Standard Triumph’s Service Depot at Park Royal in West London. Continue reading “Standard Triumph Park Royal”
Ferguson 10,000th Tractor
The huge Banner Lane plant of The Standard Motor Co. Ltd., which is building the Ferguson Tractor, recently produced the 10,000th complete machine. Continue reading “Ferguson 10,000th Tractor”
1950’s Wages Agreement
Directors from Standard Triumph and representatives from the Trade Union sign the new wages agreement. Continue reading “1950’s Wages Agreement”
Standard Eight, Early Production
Standard Triumph Pipe Band Part 1
The band has its origins amongst migrant coal miners from Ayrshire, who came to work in the mines around Coventry in the early 1930’s. By 1936, they had formed the Binley Colliery Pipe Band under Pipe Major Jock Gray, wearing white tunics and the MacCrae tartan.
Sir John Black (Biography, 1951)
Sir John Black
Chairman and Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company Ltd
(Mini biography published in 1951)