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• 1961 International Skill Competition in Duisburg

  2 postcards with photos in the workshop with competitors working and judges around. One of the photos is a general view and the other one is a close-up of a group of competitors attending the explanations of one of the judges when other of the competitors is working on the machine. Duisburg, Germany
• The Michelin apprentices, Duisburg 1961

  A photograph of three British apprentices selected to represent Britain at the 1961 competition in Duisburg, Germany. Pictured are Leslie Woolley (gas pipe welding), Clive Barker (welding) and Michael Mothershaw (welding.) They were apprentices at the Michelin company and are being congratulated by Jim Porter, a Michelin executive.
• Michelin apprentices before competing at Duisberg 1961

  photograph of three Michelin apprentices chosen to represent the UK at the Duisburg Competition in 1961. They are meeting Alan Hollingshed, another apprentice who took part in a previous contest, Modena 1959. Hollingshed, on the right standing next to Clive Barker, Les Woolley is shaking hands. Also in the photograph are Barry Slott, and at the back is Bill Crooke The photograph was taken for use in a local newspaper, the Stoke Sentinel, to record the success of three local apprentices at Michelin, whose UK headquarters is based in Stoke on Trent. The print is owned by Clive Barker, with the copyright belonging to the Stoke Sentinel.
• UK competitors 1960

  It shows four competitors who were Michelin apprentices setting off from their home in Stoke on Trent to represent the UK at the 1960 Barcelona competition. They are (L - R) Michael Davies, Stuart Maydew, Geoffrey Bladen and Clive Barker. The photo is held by Clive who won a silver medal for gas welding. The copyright is held by the Stoke Sentinel.
• Fred Hill

  Fred Hill at work as UK delegate at the IVTO.
• Group photo behind a table with different objects

  Francisco Albert Vidal is on the left and Patricia Snell in the middle. There are 3 more men that according to Albert Vidal's daughter are from UK and Switzerland (the first one on the right).
• Francisco Albert Vidal and 3 men laughing in a reception

  Francisco Albert Vidal and 3 men laughing in a reception
• Maruja López at her desk

  Maruja López, Francisco Albert Vidal's assistant, working at her desk. Spain, Spanish
• Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain, visit to the Competition

  Juan Carlos, Prince of Spain, looking at the objects which are showcase on a table. Luis González de Castro, Principal of the "La Paloma" VET School is explaining them to him.
• Francisco Albert Vidal and two men

  Francisco Albert Vidal is chatting with 2 men. It looks like a casual conversation after working or during a reception
• Brian working on his test project (bowl)

  Brian working on his test project (bowl) in the Portugal Competition (Lisbon), 1964
• The official 'send off' of the UK Team to Portugal.

  The official 'send off' of the UK Team to Portugal. This was taken either at the Portman Hotel in the West End of London or the Ministry of Works in Pall Mall
• Brian in his formal suit at the Competition in Spain.

  Brian in his formal suit at the Competition in Spain, wearing an official badge
• Brian, getting ready to go to Spain.

  The Team flew from London (Gawick) Airport on a Dakota aeroplane. One of the UK competitors was taken ill on the flight and the plane had to land in France to get medical help. The competitors continued their journey and arrived just in time for the Competition
• UK Team just before flying to the 1960

  This photograph of the UK team for Barcelona was taken at London's Gatwick Airport in September 1960. They flew in Douglas DC3 (Dakota) chartered from Dan Air. The only team member missing is Clive Barker, the photographer
• Lluís Fradera with the trophy as Champion of Cabinetmaking at the 7th International Competition

  Black and white fotograph of Lluís Fradera with the trophy as Champion of Cabinetmaking at the 7th International Competition
• Lluís Fradera teaching cabinetmaking to a group of soldiers

  2 black and white photographs of Lluís Fradera teaching cabinetmaking to a group of soldiers at the Salesianos Sarriá VET School
• Cabinet made during the sectorial phase of the 12th Spanish National Competition

  Black and white photograph of Lluís Fradera with the cabinet (Test Project) he made during the national competition in 1958. He got the first position in Cabinetmaking On Lluís Fradera’s words: “The picture of the piece of furniture... that’s the one I made for the national competition, in Madrid’s national championship, that was the assignment they gave us there.”
• Spanish Champions in Brussels 1958

  Black and white photo of 6 of the 7 Spanish Champions at the 7th International Competition, with the trophies. Lluís Fradera on the left and 5 more
• Spanish Champions in Brussels 1958

  Black and white photo of the 7 Spanish Champions at the 7th International Competition, with the trophies: Cándido González, Fitting Andrés Martínez, Fitting Blas Manuel Castillejos, Panel Beating Esteban Pérez, Panel Beating Francisco Bravo, Welding Lluís Fradera, Cabinetmaking Ángel Serrano, Joinery
• Official Visit to the International Training Competition in 1958

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. A young competitor is working. Francisco Albert Vidal (behind and smiling) and Faustino Ramos (on the right, looking at Francisco Albert Vidal, wearing a bow tie) are in the group of visitors.
• Welding student at the 50s

  Roberto Ors, student of oxyacetylene welding, during a course about operational methods.
• Fernando Mayer Garea with the Trophy he won in Silversmithing, 1957

  A black and white photograph of Fernando Mayer Garea who was awarded first place trophy in the silversmith category at the 1957 competition in Madrid where he made a chalice. He was a 15-year-old student at the time. In the photograph he is proudly holding his trophy. The young man would go on to compete in the Duisburg competition in Germany in 1961, and enjoy a successful career in his craft.
• Paloma and the bike

  Black and white photo of Paloma, one of the Albert Vidal's daughters, with a bike, at the Virgen de la Paloma VET School, where the family was living, Probably the photo was taken by his father. The girl was about 7 years old.
• Black and white composition with 2 photographs: Competition trophy and the "Puerta de Alcalá" monument.

  Black and white composition with 2 photographs: Competition trophy and the "Puerta de Alcalá" monument. Down the trophy, the text: V Concurso Internacional de Formación Profesional Obrera (5th International Workers' Vocational Training Competition)