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A friend of my parents and employee of Chapmans had his arm severed in a piece of machinery there. Chapmans kept Mr. Duffield on as an employee for the rest of his life and paid all his expenses That sort loyalty would be all too rare these days. Brendan McGuire
by slogg (score: 1|70) 3747 days ago
by Dave Walsh (score: 4), 3747 days ago
Thanks for explaining that Brendan.

Yes Chapman's seems to have been a "family" company for much of its history, and probably reflected those family values that would have been more common in those days.

I guess now you would be off the payroll as soon as compensation was sorted.