tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560105223161792779.post7295770946130036921..comments2023-10-20T15:26:50.274+01:00Comments on Cllr Dick Cole: Looking back to 1913 ... and forwardDick Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887863266989905144noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560105223161792779.post-57252093390594032252013-09-08T11:29:55.984+01:002013-09-08T11:29:55.984+01:00The workers of Clay Country were a breed apart and...The workers of Clay Country were a breed apart and it must have taken a lot to drive them to take the heroic action they did.<br /><br />The areas finest period was under the leadership of Sir Alan Dalton who led a loyal highly motivated loyal workforce that brought such prosperity to the Hensbarrow Downs behind St Austell for many years.<br /><br />I first met Sir Alan when he presented me with a school prize and in later years when he lived in retirement at Penelewey I got to know him quite well, he really was an incredible man an example and inspiration to all he met.<br /><br />Like so many other good firms ECLP eventually got infiltrated by the greedy corporate short termists intent on maximising profit by robbing St Austell of it's future.<br /><br />The rot really set in when like rats leaving a sinking ship the financial rapists moved the company headquarters from St Austell to Reading after which it was downhill all the way.kevin.bennetts@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095780874288851335noreply@blogger.com