Sherwood Box Company

MEMORIES OF THE
SHERWOOD BOX COMPANY

Reform Street, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

The Twitchell side.

Original Facia Plaque

The old Loading Bay on Union Street side.

The New Factory.

The building was originally built in 1840 as a Primative Methodist Chapel.
In 1876 an additional schoolroom was built at the rear of the chapel.
In 1894 The schoolroom was rebuilt and enlarged to contain a Hall and 10 Classrooms.
In 1902 the Chapel was enlarged to accomodate 250 worshippers.
In 1904 John Pickard completed 50 years service and received a framed life-size portrait

It was taken over by the Sherwood Box Company possibly as soon as 1929.
The Sherwood Box Company business closed in approx.1981/82,

The building was taken over by Steve Andrews Removals, CJS Timber Merchants and Tibshelf Garden Products.

Reform Street Primative Methodist Chapel

The Old & New Factory Buildings.

The Retirement Party for Sid Osborne and George Whiting 1976

Back Row :- George Brunt - Jack Flint - Nora Padley - Helen Phillips - Carol Taylor - Doris Shaw - Clifford Potter - Fred Binch

Third Row :- Alice ? - Mary Keeling - Joan Levy - Doreen Elliott - Eileen Ashley (nee Bull) - Janet Cooper - Audrey Cooper - Annie Ware - ?? - ?? - Keith Richards - Stephan Llewellyn -
Steve Baines - Hilda Wood - ?? - Christine Ellis - ?? - Malcolm Walters - ?? - Stewart Swindell - Joyce Hovell.

Second Row(seated) :- Patricia Hall - Jean Eubrey - Sid Osborne - Kath Osborne - Beatie Whiting - George Whiting

Front Row(crouching/kneeling) :- Jenny Hill - Dorothy Henstock - Dorothy Mansell - Beryl Johnson(Gration) - Rita Johnson

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Fred Binch - Steve Baines - Keith Richards - George Brunt(standing) - Stephan Llewellyn - Clifford Potter - Malcolm Walters
and on seperate table : Rita Johnson

Steve Baines - Clifford Potter - Keith Richards - Steph Llewellyn

The following three photos, taken c1968, were supplied by Jackie Hannant, Jean Spiby and Sandra Papworth.

back row left to right : Joan Bellingham - Eddie Gration - Rose Wood - Iris Potter
front row left to right : June Marshall - Mavis Allwood - Elaine Coope

Jean Hickman - George Brunt - Elaine Coope - Joan Bellingham - Dorothy Mansell - Eddie Gration

Iris Potter - Elaine Coope - Doreen Shaw - Jean Hickman - Eddie Gration

The following three photos were taken at a Christmas Party and Leaving Do for Stewart Swindell who was emigrating to Australia

Back Row l to r : ?? - Nora Padley - ?? - Janet Cooper - Helen Philips - Eileen Coupe - George Brunt - Steve Baines - Stephan Llewellyn - ?? - Jack Flint - Michael Wade.
Second Row l to r :- Joyce Hovell - Doreen Elliott - Sid Osborne - ?? - ?? - ?? - ?? - Carol Taylor - ?? - Keith Richards - Betty Pitchford - George Whiting - Pat Hall -
Jean Eubrey - Audrey Cooper - ?? - ?? - Fred Binch - Annie Ware - ?? - ?? - ?? - Dorothy Mansell - ??.
Seated l to r :- Dorothy Sims - ?? - Eileen Ashley (Bull) - Roz (Stewart's Wife) - Stewart Swindell - ?? - ??.
Kneeling l to r : - Joan Levy - ?? - ?? - Dorothy Henstock - Doris Shaw - Rita Johnson.

l to r : - Sid Osborne - George Brunt - Dorothy Sims - Michael Wade - Betty Pitchford - Jack Flint - ??.

Michael Wade - Sid Osborne - ?? - Jack Flint - George Brunt - Betty Pitchford

Six Girls outside the Old Canteen at SHERWOOD BOX CO
Reform Street, Sutton in Ashfield
Picture appeared in Notts Free Press, but don't know when,stated taken about 40 Years earlier
Photo now believed to have been taken around 1943/44

Back Row : l to r - Hilary Spencer, Eleanor Kirk, Vera Allett.
Front Row : l to r - Jean Brooks, Dorothy Snell* and Mavis Allwood

*Dorothy Snell (later Burgoyne) sadly passed away in October 2022 aged 97.

