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Title
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The Horizon Factory
Description
An account of the resource
Objects related to the Horizon Factory.
Opened in 1972 and costing £14 million, the factory was positioned in the Lenton area of Nottingham and occupied a 45-acre sight. It had a state-of-the-art energy system, which used North Sea gas, and had its own bank, shops and canteen. By 1974, the factory was producing 100 million cigarettes a day.
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News Footage of Horizon
Description
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Footage shot by Associated Television for a news piece about the opening of the Horizon factory at the start of 1972.<br /><br />The opening shot shows the new factory in the snow, whilst subsequent shots show workers and machinery in the primary and secondary departments.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/173923825" frameborder="0" width="640" height="480"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/173923825">[ATV Today. 31.01.1972. New John Player Cigarette Factory at Nottingham]</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/macearchive">MACE Archive</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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ATV
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
31 January 1972
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Title
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The Horizon Factory
Description
An account of the resource
Objects related to the Horizon Factory.
Opened in 1972 and costing £14 million, the factory was positioned in the Lenton area of Nottingham and occupied a 45-acre sight. It had a state-of-the-art energy system, which used North Sea gas, and had its own bank, shops and canteen. By 1974, the factory was producing 100 million cigarettes a day.
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Title
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Project Horizon Film
Description
An account of the resource
In 1969, John Player & Sons looked to have a film made about their new Horizon factory, which was then being built. As the company put it, the film would function 'to encourage employees to look objectively and favourably on the Horizon operation in total and to encourage a closer involvement of the immediate community in the whole project'. Player's commissioned Derek Stewart Productions to produce the film at a cost of just under £20,000.<br /><br />The main narrators in the film are Tony Garrett, who was then chairman and managing director of Player's, and Tony Davis, who was chairman of the special managerial committee Player's set up to oversee the planning of Horizon. They talk viewers through the development and building of the factory. <br /><br />Less senior employees are also featured and the film doesn't shy away from dealing with what was then a controversial issue amongst some of Player's employees: the switch to a double day shift pattern of work. Reservations about shift work are featured in the film, but Player's wanted to give the overall impression that 'many people find Double Day Shifts attractive'.<br /><br />Employees were shown the Project Horizon film at Nottingham's Savoy cinema as part of Player's large public relations effort in support of its new factory.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/174192173" frameborder="0" width="640" height="468"></iframe>
<p>Project Horizon 16468 from <a href="https://vimeo.com/macearchive">MACE Archive</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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Derek Stewart Productions
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1971
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Dublin Core
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The Radford Site
Description
An account of the resource
Photographs and objects relating to John Player & Sons' factories and premises in the Radford area of Nottingham.
John Player opened his first factory in the Radford area in 1884, with more factories being built at the site in the 1920s and 1930s.
Text
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In the late 1960s I worked in the Physical Laboratory, in Beckenham Road Main, off the corridor where the “Rogues Gallery” of pictures of employees with over 25 years service was situated: both my paternal grandfather and an uncle were there. Because of the nature of my job, I got to roam all over the Radford site in the course of my work. One place was our store: experimental cigarettes were stored in there in case they were ever needed. This was situated in the No 1 Factory air raid shelter, which was entered by a door in the yard of No 1 Factory, by the archway from Player Street. The stairs went down a LONG way, until you arrived in the shelter itself - a long, straight, tunnel with seats down each side, and some old racking where we stacked our stuff. The shelter was visited twice a day by the firemen for a very odd reason. Old employees will tell you that we enjoyed “Music While You Work” twice a day. This continued even after The Light Programme stopped broadcasting it: the control room for the Tannoy system was housed in the shelter and twice a day a fireman descended to play records over the Tannoy for 45 minutes.
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No 1 Factory Air Raid Shelter
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Late 1960s
Creator
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Brian Dominic
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Title
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Advertising and Promotions
Description
An account of the resource
Material relating to the advertising, brands and special promotions which John Player & Sons created.
Photograph
Still images.
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Title
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Photograph of 'The John Player Showroom'
Description
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The showroom housed products that could be collected through coupons available in packets of Player's cigarettes. The Nottingham showroom was on Hartley Road in Radford.
The photograph shows the showroom at Christmas time.
Source
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P1362
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1972
1970s
Gift Scheme
photograph
radford
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Title
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The Radford Site
Description
An account of the resource
Photographs and objects relating to John Player & Sons' factories and premises in the Radford area of Nottingham.
