[TR] build date of TR3A

[Joe Curry]

John,
I keep forgetting the difference in historical perspective between the UK
and here in the states.  When I was over there in the early 70's, I often
visited flea markets in search of things of value.

What I discovered was that things that we in the states would value as
"Antique" were often regarded as just old junk.  So many GIs would buy up
things like Stationmaster's roll-top desks, oak sideboards and other such
items and pay to ship them back home in order to sell them at over 10 times
what they paid for them.

While we are working on just our third century as a nation, that is just a
minor hiccup on the time scale of the British Isles history.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: John Macartney [mailto:standardtriumph at btinternet.com] 
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:40 PM
To: Joe Curry; 'Mailing List Triumph (Triumph Mailing List)'
Subject: Re: [TR] build date of TR3A

Well Joe, perhaps 1743 wasn't the best date to pick at random. Further study

from my diary for that year reveal a certain Mr Thomas Jefferson was born. 
That was the good news.

The bad news is there was a prolonged strike in Coventry as a result of the 
city of Philadelphia opening a "pesthouse" into which immigrants - mainly 
from Coventry and the surrounding district were consigned. Word got back 
quite quickly and there was a long-term stoppage. That said, 1742 was quite 
good - except for the harvest over here and 1744 saw quite a lot of rain.

Jonmac


> Were cars being built in 1743?
>
> Joe