Author Topic: Worked at Frankenstein’s  (Read 764 times)

Ian Scott

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Worked at Frankenstein’s
« on: 13:12:27, 08/06/21 »
Did anybody out there work at Frankenstein’s in Newton Heath in the mid sixties  :o

Parky

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Re: Worked at Frankenstein’s
« Reply #1 on: 13:27:27, 08/06/21 »
I lived quite close to  there in the sixties , my mam worked there during the war years , I think I’m right in saying that the Apollo astronauts wore spacesuits made there

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Re: Worked at Frankenstein’s
« Reply #2 on: 11:48:17, 15/06/21 »
Indeed, the space suits designs and experiments were of Frankenstein origins - -

https://blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/from-manchester-to-the-moon/
 
I did'nt work there... but here's a 1963 shot.

P. Frankenstein and Sons Ltd. Victoria Rubber Works, Stansfield Street, Newton-Heath.

https://images.manchester.gov.uk/web/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=20580&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=51717

---- per 'Graces Guide' ->

The Original 'Baracuta' (Clothiers) of Bradford Road Mills, Beswick Street, was aquired by Frankenstein's in 1963.

I would love to have an original Baracuda G9 Harrington Jacket - Steve McQueen and James Dean wore them but 300 quid is out of my reach!


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Re: Worked at Frankenstein’s
« Reply #3 on: 12:32:01, 15/06/21 »
Hi manx I’d love a original baracuta blazer , top class ,