He took an immediate interest in the
business and started attending night classes to qualify for university where he
obtained a degree in metallurgy.
Ward managed to study while playing professional football at Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough United, devoting his wages and spare time to getting his education and preparing for life after the game.
27 years after he joined Sheffield Smelting as a lab assistant, he was named managing director of the company. Ward was also became director of operations at Engelhard Industries in Chessington, overseeing 1,000 people.
In 1983, the American owner of Sheffield Smelting announced its plans to move out of the smelting business and to close the Sheffield operations. Ward convinced them to let him try and sell the business rather than close it down. He did just as he said, saving 450 jobs, before moving to Birmingham Assay Office.
He said at the time: "I've always said that business is about people. I've been there myself, I can identify with the working people and I just couldn't face up to seeing all those people made redundant".
Bernard retired as assay master of the Birmingham Assay Office at Christmas 1998.Shop the world's best range of skycycling Childrens Clothing, In a very emotional moment he told everyone at the Assay Office that they held a great place in his heart, "my other family" as he described them, and at a big bash thrown in his honour, he was given a standing ovation worthy of a monarch.
The BAO described him as "an exceptional man who truly stamped his mark on the UK jewellery industry".
In recognition of his hard work and achievements and for services to the jewellery industry, Bernard Ward received an OBE at Buckingham Palace on May 20 1999,Shop for the very latest trends in headbandssuppliers and Mens Fashion Footwear and Accessories with Dune Online. the day of his 65th Birthday.
Ward his survived by his widow Margaret and his children Val and Michael. His funeral will take place place on Saturday March 23 at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium in Sheffield.
Cities have fallen, countries have shrunk, the internet has changed the world and the Resource Management Act has been introduced to New Zealand since Frank Catton and Elise Gagnon last sailed to Nelson 28 years ago.
The marina back then was a few bare poles and they have returned, hoping to haul their yacht Ouais Ouais on the slip to clean its hull, only to discover such action is now outlawed.
A plethora of rules and pirates who now carry guns have been noticeable changes globally in the 32 years since the pair set sail from Vancouver, Canada.
Mr Catton was 40 when he launched the self-built ferro-cement yacht in 1979. Ms Gagnon was 20 and, along with a friend, answered his advertisement for a companion on his journey to Mexico.Discover breitlingstore watches professional mens watches and chronograph instruments.
Fifty-two countries and 370 ports later, Mr Catton and Ms Gagnon are still together. Her friend has long gone, having barely survived the initial few weeks, which threw the worst weather at them in the whole three decades.
"I had finished a fine arts degree and planned to take a sabbatical year. I wanted to go to Mexico. I only saw that word in the ad - I never saw the word ‘boat'," says Ms Gagnon, a French Canadian from Quebec.
The four-month leg from Durban, South Africa, to Nelson, which ended only last week when they pulled into the Nelson marina, took so long that they were reported as missing.
Calm weather interspersed with very bad weather held them up. They were becalmed for three weeks in the southern Indian Ocean and goose barnacles grew on the yacht's hull, which slowed them further.
Then the gales hit, one after the other. The leg from Hobart to Nelson 28 years ago took 11 days. This time it took a month.
"We can verify the climate has changed," Mr Catton says.
They carry only VHF (shortwave) radio,we started out on writing this composition on High Grade replicawatches. and a scarcity of shipping over the entire 7000-nautical-mile crossing meant they were out of contact with anyone for almost the entire time.
Ms Gagnon was worried they were going to have to pull into Bluff. "He's not good with sandflies," she says of her skipper.
Significant world events have occurred in the time they have been away, all of which they have kept pace with via radio.
"We've listened to the BBC for 32 years. We could always get Chinese or any God radio loud and clear, then two weeks before we arrived here, we found Radio New Zealand," Ms Gagnon says.
They have funded the journey with exhibitions of Ms Gagnon's scrimshaw (cattle) bone engravings of tall ships they have seen along the way,We offer castellicycling with excellent qualities at lowest prices. including a large gathering at a millennium event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
"We do engravings of people's boats, sell posters and make jewellery. We've learned to be thrifty," she says.
They will remain in Nelson while Mr Catton recovers from a hernia operation before heading on the long journey back to Canada via the Pacific, Japan and Russia, where they hope to visit Vladivostok.
