britain) (3).

16. Rental agreement covering a specificperiod (5).

18. Plvsus Father Christmas (5. 5).

20. Our office girls are short and hot (5).

23 Gilbert and Sullivan Princess (3). 24. Wartime restriction (6).

25. Not man enough? (6).

28. Get the sheep right out of the sewer (4).

29. Iron bloc inhabitant (4).

30. You silly old goat why are you dressedlike that? (4).

26. Beer 7 Sounds more like a malady. (3).

27. Writing implement (9).

32. Napoleon found these put in at Water-loo (10.5).

33. Munich Mark's Olympic feat. caused byOlympian feet (5.4. 6). 31. Oxfordian river (4).

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Pictured here is Mr. D. Jackson of the Injection Moulding Departmenttakingpart in the recent Royal British Legion Festivalof Remembranceheld at theRoyalAlbert Hall in London.

Mr. Jackson who works on the General and Service Committees of theBletchley Branch of the Royal British Legion,servedwith the BritishArmy inNorth Africa, Italy and Europe.His last two years'servicewas with the BritishMilitary 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 thes'tarter on her car jams-which is all too frequently.

Dates tor your Diary AND AGAIN!The highly successfulTramps Soireeheld on 16th September raised£73·17 for the CharterhouseRheu-matismClinic.

The organisers want to thankeveryonefor entering into the fun sowillingly. and making the eveningsuch a success.

Bingo - every Thursday; RedCross training-every Thursday;TableTennis-everyWednesday;Staff Dance-January 6. 1973;Red Cross Dance-February 10.1973.

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TAKE TO TITaking to the water all overBritain is a rapidly growingarmada of boats made from amaterial with which we are allfamiliar-plastic.

Cycolac ABS, the engineeringthermoplastic used is extremelydurable and tough, which meanssafe boating of all kinds.

It is now ten years since thefirst boat with a Cycolac ABShull was first introduced by aBritish manufacturer, and totalEuropean production - nowfrom firms in Finland, France,Italy and The Netherlands as wellas the U.K.-had exceeded 45,000boats by the end of last year.

The material is thermoformedfrom flat sheet into the shape ofa boat hull in a single vacuummoulding operation.

Two shells are formed in thisway into an inner and outer hull

Another example of how plastics areincreasingly being used for tnermo-Iorrnedhulls is the versetile Durafloat 3.60: (below)which was designed by Colin Mudie and isseen here demonstraring its capabilityunder sale.

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E BOATS!skin and bonded together tomake a very buoyant boat. Insome designs this is supple-mented by filling some or all ofthe space between the twoshells either partially or whollywith low density rigid foam.

Stringent testing has shownthat these hulls have con-siderably higher resistance toimpact than other materialscommonly used for constructingsmall boats such as glass fibrereinforced plastics or aluminium.

The production of hulls in thisway ensures a low initial costfor the spare-time sailor whogets a durable and high qualityboat that needs little main-tenance, is light and readilytransported (e.g. on a car roof),easy to launch, good looking andgenerally very good value formoney. No wonder so manypeople are taking to the water insmall boats.

The Yak III (below) is one ofche tetest in thenew breed of vacuum-moulded plascicpleasure boa ts. If can be filled with anoucboard motor of up to 25 hp. for wacer(Ski-ing. or Bermuda rig sails for safe familysailing.

Anyone ForGolf?

On November 20th, the golf enthusiasts at Plysu got together andformed a new section of the Social Club-The Plysu Golf Societv.Regular meetings are planned for the winter months, at which it ishoped to show instructional films and possibly have a Professionalpresent to discuss the game with members. In the summer we hope toplay golf'

Anyone, who is even mildly interested in golf, will be more thanwelcome at these meetings, so do go along. Len Perry, Secretary of thenew section will be pleased to pass on details of when and where.

Starting a new section like this always means problems of one kindor another. One particular headache the Golf Society is suffering from,is shortage of equipment. So if you have any old golf clubs lying aboutin your garage, under the stairs, or maybe in the garden holding up thedahlias, please get in touch with Len Perry! If you've got no further usefor them, they could be a great help to those who do not want to go tothe expense of buying clubs until they are sure they like the game.

Plysu Social ClubSection Secretary

.Jack Sorenson- Engi neeri ng

Mrs. Wilson-Print Room

Dick Larbey-Inspection

Len Perry-Housewares

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Angling

Bingo

Football

Golf

Red Cross ., Claude Phillips-Personnel

Table Tennis Terry Mason-Drawing Office

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

"The newly-formed Woburn Sands football team, who are playing friendlymatches until next season, met a Marley Tiles team at Aspley Guise

Now is the time to point fingers and cautions, and the Council's decisionname names. Who do you recognise "not to appoint a parish constableamong the youthful faces of this for the ensuing year"."newly-formed Woburn Sands foot- Come along, put on your thinkingball team"? caps and send in your guesses to

To give you a clue to the date of Mark Suter, in the Main Office. Wethe photograph, the local newspaper shall be publishing the most correctin which it appeared also carried and/or most original attempts tonews of Ampthill Rural District name these men, in the next issue ofCouncil's plans for air-raid pre- Plysu People.

