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Donovan family relationship with Shell

Extracts from the ebook “John Donovan, Shell’s Nightmare” (now available on Amazon websites globally)

From pages 12, 13 & 14

Extract begins

My families’ relationship with Shell stretches back nearly 60 years.

My father jointly owned a garage in the county of Essex, with new car showrooms and extensive workshop facilities. He held new car franchises for Standard-Triumph and later, for Chrysler.

My sisters (Lynne and Jessie) and I worked for him from the late 1950’s. Myself, initially on a part-time basis, from when I was a 12-year-old schoolboy.

We all worked as petrol pump attendants. There was no self-service in those days. Goodness knows how much lead we inhaled during those early years filling up countless vehicles of all kinds. read more

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Bob Donovan and Valerie Hewitt visit Rochford Thompson printers

Don Marketing director Bob Donovan, with Don Marketing Office Manager, Valerie Hewitt, on visit to Rochford Thompson Security printers at Hambridge Road, Newbury in 1979. Freeline Football tickets being computer printed.

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