Unloading a delivery of Cardboard by hand in the Good Old Days at SHERWOOD BOX CO

Michael Hill & Malcolm Heffer unloading another load of cardboard at Sherwood Box Co

Photograph provided by Malcolm Walters

Michael Hill, Malcolm Heffer & Roger King unloading another load of cardboard at Sherwood Box Co

Photograph provided by Malcolm Walters

Michael Hill & Roger King unloading another load of cardboard at Sherwood Box Co

Photograph provided by Malcolm Walters

Michael Hill, Roger King & Malcolm Heffer unloading another load of cardboard at Sherwood Box Co

Photograph provided by Malcolm Walters

Michael Hill, Malcolm Heffer & Roger King on the Fire escape at Sherwood Box Co

Photograph provided by Malcolm Walters

Malcolm Heffer & Michael Hill on the Fire Escape at Sherwood Box Co

Photograph provided by Malcolm Walters

Derelict Baptist Chapel on Parliament Street used by SHERWOOD BOX CO
in the 1960/70s until its demolition, as an overflow store for cardboard stock and completed boxes

Baptist Chapel - 1862

Photograph provided by Simon Clarke

HORACE MOWBRAY

Gravestone in Skegby Churchyard

In Loving Memory a Dear Husband and Father Died 10 February 1952 Aged 44 years

The gravestone is accompanied by a Flower Pot with the inscription

A Token of
Respect To
Horace Mowbray
From
Fellow Workmates
SHERWOOD BOX CO

OBITUARY OF DORIS SHAW
Former Employee of SHERWOOD BOX CO

ENVELOPE addressed to
THE SHERWOOD BOX CO.,LTD

Reform Street

Sutton in Ashfield

The letter was sent on 20 August 1929

from MUDFORD & CO, MANSFIELD
Ropes, Twines, Canvases, Nets and Tents
Sack & Bag Manufacturers to the Textile Trade

1/2p Postal Union Stamp

ENVELOPE addressed to
MESSRS THE SHERWOOD BOX CO

Mr Wade

Reform Street

Sutton in Ashfield

Notts.

The letter was sent at 7.15pm 27 November 1929 B from Nottingham

1 1/2p Three Halfpenny Stamp

Typical Contract for SHERWOOD BOX CO Employees.

SHERWOOD BOX CO
Factory Layout

John Wade Snr

He was born in 1884 , the son of London born Thomas Wade and Sarah Ann Else from Hardstoft in Derbyshire.
Photos taken when he was a Shop Boy at Beecrofts General Store.
He went on to become a Policeman, a Licencee of White Lion Public House that was situated on the site of the old Police Station at the top of Market Street
before becoming a Director of SHERWOOD BOX CO on Reform Street.
He lived for years in a nice old house at 45 Church Street, round the corner from the pub that was also demolished to make way for the Police Station.

John Wade snr standing in doorway.
Pictures and Information provided by Michael Armstrong

Pictures and Information provided by Michael Armstrong

Mr John Wade Senior (Managing Director,Sherwood Box Co.

Photograph provided by Richard Pepper FB-SLM

STAFF & EMPLOYEES OVER THE YEARS
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Mr John Wade (Senior) Owner / Managing Director

Mr John (Jack) Wade (Junior) Manager

Mr Michael Wade Assistant Manager

Mr John Pepper Trainee Manager

Dorothy Sims Secretary

George Whiting Forman

George Brunt Forman

George Parkes Gullotine Operator

Sid Osborne Gullotine Operator

Tony Maskell Gullotine Operator

Jack Caunt Gullotine Operator

Jack Flint Printer Forman - Retired 1978 due to ill health.

Stewart Swindell Printer

Ralph Swindell Printer

Bernard ?? Printer

Joan Levy Printer

Cyril Spencer Waste Operative

Fred Binch Waste Operative

Horace Mowbray

Joe Wood

John Bettison Scorer Machine Operator

Fred Fox Scorer Machine Operator

Colin Langton Scorer Machine Operator

Michael Hill Scorer Machine Operator

Malcolm Cross Scorer Machine Operator

Clifford Potter Scorer Machine Operator

Steve Baines Scorer Machine Operator

Stephan Llewellyn Scorer Machine Operator

Keith Richards Scorer Machine Operator

Barry Carlin Scorer Machine Operator

Malcolm Walters Scorer Machine Operator/Mechanic 10-04-1961 to 21-08-1979

Helen Phillips Coverall Machine Operator

Carol Taylor Coverall Machine Operator

Anne England / Berridge Coverall Machine Operator

Dawn Peat Coverall Machine Operator

Dorothy Henstock Quad Machine Operator

Nora Padley Machine Operator

Patricia Hall Machine Operator

Alice ?? Machine Operator

Rose Wagstaff 1978 - 1980

Jean Spiby -

Doreen Booker -

Maureen Cranstone 1955

Lou Bacon -

Marie ?? Canteen Assistant

Christobel (Chris) Booth -

Pauline Maxted -

Glenys ?? -

Sue Chapman -

Geeta Shaw Stitcher

Muriel Slack Stitcher

Margaret Price Stitcher

Doris Shaw Coverer

Jean Jeffs Coverer

Hilda Wood Coverer

Rita Johnson Coverer

Eileen Ashley / Bull Coverer

Christine Ellis Coverer

Jenny Hill Coverer

Dorothy Mansell Coverer

Beryl Johnson / Gration Coverer

Joan Bellingham Coverer

Eddie Gration Coverer

Rose Wood Coverer

Iris Potter Coverer

June Marshall Coverer

Mavis Allwood Coverer

Elaine Coope Coverer

Ann Cooper Coverer

Jean Hickman Coverer

Janet Cooper Coverer 1950s-1980s

Joyce Hovell Coverer 1950s-1980s

Else Wragg ?? c.1950s

Maureen Cranstone ?? 1955

Rose Wagstaff ?? ??

