The Final Days of George Osmond & Co of Taunton
George Osmond was taken over sometime in the 80's by HNB / Christys
In Jan 1990 the first set of reduncancys was announced, this left only a handfull of staff remaining, but these were also all gone within the next 7 months.
In 1989 George Osmond had 2 large jobs in Progress.
1. The rebuild of the organ at Chittlehampton Parish Church
2. The Rebuild of the 3 manual organ in the chappel at Blundels School, Tiverton.
So What happened to them after?
Ivor Stevens - Retired
Vernon Clarke (metal shop) - Retired
Derek Simmonds (part time) - Retired
Donald Irish (ill at the time of the redundancys) - Unknown
Brian Rodgers - Suspect moved to the Dean
Phil - Went back to work for the council
Vernon Higgins (apprentise) - Unknown
Matthew Brown - Moved to Northampton working in the AE Davies / GDB works
Stanley Baker (Manager) - Unknown, but suspect he set up on his own as a tuner and voicer.
Val (sectrety) - Unknown, but suspect she retired
Matthew