Royal visit, Jaguar Cars 1956.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Tremendous. This really was a golden era for British cars.

[SiC]

Who's the old chap giving the explaining to HRH?

[mercrocker]

William Lyons, co-founder of Jaguar and MD.

[SiC]

I thought so but couldn't really tell for sure. It's the first video I've actually ever seen of him - I've only ever seen him in the odd picture in books and internet.

[Warren t claim]

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

An astonishing man really. He suffered regularly from appalling headaches, but never took time off work.

[Warren t claim]

An astonishing man really. He suffered regularly from appalling headaches, but never took time off work.

Did he ever speak about the Le Mans of 1955? Not just about the disaster but his son getting killed on the way to the race?

[mercrocker]

Not that I have seen, he seemed quite reticent.....

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

An astonishing man really. He suffered regularly from appalling headaches, but never took time off work.

Did he ever speak about the Le Mans of 1955? Not just about the disaster but his son getting killed on the way to the race?

According to the biography I read by Paul Skilleter, Lyons was very private and reserved, keeping all but close friends at arms length.

[Warren t claim]

An astonishing man really. He suffered regularly from appalling headaches, but never took time off work.

Did he ever speak about the Le Mans of 1955? Not just about the disaster but his son getting killed on the way to the race?

According to the biography I read by Paul Skilleter, Lyons was very private and reserved, keeping all but close friends at arms length.

All stiff upper lip and British reserve I should imagine. Apparently even his second in command at Jaguar was forbidden to call him by his first name. When I worked in the corporate world I knew that I must have been acting like a prick that day when my secretary started calling me sir or Mr Claim and that was my cue to stop acting like a bellend.