Mary Wildsmith ??

Violet King ??

Joyce Smith ?? Late 1960's/Early 1970's

Yvonne Woodhead ?? c1966

Lois Wood ??

Hilary Spencer ?? ??

Eleasnor Kirk ??

Vera Allett ??

Jean Brooks ??

Dorothy Snell ??

Mavis Allwood ??

Jean Webster ?? 1960s

Joan Webster ?? 1960s

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REFORM STREET PRIMATIVE METHODIST CHAPEL

Methodist Pulpit

Photograph provided by Joan Hollingsworth FB-SLM

Pulpit Poem

Photograph provided by Joan Hollingsworth FB-SLM

Pickard's Wedding

Photograph provided by Joan Hollingsworth FB-SLM

Primative Methodist Chapel Bible Study Group - 1890

Photograph provided by Joan Hollingsworth FB-SLM

Back Row : l to r - ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??.
2nd Row : l to r - ??, Samuel Hayes, ??, ??.
Front Row : l to r - ??, ??, ??.

Primative Methodist Chapel First Young Mens Bible Study Group - 1891

Photograph provided by Joan Hollingsworth FB-SLM

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Mr John Wade (Senior)	Owner / Managing Director
Mr John (Jack) Wade (Junior)	Manager
Mr Michael Wade	Assistant Manager
Mr John Pepper	Trainee Manager
Dorothy Sims	Secretary
George Whiting	Forman
George Brunt	Forman
George Parkes	Gullotine Operator
Sid Osborne	Gullotine Operator
Tony Maskell	Gullotine Operator
Jack Caunt	Gullotine Operator
Jack Flint	Printer Forman - Retired 1978 due to ill health.
Stewart Swindell	Printer
Ralph Swindell	Printer
Bernard ??	Printer
Joan Levy	Printer
Cyril Spencer	Waste Operative
Fred Binch	Waste Operative
Horace Mowbray
Joe Wood
John Bettison	Scorer Machine Operator
Fred Fox	Scorer Machine Operator
Colin Langton	Scorer Machine Operator
Michael Hill	Scorer Machine Operator
Malcolm Cross	Scorer Machine Operator
Clifford Potter	Scorer Machine Operator
Steve Baines	Scorer Machine Operator
Stephan Llewellyn	Scorer Machine Operator
Keith Richards	Scorer Machine Operator
Barry Carlin	Scorer Machine Operator
Malcolm Walters	Scorer Machine Operator/Mechanic	10-04-1961 to 21-08-1979
Helen Phillips	Coverall Machine Operator
Carol Taylor	Coverall Machine Operator
Anne England / Berridge	Coverall Machine Operator
Dawn Peat	Coverall Machine Operator
Dorothy Henstock	Quad Machine Operator
Nora Padley	Machine Operator
Patricia Hall	Machine Operator
Alice ??	Machine Operator
Rose Wagstaff		1978 - 1980
Jean Spiby	-
Doreen Booker	-
Maureen Cranstone		1955
Lou Bacon	-
Marie ??	Canteen Assistant
Christobel (Chris) Booth	-
Pauline Maxted	-
Glenys ??	-
Sue Chapman	-
Geeta Shaw	Stitcher
Muriel Slack	Stitcher
Margaret Price	Stitcher
Doris Shaw	Coverer
Jean Jeffs	Coverer
Hilda Wood	Coverer
Rita Johnson	Coverer
Eileen Ashley / Bull	Coverer
Christine Ellis	Coverer
Jenny Hill	Coverer
Dorothy Mansell	Coverer
Beryl Johnson / Gration	Coverer
Joan Bellingham	Coverer
Eddie Gration	Coverer
Rose Wood	Coverer
Iris Potter	Coverer
June Marshall	Coverer
Mavis Allwood	Coverer
Elaine Coope	Coverer
Ann Cooper	Coverer
Jean Hickman	Coverer
Janet Cooper	Coverer	1950s-1980s
Joyce Hovell	Coverer	1950s-1980s
Else Wragg	??	c.1950s
Maureen Cranstone	??	1955
Rose Wagstaff	??	??
Mary Wildsmith	??
Violet King	??
Joyce Smith	??	Late 1960's/Early 1970's
Yvonne Woodhead	??	c1966
Lois Wood	??
Hilary Spencer	??	??
Eleasnor Kirk	??
Vera Allett	??
Jean Brooks	??
Dorothy Snell	??
Mavis Allwood	??
Jean Webster	??	1960s
Joan Webster	??	1960s

MEMORIES OF THE SHERWOOD BOX COMPANY

REFORM STREET PRIMATIVE METHODIST CHAPEL

MEMORIES OF THE
SHERWOOD BOX COMPANY