Standard Triumph Works Directory

Did you work at the Standard or Triumph – at Canley, Radford, Banner Lane, Northey Road, Allesley, Tile Hill, Western Avenue (London), Bordesley Green (Birmingham), Speke (Liverpool), Berkeley Square (London) or any of the associated sites/companies associated with Standard Triumph? If so, we’d love to hear from you to build a database of names associated with the Standard and Triumph company. Read More HERE. You may notice adverts on the site. You can help this site by clicking on them which supports the archive. Thank you.

List of Names (Surnames First)

Submit a Ex-employee
To add a name, click on the ‘Submit a Name’ link above.
Please add the surname first. Use the format: Smith, John in the name field, then add a description; here you can include a role, location, service dates etc plus any other information you think may be of interest, finishing with your name (you may be submitting on behalf of a family member). Don’t worry how much – or little – you write in the description box – everything helps!
PLEASE NOTE: By using the ‘submit name’ element on the site we DO NOT get any record of you or your email and sometimes we’d love to get in touch with you, but we can’t! Please either drop your email details on the entry (don’t worry we won’t publish that) or a separate email to say ‘hello’.
Thank you.
We’d love you to get involved with this project. You can email us your info to iwas@standardtriumphworks.co.uk or post a name directly on the ‘submit name’ link.


Update:
The archive has now over 4,500 name entries and with 871 articles on the site. During May, 2018 we reached 100,000 website hits.  May 2019 we reached 500,000 website hits. February 2022 we achieved one million hits! Take a look at the Latest News posts to see the articles.

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ALF WELCH – Read about a character who was one of the inspirations to this archive.

Thank you for all the submissions in the database. In addition some people have articles, info, memories and photos. We’ll show everything, that comes in, at some point soon, please bear with us. We still need more… Email your stories today!

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This website was launched February 1, 2017.

NEW: Recognise Anyone? A selection of people we need your help identifying. CLICK HERE

LATEST POSTS

• Alf Welch – Service Instructor in Market Promotion and Training - On the first anniversary of the launch of this website archive we thought we’d write something about Alf Welch.
• I Remember Cash’s Lane - In the ’20s, I remember the Standard Motor Company being situated in Cash’s Lane, bordered by the canal, O’Brien cycle factory, Foleshill Road, and Cash’s Lane, where Kwikfit tyre fitters is now. I was born and lived in Arthur Street which at that time was a cul-de- sac. Test drivers from the Standard used to drive …

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• Kinnond, Brenda and Jack - My husband worked at the Standard for 36 years. He started when he was 14 at Banner Lane and was tranferred to Canley after one year. He worked as an engine fitter for another two years and then he went into the navy. He really enjoyed his time there and when he was demobbed he had …

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• Alan Savage - I left Broadway School in 1937 at the age of 14. I got a job straight away at Standard’s service/spares division opposite the cinema in Fletchamstead. In the repairs department I was to collect and file on tallies all the piecework, with the respective details of work done and wage claim in cash. From these …

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• Kremlin – The Directors Block Pt2 - The Kremlin, the new Directors Block was constructed in 1959.
• Kremlin – The Directors Block Pt1 - The new directors block was nicknamed The Kremlin.
• Canley Works - THE STANDARD Canley works came to be built when the founder of the company, Reginald Maudslay, felt he needed to break away from restricted sites at Bishopsgate Green and Much Park Street.
• Ivor Roberts – Paint Shop - Ivor Roberts, a hoist operator in the Paint Shop, was married at Coventry Register Office last month. Foreman B. W. Edwards presented a sum of money to Ivor from his workmates. 
• Standard Triumph Monument - At 12 noon on 16 April 2000, a monument to Standard Triumph was unveiled on Herald Avenue, on the site of the old Canley factory in the outskirts of Coventry, just behind the Standard Triumph Recreation Club – the last remaining original building of the factory complex.
• H Edwards – Driving Instructor - As apprentices of The Standard Motor Co. Ltd. are serving their period in the Final Finish Department they now receive driving tuition.
• News Update from 2017 - Official Launch: 18th January, 2017. 93 entries in the database.
• R. B. Cole – Director - Mr R. B. Cole has been appointed a director of Standard Motor Co. Ltd.
• I worked at Standard Triumph… - Online register and memories of ex-Standard Triumph Employees We have developed a new initiative to collate and document info on ALL the ex-employees from Standard/Triumph over the years – from our sister site (www.triumph-herald.com) have been sent so much info, which isn’t necessarily Herald related, but is so important we thought it all needed to be saved some how …

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• Life at Standard Triumph - Life at Standard Triumph by Martin Longmore
• Final Finish - Photos from a presentation within Final Finish.
• Leonard Mann Archive - We are so pleased to announce we have a brand new collection to share with you over the coming weeks.
• Dennis Skyrme – Allesley Paint Shop - A great photo from within the Allesley Paint Shop.
• Marion Roddy – Market Research - Marion Roddy (Mrs. M. Thomas), in charge statistical section, Market Research, was presented with gifts for the nursery by Mr J. K. S. Carpenter, General Manager, Standard Triumph Sales.
• Len Farren – Tool Room - Len Farren, of the Tool Room, Fletch. South, retired last month after 25 years’ service with the Company.
• Bill Clarke – Inspection Spares Stores - BILL CLARKE (65), retired from Inspection in Spares Stores at Fletch. South after 32 years’ broken service with the Company.
• Thomas Patrick Fay – Production Control Engineer - Thomas Patrick Fay – Production Control Engineer.
• Foremen – Recognise Anyone? - A photo we have been sent through, with a snippet of information confirming this lineup is a group of Standard Triumph Foremen. Can you help identify anyone or the location?
• Cyril Wright – Spares Division - Cyril Wright (65), retired from the Company recently after nearly 35 years’ service in Spares Division at Coventry.
• Dave Gleed – Competition Dept. - The Standard Triumph Competition Department was situated within the same building as the Service Division, on the Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry.
• Harry Reynolds - My name is Harry Reynolds.
• Harry George – Spares Stores - Laughing Harry George was a storekeeper in Spares Stores, Fletch South for 21 years.

 

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