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Mandy Hurry (nee McCarthy) is an ex-Palitoy
employee who worked at Palitoy for 13 years, starting just before the first
Star Wars film was released.
Lots from this Vendor include Star Wars
figures, loose and in baggies, plus Cascelloid Limited Handbook, and the
Palitoy employee personal paperwork, dated from 1977 to Kenner Parker 1990.
Lot 5382
This unique record of employment for Miss M
J McCarthy, spans thirteen years, and includes Palitoy Parker Bradgate
Conditions of Service and Standard Contract of Service, Statement of Main Terms
of Employment, Grievance Procedure, photographs and a detailed account of Miss
McCarthy’s role at the factory, plus much more.
A Unique opportunity to acquire part of
Palitoy history. NB: from an ex-Palitoy employee;
"My Palitoy Story
On
13/05/1977 Leicester education committee careers sent a letter to my home
address regarding vacancies for Factory workers at Palitoy Coalville. As a 15
year old leaving school and looking for employment Palitoy seemed like a good
choice as I lived a 5 minute walk from the main factory on Jackson Street. I
applied for the position and in a matter of days was given an interview at the
main site. On the 24/05/1977 I received a letter from Palitoy HR offering a full
time position with a starting date of 13/06/2019, the starting date being 2
days after my 16th birthday and only a few months before the release
of the first Star Wars movie, little did I know how important that movie would
be for my time at Palitoy.
Lot 5317
My
first job at Palitoy was working on a conveyor belt boxing Pippa dolls, I
remember thinking how friendly and helpful everybody was.
A
selection of other areas and lines I worked on:
- Assembling Intruder dolls, part of the Action man range.
- Spraying white markings on the head of Action man horses.
- Packing Chic a boo monkeys.
- Starting the Tree House belt, this involved drilling and assembly.
- Making the boxes up and packing Tiny Tears dolls.
- Bagging Play doh accessories before packing.
- Dressing Action men before packing.
Lot 5315
I
then moved over to the 3¼” Star Wars figures. When the Star wars figures first
came into the Coalville factory for packing onto blisters there were only 2
machines with a team of 4 on each machine, 2 operators working opposite each
other. The first person on the line would de-bag the figure and place it in an
up-turned blister, second on the line (my job) was to put the blister into a
mould and place a card on top of the blister (this was done in pairs), I then
pushed the heat machine over to the opposite side of the belt where the
operation was repeated and sent back to me, the completed blisters were moved
over to the end of the line for cooling and packing. It wasn’t long before the
demand for the figures increased and a new automated machine arrived, this was
called the ILLIG and it’s the machine that appears in most of the Star Wars
related photos taken at Palitoy, my job on the new machine was to open the
figure bags and place the figure in the up-turned blister, the machine did the
rest.
Lot 5316
I
worked at Palitoy for a total of 13 years between 1977 and 1990. During that
time I was involved in many games and activities that Palitoy arranged, a
ladies football team and a Miss Palitoy competition (I came 3rd)
just to name a couple, the social nights and Palitoy clubs, the Christmas doo’s
all fond memories. I had many visits to the factory shop in Baker Street,
Coalville. In the early years my younger brothers and sister enjoyed all the
benefits of having a sister that worked at a toy factory, in the later years my
own children had bin liners full of toys from the factory shop, if only I had
kept them all.
It
was a sad time leaving Palitoy as it was one big family and looking back it was
the best working years of my life. Living in Coalville I still see many people
I’ve worked with and we often talk about the Palitoy days.
Mandy
Hurry (nee McCarthy)" 16th Dec. 2020
Lot 5383
For further information please contact
Kathy Taylor on +44 (0) 1642 750616 or email admin@vectis.co.uk
The TV & FILM RELATED SALE will be held
on Wednesday 29th January 2020 at 10:30am
Viewing is available before the sale and
the catalogue is now online.
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