Ward managed to study while playing professional football at Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough United, devoting his wages and spare time to getting his education and preparing for life after the game.
27 years after he joined Sheffield Smelting as a lab assistant, he was named managing director of the company. Ward was also became director of operations at Engelhard Industries in Chessington, overseeing 1,000 people.
In 1983, the American owner of Sheffield Smelting announced its plans to move out of the smelting business and to close the Sheffield operations. Ward convinced them to let him try and sell the business rather than close it down. He did just as he said, saving 450 jobs, before moving to Birmingham Assay Office.
He said at the time: "I've always said that business is about people. I've been there myself, I can identify with the working people and I just couldn't face up to seeing all those people made redundant".
Bernard retired as assay master of the Birmingham Assay Office at Christmas 1998.Shop the world's best range of skycycling Childrens Clothing, In a very emotional moment he told everyone at the Assay Office that they held a great place in his heart, "my other family" as he described them, and at a big bash thrown in his honour, he was given a standing ovation worthy of a monarch.
The BAO described him as "an exceptional man who truly stamped his mark on the UK jewellery industry".
In recognition of his hard work and achievements and for services to the jewellery industry, Bernard Ward received an OBE at Buckingham Palace on May 20 1999,Shop for the very latest trends in headbandssuppliers and Mens Fashion Footwear and Accessories with Dune Online. the day of his 65th Birthday.
Ward his survived by his widow Margaret and his children Val and Michael. His funeral will take place place on Saturday March 23 at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium in Sheffield.
Cities have fallen, countries have shrunk, the internet has changed the world and the Resource Management Act has been introduced to New Zealand since Frank Catton and Elise Gagnon last sailed to Nelson 28 years ago.
The marina back then was a few bare poles and they have returned, hoping to haul their yacht Ouais Ouais on the slip to clean its hull, only to discover such action is now outlawed.
A plethora of rules and pirates who now carry guns have been noticeable changes globally in the 32 years since the pair set sail from Vancouver, Canada.
Mr Catton was 40 when he launched the self-built ferro-cement yacht in 1979. Ms Gagnon was 20 and, along with a friend, answered his advertisement for a companion on his journey to Mexico.Discover breitlingstore watches professional mens watches and chronograph instruments.
Fifty-two countries and 370 ports later, Mr Catton and Ms Gagnon are still together. Her friend has long gone, having barely survived the initial few weeks, which threw the worst weather at them in the whole three decades.
"I had finished a fine arts degree and planned to take a sabbatical year. I wanted to go to Mexico. I only saw that word in the ad - I never saw the word ‘boat'," says Ms Gagnon, a French Canadian from Quebec.
The four-month leg from Durban, South Africa, to Nelson, which ended only last week when they pulled into the Nelson marina, took so long that they were reported as missing.
Calm weather interspersed with very bad weather held them up. They were becalmed for three weeks in the southern Indian Ocean and goose barnacles grew on the yacht's hull, which slowed them further.
Then the gales hit, one after the other. The leg from Hobart to Nelson 28 years ago took 11 days. This time it took a month.
"We can verify the climate has changed," Mr Catton says.
They carry only VHF (shortwave) radio,we started out on writing this composition on High Grade replicawatches. and a scarcity of shipping over the entire 7000-nautical-mile crossing meant they were out of contact with anyone for almost the entire time.
Ms Gagnon was worried they were going to have to pull into Bluff. "He's not good with sandflies," she says of her skipper.
Significant world events have occurred in the time they have been away, all of which they have kept pace with via radio.
"We've listened to the BBC for 32 years. We could always get Chinese or any God radio loud and clear, then two weeks before we arrived here, we found Radio New Zealand," Ms Gagnon says.
They have funded the journey with exhibitions of Ms Gagnon's scrimshaw (cattle) bone engravings of tall ships they have seen along the way,We offer castellicycling with excellent qualities at lowest prices. including a large gathering at a millennium event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
"We do engravings of people's boats, sell posters and make jewellery. We've learned to be thrifty," she says.
They will remain in Nelson while Mr Catton recovers from a hernia operation before heading on the long journey back to Canada via the Pacific, Japan and Russia, where they hope to visit Vladivostok.
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