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Gloucester
61 of 69  Wed 15th Dec 2021 2:33pm  

Coventry Cars and Motoring - Daimler / Lanchester
Wearethemods
Aberdeenshire
62 of 69  Wed 15th Dec 2021 3:34pm  

On 14th Jan 2019 9:39pm, Greg said: Does anyone recognize this disc/token? I think it must have belonged to my granddad who worked there for a long time.
I remember a story that my grandmother told me that employees at Siddeley Deasy, (later Armstrong Siddeley), had to ask the Foreman/Superintendent for a tally or token to go and use the toilet, which would be returned when the person had finished, so that the Individual was basically timed! This may have been common practice at other large factories at the time. It might also have been used to open the cubicle door if wallets etc. had to be left in a locker during working hours. Could this be one of those?
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Potters Green Lad
Long Lawford Rugby
63 of 69  Tue 21st Dec 2021 1:48pm  

Just a quick question. I believe my father was an apprentice at Daimler in the 1930s in the machine shop and wondered if there was an apprentice group or any registers that were available to confirm this, please?

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Midland Red

64 of 69  Sun 26th Dec 2021 3:38pm  

1932 Lanchester 15/18, TV5728 - Gaydon, 1 Jun 2014
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Midland Red

65 of 69  Tue 8th Mar 2022 12:32pm  

A 1913 Daimler CD, Eaton body, Crosville 7, FM703 - anybody know if this was Coventry-built?
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Daimler / Lanchester
Annewiggy
Tamworth
66 of 69  Tue 8th Mar 2022 2:10pm  

The Crosville Motor Co was in Chester. I would think the chassis was Daimler and the body made by Crosville.
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Midland Red

67 of 69  Tue 8th Mar 2022 3:27pm  

Crosville were the operators. The body was by Eaton.
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mcsporran
Coventry & Cebu
68 of 69  Tue 8th Mar 2022 7:50pm  

Daimler chassis at that date were made at the Coventry factory, although I believe some were built in conjunction with AEC of Walthamstow. The CC model was introduced in 1912, launched at the Royal Agricultural Show in Doncaster, the prototype was a double-decker registered DU6552. The model was powered by a 4 cylinder sleeve valve engine rated at 40 h.p. Typical cost would be £825. Many Daimler buses at this time were delivered pre-registered with DU numbers, and Crosville did operate DU2007 from 1913 to 1927 named the Flying Fox. Source: Crosville bus fleet
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OldCaludonian
Peak District
69 of 69  Fri 8th Mar 2024 9:32pm  

My father joined the Daimler as an office-boy on leaving school in 1914. In 1917 he was called up and fought in France during the last year of the Great War. On being demobbed he returned to the Daimler and was rewarded with an ash-tray! Soon after he was made redundant.
Martin Brayne

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