Sir John Black
Chairman and Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company Ltd
(Mini biography published in 1951)
Standard Triumph Houses – Tile Hill Lane
Standard Triumph owned a number of houses. We are currently compiling the details but couldn’t resist uploading this rare colour photograph from 1959.
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John Thomas Egginton – Standard Triumph Groundsman
A marvellous group photo showing a Cricket Match on the sports pitch at Canley – stopped for a photo opportunity with a very special guest.
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Ivy Cottage
We’d love to hear any details you remember about Ivy Cottage.
Sheila Egginton
I started work at the Standard Motors in 1944 at the age of 14. I was a junior clerk in the works Inspection office. Our office was in what was the Mosquito shop during the war, after the war I became typist to Mr Allen a foreman inspector over the assembly track . Our office was on a balcony overlooking the track and next to Mr Notts office.
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The Standard Triumph Club
The Standard Triumph Club, Sports Pavillion is the only works building from the original factory that still remains. The site is now a social club.
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