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7%OFFPeter Ollerhead - Making Cars at Crewe - 9780750943284 - V9780750943284
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Making Cars at Crewe

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Description for Making Cars at Crewe Paperback. Illustrated with over 80 photographs and focusing on the experiences of its employees, this book explains how the establishment of a Merlin aero engine factory was thwarted by the problems of building on a greenfield site, a chronic need for housing and a strike were followed by a bombing raid in 1940, in which seventeen employees were killed. Series: In Old Photographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JJ; HBTK; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 486.

In 1998, there was the latest in a long and complex history of takeovers that had bedevilled Rolls-Royce and Bentley since the companies were founded. This resulted in Volkswagen taking ownership of the factory in Crewe, together with the Bentley range and name, while BMW moved Rolls-Royce production to a new site in Sussex. On 30 August 2002, the last Crewe-built Rolls-Royce rolled off the production line, bringing the era of Crewe-built Rolls-Royces to an end.

Peter Ollerhead, an ex-Rolls-Royce employee, has spent years researching the history of the company in Crewe, from 1938 to 1998, focusing on the endeavours and ... Read more

The arrival of car production just after the Second World War is fully covered, as are the other enterprises that helped to keep the company afloat, from War Department power units to hip joints for the NHS. Despite a troubled history - with two major fires, bankruptcy and large-scale redundancies - Rolls-Royce was Crewe's largest employer for many years, produced the world's best luxury cars, and influenced and shaped the town as no other company has done. This book is a fitting tribute to the generations of workers who made it all possible.

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
In Old Photographs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750943284
SKU
V9780750943284
Shipping Time
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99-10

About Peter Ollerhead
Peter Ollerhead served an apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce from 1952 to 1958, and worked there until the mid '60s. He left to train as a teacher, and retired in 1998. Peter now runs a bookshop in Crewe and is a keen local historian. This is his first book.

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