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allesleykid coventry	16 of 227 Fri 24th Feb 2012 8:31pm Hi Doug I worked in the Specification Office at Standard from 1966-1972 when I left to have my son. My dad worked in the drawing office for 40 years (as his dad did before him) before he retired around 1980. My husband worked in the Rocket Range, Top Shop, No.15 shop and No.21 shop around 1974. I have great memories of my time working there.
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Doug Wesley Coventry West Midlands. Thread starter	17 of 227 Mon 27th Feb 2012 4:34pm Hi AllesleyKid. Whereabouts was the Specification Office? The name rings a bell but can't place it. I used to work in "Stock Control" from 1969 to 1975 when I took voluntary redundancy!! I worked with some great people, most of whom I've lost touch with. My boss, Colin Harris, now deceased & other workmates were a great bunch. Had some great times, looking back, was prob the most enjoyable job I've ever had. Just didn't realise it then. We used to go over The Herald Pub at lunchtimes quite often. It was always packed out. If any of my old friends see this site, get in touch. Where have all the great British & Coventry industries gone? I'll tell you! Ruined & abandoned by terrible successive governments (stand up Mrs Thatcher for being prob the No.1 culprit.) PS What was your name back then Allesley Kid? Hope you are well. Best wishes.
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Midland Red	18 of 227 Mon 27th Feb 2012 5:59pm Two famous visitors in 1948 were Fred Perry and Dan Maskell, who, at the invitation of their good friend Capt John Black, who they frequently visited at his home at Mallory Court, took part in an exhibition doubles match on the Standard Tennis Club courts on Tile Hill Lane Left to right : Fred Perry, Paddy Jeffcoatt, Albert Jones, Dan Maskell Paddy Jeffcoatt had been chairman of the club in 1938 when John Black opened the courts, a gift from the Standard Motor Company to the club, whilst Albert Jones was many times the club champion before and after WWII It is recorded that Perry and Jones won 6-8 6-1 Post copied from topic Famous Coventry Visitors on 18th Jan 2017 3:23 pm
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allesleykid coventry	19 of 227 Mon 27th Feb 2012 9:43pm Hi Doug The Specification Office was on Tile Hill Lane, there were 3 girls and around 12 guys in the office. We used to go for a lunchtime drink at The Newlands, no drink and drive laws then. My name back then was Jackie Edwards.
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GlynD Exmouth	20 of 227 Sun 11th Mar 2012 9:16pm My current cars; they are old friends, like a comfortable pair of slippers. Using them is a constant reminder of the friends and family, many no longer with us, who earned a living building them and played their part in assembly. Their factories may be gone, but the products live on. For anyone wondering: 1959 Triumph Herald Coupe 1962 Triumph Vitesse 1967 Triumph Herald Saloon 1989 Jaguar Sovereign V12
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dutchman Spon End	21 of 227 Mon 12th Mar 2012 2:07am Very nice Glyn A neighbour of our's in Craven Street had three Herald/Vitesses himself, let us use one whenever we liked. The early saloon version is my favourite, I plan on owning one myself some day. Witness to the Gerry Raid of "Moonlight Sonata" (Kaga Simpson)
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MisterD-Di Sutton Coldfield	22 of 227 Mon 12th Mar 2012 2:07am Glyn, wasn't the estate version known as the Triumph Courier? Or was that only the van version?
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GlynD Exmouth	23 of 227 Mon 12th Mar 2012 8:08pm The Courier was the van version; essentially the estate car without side windows, still a few around. The estate was actually called an estate. A very versatile chassis, the soft top convertible model is probably most desired today though they really need to be garaged to stop them returning to the earth in our climate. The monthly magazine of the Triumph Sports Six Club which caters for these cars is called 'The Courier'.
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rojwhittle derbyshire	24 of 227 Tue 20th Mar 2012 8:23pm On 14th Feb 2011 11:17pm, Doug Wesley said: Is there anyone out there who worked in one of the offices at The Standard Triumph in the 60s & 70s before the site closed? Especially Stock Control. I would love to hear from anyone who knew me when I was there from 1969 to 1975. I didn't realise it at the time but it was the happiest place I've ever worked & have wonderful memories of the good times & great people I worked with. Ones like Sheila & Christine Taylor, Barry, John, Geoff, & any others I worked with. If anyone knows me you can e-mail me on; Dougandchummy@hotmail.co.uk It was a great shame that The Standard Triumph closed when it did as they produced wondedful cars like the Spitfire & T.R. range & the Stag. They always had a beautiful smell of leather, & that new car smell when you sat in them. Something you don't get in new cars now. We have lost nearly all the great car factories Cov once had. It's tragic that so many went under. Who was to blame? Bad governments? Unions? or just bad management? Or a combination of all these? Hi Doug, I was in hospital in the late sixties with a lovely guy called Larry Brotherton, who was in the department that wrote instruction books. I kept in touch with him for a couple of years afterwards then went off abroad to live and lost touch.
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Rosie Driffield	25 of 227 Thu 12th Apr 2012 5:03pm My step-dad worked there for years, on one of the lines. His name was Herbert Waterfall. I knew a Sheila Cassidy who was in the offices, she was the image of singer Mary Hopkin.
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Midland Red	26 of 227 Sun 15th Apr 2012 5:55pm This morning a small number of Standard motor cars congregated at Canley on the site of their manufacture, prior to a run to The Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon
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dutchman Spon End	27 of 227 Mon 16th Apr 2012 4:17pm Nice pictures, thanks Witness to the Gerry Raid of "Moonlight Sonata" (Kaga Simpson)
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PhiliPamInCoventry Holbrooks	28 of 227 Tue 17th Apr 2012 6:26pm Hi all I love these pictures too. Bril!
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scrutiny coventry	29 of 227 Mon 4th Jun 2012 3:14pm Standard 8/10 gearbox assembly, Tile Hill Lane. Colin's dad on the left of picture.
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morgana the secret garden	30 of 227 Thu 20th Dec 2012 7:38pm Coventry 1968 Coventry Precinct Triumph factory, Canley, 1965 Standard Motor Co 1932 Gaumont Coventry University Polytechnic Coventry University Olden days in Earlsdon
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