Stelco – First Assignment

I applied for a job at Stelco in February, 1968. I came to my first interview on a very snowy day– so snowy that the R&D centre was shut down right after I got there. But not to worry they said, come back tomorrow. So I slogged off and got on the Burlington to Toronto bus. But things were not to be so simple. On Lakeshore Boulevard, the bus driver ran into a butcher’s truck, killing the truck driver, injuring the bus driver and sending dead chickens all over the road. After much delay, I finally got back to my brother’s place in Toronto.

Next day was much better. In fact, Ray Meadowcroft said that having enough nerve to come back for an interview after the terrible events the previous day, I must be able to handle the job. In any case, I was hired and assigned to the Thermics section.

My first position was in #1 Bloom and Billet mill.... More here