Mr W Vincent in New Zealand, has identified that the Chauffeur in the picture below was his grandfather William Charles Vincent. The photos date from 1911.
Deliveries Pt1
A fantastic photo show a team of ladies that were tasked to deliver cars, in the most cases, to the ports for export.
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STANDARD SERVICE DIVISION, 1947 Part 1
The Standard Service Department has many functions, including the administration of Service and the supply of Standard and Triumph spares to all parts of the world. In addition, it operates large Repair Departments at both Coventry and London. This article deals with the supply of spare parts from the Main Spares Department at Coventry.
TR7 at Canley
We always have to double-check photos that are forwarded to us and after a bit of too-ing and fro-ing the story often becomes clearer. These two photographs were taken at Canley showing the new TR7 convertible.
Ladies Football Team – Canteen
Fabulous photo sent into the StandardTriumph archive http://www.standardstandardtriumph.co.uk – looking completely smitten is the Canley Social Club groundsman, John Egginton with a ladies (football?) team.
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Banner Lane and Massey Ferguson
During WW2 The Standard Motor Company had operated on behalf of the Government a new “shadow” factory making aero engines. Continue reading “Banner Lane and Massey Ferguson”