Purdeys 11 'Happy Gunmakers dancing on the Cobbled Street, Bill O Brien(Who took the Photo,Plus 3 others,equally interesting)Stocker for 50 yrs, stocks marked WOB.From left in photo,Brian Frost,Barrelmaker marked BF. Les Robbins, appr,to Peter Finch, Ejectorman,Kickers marked PF. Yours Truly DT...Bills appr.David...Alan Dudley,Finisher,.Peter Finch, Ejectorman,(PF),Tony Rule, Stocker,(See his Ad. in double Gun Journal) Danny O'Brien,Appr. Engr.(Father was the Polisher/Case Hardener/Charcoal Blue Genius,Dan O'Brien) Alan Cox, Former Holland Appr.-Master Actioner, Joined Purdeys under Ernest Lawrence Over/Under Actioner.Far Right....The Master Actioner,Peter(Lord)Nelson, Who's Fame as a Gunmaker in his own right has been Written about in just about every Firearm Publication..And has been seen several times at Sandanona in the Beer Tent Sinking Small Beers In Large Quantities,(Seems to be a Habit with British Gunmakers)..with myself andOther"Foreign Gunmakers". Sure miss all that Talent leaning on the bar in the Old Pubs in London!! CC.
