MAKING CARS AT CREWE
Written by Peter Ollerhead
Published by Sutton Publishing
in 2006
ISBN: 0750943289
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- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- NORTH WEST UK
- ROLLS ROYCE
- VOLKSWAGEN
MAKING CARS AT CREWE
Written by Peter Ollerhead.
Stock no. 2136805
1st.
2006.
Softcover.
Very good condition.
In 1998 there was a complex takeover of Rolls-Royce Motors that resulted in Volkswagen taking ownership of the fctory in Crewe. On 30 August 2002 the last Crewe-built Rolls-Royce rolled off the production line, signalling the end of an era. Peter Ollerhead, a former Rolls-Royce employee, has spent years researching the history of the company in Crewe, from 1938 to 1998, focusing on the endeavours and the experiences of its employees: this is a book about people. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. vi and 186 pages including index. ISBN: 0750943289. Top corner of front cover is creased, with some pages after that also creased. Else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Prologue
- 1. merlins Migrate to Merrill's Farm
- 2. The Merlin Years
- 3. A New Dawn
- 4. Silver Clouds with Blue Streaks
- 5. Floating on the Shadow
- 6. Merged with Vickers
- 7. The End of the Road
- 8. The Welfare Amenities Society
- Epilogue