My dad worked at Marshall’s for most of his life. He was a lorry driver then warehouse manager or something. He had a land rover and Trevor Marshall used to borrow it at weekends to go shooting with and my dad got to borrow their jag. I remember the days out to Drayton manor etc and Christmas parties in the social club under the archers of the railway bridge. I have pictures of me with Santa who I think was one of the Marshall brothers. Me and my brother often got driven round the site and played in the leen. My dad was gutted when it closed. He took retirement but it didn’t suit him so he got
