In 1979 I was interviewed at Fleming Way, Crawley, UK for the position of sales rep to livestock farmers. Crawley manufactured pharmaceuticals in a positive pressure environment.

Reg King was the MD, David Thatcher second in command. Gwill Buttle oversaw purchasing.

There were two main divisions: Agriculture and Pharmaceuticals. I think the brands were TUCO and Upjohn respectively.

I was initially employed by the Agriculture division, which sold free access minerals (Pegasus), feeding blocks (Prugest), fly spray (Flymort), sheep sponges (Veramix), oestrus control (Lutalyse), Udder creams (Crem), Injectable vitamins, anti-bloat tonics (Tony) for ruminants, intramammary antibiotics (Tetra Delta?), etc. It also sold a large concrete box for dispensing free access minerals to grazing cattle.

I was sent to Cumbria for a training day with a very experienced rep, Harold Turner, before going to my sales area which was most of Yorkshire. Most of my customers were on the North York Moors. My boss was George Gordon, who was based in the Scottish borders.

After a year or so, they closed the Agriculture division, and I was transferred to Pharmaceuticals, where I retrained as a sales rep to Veterinary surgeons, and mainly sold products for the pet and companion market. My boss was Roger Pollard. I left in 1981.

The photo below is the remains of one of the TUCO concrete boxes. It was sent to me by Richard Holladay. In 2021 he found it in a field in Devon, England.