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i was interested in the reference to john dutton who i believe was my great grand father. any info would be great

The guitarist i played with in the band was mike slamer. He went on to better things, he was lead guitar in the birmingham band City Boy ( they had a top ten with the song `5705`. He lives in the states now we still keep in touch. I went over there some years ago to be his best man. After P.J...

You`ve got a good memory. I thought it was a triumph stag driven by the big boss Mr Parker. I remember our little `bump` when we went up somebodies drive by mistake on the way back from St Tropez. Bent the steering rack and holed the radiator.........how we ever made it back to the uk ill never...

I also remeber the foreman from essex st work shop, John Coley i think his name was. One day a customer brought his new car back saying the seat belts didn`t work (early types were inertia reel, later ones were reflex) John explained the issue and ended up calling the guy a prat to his face...

thats not the herbert road in handsworth i lived in.........

I remember melynn he had a desk downstairs i think behind the counter. i covered for him on the phones once when he was on holiday. it was hard work but i managed and was quite proud of myself for a young lad.

Mr Hastings..the angry Scotsman...what can I say, he would ask you a question and as soon as you started to answer he would say: ` I don`t wan tee know` Another of his favourites was shouting the length of the workshop ` Get yer arse doon here noo ma lackey`. Another Scottish thing i remember...

i don`t recall his name. i started in the workshop stores and then moved up to the main warehouse. I worked initially on the triumph desk with a guy called neville.could have been melvyn, (can`t remeber his second name) then i got moved to granville street where i ended up on RR spares which was...

Sorry to hear that. he was a lovely guy and got me out of a couple of `scrapes` while i was there.

yes im fine thanx, jamie too although he lost his wife to cancer last year. i live in solihull these days, have two grown up kids Jamie and Katie, and five grand children. i remember our trip to the south of france very well. when i think back i cant believe we found our way down there without...

the part time bouncer was steve coney. really lovely guy. i worked with him at granville street

great guy mick collins, not only the best parts man but also the smartest dressed. always thought he`d probably been in the military.

Yes i started in the workshop parts department. then to the main stores up the road, and then to granville street stores triumph and rolls royce. with peter kendal.

hi this is steve dutton and i`m still around! p.j. evans was my first job after leaving school. i was at essex street for a couple of years and then moved to granville street working in the RR parts department with peter kendal. I remember Mick Collins, Bob yeomans, john bromley Reg kitson...