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You might enjoy some stuff posted on my Brighton and Hove by Peter Groves. I have read his articles and contacted him about the factory. There is even a picture of Gil Percy. Use the link below http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__11437.aspx

It sure was. What year did you start?

I was at School Road in 1980. Yes remember the tab....and the pool table!! It was a tough apprenticeship. The instructors demanded high standards. If I remember correctly KTM employer about 1500 people both at Hollingbury and at Portslade. The social club was over near boundary road....cheap...

Gil Percy put the fear of god everyone! Would like to have known him better but that was never going to happen as an apprentice. I also went to Preston Road Tech. Mr Bush was my instructor as School Road. Can't remember the other's names though. Was also trying to think of the name of the man...

Replied with the wrong quote! What year were you at School Road?

What year were you at School road?

John Christmas (Ithink I have his name right ) was also an instructor, along with Mick Dyer and Eric Lown. Was a good apprenticeship scheme. Spent my first year at School Road in Hove

Me too....was in the training school under Gil Percy.....what a man he was!