Midland Success Story : article in "Skill in British Industry " ; a Contact Book on Craftsmanship : London 1949 : drawings by Anthony Gross
An article on skill and craftsmanship that forms part of the Contact Book issued on the subject in May 1949 and that was edited by A G Weidenfeld. The articles take a broad look at such skills as this look at the works of Tubes Ltd of Rocky Lane in Aston, Birmingham, that was part of the large Tube Investments (TI) Group shows so as to balance the image of 'craft skills'. The drawings are by artist and illustrator Anthony Gross CBE RA (1905 - 1984) and show the Tagger, Tagger's Mate, furnace man and servicing assistant, a team of four who are drawing tubes. The article considers the new time and motion studies that Tubes Ltd had embarked upon to increase productivity int he years of post-war austerity and the export drive.
Midland Success Story : article in "Skill in British Industry " ; a Contact Book on Craftsmanship : London 1949 : drawings by Anthony Gross
An article on skill and craftsmanship that forms part of the Contact Book issued on the subject in May 1949 and that was edited by A G Weidenfeld. The articles take a broad look at such skills as this look at the works of Tubes Ltd of Rocky Lane in Aston, Birmingham, that was part of the large Tube Investments (TI) Group shows so as to balance the image of 'craft skills'. The drawings are by artist and illustrator Anthony Gross CBE RA (1905 - 1984) and show the Tagger, Tagger's Mate, furnace man and servicing assistant, a team of four who are drawing tubes. The article considers the new time and motion studies that Tubes Ltd had embarked upon to increase productivity int he years of post-war austerity and the export drive.