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During 1968, Peter constructed and designed all the apparatus to set up the silk screen-printing room and gold plating section and made the tanks. A new cutting machine was purchased and one of the latest drilling machines installed on hire purchase.

Left, home made Silk screening table. Right, The Unwin Family 1969. From left to right David, Vicky, Peggy, Roger, and Peter.

During 1969 the more advanced type of boards were introduced using fibreglass and a printed circuit on each side, connections were made by through hole electro-plating, with which even the largest firms were having difficulty. Peter spent several weeks experimenting with different methods and chemicals until he had mastered the technique. Then came a long postal strike and four workers had to be laid off.

A bank loan was arranged to tide things over and a secondary company was opened selling motor ignition units by mail order to help cash flow. However in 1972 came the miners strike. All firms were limited to a three-day week to conserve electricity, and a customer went into receivership owing over a thousand pounds for boards.

Left, Stoneswood mill 1977. Right Roger and Peggy with Hi tech ‘Pet’ pricing computer. Photo taken 1987.

Adjoining, vacant premises were rented. A new type of Hi- Fi Speaker was designed for possible future production and articles for technical magazines raised a little extra cash, but over two million were unemployed and orders were scarce. David and Roger helped during school holidays and weekends.