[Fot] Fwd: Re: Press Release - First Annual Triumph Bash - April Spring Tune-up and Race Days

[J.C. Hassall]

Amici,

I shared this with John Macartney, who worked at ST.  Here's his funny reply:

>Hi, Jim
>
>What a great story! I can't say I ever met Martha or even knew of 
>her existence, but she must have done a good job :)
>
>Two little points that may be worthy of 'modification.'
>
>The reference to "Sir John" presumably means Sir John Black, ST's 
>CEO. As production finally concluded at Coventry in the 1980's, I 
>guess it must have been his ghost in a manly presence because he 
>died in 1965, eleven years after being ousted in 1954 in a 
>management coup. Clearly, paradise must have fed him well to put on 
>so much weight, because as a very enthusiastic skier and fitness 
>freak, I doubt he carried any excess weight at all during his mortal 
>coil. At least, those are my own memories of him because I have many 
>pictures of him.
>
>Perhaps a suitable runner-up prize could be named after Mrs. Dolly 
>Hicks, the Head Driver of the Sales and Parts Divisions tea trolley? 
>Dolly always had a friendly greeting for everyone that was mostly 
>suffixed with "you miserable shit" but she also had a great gift in 
>making the best fried bacon and egg buns I've ever tasted!!
>
>Have a great time racing
>
>Cheers, John

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Jim Hassall
Blacksburg  VA
jhassall at blacksburg.net
'63 TR4 in autox preparation - 90% finished, 90% to go