I started my apprenticeship in the Training School with Standard Motor Co. at Banner Lane in August 1954 and was ‘used’ in No’s 1 & 2 machine shops. Continue reading “Alan Whitmore”
Ted Calcott – Trimmer
Ted Calcott (65), a trimmer in Gang 81, Herald Trirn, Canley, retired after 16 years’ service. Ted started as a trimmer with the Company and continued in this job throughout his service.
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Tom Scott-Lee – Print Room
Tom Scott-Lee (65), supervisor in the Print Room, Fletch North, retired recently after 34 years of good service. Continue reading “Tom Scott-Lee – Print Room”
Standard Triumph Plane
Yes Standard Triumph had it’s own plane! Continue reading “Standard Triumph Plane”
Lord Donald Stokes
Times Obituary
As chairman and managing director of the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) from its creation in 1968 from the merger with British Motor Holdings and the Leyland Motor Corporation until its demise in a government reorganisation in 1975, Lord Stokes was faced with the intractable task of bringing some shape and order to a British automotive industry whose problems became a paradigm of Britain’s failing industrial performance in the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading “Lord Donald Stokes”
British Leyland
After months of tough behind the scenes negotiations the biggest merger in Britain’s industrial history had been concluded successfully. The formation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation was announced on 17 January 1968, as a wave of speculative share buying began hitting the Stock Exchange.