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Archive : Early Start Late In Life
DAILY MIRROR Motor car tycoon Sir George Farmer retired from his job as boss of Rover cars and deputy chairman of the giant British Leyland Motor Corporation—and now starts work […]
Month: December 1973
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Archive : £60m plan to double Jaguar output
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland are to spend £60m to double production at their Jaguar factory in Coventry by the end of 1975. This would raise output […]
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Archive : 50mph limit becomes law
In the UK the 50 mph speed limit becomes law for a minimum of four months.
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Archive : Inter-union dispute halts Leyland plant at Llanelli
A strike yesterday brought production to a standstill at the car body factory at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, of British Leyland. More than 1,000 production workers,are involved. The management says that the […]
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Archive : Jaguar pay agreement will end piecework
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent A new agreement for workers in the prestige Jaguar car plant, is due , to be signed within the next day or two. […]