Hi - think this is of interest. As we know, most records cite 1934 as the first year of the Irving/Vincent powered Series A Comet single.
Yet this shot, sent in by the daughter of factory worker Alvin Midgley, is from 1933.
The period caption on the back reads: ‘Taken at HRDs Stevenage 1933.’
Alvin’s daughter Kate says about her father: ‘He never said very much about his time there. But he was pals with George Brown and kept in touch with 'Tuck' Tucker-Peake for years.
‘He must have left HRD in the late 30s and went to work in aeronautics during and after the war, then for Borg Warner until he retired’.
Best wishes,
David, Gerry, Colin, Russell & all on Speed is Expensive
Yet this shot, sent in by the daughter of factory worker Alvin Midgley, is from 1933.
The period caption on the back reads: ‘Taken at HRDs Stevenage 1933.’
Alvin’s daughter Kate says about her father: ‘He never said very much about his time there. But he was pals with George Brown and kept in touch with 'Tuck' Tucker-Peake for years.
‘He must have left HRD in the late 30s and went to work in aeronautics during and after the war, then for Borg Warner until he retired’.
Best wishes,
David, Gerry, Colin, Russell & all on Speed is Expensive