I thought that was brilliant, the good old days, when a girl could fit an innertube in 50 seconds, and what looked like a 12 year old, building wheels like a pro.... :shock:
I agree with others, by todays standards health and safety would shut them down in 30 secs, no goggles/ guards etc etc etc....lol..
What about the guy dipping his hand in the enamel? And the junior taking the wheels to a skilled worker to fit them... when I were your age I had to dip my hand in enamel for 15 years before they let me put the wheels on lad.....
I could not decide if I should be proud or ashamed. Raw materials in one side of the factory and the finished product leaving the other against the H&S and mind numbing monotony of the jobs.
Amazing how things used to be done - won't find any of that in a modern factory or that amount of workers.
Also amazed to see that all of the bike was built in house again that doesn't nowadays.
Did see a modern bike being made on one of those "how it's made" type of programmes and was a totally different situation - far fewer workers, many more components were brought in ready made and much more done by automatation rather than hand.