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24 Jun 1959
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JUNE 23 Production at Morris Motors, Oxford. came to a stop today because of a dispute over piecework...
24 Jun 1960
5,000 SENT HOME Because of flooding about 5,000 men were sent home from the Pressed Steel car body works at Cowley, Oxford, and 1,000...
24 Jun 1972
DAILY EXPRESS MORRIS WORKERS END STRIKE About 2,500 workers on strike at British Leyland"s Morris engines plant, Coventry, since...
24 Jun 1999
A team of the world’s leading motoring writers, along with voters on the internet, have short-listed the legendary Mini for the ultimate...
24 Jun 1999
THE GUARDIAN Unions and industry experts hail 'act of faith' by Germans in the face of huge losses by British subsidiary BMW is planning...
23 Jun 1959
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY, JUNE 22 With the production level at 100 cars a day, Jaguar Cars Ltd., of Coventry, was brought to...
23 Jun 1961
The number of British Motor Corporation workers idle because of the strike at Smiths Motor Accessories, Cricklewood, N.W., dropped...
23 Jun 1969
THE GUARDIAN More than eight thousand production workers employed at the five Lancashire factories of British Leyland today return...
23 Jun 1970
By CLIFFORD WEBB The first new car designed from start to finish by British Leyland since the British Motor Holdings-Leyland merger...
23 Jun 1995
DAILY EXPRESS NEW CARS PILE UP IN ROVER STRIKE More than 2,500 new Rovers are baking in the sun at a long-term car parkcreated by...
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