YOUNGGENERATIONCORNER

These three happy vounqsters are a/l Mrs.Nicholls' grandchildren. Joanne Church,on the left. is her granddaughter; youngDarron Coleman in the centre is a great-grandson; and on the right Mrs. Nichollsother great-grandson, is Oerron's elderbrother, Anthony Coleman.

CongratulationsTo Jocylyn Cook, who used to workin the Mop Room, on the birth of ababy girl, who is to be named LisaMarie.

*To Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Jean Butler,of Reception) who were married atBletchley Registry Office onNovember 11.

*To Cathy King who retired InSeptember.

*To Francis Shanley (formerly Cole-man) who used to work in theSponge Room, and gave birth to ababy boy, Nicholas John, on October9th.

*To Christine White and PhilipSmith who became engaged onOctober 1st.

*To Fiona Ruggiero (formerlyCaves) on the birth of a baby boy.David. weighing 71b. 100z., onSeptember 8th.

*No wonder Angela Casey has beenlooking very pleased with liferecently-she won a £17·00 coat ina Fashion Show I

Plysu peoplemoking newsCongratulations

To Doreen Stevens, of the Mould-in Room, and Derrick Killick, ofMaintenance, who are planning toget married at Ampthill MethodistChurch, on December 16.

*To Elaine Butterfield (formerlyKarney) who worked in Housewares.and gave birth to a baby girl. SallyAnn, weighing 71b. 110z. on 23rdSeptember.

*To Jean Jenkins, who got marriedon August 26th.

*To Philip and Angela Rose, whosebaby son, George Edward, weighing71b. 120z. was born on July 28th.

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The radiant bride (above) is Sandra Good-child with her husband Michael Gay aftertheir wedding at SI. Michaels. WoburnSands. on October 24th.

*1972 has been a good year forNorma and Cliff Bowler, who havebeen five years at the Plysu BlendingRoom. Earlier this year they wereblessed with a grand-daughter, bythe name of .Julie Suzanne, and thenmore recently they celebrated thei r30th Wedding Anniversay

Conqretutetions to Jean Jenkins and GarryRowney who were married on Augusc 26thand are pictured here leaving AmpchillRegiscry Office afcer che ceremony.

*CongratulationsTo Mrs. Toni Borromeo and herhusband Luigi, on the birth of ababy boy. Carl. on October 31st.

Red CrossNewsCongratulations to Mrs. M. Buik,SR.N .. who has been appointed anursing officer of the British RedCross,and appointed Nursing Exam-iner for the Bedford Division's nexttwo nursing examinations.

*Members of the local detachmenthave for the past eleven weeks beenon a nursing course at EdgburyHospital. with Mr. F. Bowles, S.RN.,Matron, as lecturer, assisted by Mrs.Barnett. Assistant Matron.

*On the 20th December two memberswill provide entertainment at theNursing Staff Annual Dinner whifstthe remainder of the detachment wiflcerrv out voluntarv nursing duties atEdgburv Hospital.

Another happy couple who were marriedrecentlv ac Ampthill Registry Office areMadeline Payne and David Staple con. Ourphotograph was taken before the ceremonywhich cook place on September 30ch.

shop!for sale1965 FORD CORTINA

in good condition.M.O.T. till March. Taxed tillDecember. 2 Owners. 45.000miles only. £200 required.

wantedIs there anyone with a tape recorder

in good condition thatthey would liketo sell? If so, please contact M arkSuter (Ext. 225), because a buyeris prepared to pay a reasonable pricefor it.

Can anyone help with old golfclubs? Suitable for use by beginners.If they can. Len Perry, Secretary ofthe Plysu Golf Society, will be verypleased to hear from them.

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Welcome

Moulding: Mr. John Middleton. Mr. Ray-mond Perry, Mr. David Philo, Mr. StephenCook. Mr. Vincent O'Mara. Mr. JamesArmstrong, Mr. Neil Whitham, Mr. PaulTurner, Mr. Michael Winn, Mr. TerenceLangton, Mr. Richard Freestone, Mr. RoystonGuymer, Mr. Edward Nagle, Mr. FrancisFishlock, Mr. Anthony Butcher, Mr. EdwardHadlow.

Containers: Mr. Christian Cheneler, Mrs.Defjit Kaur, Miss Margaret Guess, MissRosemary Healey, Miss Jacqueline Capp,Mr. Stephen Fall, Miss Jacqueline Whitfield,Miss Rosamund Dennis, Mr. JosephRoberts, Mrs. Doris Parsons, Miss MargaretDunham, Miss Dawn Minards, Mrs. RadaMilenkovic, Mr. John Denton, Mrs. Cath-erine 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. CyrilSnoxall, Mrs. Dhanti, Mr. Terence Squire,Mrs. Mohinder Ubhi, Mr. Kevin Fitzpatrick,Mrs. Gurmit Singh, Mr. John Graham, Mrs.Judith Hooper, Miss Jayne Mote, Miss JoyNunn, Mrs. Shirley Higgs, Mrs. KathleenFuller, Mr. Dennis Carter.

