Standard Triumph Works Directory
Documenting Employees of the Standard and Triumph Works
A Visit Back To Standard Triumph, Canley.
It has always been on the ‘bucket list’ to visit Coventry and, in particular, the site where the Standard Triumph factory once stood. The site is now a retail park with a large Sainsburys, fast food outlets and offices however, amongst the newer builds one original feature still remains – the Standard Triumph Recreation Club – and it was this we wanted to see.
Continue reading “A Visit Back To Standard Triumph, Canley”
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. Continue reading “Canley Works”
We are so pleased to announce we have a brand new collection to share with you over the coming weeks. Continue reading “Leonard Mann Archive”
Here’s a little teaser for you (and us) with a couple of photos depicting testing of a Triumph GT6. Continue reading “GT6 Test”
HUBERT LAWRENCE, a chargehand in the Toolroom, Radford factory, retired recently after 51 years and 10 months with the Company. This is one of our longest service records. Hubert started as an indentured machinist and fitter in 1919. Continue reading “Hubert Lawrence”
Sir Charles Ernest Hain Friswell (1871–1926), Managing Director of the Standard Motor Co and Friswells. Continue reading “Charles Friswell – Managing Director”