Talk:Harry Dickason (gymnast)

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Some information that could be included in this article:

  • He worked at Cadburys for 44 1/2 years, where here worked in the Sheet Metal Department then the Mould Makers department.
  • He taught gymnastics at Fircroft School (the Cadbury school for young employees), which he himself had attended when he started at Cadburys.
  • He was the organising secretary of the girls' gymnastic class attached to the Stirchley Young People's Club
  • He played cricket for the Birmingham Athletic Club.
  • Both his brothers (Willie and Albert) and his 4 sisters (Gertrude, Doreen, Elsie and Florence) also all worked for Cadburys. His Aunt (Eliza Shrimpton) was Richard Cadbury's Housekeeper.

Most of the above was found in an article 'Mr. H. Dickason's Gymnastic Career' in the internal Cadbury magazine 'The Bournville Works', December 1950. Iain.r.d (talk) 10:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]