Vulcan Foundry Company Magazines

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The Vulcan Foundry company magazine

From the foundry's post war heyday we have from Volume 1 Number 1 from 1948  through to Volume 5 Number 12 1962 the last issue.

From the days when most people lived and worked in the same town and television hadn't impacted on peoples lives these magazines are a compact piece of social history.

The company magazine at this time was published by and for the people who worked there, rather than portraying a corporate image and was much richer for it. Social activities and announcements take up at least 75% of the magazines content with the remainder dedicated to the companies latest products, orders and technical achievements.

The foundry employees would actually queue up and pay for the magazine with their own hard earned cash as soon as it was issued, how many people read the trash published by modern companies let alone pay for the privilege.

Click on the cover to browse magazine contents via a thumbnail gallery.

  

Volume 1 Number 1 Spring 1948 

Volume 1 Number 2 Summer 1948 

 Volume 1 Number 3 Autumn 1948

 Volume 1 Number 4 Winter 1948
 
Volume 1 Number 5 Spring 1949 Volume 1 Number 6 Summer 1949 Volume 1 Number 7 Autumn 1949 Volume 1 Number 8 Winter 1949 

Volume 1 Number 9 Spring 1950

Volume 1 Number 10 Summer 1950

Volume 1 Number 11 Autumn 1950

 Volume 1 Number 12 Winter 1950
 
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Volume 2 Number 1 Spring 1951 Volume 2 Number 2 Summer 1951 Volume 2 Number 3 Autumn 1951 Volume 2 Number 4 Winter 1951
Volume 2 Number 5 Spring 1952 Volume 2 Number 6 Summer 1952 Volume 2 Number 7 Autumn 1952 Volume 2 Number 8 Winter 1952

Volume 2 Number 9 Spring 1953

Volume 2 Number 10 Summer 1953

Volume 2 Number 11 Autumn 1953

Volume 2 Number 12 Winter 1953
    

Volume 3 Number 1 Spring 1954 Volume 3 Number 2 Summer 1954 Volume 3 Number 3 Autumn 1954 Volume 3 Number 4 Winter 1954
Volume 3 Number 5 Spring 1955 Volume 3 Number 6 Summer 1955 Volume 3 Number 7 Autumn 1955 Volume 3 Number 8 Winter 1955
Volume 3 Number 9 Spring 1956 Volume 3 Number 10 Summer 1956 Volume 3 Number 11 Autumn 1956 Volume 3 Number 12 Winter 1956
Volume 4 Number 1 Spring 1957 Volume 4 Number 2 Summer 1957 Volume 4 Number 3 Autumn 1957 Volume 4 Number 4 Winter 1957
Volume 4 Number 5 Spring 1958 Volume 4 Number 6 Summer 1958 Volume 4 Number 7 Autumn 1958 Volume 4 Number 8 Winter 1958
  
Volume 4 Number 9 Spring 1959 Volume 4 Number 10 Summer 1959 Volume 4 Number 11 Autumn 1959 Volume 4 Number 12 Winter 1959
Volume 5 Number 1 Spring 1960 Volume 5 Number 2 Summer 1960 Volume 5 Number 3 Autumn 1960 Volume 5 Number 4 Winter 1960
Volume 5 Number 5 Spring 1961 Volume 5 Number 6 Summer 1961 Volume 5 Number 7 Autumn 1961 Volume 5 Number 8 Winter 1961
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Volume 5 Number 9 Spring 1962 Volume 5 Number 10 Summer 1962 Volume 5 Number 11 Autumn 1962 Volume 5 Number 12 Winter 1962

 

The magazine was dropped by English Electric in 1963 as it was deemed surplus to requirements when they had their own corporate one.
We have a few of these but they are quite frankly a very disappointing publication with little or no social interest with regard to the Vulcan so we are not including them on the site at present.