It really is surprising just how long some companies do retain records. If they do still have them, and since your father is now dead I can see no reason why they would not let the son have a copy of them. You may need to produce the death certificate though. If the armed services will do this, then companies surely will. I have spent some time looking into the 1951 Post Office Directory for London, and I have not spotted any companies allied to plastics in the NW2 area. That would have been the postal area for Cricklewood in those days. However there are a lot of them, so I could have missed something. If you have a some other identity for the firm it would help a great deal. Peter Amsden Argyll, Scotland > From: "Brian Beanland" <brian.beanland@virgin.net> > Reply-To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 16:00:44 +0100 > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SoG] Tracing Employment Records > Resent-From: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 09:01:07 -0600 > > My father was born in June 1904 and he died in 1978. I have a general idea > of his early employment record but I have a gap between 1947-1963, when my > siblings and I think that he continuously worked for a single company based > in Cricklewood, North London. All his siblings are dead and neither I nor > any of my siblings can recall the name of his employer. > > > > My father was skilled in moulded and extruded plastics and I am searching > trade directories to see whether or not any such companies are listed as > operating in that geographic area. > > > > I would like to identify a source that would positively identify his > employer - national insurance/ tax records for example - however I have a > feeling that the relevant authorities would either not have the records > available or if they did would not be able to disclose their content until > 100 years had elapsed since his death. > > > > Does anyone have experience of a similar problem and if so did they manage > to find a solution? > > > > Brian Beanland > > > > > >