Long Serving Employee Mourned

Fred Nugent, who worked as an engineer at Hopkins for 20 years, died recently at the age of 84 and will be sadly missed.

 

Fred worked in the chipper and peeler department at Hopkins from 1968-1988 and

was born in Burley, Leeds in 1924. He worked as an engineer and because of his skilled profession, was excused from active service in the Second World War, serving instead with the Home Guard. He married his late wife Doreen, also from Leeds, in 1956. His son Gary, also works at Hopkins in the same department as his father.

 

When not at work, Fred was the man who 'lived and breathed' Rugby League. He spent more than 50 years at Stanningley Rugby League Club as a player, coach, committee member and president.
"He was a massive influence on a lot of people and commanded respect from everyone," said his son Gary.
"It is not often you get somone who was a player, committee member and president of one club. He was someone to aspire to and everyone will miss him tremendously."

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Yorkshire Planetarium Experience

Yorkshire's first and only Planetarium is now fully open and a recent open day proved a great success with astronauts there demonstrating life in space. Housed within three giant geodesic domes, the planetarium sits within the landscaped beauty of Harewood House.

Hopkins were heavily involved in the making of Yorkshire Planetarium, and carried out much of the electrical work and manufactured bespoke items to go inside.

Housed within three giant geodesic domes, the planetarium sits within the landscaped beauty of Harewood House. Each dome holds a different experience. The first of these, the Star Theatre, holds the heart of the planetarium, the star projector. The Zeiss projector is the only one if its kind in the UK and gives the visitor the chance to see the night sky in its purist form, without light pollution and atmospheric interference. It's claimed that it's the best night sky you can see in England!

For more information on the dome visit www.yorkshireplanetarium.co.uk or contact Hopkins on 0113 257 7934 to find out more about the work carried out there.

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Service Department offer Flue Cleaning Facility

Hopkins now offer a flue cleaning facility to compliment their all ready outstanding range service department.

 

Flue cleaning is essential to help prevent fires in extraction ductwork which is a common occurrence, causing millions of pounds in damage and insurance claims each year. Many insurance companies are aware of this and insist on at least annual cleaning by specialists, some offering a discount if it is done more often.

 

Although previously range servicing companies cleaned ductwork by scraping out grease that could be reached from access holes, meaning only 2-3 metres of grease was removed whereas a typical range has more like 12 metres of ductwork. Hopkins now have similar equipment to specialist companies however, meaning the whole system can be cleaned.

 

This system has been available since January 2008 and has already proved successful with many shops booking in flue cleaning alongside their annual range service.

 

To book your package or separate service or flue clean please contact Hopkins Service Department on 0113 257 7934.

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