It was at the beginning of the year that at the instigation of Sir John Black, Mr. H. S. Weale (Production Director) left for U.S.A. together with Mr. F. K. Lord (Plant Manager), Mr. A. H. Hampson (Planning Engineer) and Mr. H. G. Webster (Chief Chassis Engineer). Continue reading “USA Trip 1951”
Leonard Higgs-Cresswell – Company Registrar
IT is with regret that we report the untimely death on 10th September of Mr Leonard Higgs Cresswell, aged forty-seven years, who had been company registrar to The Standard Motor Co. Ltd. since September, 1935. Continue reading “Leonard Higgs-Cresswell – Company Registrar”
Tom Thorne
After a long period of illusiveness we have finally found a photo and information relating to Tom Thorn. Continue reading “Tom Thorne”
Roy Smith – Chief Tester, Engineering Dept
Chief Tester, Engineering Dept seen here with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Continue reading “Roy Smith – Chief Tester, Engineering Dept”
Jean Russell – Secretary, Home Sales
Mrs. Jean Russell, a secretary in Home Sales, Fletch. South, received a galaxy of nursery presents after 13 years with at Standard Triumph. Continue reading “Jean Russell – Secretary, Home Sales”
Hubert Lawrence
HUBERT LAWRENCE, a chargehand in the Toolroom, Radford factory, retired recently after 51 years and 10 months with the Company. This is one of our longest service records. Hubert started as an indentured machinist and fitter in 1919. Continue reading “Hubert Lawrence”