A husband, wife and son followed each other to East Tilbury after first-hand reports of the opportunities for congenial work, coupled with worthwhile prospects for young people, offered by the Company. They are Ron, Lucy and Jimmy Coe. Ron (left) fits quarters on the conveyor in Dept 323, and has done this or other jobs in the department, for most of his seven years' service, which began soon after he left the Royal Navy, in which he served for six years, and was stoker petty-officer on destroyers, in home and overseas waters.
"I like making kneeboots with such a friendly lot of companions," he said, " and was very glad that I applied here when I wanted a job nearer home. I don't think you will find any happier family trio anywhere in the factory."

Ron plays in a dance band during week-ends, at Tilbury Railwaymen's Club, where he doubles on the violin and saxophone. He has been a dance band musician since he was 16, and a violinist since he was a junior schoolboy. He formerly played at the London-road Club, Grays.
Lucy Coe (right) is a shareholder in Dept 333, where her nimble fingers make her a speedy and proficient lacer. She has been a Batawoman for four years, during which period she has done several jobs, starting with fixing soles, and including pressing tongues, sewing and table work.
"I have been happy everywhere, and still am," she told the Bata Record, "and I could never wish for a nicer lot of girls and women with whom to work - they have been lovely, whether I have been on the conveyor or in the sewing rooms."
Lucy is a favourite in Dept 333, and her steadiness and even temper are great assets to the work she likes so much. During the war, she did considerable work as

mothers' help, baby-sitter, and assistant to district nurses, seeing, in the last-mentioned capacity, hundreds of babies into the world.
During her spare time, Lucy enjoys doing needlework, and her fellow workers have more that once seen and admired samples of her handicaraft in that respect, particularly where children's clothes, in which she specialises, are concerned.

Jimmy (left) is training to become a maintenance engineer, and has worked for most of his eleven months at East Tilbury in the fine mechanics shop of the engineers department. He is keen on his work, and interested in anything to do with machines.
"My mother and father told me what a good place British Bata was to work in," he said, "and all my friends who work here - there are several of them - said the same, and urged me to come and join them. I am very glad I did."
As football fans know, Jimmy is one of the star players for Bata Juniors, for whom he invariably plays a strong game at centre half, and several of the 20-odd goals which the team has scored in the last few matches were due to moves initiated by him, as he has the ablitiy to round off a successful tackle with an accurate through pass. He is equally at home on the wing, and has played at left half for the Grays and District Minor League team.