BILL GUN (66), a finisher in Herald Trim, Canley, had several presents when he retired. Continue reading “Bill Gun – Finish Herald Trim”
Home Sales, 1960
“I worked in the Home Sales at Canley. I started in 1960. My boss was Mr Rushworth and my under boss was Mr Russell. I was there when the Triumph Herald was built and sold. We sold the cars to the distributers. “
F. D. Wenman – Triumph Accessory Marketing Supervisor
A series of competitions have been held among Triumph Distributors in Britain, the accent being on the display of Stanpart approved accessories. Continue reading “F. D. Wenman – Triumph Accessory Marketing Supervisor”
Jimmy Knox
My dad worked at the standard Triumph Plant Canley on, I believe, the final finish line. I am not sure what cars my dad worked on but I believe they included the herald and the spitfire.
My dad worked at the Canley Plant from 1960 to 1980/1 and took redundancy from the plant which I believe at that time was then British Leyland. My dad was from Falkirk in Scotland and came down to Coventry in 1960s to find work. My dad was by trade a coach builder/carpenter. After taking redundancy my dad returned to Falkirk and passed away in 2003.
Thank you.
James Knox (son)
Jennifer Hargreaves – Dealer Development
Miss Jennifer Hargreaves, a secretary in Dealer Development, Fletch. South, was married at Bulkington. Continue reading “Jennifer Hargreaves – Dealer Development”
My Job at Standard
By the late fifties, the electricians at Canley had devised a system whereby when car shells came from Liverpool they were hoisted by crane onto what was called skids, on the second floor. We then took charge with an electric panel in the basement of the building, among the stores. The track was on the ground floor, constantly on the move, each worker had a time limit to fit his piece.
Now my job with a couple of colleagues was to place the shells on the track from the floor above in a sequence that allowed the worker to complete his job. We could not place two overdrives to follow each other, or two Spitfires together. There were many snags, we had to have the cars in order, about twenty cars in front of the track to allow our typists to type the sequence for all depts to have the necessary parts in order. Also the sheets the girls typed out, only a little ‘o’ was typed above the car to denote an overdrive car, if she missed typing such then the car got the wrong engine fitted etc, and there was many things to sort out, disc brakes or drum brakes, left hand or right hand steering, so it ran on fine timing.
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