BICC & Prescot

[Phoebe]

My dad's cousin was married to a lovely man who worked at BICC,  back in the 60s/70s.  His name was Jim Mee.

[Alan]

I used to know a Jim Mee in the 1960s. He lived at the top of Moss Bank. However he worked at Triplex, not BICC. He was the brother of Mickey Mee, a well known St Helens barber

[Phoebe]

I don't know very much about Jim's family but he and his wife  Jess actually lived in Prescot. I think Jim's father was also a James.  Son Jim would be around 50 in 1970. It is an unusual name which I had never come across before.

[Alan]

The Jim Mee I knew would have been about 64 in 1967 when I started at Triplex. He was a senior foreman and retired a year later. He was a very keen gardener

[Holli]

Both my mother and my father worked there in the 60's in the computer department. My mum was a punchcard operator and my father was something in IT. He wasn,t from around the area though.  Does anyone know anybody who worked there around 1966?

[stephen nulty]

Holli

I worked in the Computer Department from 1977 to 1986. What were your parents names? I have a picture somewhere of the computer programmers on their training course in 1966

[Holli]

Hi Stephen and thanks for your esponse. My mother at the time was called Marie Bufton. I have no idea who my father is except he worked there and that's how he and my mother met. He was from Barnsley or Bradford ad was a bit older than my mum so he would have been around his mid twenties in 1965/66. He and my mother were engaged but it didn't work out. Mum died when I was quite young so I didn't get the opportunity yo ask about him.

[stephen nulty]

Holli

This link should show you the picture of the Computer Programmers at BICC in 1966. They were probably at that time working on LEO machines before ICT (later ICL, later Fijitsu)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d7x1ran6imwqgnv/BI Programmers.jpg?dl=0

 

[mfirth]

Thank you for all the Information

I joined BICC in August 1964 as a Programmer. This was before the arrival of the LEO 3. Accounts etc run on a very large and costly punch card installation. We moved to the ground floor of the Computer Building in 1965 and the rest was built above us.  I was given the job of creating a simulator to replace all the Punch Card Equipment and Sales Analysis programs. This was completed in 1965 shortly after the arrival of the Leo 3. I was seconded to Erith in late 1966 and left in 1967.

A very large expansion of the department took place in 1965/66. A large number of systems analysts and programmers were recruited in 1965/1966.

Originally Ken Lee was the Manager, Frank Noble and Brian Lee ( no relation ) were Systems Analysts . The programmers were Doug Capstick, Ann Rylance and myself.

Still remember it with affection

 

Malcolm Firth

 

 

[stephen nulty]

Malcolm

 

I replied to your other post before seeing this one!

Ken Lee, Frank Noble and Brian Lee, along with Doug Capstick, were all there when I was, though I don't remember Ann Rylance

 

 

[KnowsleyRoadSchoolboy1945]

I worked in the AD Drawing Offices until 1965 when I left and went to work in London.  BICC used to stand for the Biggest Individual Collection of Comedians. Loads of characters were around then. It led me to write a novel about the place. Details on my web site   Visit geofflee.net

[halj]

I also worked in the AD Drawing Offices before going on to the Works Engineering D.O.  ------ Now let me tell you a story -- LOL