Long Service Award

Long Service Awards are presented for approved and continuous land based services of more than 40 years.
A bronze medal and certificate are awarded. A 50-year bar maybe added at a later date. Tankards are presented for 60 or more years of service.

In 2007 awards were made to 21 workers who, between them, had clocked up 984 years of work. The longest period of service in 2007 was by Mr John Roddam, who received an award for 70 years of continuous service at Black Hall, in Hexham, Northumberland.

In 2006 awards were made to 20 workers who, between them, had clocked up 902 years of work. The longest period of service in 2006 was by Mr Basil Field, who received an award for 58 years of continuous service at Coval Hall, in Chelmsford, Essex.

In 2005 awards were made to 25 workers who, between them, had clocked up 1,105 years of work. The longest period of service in 2005 was by Mr John Burden, who received an award for 54 years of continuous service at Burnthurst Farm, near Rugby in Warwickshire.

In 2004 awards were made to 28 workers who, between them, had clocked up 1317 years of work. The longest period of service in 2004 was by Stanley Peter Branton MBE who had worked at Hoo House Farm, Woodbridge, for 71 years in 2004.
 

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