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Memories of Eonis Vorvis
05/06/2022
My name is Eonis Vorvis and I was an employee of Dowty Canada in Ajax from 1952 until 1957, first ...
Tractor Demonstration - Professor W Steeds
15/04/2022
“The person driving the tractor is my late father, Professor W Steeds, at the time head of the Mechanical Engineering ...
Dowty Fuel System - Exhibition
07/03/2022
Dowty Fuel Systems Exhibition (location unknown) the lady in the photograph is believed to be television actress, Jane Rossington, who ...
Dowty Fuel Systems - Paper Clippings
07/03/2022
Dowty Fuel Systems – Paper Clippings
Dowty Fuel Systems 25 Site - Silver Jubilee Fair 1977
07/03/2022
Dowty Fuel Systems 25 Site – Silver Jubilee Fair 1977
Sir George Dowty - Service of Thanksgiving
07/03/2022
Sir George Dowty – Service of Thanksgiving at Tewkesbury Abbey, 22nd December 1975
Dowty Group - Summary of Report & Accounts 1977
07/03/2022
Dowty Group – Summary of Report & Accounts Year Ending 31st March 1977
Dowty Fuel Systems - Facilities
04/03/2022
Dowty Fuel Systems – Research, Development & Manufacturing Facilities
Dowty Fuel Systems - Products
04/03/2022
Photographs featuring some of the products produced by DFS, in various stages of manufacture. Our thanks to Archie Pond (Jenny Jones) ...
Dowty Group Re-Union Day - October 2022
15/02/2022
In addition to the DFS Reunion organised for April 2022; arrangements have been made for a further reunion at a ...
Memories of Jess Cornelius Scrivins
03/02/2022
Memories of Jess Cornelius Scrivins My grandfather Jesse Cornelius Scrivins worked at Rotol after WW1 and was a secretary to management. I ...
Dowty Days Remembered
31/12/2021
Dowty Days Remembered Martin Robins, who was employed in the Dowty Group Finance Office in the 1970s, has written a booklet ...
Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union - 22nd April 2022
07/12/2021
Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union – The Half Ball Club Venue: Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Road, GL3 2JH Date: Friday 22nd April 2022 Time: 12:00 ...
Alec Mills, General Manager, Dowty Ashchurch
29/11/2021
Film shot by my father featuring Alec Mills, General Manager, Dowty Ashchurch, c.1963 Our thanks to David Sayed for sharing this ...
BPA Apprentices Re-Union 2009
27/11/2021
BPA Apprentice Re-Union 2009 Happy memories and great to catch up with “Old” friends…we should do it again soon! Thanks to Ron Gregory ...
Sonar 2031Z development at Waverley electronics
17/08/2021
WAVERLEY ELECTRONICS, WEYMOUTH Terry Fowler writes: This company had been given a small contract to take the Admiralty Research (Portland) designs of ...
Rover P5B 2022 Calendar
13/08/2021
Rover P5B 2022 Calendar Photographs from a Rover P5B 2022 Calendar, featuring two Rover P5B cars at various locations, including Arle ...
Celebrating Dowty Engineering - 23rd August 2021
07/08/2021
90th Anniversary of The Dowty Group - 10th September 2021
06/08/2021
90th Anniversary Of The Dowty Group Ally McConnell talks with George Dowty Event Details To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of ...
Eric Beattie
11/06/2021
I have been doing some research on the Dowty Turbocraft for the Isle of Wight Classic Boat Museum, for which ...
Dowty Rotol - Non Destructive Test Dept
25/03/2021
Dowty Rotol Non Destructive Test Dept 1988 Photographs submitted by Andy Bond-Thorley
Memories of Coal Mining Days
15/03/2021
Memories of Coal Mining Days I was involved with man-less coal face trials at Bagworth colliery 1986-1990 with Dowty Mining Equipment True Engineers! Peter ...
Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union - 16th April 2021
12/03/2021
Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union – The Half Ball Club The DFS Reunion scheduled for 16th April 2021 has unfortunately been cancelled due ...
Sir George Dowty - In His Own Words
05/12/2020
Sir George Dowty (1901-1975) was a noted inventor and businessman, who pioneered many components used in the aviation industry before, ...
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Michael Sillitoe
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Dowty Rotol
31/05/2022
A very nice memorial to our friends and workmates. A few more names to the list. Rodney Smith Experimental M/C...
Michael Walsh
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Old Dowty factory in Station Street, Tewkesbury
15/05/2022
Does anyone remember Peggy Drinkwater who worked for Dowty in Tewkesbury in the late 1940s and early 1950s? She married...
John de Lacey
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Dowty Wolleng Pty Ltd – Australia
09/05/2022
I started work there in 1988. Finished up just after Joy bought the group.
Mark Ellis
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Dowty Marine – Turbo-Jet Units
26/04/2022
The Stalwart is one of the very early prototypes, and would have been in the early sixties. After the initial...
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