It would appear that I passed on some very incorrect info to the list regarding Les Ephgrave - info that if I'm not mistaken I obtained from someone I usually trust on these matters. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. Mike Kone
At 09:33 PM 7/31/02 +0100, Terry Blake wrote:
>W.(Bill) Hurlow never worked for Les Ephgrave, however they worked together
>at Claud Butlers for a few
>months before Bill was called up for the War in about 1940.
>
>When Les started in his own name he was assisted in the frame building by
>Fred Greaves but by the mid 1950's he was building all the frames himself.
>
>Les's brother Norman worked with him in the very early years, but didn't
>build any frames, before emigrating to
>Australia where he died in 1980.
>
>Les died naturally of cancer in 1969, he didn't commit suicide.
>
>These facts were told to me by Roger Chamberlain who knew Les personally and
>who is still in regular contact with Bill Hurlow.
>
>Regards
>Terry Blake
>Enjoying (not) the English summer we all know and love-
>wet and miserable!!!