Annewiggy
Tamworth
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Fri 28th Oct 2016 9:31am
Slim. The buses were from the Daimler factory at the top of Lydgate Hill. I always thought the drivers looked like pilots!
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Alvis
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Slim
Another Coventry kid
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47 of 97
Fri 28th Oct 2016 9:42am
Thanks, Anne. I guess their route would have taken them down Moseley Avenue, past my old school! |
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Alvis
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
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48 of 97
Fri 28th Oct 2016 3:53pm
Apart from Prince Philip, who else collected their new vehicle from the Alvis?
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Alvis
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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49 of 97
Fri 28th Oct 2016 4:21pm
Douglas Bader? |
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Alvis
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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50 of 97
Sat 29th Oct 2016 4:20am
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Alvis
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charabanc
Coventry
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51 of 97
Sun 30th Oct 2016 9:37pm
If anyone has an obscure question about Alvis, a distant relative of mine is the official Alvis historian and I could make an enquiry of him on their behalf. |
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Alvis
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bohica
coventry
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52 of 97
Sun 30th Oct 2016 9:46pm
Was there ever a fully equipped hospital underneath? |
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Alvis
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David H
Lancashire
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53 of 97
Sun 30th Oct 2016 10:42pm
The three cars pictured outside the Alvis works in I think 1991 are all from the Coventry Transport Museum collection. BO 2481 (if I've read it correctly) is the oldest surviving Alvis, a 1920 10/30 model. UL 2046 is a 1928 front wheel drive model, and 1 ALV is a 1965 TE21 model that belonged to the Alvis chairman J.J. Parkes. |
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Alvis
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Prof
Gloucester
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54 of 97
Tue 3rd Jan 2017 3:31pm
Super picture NeilsYard. My grandfather lived in Malvern Road, top of Holyhead Road and was a skilled toolmaker at Alvis. I still have his wartime works pass. |
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Alvis
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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55 of 97
Tue 2nd Jan 2018 1:41pm
As has been discussed before - the original Alvis works in 1934 which were east of the bridge - visible on the right here.
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Alvis
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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56 of 97
Tue 2nd Jan 2018 5:15pm
And a slightly later one as they started to expand on to the new site west of the bridge. Can anyone confirm when the original site closed?
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Alvis
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
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57 of 97
Tue 2nd Jan 2018 7:06pm
Hi Neil, in the archive it says that British Leyland sold it in 1981. A Telegraph article says Alvis moved to Walsgrave in 1990 and to Telford in 1999. |
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Alvis
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NeilsYard
Coventry
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58 of 97
Wed 3rd Jan 2018 11:18am
Sorry Anne I meant the site on the town side of the bridge |
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Alvis
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Midland Red
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59 of 97
Tue 4th Sep 2018 12:07pm
Pleased to have seen this on Sunday at our local car show - a 1935 Alvis Speed 20 SC Charlesworth Saloon
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Alvis
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Midland Red
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60 of 97
Mon 19th Nov 2018 9:13am
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Alvis
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