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  • Memories of Eonis Vorvis

    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

    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

    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

    Dowty Fuel Systems - Paper Clippings

    07/03/2022
    Dowty Fuel Systems – Paper Clippings
  • Dowty Fuel Systems 25 Site - Silver Jubilee Fair 1977

    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

    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

    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

    Dowty Fuel Systems - Facilities

    04/03/2022
    Dowty Fuel Systems – Research, Development & Manufacturing Facilities
  • Dowty Fuel Systems - Products

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Celebrating Dowty Engineering - 23rd August 2021

    07/08/2021
  • 90th Anniversary of The Dowty Group -  10th September 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 on 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 on 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 on Dowty Wolleng Pty Ltd – Australia

    09/05/2022
    I started work there in 1988. Finished up just after Joy bought the group.
  • Mark Ellis on 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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