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• Alf Welch – Service Instructor in Market Promotion and Training - On the first anniversary of the launch of this website archive we thought we’d write something about Alf Welch.
• Garry Owen (Junior) - In the sixties the Standard Triumph apprentices would enter a float to all the local carnivals.
• Costs Department Pt 1 - My name is Annemarie Mabbs was Annemarie Mckenna I started work on April 17th 1963 as a junior in the costs depart at Canley.
• Recognise These Faces? - A remarkable set of colour factory photographs have emerged from 1959
• Pubs: The Fletch - Located on the Fletchamstead Highway, The Fletch was immediately opposite the main Fletch South/North buildings. 
• Standard Cinema - A period aerial photograph of the Standard Cinema from 1946.
• Recognise This Face? - This photo was from early 1959 and often, Standard Triumph pulled a ‘model’ from one of the works departments. Do you recognise her?
• Recognise These Faces? - This looks like the Competition Department – Can you recognise these people?
• Recognise This Face? - Final Finish perhaps? Taken from a still from a period film in 1965. Do you recognise this lady?
• Recognise These Faces? - We have a number of photographs and resources with Standard Triumph workers shown within. Sometimes we have very little information to the date, location and who are featured in the images – we’ll post some up and see if they get any responses.
• Tom Braund - I started at The Standard in August 1960 as a 16 year old Junior Clerk in the Cost Office at Fletch South working for Doug Swan (recently deceased).
• Canley Closing – Photos - These photos are believed to have been taken towards the very end of the life of the Canley Standard Triumph plant.
• Canteen - There were a number of canteens on all the sites, from Banner Lane to Canley, to cater to all the workers at the factory. Here is a remarkable photo of one of them.
• Gary Daffron, Security Officer - Memories of Work at Triumph Motors I worked at Triumph Motors from 1969 to 1987 when it closed.
• Terry Donnelly - I started my working life in the apprentice training school at Capmartin Road September 1960 as an apprentice maintenance electrician.
• Herald Coupe – 4 Minute Build Car, 1959 - A great period photo showing the build-up team of apprentices for the launch of the Triumph Herald at the Royal Albert Hall in 1959.
• Running in – 1974 - As a past employee of B.L. Triumph U.K. Ltd., I read the “Tale of a TR6” by the Assistant Editor (of Motorsport Magazine) with great interest.
• Jaguar – and the Standard Motor Co. - “Jaguar owed a lot to The Standard.” Comment from an old Midlands car man, recalled the other day when I was given the engaging Review of the Standard Motor Club. Hard to believe it’s an all-but-forgotten make that used to be one of the biggest motor manufacturers in Britain. It was, literally, a standard-bearer in Coventry.
• Cyril West - I started at the Standard in 1959, I spent 10 years in the paint shop, the first few years on the sound deadening then masking and spirit white on the side track.
• Evelyn West - I first started at The Standard in 1957 at the Banner Lane offices working as a junior for the Supply Division. In 1959 I transferred to Canley working for the Production Control manager Mr Biggs as a typist typing instructions sheets to be sent around the factory for the factory workers to build the cars, …

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• Ivor Penrice – Dollars for TR3s - Dollars for TR3s It is becoming increasingly difficult to think-up new publicity stunts but Mr. I. J. Penrice, Publicity Manager of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., scored a distinct triumph in this direction when he heard that 40 members of the American Triumph Sports Owners’ Association wished to purchase new TR3s.
• Comptometers Part 2 - Following on from earlier posts about Comptometers – we have been donated this incredible machine which was rescued from a skip direct from the Standard Triumph works!
• Thomas Joseph Mulrennan - Photos of Thomas Joseph Mulrennan have been sent through to us by Michael Mulrennan.
• Factory Photo – TR6 and Dolomites - A rare colour factory photo with very little information – late though with TR6’s and Dolomites/1300’s.
• Herald Coupé – Rally Car - 1961 and Geoff Mabbs wins the Tulip rally outright. Here a photograph taken upon arrival at Canley to celebrate his win and show off the silverware. Overall rally win and class win.
• Ivor Evans - Thanks to Alison Young for this great photo of her Grandfather Ivor Evans.