At 12 noon on 16 April 2000, a monument to Standard Triumph was unveiled on Herald Avenue, on the site of the old Canley factory in the outskirts of Coventry, just behind the Standard Triumph Recreation Club – the last remaining original building of the factory complex. Continue reading “Standard Triumph Monument”
News Update from 2017
Official Launch: 18th January, 2017.
93 entries in the database. Continue reading “News Update from 2017”
George Turnbull
George Henry Turnbull, motor industry executive, born 17 October 1926. Continue reading “George Turnbull”
Walter Belgrove
Born in Liverpool, where he attended the Liverpool College of Art, in 1927 Walter Belgrove moved to Coventry where he was hired by Triumph, after some years of apprenticeship first at the “J. Blake and Co.” body shop in Liverpool, then at “Windovers” in London, where he practiced both the design and the bodyworks modeling. Continue reading “Walter Belgrove”
Arthur Frost – and Hirohito
This photo shows the visit of the then Crown Prince Hirohito’s visit to the Standard Motor Works in around the early to mid 1920’s*. Continue reading “Arthur Frost – and Hirohito”
Update: 750 Names
We have hit 750 names – a fantastic number, many with stories and comments too we are still sorting through, we love to read them all! We have had all different departments mentioned, with workers named being ‘spotted’ by others who remember them!
This week we were featured in the Coventry Evening Telegraph and mid-week we were on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio. There are promotional things in the pipeline too so watch this space!
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