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A Coventry Engineer who retired four years ago because of ill-health
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A Coventry Engineer who retired four years ago because of ill-health
A Coventry Engineer who retired four years ago because of ill-health, is now using his former skills in a totally different field. Mr. Ken Gutteridge has gone from lathes to chandeliers and is currently equipping Walton Hall Hotel, Wellesbourne, with 14 of them, including the three biggest he has ever made. He started as an apprentice at the Alfred Herbert Machine tool company in Foleshill Road, Coventry, and at the time of his retirement in 1969 was production engineering manager at Massey Ferguson. He moved to Hastings with his wife Joyce, and youngest son Ronald, to run a hotel. Although it was a success, Mr. Gutteridge could not settle down. " I am a professional engineer and catering is not my line of business, " he said. So he went into partnership with another man in the chandelier business. The partner has since retired and Mr. Gutteridge is now sole owner of GB Crystals. It is a family concern with his wife doing the accounting, and another son Paul and his wife Beverley also working with him. Both Mr. Gutteridge and his wife have long connections with Coventry. Their other four children live here and Mrs. Gutteridges great uncle, Alderman W. H. Grant, was a former Mayor.
31st May 1973
Coventry Telegraph Archive
Mirrorpix
Coventry
West Midlands
England
Media ID 21404260
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The print captures the incredible journey of Mr. Ken Gutteridge, a Coventry Engineer who retired four years ago due to ill-health but has now found a new purpose for his skills in an entirely different field. After spending his career working with lathes and reaching the position of production engineering manager at Massey Ferguson, Mr. Gutteridge decided to embark on a unique venture. Leaving behind the hotel business that he ran successfully with his wife Joyce and youngest son Ronald in Hastings, Mr. Gutteridge realized that catering was not where his true passion lay. Determined to pursue his expertise as a professional engineer, he entered into partnership with another individual in the chandelier industry. As fate would have it, Mr. Gutteridge's partner eventually retired from their joint endeavor, leaving him as the sole owner of GB Crystals - a family-run business where both his wife and children play integral roles alongside him. Despite moving away from Coventry to Hastings, both Mr. and Mrs. Gutteridge maintain strong connections with their hometown through their children living there and Mrs. Gutteridges great uncle being a former Mayor. This photograph showcases not only Mr. Gutteridge's resilience but also serves as an inspiration for those seeking new beginnings later in life by utilizing their existing skills in unexpected ways.
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