Print Room: Miss Pamela Baxter, MissMary Forrest, Mr. Jan Power, Mr. FrankPurcell, Mr. Frederick Sorenson, Mr. Norman

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: Miss Fiona Tvers, Mr. OscarKronins.

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. FrancisCreasey, 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. RogerEverett, Mr. Allan Mackenzie.

Security: Mr. Sidney Rowe.

Maintenance Workshop: Mr. Gary Uhli.

Stores: Mr. Leslie Perry.

Cleaning: Mr. Albert Glenford, Mr. ThomasCufflin.

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SportAngling SectionNow that the Angling Section of theSocial Club has been accepted intothe Milton Keynes Association, weare venturing into new competitionfields, and we are hoping that someof the expertise of the regular comp-etition anglers of other clubs willrub off on to our members, alreadywe are finding that canal fishing callsfor a much finer style of fishing thanon our own lake for instance. Thisyear we have been holding matcheswith a points system and the chart isbeginning to show the consistencywith which a few of the members arefiguring in the top three placings andwho knows, it may well be that aPlysu fisherman will one day rep-resent the club in the National.

Extra Waters

The reasons why the committee tookthe decision to apply for membershipof the Milton Keynes Angling Associ-ation were two-fold. One, that withthe membership of the club growingyearly, we would find the Plysu lakeinadequate to accommodate all mem-bers in competition, and joining theAssociation offers extra waters to

"fish, and secondly, that the policy ofthe M.K.A.A., is to keep waterswithin the Development Area strictlyfor local clubs and to prevent largewealthy clubs from the Midlandsbuying up all available waters andforcing local people to travel milesfor their angling.

Eric Seamarks' Rudd

Back to the home front and the Plysulake, we have good reason to bethankful to Eric Seamarks who sokindly allowed us to stock the lakewith some of his splendid rudd, theyhave been the main stay of ourcompetition weights and have set-tled in nicely replacing the hundredsof small roach we lost to a diseaselast year.

Mick Balderstone's ReluctantCarp

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

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fish when faintly out of the mist camea plaintive cry for help. With visionsof one of us going down for the thirdtime I rushed off in the direction of thevoice to find Mick Balderstone onhis knees with his arms stretched totheir fullest extent. his rod in onehand and landing net in the other,with a fat and very reluctant carpabout a foot beyond his reach.Having netted it. it was weighed atonce and returned to the lake, a veryhandsome ten and a quarter pounderwhich with his other fish made him avery worthy winner; especially asthe carp was hooked and played outon a light line and number eighteenhook. This incidentally, is the firstlarge carp caught during a match,may it be the first of many.

Jack Sorenson,ENGINEERING.

Football ClubAs you will know, league fixtureshave been taking place since Sep-tember. After a good start. when ourteam beat M.K.D.C. Reserves 3-0,results have unfortunately not goneour way. Part of the reason must bethe number of postponed matcheswhich have not allowed us to settlewith a regular team. Nevertheless, onseveral occasions we have beenunlucky to lose, and we are hopingthat in the weeks to come someimprovement will come about.

Home gamesAfter some difficulty in obtaining aregular side we have now assembleda really good team which should giveus the results. It should be noted thatdespite our lonely position in theLeague (North Beds Div Ill) we haveone of the best goal averages in thatdivision.

Your support at home games isalways welcome. Watch the Con-tainers Moulding Room notice boardfor details of fixtures.

Thank you.B. R. larbey, Hon. Sec.

Table Tennis SectionThis section has now been runningfor approximately four months, withI might add, very little .support.

A considerable loan was obtainedfrom the Social Club with which we

have purchased two first class tablesand the other necessary equipment.

The dance which was held on the28th October has helped to repaypart of this loan, another dance isplanned for some time next year atwhich your support will be muchappreciated.

Wednesday eveningsYour support on club evenings isalso necessary to make this sectiona success, so please if you playPing- Pong, or table tennis, are abeginner or quite competent at thissport. .please join us on Wednesdayevenings in the Canteen between thehours of 7.30 p.m. and 10.00 p.m.approximately.

Thank you.T. Mason, Chairman.

Our bowling ladies, Mrs. May Laingand her sister Mrs. Irene West, whobowled 'em all over earlier this year towin the Bucks County Women's PairsBowls Championship are picturedabove at the special presentation eve-ning when they received their trophy_

May and Irene have been membersof the Woburn Sands Women's BowlsClub for ten years. In eight of thosethey have been partnering each otherin pairs matches.

This was their first victory in thecounty championships and they had tobeat some stiff opposition, much of itfrom teams from their own Club. Infact to gain the trophy, they had toknock-out Mrs. Laing's daughter andpartner in the semi-finals.

NEWS,We welcome news and views, com-ments and carps. This is yourjournal and your opportunity to putpen to paper. News to:

Ethel Best. Raymond Hall-HousewaresEdna Ingram-ContainersHazel Wade-IndustrialMark Suter-Main OfficeClaude Phillips-New Peronnel OfficeLes Hailey- TransportDerek Sinfield-Moulding ShopJean Smith-Print Room