John Player opened his first factory in the Radford area in 1884, with more factories being built at the site in the 1920s and 1930s.
Photograph
Still images.
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Title
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Photograph of John Player's No. 2 Factory
Description
An account of the resource
Exterior view of No. 2 Factory on Radford Boulevard. Work was completed in 1932 and the building measured 250,000 square foot.The factory continued to produce cigarettes until the 1970s, when Player's moved production to its new Horizon factory.
Source
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P819
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1932
No. 2 Factory
photograph
radford
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Title
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Social and Sporting Life
Description
An account of the resource
Items relating to the provision of sporting and social facilities by John Player & Sons for its staff.
In 1906 the company built a recreation ground for its employees to use, complete with club house, at a site on Aspley Lane, Nottingham. Known as the Rec, the site had top-class playing fields which were used for a wide variety of sports.
Photograph
Still images.
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Photograph of Women's Hockey
Description
An account of the resource
A group of women playing field hockey at the company's recreation ground situated at Aspley Lane.
Player's provided sports facilities for its workers at a site at Aspley Lane. Built in 1906, the Recreation Ground, or the Rec as it was known, was a central part of life at Player's right up to the 1980s. The ground's club house was the site of a great number of social events.
Source
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P2525
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1960-1978
photograph
social life
sport
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Title
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Social and Sporting Life
Description
An account of the resource
Items relating to the provision of sporting and social facilities by John Player & Sons for its staff.
In 1906 the company built a recreation ground for its employees to use, complete with club house, at a site on Aspley Lane, Nottingham. Known as the Rec, the site had top-class playing fields which were used for a wide variety of sports.
Oral History
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Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Dan O'Neill
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Pat Swallow
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Pat Swallow talks about some of the Benefits of Working for John Player & Sons
Description
An account of the resource
Pat Swallow talks about some of the benefits of working for John Player & Sons during the 1970s and beyond. She talks both about working conditions and the social side of the job offered by the company, including the Miss Player competition.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/263439145%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-sqxbQ&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="300"></iframe>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
24 January 2013
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Working Life
Description
An account of the resource
Memories and objects relating to the various departments at John Player & Sons and working conditions at the factory site.
Oral History
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Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview
Dan O'Neill
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed
Pat Swallow
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Pat Swallow on the Different Jobs Men and Women did at John Player & Sons
Description
An account of the resource
Pat Swallow talks about the different jobs men and women did at John Player & Sons, both in the factories and the offices during the 1970s and beyond.<br /><br /><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/263439387%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-N15ly&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="300"></iframe>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
24 January 2013
oral history
Pat Swallow
working life
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Title
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Social and Sporting Life
Description
An account of the resource
Items relating to the provision of sporting and social facilities by John Player & Sons for its staff.
In 1906 the company built a recreation ground for its employees to use, complete with club house, at a site on Aspley Lane, Nottingham. Known as the Rec, the site had top-class playing fields which were used for a wide variety of sports.
Photograph
Still images.
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Title
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Photograph from the 1955 Bonus Dance
Creator
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Yvonne Dawson
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1955
Description
An account of the resource
Every year up until the mid-1970s, John Player & Sons gave its employees a money bonus in March. To mark this, a dance was thrown at the Astoria dancehall in Nottingham (this later became the Sherwood Rooms and is now Ocean nightclub).
This photograph is from the 1955 bonus dance and features, amongst others, Leslie and Sybil Briggs (née Simmonds). Leslie worked in No. 3 factory and Sybil worked in the offices. Sybil remembers that the female employees would talk about what they were going to wear to the dance for months in advance, and she would often buy a new dress for the occasion which she would have to pay off in monthly instalments.
1950s
photograph
social life
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Advertising and Promotions
Description
An account of the resource
Material relating to the advertising, brands and special promotions which John Player & Sons created.
Photograph
Still images.
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Title
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An Ash Tray made for John Player & Sons Centenary
Description
An account of the resource
To mark 100 years of the company existing and manufacturing tobacco, John Player & Sons had an ash tray made specially by Royal Worchester. It was given to employees and retired employees along with a special company history produced for the occasion and a commemorative packet of Medium Navy Cut cigarettes.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Tony Lowe
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1977
Centenary