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Managing Director of Rover Triumph, 1973-1975

Foreman (at least) 27 years service in 1972 Forward Radiator, Bordesley Green later Triumph Motors More

Secretary of Coventry Works Benevolent Fund from 1936 to 1949. d. 1972 aged 91.

Final Finish. 28 years Ex Royal Engineer aged 84 in 1968

c1954

Material Handler. 33 years service. d. July 14, 1972

Fitter at Canley Service 1948-1972

Shipping Office, Fletch South c1963-1980 triumphworks.co.uk/evelyn-west/">More

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19 years service. Maintenance Engineer Retired 1960 Pensioner. Died July 31, 1962 aged 71

Production Control

Field Service Engineer c1961/62 co.uk/field-service-engineers/">More

Crank Grinder - Canley 1945 - 1971

Costs Department c1969-1970 uk/costs-department/">More

Tool & Cutter Grinding Department c1960-1980 triumphworks.co.uk/machine-shop-names-named/">More

I did my apprenticeship there 1973- 1977. The guys who ran the training school were: Barry Jagger, Paul Green, Jack Selby and Cliff Johnson.

66 men were killed serving in the Great War and their names are inscribed on the memorial stone by the promenade at London Road Cemetery. Inscription: Erected in loving memory of our comrades who gave their lives for liberty in the Great War 1914-1918 by the staff and employees of the Triumph and Gloria companies. 'He was a man and nothing that effected the human race was foreign to him.' More

c1929

Spares Dept c1962

Ref 1952. Civil Defence Unit co.uk/civil-defence-unit/">More

Process Planning Section

Secretary Maintenance Fletch South

Standard Triumph Film and Photographic dept. Photographic and Film Unit < a href="http://www.triumphworks.co.uk/frank-callaby/">More

1979 I worked on the Triumph Spitfire line at Canley

Nickname Nobby my dad worked at the Standard and the Morris

Nobby aka Walter James

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A fitter in No.7 Shop. Started in 1959 retired from Gaydon in 2001. 42 years. More

My dad Malc Jaques worked there

My dad Charlie Jardine (Chum) worked on Inspection in late 60s and 70s until the factory closed then moved to Rover, Solihull.

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Electrical Team Ref: 1986 uk/electrical-team/">More

Maintenance supervisor, manager at Radford and later Canley.

Apprentice 1976-1980 then Drawing Office.

Chargehand, Engine Assembly, 1929 uk/1929-photograph"/>More Ref. 1952 Chief Instructor. Civil Defence Unit More Chairman of the Tennis Club 1938 Seen Here in 1948 Tennis

Electrical Team Ref: 1986 uk/electrical-team/">More

Allesley

Foreman, Trim, c1972 florence-cross-trim/"/>More

Work on DUD Line final finish from 1962 to 1980

Herald trim & finish 21 shop inspection foreman 1958 to the end !!

c1929

Spares Production Executive

I was an apprentice engineering draughtsman at Triumph from 1965- 1970; worked on Engine design team More

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Works Engineer Triumph Birmingham, Forward Radiator

Paint Trim and Assembly Planning Section c1972 Member of the Standard Rugby Team 1948 More

Member of the Standard Rugby Team 1948 www.triumphworks.co.uk/rugby-team-1948/"/>Photo

Warranty Executive, Allesley c1972 uk/pauline-mcgonigle/">More

Finisher on No. 1 Line, New Assembly Hall. 15 years service. More

Technical Executive at Service Depot, Allesley.

Fork lift driver Spares Dept Maintenance Dept Fletch South c 1971-80

Rear axle inspector: I worked at Standard Triumph for 40 years, 27 of which were at the Capmartin Road site. At 16, I started doing my apprenticeship with Standard, working on the Vanguard, but then moved to Radford with the factory. I built the very first Herald through to the very last, only leaving when the plant closed in 1986. It was my job to make sure that nothing got through that wasn't perfect. I remember one car I owned where everything had to be replaced, except for the rear axle, that was the only thing that hadn't been changed!

Rocket Range

Sales conversion from approx 1970 to closure in 82

Paint Shop, Tile Hill 15 Years Service 1958

Factory Manager, Tile Hill Ref: 1973 Ref: 1972 http://www.triumphworks.co.uk/doreen-vowles/">Photo

Employee Car Sales Manager (Based in Ivy Cottage, on the first floor) 1979

Schedule Control, New Assembly Hall, c1966 triumphworks.co.uk/schedule-control/>More

Toolroom executive c1969 jack-kearton-jigmaker"/>More Superintendent, Toolroom, 1973

Alan Johnson worked there until the late 70s. Sadly deceased.

