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Jaguar Brown's lane fire 1957 [Pics + Vid]

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:48 am
by rebbonk
A fire starting in a service bay spread very rapidly!

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Re: Jaguar Brown's lane fire 1957 [Pics]

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:08 am
by pollyanna
All those cars up in smoke :(

My Dad worked in the Trim Shop at the Jag all of his working life until he retired - yet he never learned to drive. :driver:

Re: Jaguar Brown's lane fire 1957 [Pics]

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:52 pm
by dutchman
pollyanna wrote:All those cars up in smoke :(
I could be wrong Polly but the cars in the picture look like the big Mk VIII?

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The company was saved because Jaguar was already leasing the Daimler works in Radford and was able to transfer production there. Jaguar later bought Daimler outright.

Re: Jaguar Brown's lane fire 1957 [Pics]

PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:45 am
by rebbonk
Pathé news report on the aftermath


Re: Jaguar Brown's lane fire 1957 [Pics + Vid]

PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:50 am
by pollyanna
A great find Rebbonk. It's amazing that car production was under-way so quickly after the fire.