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Month: November 1960

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Archive : Alick Dick is the new chief

28 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

The ‘wonder boy” of Britain’s car industry , Mr Alick Dick, has reached the top job in the Standard – Triumph International Company. For Mr Dick, now managing director, is […]

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Archive : Lord Tedder to give up car chairmanship

28 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

LORD TEDDER TO GIVE UP CAR CHAIRMANSHIP Lord Tedder, chairman of Standard- Triumph International Limited, having reached the age of 70, has decided not to seek re-election to the board […]

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Archive : Car workers demonstrate, call for price reduction

24 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN By our Parliamentary Staff About two hundred workers from the motor industry in the Midlands yesterday held a demonstration at Westminster. A resolution was passed calling for prompt […]

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Archive : BMC £3m warehouse plan rejected

22 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

B.M.C. £3M. WAREHOUSE PLAN REJECTED An application by the British Motor Corporation to put up a 450,000 square feet spare parts warehouse at Kidlington, near Oxford, at a cost of […]

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Archive : Car prices may rise

21 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS CAR PRICES MAY RISE A shock for Britain’s motoring millions is delivered by ” Mr Motoring ” himself ,” Sir Leonard Lord, chief of the Austin -Morris combine […]

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Archive : Rover news

19 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

The Rover Motor Company announced today that about 1,000 men at their Solihull assembly plant will begin a three-day week on Monday. Workers on the Land-Rover assembly line will not […]

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Archive : More Redundancy In Car Industry

12 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

Short-time working with an average three-day week is in operation at all Coventry car factories except Jaguar’s. Cuts in the working week announced by the British Motor Corporation on Thursday […]

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Archive : Standard-Triumph news

11 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN Coventry dismissals More redundancy in Coventry car factories was announced last night (writes our Coventry correspondent), bringing the number of dismissals there to more than 2,000. A three-day […]

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Archive : Short Time For BMC Men

11 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 10 Further drastic cuts in the working hours of British Motor Corporation production workers were announced by the corporation in Birmingham tonight. From next Monday […]

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Archive : BMC trucks to be made in Spain

10 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

B.M.C. TRUCKS TO BE MADE IN SPAIN British Motor Corporation have signed an agreement with Sava, the Spanish motor firm, to cooperate in vehicle manufacture. The agreement, announced yesterday by […]

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Archive : Standard To Dismiss 1700

9 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

From Our Correspondent COVENTRY, Nov. 8 The Standard Motor Company announced today that 1,700 hourly paid employees at its Coventry factories are to be declared redundant. The company intends to […]

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Archive : Strikers Return At Three Factories

8 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

Strikers at three Midland car factories wen;t back to work yesterday. At Carbodies, Coventry, about 1,000, who came out a month ago when 120 workers were declared redundant, have accepted […]

AB Smith
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Archive : Business changes

7 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

Business Changes Mr E. G. Commander has retired from the board of Rover due to ill-health. It is proposed that Mr L. G. T. Farmer shall be appointed executive vice-chairman […]

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Archive : Jaguar strike ends

5 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

JAGUAR STRIKE ENDS The strike of 13 workers in the plating shop at Jaguar Cars Ltd., Coventry. where production has been halted since Wednesday and 1,500 workers laid off, ended […]

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Archive : Jaguar lay-offs

5 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

1,350 LAID OFF AT JAGUAR’S Assembly of Jaguar cars was again at a standstill yesterday at the firms Coventry works because of a strike of 13 operatives in the plating […]

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Archive : Jaguar Production Halted

3 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, Nov. 2 Car production was halted at midday today at the Coventry factory of Jaguar Cars, Ltd. One thousand assembly workers were sent home for an […]

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Archive : Mini news

2 November 1960 Keith Adams 0

BMC MEMO From Alec Issigonis Subject : ADO50 A small quantity production of around twenty cars per week is envisaged for some time in March 1961. A prototype built to […]

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