Telephonist Telephone Exchange (Canley) uk/telephone-exchange-2/">More

Fletch South Demonstration Dept. in the late 50's href="http://www.triumphworks.co.uk/bert-godwin/">More

Fitter in No.7 Shop c1968 triumphworks.co.uk/bob-johnson/"/>More

Tile Hill Body Inspection Department. Retired 1973 after long service < a href="http://www.triumphworks.co.uk/charlie-johnson-and-bill-baker/"/>More

I did my apprenticeship there 1973- 1977. The guys who ran the training school were: Barry Jagger, Paul Green, Jack Selby and Cliff Johnson.

In the 1960s Eric worked in the Lab at Fletch North. He was heavily involved in the new gas chromatagraphy research for controlling exhaust emissions especially for the American market. More

Foreman

Telephone Exchange 1959 (Maudsley Road) co.uk/telephone-exchange-2/">More

Storekeeper. Retired 1970 with 28 years service d. July 14, 1972 aged 74

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Assembly Shop. Tile Hill. "It was a lovely place to work. There was great camaraderie. They weren't just colleagues, they were all your mates. It was a marvellous place to work."

Muriel Grimmett. Went on to become Coventry's first female funeral director. Grimmett & Timms until 1996 when the firm was sold but continued to work there until 2006. Muriel was born in Gulson Road hospital on April 30 1931 and in 1940 as a nine-year-old girl her terraced family home in Clay Lane, Ball Hill, was destroyed by a German Luftwaffe bomb as she slept in the air raid shelter at the bottom of the garden with her parents and sisters.

Toolmaker c1968 johnstone/">More

Joined Inspection at Coventry during WW2 30 Years Service 1969 appointed Chief Inspector, Safety Standards d October 1972, aged 62

Experimental dept

I was transferred for Rover to Triumph as an apprentice when Rover Triumph were combined in about 1973. Myself and Roy Jolly were the first 2 to move between the companies. Roy was on the drawing board and went on to show great engineering expertise in engine design at Canley, Longbridge and BMW.

Liverpool factory. Died after a long illness aged just 25. Leaves a widow and two children. His chief ambition was to see Liverpool FC at Wembley, he achieved that last season when he saw them play Arsenal.

Foreman, Trim Shop pre 1939 He was foreman in charge of the Car Trimming Department before the war and during the war Superintendent of the Mosquito Wing Assembly. Service: 32 Years Retired, May, 1948 More

Albert Jones was many times the club champion before and after WWII More

Chargehand Welding Shop jack-king/">More

Spares. Retired 1961 24 Years Service

My dad worked there on nights for many years. Sadly he is no longer with us

Competition Department department-2/>More: 1964 Rally 2000's

Fitter Herald trim & finish - amongst other places within the works Played rugby for Standard Triumph (Now David Seeley Jones)

Worked in the Cost Office from 1963 to 1968

My father - Douglas Jones, was born and raised in Coventry and spent his working life involved in the car industry. More 1936/67 - 1938

Machine Tool Setter, Radford. Many years broken service between 1932 and 1971

Chassis design

Apprentice 1962 Toolmaker athletics/">More

I did my apprenticeship there 1973- 1977. My girlfriends Mum, Esther Jones, ran the canteen at Canley (Torrington Avenue). Her husband Tom Jones was the paint shop manager at Fletchamstead Highway.

My dad worked there Frank Jones, 1970s I think it was, he also played for the bowls team xxx

Gearbox Expert Fletch North uk/fletch-north-presentation">More

Trim, Final Finish

No. 2 Shop, Banner Lane c1952 triumphworks.co.uk/h-e-chapman/">More

My father John Jones, worked there as a tool setter charge hand. He was there from about 1962 till the day it closed down permanently.

Foreman, Barb Line in the Rocket Range c1960's

Apprentice c1969-72

Production buyer in Fletch North

My Dad Stan Dunning, my Mum Mair Dunning, My Nan May Jones, my Sisters Linda Dunning,& Susan Dunning and Auntie & Uncle all worked there Wally Edgar & Jean Edgar 🙂

c1956 Apprentice Played in goal for City A team was also a very able boxer.” (Submitted by Robert Stansfield) Mick played in goal for the City A team and was NABC boxing champion also turned out to be a half decent referee. (Submitted by Graham Walker)

Costs Department c1969-1970 uk/costs-department/">More

Security Officer

Maintenance Foreman c1972 george-parsons-millwrights-mate/">More

Standard Rugby Football Club team member 1948 www.triumphworks.co.uk/standard-motors-rugby-pt3/">More Wal didn't work at Standard Triumph factory however we are pleased to include him in the archive with his association with the Rugby team. ED

My Dad Wilf Jones worked there for 30 years he was a maintenance foreman I believe on the rocket range.

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Security Officer

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Process Planning Section. Also worked as a croupier in a casino in Coventry

Inspection at Banner Lane 1950’s

Costs Department c1969-1970 uk/costs-department/">More

Radford Retired Feb/March 1979

Field Service Engineer c1961/62 co.uk/field-service-engineers/">More