Whether it was in Sunderland or South Shields, Plessey memories will hopefully come flooding back with this set of 15 memories from the Sunderland Echo and Shields Gazette archives.
You had a wonderful time at the sports days, on the shop floor and doing amazing things for charity.
Relive a whole bunch of scenes from 1967 to 1980.
1. Ready for the shift in 1967
Plessey workers arriving for a day's work at the South Tyneside factory in May 1967. | SG Photo: Shields Gazette
2. Plessey in 1967
Workers at the South Shields Plessey Group factory making part of the switching mechanism used in telephone exchange racks. | sg
3. The day the Mayor paid a visit
The Mayor and Mayoress of South Shields, Ald and Mrs A M Southwick, during their visit to the Plessey factory at Laygate. They are pictured with D G Booth,right, regional general divisional manager, and P Bourke, a solderer at work in 1969. | SG
4. Going aerial in 1971
The large Plessey Telecomunications factory and the smaller Mary Harris clothing factory are pictured in the new industrial complex at South Shields in 1971. | SG