Morris Engines, Courthouse Green

Hi. Kevin have a look on page 9 you will see a photo of the clubhouse being taken apart one of which is the concert room you used to play in. Les

Les Beard, Hi. Did you know John McKinley? Not sure of name spelling. He lived in the house, set well back almost opposite factory gate

Hi Norman Conquest. No, the only McKinley I knew was George McKinley who was the steward in the club. I really only know people who worked at the Morris Les

That's the guy. I worked with his son John. Nice guy and a barrel of laughs.

Hi Norman Nice one "glad" you found an answer All the best, Les

Hello people. We seem to have dried up so let's see if we can get things started again, if there is anyone out there who was part is BMC or British Leyland such as Morris Commercial, Adderley Park, Cowley MG, SU Carburettors Cowley cars branch Wellingborough or anything associated with BL give us a shout and I will see what I can dig up from 1949 to 1982 Best Les

Anything of Briton Road Les?

Hello Bohica What has Briton Street got to do with Morris Engines or the motor industry in general if it s only a warehouse or storage facility then I can't really throw any light on it

There appears to be a little confusion with B O Morris of Briton Road/Clay Lane and Morris Engines.

I always thought (maybe wrongly) that BO Morris on Briton Road was part of BMC. I was under the impression (again, maybe wrongly) that Briton Road was a design office. Please feel free to correct my beliefs...

Hello again Bohica thanks for reply but my sphere is Maufacturing BMC had lots of these little satellite places all over the country who specialised in one designs parts distribution storage etc So unless it's something to do with with Assembly , Machining ,and the general production of the motor car I can't really help you.But stay tuned you never know wot pops up people from all over the place read these comments and you never know one might be an ex employee of B O Morris and then you can get cracking so good luck to you I too will be watching that would be nice Best Les

There has been discussion about B O Morris previously on the forum I have copied this from 2012 on another thread

On 8th Mar 2012 7:27pm, mayjan said:

On 8th Mar 2012 6:45pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Where was B&O Morris? I thought that was in Clay Lane.

Yes Philip B O Morris was in Clay Lane my husband worked there years ago. When they closed it down he moved with them to the new company Morrisflex. They also formed a company at Braunston and eventually Gary ended up working there, that was called Morris Tooling I think.

Hi B O Morris manufactured surface finish equipment, rotary burrs, polishing machines and famously the Morrisflex flexible drive loved by garages and repair shops. Before B O Morris took over in 1946 it was the Triumph Factory, and previous to that the Dawson Motor Company. Have copied text from a page advert from Flight magazine June 27th 1946. We have acquired an extensive factory premises at Clay Lane, Stoke, Coventry, from the Triumph Motor Company. This factory, which is in full production, absorbs our Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Works from Shirley, Birmingham and Rugby. A policy of decentralisation throughout the war years ensured a continuity of production, notwithstanding air attack. To-day, in our new factory at Coventry, and the recently opened factory at 73, St. Mary's, New South Wales, Australia, we are fully equipped to meet the heavy demands of world markets, in addition to those of British Industry at Home. All orders and correspondence should be addressed to Coventry. B. O. MORRIS LTD. Morrisflex Works CLAY LANE, STOKE, COVENTRY Telephone: Coventry 5081. 'Grams: Morrisflex, Coventry REGD. OFFICE - SHIRLEY - BIRMINGHAM REX - - MORRISFLEX - MORREX Use the "search box" to see all posts containing "B O Morris"

See what I mean Bohica, all that info came in after one comment. Marvellous now you can add All the best, Les

Hi all, my father worked at the Briton Rd plant for years after the war until around 1960, he was a milling machinist, they used to put on great Christmas parties for us kids, and panto visits for older ones, there were certainly work benches and some heavy machinery in the factory, we could hear the noise walking past on the way to school.