COOPERS

[bill]

this is the only surviving car made in kings lynn, 6 were made in 1909
by coopers,



on show tuesday market place

[old-git]

Hi bill,
Nice car, is it in a private collection or does Coopers have it, bet it didn't do a lot to the gallon

[choks]

why has the piccy gone ?

[bill]

the car is on permenant loan to coopers and is kept there

[bill]

anyone know the chap standing next to the digger?????
first cooper steam digger more pics will be published on the history of coopers later (cooper steam digger company) now cooper roller bearings

[bill]

coopers was cooper steam digger company until the manufacture of bearings i believe this was taken in the forge


this was the machine shop

[bill]

[bill]

1949, thomas cooper lived opposite in the big house which is now flats, you can just see the building of the former cow shed which was then storage for bestyett mineral waters, now coopers gatehouse on the right of picture with new extention



this one is fifties

[Mike.H]

Hi bill,
Nice photos, in the second one it looks like people in the road may have been just leaving off. Do you know how many people worked for coopers at it's peek and when was the peek?

[bill]

the peak was 1962/63 when coopers employed around 700 people

[bill]

this is a copy of a letter from thomas cooper when coopers used to be THE COOPER STEAM DIGGER COMPANY THIS HAS A DATE FROM 1919 two years after a fire destroyed coopers

[bill]

picture of some of coopers employees who have done over 35 years service

[BLACKSHUCKDOG]

Good photo of my uncle.
Many thanks.

[old-git]

I just noticed that you added another piccy of the car bill, so allow it out sometimes
Please let us know if they let it out again, be nice to see it

[CC]

Hi Bill, "Jolley" nice car pitty about some bloke "hoggin" the picture though!
CC