> I have been wondering for a time whether any information existed on the
> web about the Rootes group, but unfortunately not for the same reasons
> as you-I am not a car collector,although my first car was in fact a
> hillman imp. My reasons for finding out more about Rootes are purely
> personal. Although I have lived in Norway for the past 25 years I was
> brought up in Solihull . My father and his brother had two factories,
> one in Cateswell Rd Hall Green Birmingham and one in Coventry. The name
> was Hills Precision Die Castings Ltd. My father Charles Hill died in
> 1961 after they had sold out to Rootes. I came along very late in his
> life so was only a very small child and have very little knowledge of
> the company . They originally started out as makers of funeral
> furnishings.=20
> I tried to get onto the Rootes history page but I could not download =
> the
> file- I thought I had winzip but must ask the children to help me. If
> you or any of your friends have heard of my fathers company please let
> me know.
> Yours sincerely
> Sue Hill Forsland in Sandnesj=F8en Norway.
> hill-forsland@c2i.net
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