I joined from school at the age of 15 in 1959. I was a trainee trimmer. Initially working on the Standard Vanguard and TR range making and fitting the trim.
Continue reading “John Dixon – My Time At Standard Triumph”
Company Discount Scheme – Pt 1
Throughout the years at Standard and Triumph the company offered a works discount to employees. Continue reading “Company Discount Scheme – Pt 1”
Last Orders!
A local pub – do you recognise it? The drinkers are all Standard Triumph workers – but the occasion isn’t great… Continue reading “Last Orders!”
Joe Stacey – Sales Division
Many more people than those closely associated with him at the Coventry factory, were saddened by the death at the end of February of Joe Stacey, a stalwart of Standard Triumph for 43 years.
Siegfried Bettmann
Bettmann was born in Nuremberg in 1863 but moved to Coventry to start the Triumph Cycle Works with fellow German Mauritz J Schulte, building the sprawling Priory Street works in 1894. Continue reading “Siegfried Bettmann”
How Triumph Saved Standard
The Standard Register, which was formed in 1959 by John Davy, recorded survivors and delved into the history of the marque, here he reports of a very remarkable little-known event where roles were reversed! Continue reading “How Triumph Saved Standard”