just a little teasing. and some took the bait! :-)
Liverpool and the north
of England had and still have the greatest craftsman. the north was where the
worlds industrial revolution started. the first steam engine/train ran from
Liverpool to Manchester. Stevenson's Rocket.
born raised and educated in
Liverpool im very proud of my roots.
but in the 1960's and 70's the country
was near over-run by Communism, and the trade unions stopped looking after the
good of the tradesman and the quality of their life, and started protecting
and harboring the inept. consequently it was a pretty poor time for quality
of workmanship and output.
im happy to say most of that has passed now and
life is a lot better in the north. but they where dark days for any industry
that had trade union involvement.
________________________________
From:
Wayne Lee <wayne@motorcarriage.com>
To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 3:42:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Daily Telegraph -
TR4 Buyers guide
What's this about? The Liverpool area and it's surroundings
used to be home to some of the best Craftsman
in the Watch Industry from the
17th through 19th centuries before the Swiss knocked them off and perfected
production methods. You don't have an in-law in Speke, do You? :>)
Cheers,
Wayne Lee
Douglas,MA
64 TR4
75 TR6
various 18th & 19th C .Liverpool Fusee
Pocket Watches
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Fisher"
<yellowtr3@yahoo.com>
To: "Rich White" <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>
Cc:
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:46 PM
Subject:
Re: [TR] Daily Telegraph - TR4 Buyers guide
> as its a .co.uk site the
"hood" would be the vinyl top with frame.
> and i had
> forgotten that they
where made in Speke, just outside of Liverpool. that would
> explain the
quality!
> frank
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