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8 Oct 1959
UK GENERAL ELECTION This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the...
8 Oct 1959
CAR FACTORY FIRE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. Oct. 7 Fire broke out at the Morris Motors car factory at Cowley tonight but firemen...
8 Oct 1962
Car Delivery Men Go Back FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY. Oct. 7 The three-day-old strike by 300 Coventry car delivery drivers which...
8 Oct 1969
DAILY EXPRESS The second strike in two days yesterday again halted car production at the Morris Motors assembly factory at Cowley,...
8 Oct 1970
By R. W. Shakespeare Top level management/union talks will be held in York today to try to resolve the month old strike which has...
8 Oct 1980
The Austin Mini-Metro is launched today
8 Oct 1986
DAILY EXPRESS AXE THREAT TO CAR PART FIRM Austin Rover got tough with parts supplier Lucas yesterday and threatened to switch to...
8 Oct 1994
THE INDEPENDENT Rover in 10% two-year pay offer: Car maker seeks to scrap blue collar/white collar distinctions in shake-up of grades...
8 Oct 1994
Rover Group's two-year wage deal puts the seal on a remarkable transformation since the once ailing company peered into the abyss....
8 Oct 1995
THE INDEPENDENT Steve Boggan THE Jaguar Drivers' Club, one of the motoring world's most respected refuges for car fanatics, is to...
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