Excerpts from a recording by Roy Garlick. Continue reading “Building the Factories”
Bert Godwin
Bert Godwin – Toolmaker, Massey Ferguson Continue reading “Bert Godwin”
John Dixon – My Time At Standard Triumph
I joined from school at the age of 15 in 1959. I was a trainee trimmer. Initially working on the Standard Vanguard and TR range making and fitting the trim.
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Fred Carey – Chief Cost Accountant
It is with deep regret that we have to record the sudden death of Mr. F. G. Carey, Chief Cost Accountant of The Standard Motor Co. Ltd., which occurred on 3rd February at his home, 14, Stoneleigh Avenue, Coventry. Continue reading “Fred Carey – Chief Cost Accountant”
Siegfried Bettmann
Bettmann was born in Nuremberg in 1863 but moved to Coventry to start the Triumph Cycle Works with fellow German Mauritz J Schulte, building the sprawling Priory Street works in 1894. Continue reading “Siegfried Bettmann”
Standard Staff
Early photographs are scarce from the Standard Motor Co – and if any do crop up there is often very little detail to accompany the images. Continue reading “Standard Staff”