Re: Daily Mail today, is this Britains oldest working oven?
Hello Mike, Interesting to read of your visit to the Parkinson Cowan factory here in B'ham. Yes it was a big plant and employed many people and it was big news on local radio and tv when it closed. I went there once to buy some push in pilot light jets for our 1970s cooker. They reluctantly let me have 4, one for each burner FOC, as they had no facilities for taking cash from the general public, but suggested I might like to make a small contribution to their gratuity box which I did with pleasure. I was told in future I must order such parts through the then West Midlands Gas Board.
Alan
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