Tales of Triumph Motorcycles and the Meriden Factory book by Hughie Hancox

Description: Tales of Triumph Motorcycles and the Meriden Factory book by Hughie Hancox : Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. Format: Softcover Author: Hughie Hancox ISBN: 9781901295672 Condition: Used - Very Good Westcove UK offer a 100% money back guarantee. If for any reason you are not happy with your transaction, please let us know and we will do whatever we can to resolve your issues. About the book >.>.> My story starts one foggy November evening in 1953. I was sitting in the de- erted factory canteen at Meriden, listening to the cooks prepare the meal for he next day. As I sat anxiously awaiting the arrival of the man who was going o interview me, Mr Sidney Tubb, finishing shop manager, I looked around and tried to imagine the now darkened canteen fully lit and bustling with work- ers, some queuing, some sat at the long tables eating and chatting. The whole atmosphere was so different from the small dingy shop where I was currently employed as a motorcycle mechanic, working all hours with no proper super- vision for the princely sum of 26 shillings (�1.30) a week. I had worked there for almost a year when my father called in one day and was shocked to see the working conditions. The workshop' was a cobbled floor building with no toilets or washing facilities of any kind. That meant no handwashing from eight o'clock in the morning until six at night, and then I cycled home the six-and-a-half miles in my overalls, dirty hands and all! There was a quick turnover of fitters

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