The annual dinner/dance of the Triumph Camping and Caravan Club was held at the Berkeley Hotel, Coventry, last month. Continue reading “Triumph Camping and Caravan Club”
Viscount Brookeborough Visit
The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, the Rt. Hon. The Viscount Brookeborough, C.B.E., M.C., LL.D., M.P., visited The Standard Motor Co. Ltd., on the 18th October, 1955. Continue reading “Viscount Brookeborough Visit”
Paul Davison – 21 Shop
I worked at Standard Triumph from School as a Trainee Trimmer going to College one day a week to get my City in Guilds in vehicle body work. Which I still have plus a certificate from the company signed by the then management of my achievement. Continue reading “Paul Davison – 21 Shop”
150,000th Ferguson Tractor
On the 24th September, 1950, the 150,000th Ferguson Tractor to be made by The Standard Motor Co. Ltd. for Harry Ferguson Ltd., came off the assembly line at their Banner Lane Factory, Coventry. Continue reading “150,000th Ferguson Tractor”
Fire Brigade – Early Days
Two photographs of the Standard Fire Brigade. Continue reading “Fire Brigade – Early Days”
Boom!
I remember vividly the day the sewers “blew up” when thinners from the paint shop had leaked into the drain system and somehow had been ignited. Continue reading “Boom!”