Wilf Thompson featured in the centre of the photograph was joint owner of the welding shop – Atkinson and Thompson Engineering – the man on the left is Oliver Padgett. Can anybody name the young man on the left? Colin Verrill suggests: “The man on the left could be “Bunty” Welford.
Image courtesy of Carlin How Community Centre, thanks to Derick Pearson and Colin Verrill for the updates.
Looks to me that the man on the left is ‘Bunty’ Welford, not 100% certain though. I used to work at “Atkinson & Thompson”