The author of Tales of Triumph Motorcycles and the Meriden factory, Hughie Hancox, was a Triumph factory man who started work in the repair shop as a teenager and worked his way up through the departments until he was in management.
His time at Triumph – 1953 to the taking over by the co-operative in the Seventies – pretty much covers the glory years of the company.
Read more in the Autumn 2019 issue of CDB – on sale now!