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Britannia Zinc - closed down in 2003.

Many ex-Britannia Zinc Ltd employees left to work for other companies, or, like me, left to start up their own businesses.

There were some excellent employees at Britannia Zinc. It was a hard game for those on plant, working in the Sinter Plant, the ISF and Refinery. Alot of people worked hard to try to keep it open. The price of zinc was $750 a ton when we were closed down. After we closed, the zinc price was $2990 per ton! We produced some 90,000 tons per year! [Editor] And now a full on metals boom 2007!!

If you have found this page, why not add your name to the list and let us know what you and your company does? Simply send me an email, details below. Maybe an ex-Britannia Zinc employee can help, maybe you can do some business together? Either way it would be good to hear from you, and maybe one of your old colleagues might have their email address on this page?

This is the article from the BBC news website about our Britannia Zinc plant closure.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2775051.stm

Contacts and ex-BZL employee histories are below. Please get in contact if you want your details added or changed.

Matthew Clark - matthew.clark@brightcity.co.uk (now BCL not BZL!)

Matthew Clark and Paul Harrison used to form part of the Britannia Zinc "IT Department". We have formed BrightCity Ltd - selling and installing PCs, Servers, Networks and generally offering IT support to small to medium businesses.

matthew.clark@brightcity.co.uk
paul.harrison@brightcity.co.uk

Paul has recently (2006) got married! (2007) and Paul has proven that the lead did not effect him, even though we kept sending him out to site. He now has a new baby, called Max.

Has anyone heard from our lovely nurses, the vampires who took our blood for lead testing? Pat Bowles, Pearl?

Steven Matthew, ex Technical Manager. "I'm still in South Africa but I started consulting about 6 years ago and haven't looked back. Its a good time with the metals boom, basically I've got so many jobs I have to knock them back. I mainly work for Amplats in South Africa, but I commute all over the world and seem to be on a plane every second weekend.

I see that you've started up a BZL contact list, which is how I found you as I'm trying to get in touch with John Hudson. Recently a job came up in India for an ISF expert and I thought he might be interested. You give a contact for him at Solagasor but I can't find it on the net. Do you have John's e-mail address. [Editor] can someone get John's email address out to Steven?

Contact Steven on smatthew@metamets.com

Bob Bates - After leaving BZL worked for Morton Demolition for a year during the demolition of the BZL Site (accounts/purchasing). "Very sad to see the old site disappear after all those years."

Enjoying retirement in sunny Devon and still in contact with several ex employees.

bobbates@btinternet.com

John Conner. I have just heard that John Conner has recently past away. John worked in the Electrical and Instrumentation area of Engineering. I worked with him and always found John to be a good and honest bloke. (May 2007)

Brian Hill (junior) is working in Lodon at Heathrow Terminal 5 project as the construction Manager for EDF energy for the last 4 years.

This project is coming to an end soon and it looks like i will be looking at the redevelopment of the central terminal area project for EDF energy next

I still live in Clevedon but travel up on Monday and return home on Friday to my wife and kids.

brianhill@t5.co.uk

Peter Dixon has just got it contact. He was the site Civil Engineer from 1992 to 1997. Peter is now with the United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan. His email address is peter.dickson@almaty.kegoc.kz. (June 2007)

Ian Parsons - team leader on the ISF working E Panel with Kevin Nichols and Ron Anderson. Email address: i.parsons@blueyonder.co.uk

Joan Cowburn. Britannia Zinc Metallurgist now working in Anglo Coal, in sunny Australia.

Jason Brennan recenty found this page. He is working for La Farge plaster board firm in Portbury. He now has a son, Matthew Thomas, aged 5 months (as of 06/2006). Retired from rugby, now into sea fishing.

jasonbrenn@googlemail.com

James Auld, Britannia Zinc "Safety and Hygiene Superintendent" working for the Environment agency.

auldj.Bristol4.HO@environment-agency.gov.uk

James Auld and Phil Flook. Health and Safety Department. Were they that close at work I ask?

Richard Hamblin, Britannia Zinc "IT Support" left to work for Communisis BBF based in Midsomer Norton

richard.hamblin@bbf-communisis.co.uk

Phil Flook, Britannia Zinc "Assistant Hygienist" was last seen working in the Cadbury Garden centre, no email address as yet. Recent change of job, now selling Hot Tubs in St. Phillips.

Email address phil@thehottubpeople.co.uk

Richard Thayer, Britannia Zinc "Refinery Superintendent", is rumoured to be working at the Matthew Clark plant at Whitchurch. There are also a few more employees working there, including Rob Dolan. Anyone know any more?

Eric Henderson, Britannia Zinc "ISF" is working at Autochoice Bristol on Feeder Road, along with Vince Croot. Vince has now left Autochoice to work for the competition.

For those who knew Dick Porter, from the Britannia Zinc Acid plant, he has passed away, aged only 48.

John Hudson, Britannia Zinc Sintering Superintendent, is at Solagasor.

Dave Stokes, Britannia Zinc Chief Chemist, is working at a food factory in Portbury

Phil Elliott, Britannia Zinc "Personnel Superintendent" has recently moved from Cam to an engineering/manufacturing placement in Wales.

Roger Marlow is working at the Environment Agency and is based in Bridgwater.

Claire Williams, Britannia Zinc Accountant, now is with baby! Working for Ikon Construction based in Bristol. Now with Baby number 2.

Andy (Andrew) Parker, IS Superintendent Britannia Zinc, left to work for Matthew Clark drinks, was also made redundant from there, but has been working at Tower Perrin and is head of something or other to do with computers.

Roy (CAD), unknown, and Graham (ISF)

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Maintaince Engineering Team

Karin Smith - Finance

Peter Shoobridge - Technical Manager

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