Bob Parker

The canteen

The main thing former Berry’s workers agree on (and they seem to agree on a lot!) it’s that the food

I started – I went back on me old job. I used to work with me father, building. And then

Jim Blezard was one of the earlier Berry’s chairmakers. He worked as a French polisher and can be seen as

Ray has to be the leading contender for the prize for the Berry’s worker with the most incredible memory! He

(from an oral history recording by Chipping Local History Society in 1998) I went to HJ Berry’s chair factory. Well,

During the war, Bob Parker bumped into Chipping friends in the most unlikely places …

Here is a list of all Berry’s workers we can think of so far … do you have any to

Jack Berry was Manager of Berry’s chair works from 1966 until ??. He was a friend to many of

It was the sawyers who took the raw materials and started the job of turning trees into chairs. A dangerous