Jack Taylor – Quality Control

Jack Taylor worked for Standard Triumph at Canley as a Quality Control Engineer. He had originally been employed at an Air Ministry inspectorate between 1936 and 1947, becoming involved with the Standard Motor Company because of their contract to build Mosquito aircraft during the war.

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Apprentices Athletic Team 1953

A great photo of the Standard Apprentices’ Athletics Team and officials of the Standard Apprentices Association.

Apprentices Athletic Team 1953
Apprentices Athletic Team 1953

We can name some of the faces:
Seated second row (Officials) left to right: FW Morris, Hon Treasurer; E. Knight, Chairman; Apprentice T Hudgel; Mr Key, Vice-Chairman; W. Grey, Apprentice Supervisor.
G. Parham, Physical Training Instructor, can be seen on the left of the third row.

Pubs: The Herald

This pub was named after the Triumph Herald motor car, which was first built in 1959 in the Standard factory that stood on the other side of the railway line from the pub.
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