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

[rebbonk]

A fire starting in a service bay spread very rapidly!

[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.

[dutchman]

All those cars up in smoke

I could be wrong Polly but the cars in the picture look like the big Mk VIII?



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.

[rebbonk]

Pathé news report on the aftermath

[pollyanna]

A great find Rebbonk. It's amazing that car production was under-way so quickly after the fire.