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Month: December 1960

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Archive : Men Strike Again At Car Body Works

20 December 1960 Keith Adams 0

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 19 About 200 maintenance workers at the British Motor Corporation body building factory of Fisher and Ludlow, Ltd. at Erdington, Birmingham, today resumed their strike […]

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Archive : BMC history

16 December 1960 Keith Adams 0

BMC MEMO From : BMC chief buyer J.A. Greatorex To : Longbridge Works Manager W.H. Davis Subject : ADO50 I am raising the ADO50 project with you because I have […]

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Archive : Car Body Factory To Close

8 December 1960 Keith Adams 0

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 7 There was a new shock tonight for Midland car workers when it was announced that Standard-Triumph International, for whom Leyland Motors made a bid […]

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Archive : Leyland-Standard Merger Proposed

6 December 1960 Keith Adams 1

FROM OUR CITY EDITOR A surprising merger between Standard-Triumph International and Leyland Motors was proposed by both companies last night. A proposal to this effect was made by Leyland Motors […]

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Archive : 2-Day Week For 1500 BMC Men

2 December 1960 Keith Adams 0

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 1 Fifteen hundred British Motor Corporation employees are to be transferred from a three to a two-day week because of strikes in the bodies […]

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