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Month: April 1970

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Archive : Leyland lays off another 1700

29 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

By CLIFFORD WEBB Production problems worsened at British Leyland plants yesterday with a further 1,700 men laid off because of the cumulative effect of strikes at outside suppliers. More than […]

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Archive : Strikes stop Leyland assembly

28 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

By CLIFFORD WEBB Midland Industrial Correspondent Assembly lines at three British Leyland plants were not working yesterday because of strikes that have caused nearly 6,000 men to be laid off […]

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Archive : Leyland Boosts Mini Output In Spain

20 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

British Leyland plans to expand its production of Minis in Spain and to export from there to the rest of Europe. In the growing Continental market for British Leyland cars, […]

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Archive : Pilkington Glass strike

18 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

The shortage of windscreen glass has already brought the Jaguar plant in Coventry the standstill. making 1,700 workers idle, and Rover has laid off 1,700 workers at its Solihull assembly […]

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Archive : End of the Minor

18 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

End Of The Minor The Morris Minor saloon is to be phased out of production at the end of this year, British Leyland Motor Corporation announced yesterday. But the Minor […]

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Archive : Glass strike stops Jaguar car men

17 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS By David Jack Europe’s most wanted cars came to a halt on the assembly lines last night. REASON: A crippling; shortage of glass caused by the unofficial strike […]

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Achive : Pilkington glass strike

16 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Northern Labour Correspondent Workers will be laid off at two Midlands car plants today because of production difficulties created by the unofficial strike which has […]

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Archive : Jaguar strikers go back

9 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS Five hundred assembly men who have been on strike at the Jaguar plant in Coventry voted yesterday to return to work today. All vehicle production at Rover’s Solihull, […]

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Archive : Austin 3 Litre road test

6 April 1970 Keith Adams 7

THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN’S ANACHRONISM Eric Dymock tests the Austin 3-litre Depending on your criteria for style, you may describe the Austin 3-litre as functional, or plain, or perhaps an architectural […]

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Archive : Car industry fails to meet demand

4 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN By Anthony Harris While the motor industry continues to hope for some relief in the Budget, the situation with ten days to go is that many models are […]

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Archive : Stokes in talks with white collar unions

3 April 1970 Keith Adams 0

Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, yesterday met leaders of 40,000 white-collar workers as part of his plan to improve labour relations within his car empire. National officers of the […]

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