rexy wrote:
I started in the App school Nov 16th 1953, went thru many depts...
The nineteen fifties and sixties were certainly the 'golden age' for EMI and other British companies that did it all under one roof. The classic 'vertical integration' - Raw materials in here, finished good out there.
The EMI campus was almost a self contained city of industry. They had access to rail transport (even had their own steam locomotive to shunt box cars), their own power plant, stock rooms, tool rooms, corporate accounting, planning, and control. Much of it shaped by military principles of command and control, chain of command, and workers knowing their place and their duty.
Almost forgot to mention the CRL building on Printinghouse Lane. Central Research Laboratories. The invention nursery that brought some amazing products to life, many of which continue to enrich and entertain us today. All Electronic Television, Computer Axial Tomographic Scanning (The "EMI Scanner") for medicine, Stereo sound. Musical recording excellence and gramophone record production. Airborne radar. Color Television. The list seems endless!