A very sad photo showing the last car – a Triumph Spitfire coming off the line.
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Charles Friswell – Managing Director
Sir Charles Ernest Hain Friswell (1871–1926), Managing Director of the Standard Motor Co and Friswells. Continue reading “Charles Friswell – Managing Director”
Standard Distributors’ Club in Earls Court
Four key staff members from 1957, photographed at the 1957 Earls Court Motor Show. Continue reading “Standard Distributors’ Club in Earls Court”
Standard Motor Co. 1929
Fabulous film footage from 1929. Continue reading “Standard Motor Co. 1929”
Reverend Denis Claringbull
Soon after the Reverend Denis Claringbull moved to Coventry last year as Industrial Chaplain, which includes ministering the Standard Triumph Coventry factories, his wife gave birth to a pair of bonny babies. He and his wife already had two children, and the latest arrivals delighted them.
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Marilyn Arms – Typist, Supplies Division
Marilyn Arms worked as a typist for 10 years in Supplies Division and Sales Conversion, Canley, before receiving nursery gifts. Continue reading “Marilyn Arms – Typist, Supplies Division”