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  • Iconic Longwall Pioneer - Matthew Spedding, Passes

    Iconic Longwall Pioneer - Matthew Spedding, Passes

    10/06/2023
    Iconic Longwall Pioneer, Matthew Spedding, Passes Matt Spedding, for many years the President of Dowty Corporation, based in Zelionople, PA and ...
  • Dowty Ajax - Memories from David Watson

    Dowty Ajax - Memories from David Watson

    22/05/2023
    Memories from David Watson of Dowty Ajax Our thanks to Michele Watson for sharing this article Attached is a document which lists ...
  • Memories of Dowty Fuel Systems by Simon Thorpe

    Memories of Dowty Fuel Systems by Simon Thorpe

    15/05/2023
    Memories of Dowty Fuel Systems by Simon Thorpe I really appreciate the work you are doing pulling together the archive of ...
  • Interim Report of the Sir George Dowty Memorial Committee

    Interim Report of the Sir George Dowty Memorial Committee

    21/04/2023
    Interim Report of the Sir George Dowty Memorial Committee In the week that commemorates the 31st anniversary of the launch ...
  • The Great Escape Picnic - 1st July 2023

    The Great Escape Picnic - 1st July 2023

    25/03/2023
    The Great Escape Picnic Private Event for former Dowty Employees and their families To recognise the contribution by Sir George Dowty and ...
  • Work Pass - W T L Phillips

    Work Pass - W T L Phillips

    22/03/2023
    Dowty Equipment – Works Pass William Thomas Lawrence Phillips b 18/1/1921 Whitland, Carmarthenshire.
  • My Blog - John Redfern (Dowty Heritage Website Admin)!

    My Blog - John Redfern (Dowty Heritage Website Admin)!

    18/03/2023
    During the early days of the Covid pandemic (May 2021), I was asked to write a short blog about my ...
  • How George Dowty Supported the Few

    How George Dowty Supported the Few

    21/01/2023
    ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’  Winston Churchill August 20th, ...
  • Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union - 14th April 2023

    Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union - 14th April 2023

    11/01/2023
    Dowty Fuel Systems Re-Union – The Half Ball Club Venue: Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Road, GL3 2JH Date: Friday 14th April 2023 Time: 12:00 ...
  • Memories of my Grandmother at war!

    Memories of my Grandmother at war!

    06/01/2023
    My grandmother, Leslie Edith Doelberg was widowed in 1941 when her Royal Engineer husband was killed serving in Greece. She lived ...
  • Former Dowty workers remember huge firm's glory years at reunion

    Former Dowty workers remember huge firm's glory years at reunion

    31/10/2022
    As reported on by Gloucestershire Live (Photos J W Redfern & Dowty Heritage) The special event was held at the engineering ...
  • A short history of the Dowty IT Division

    A short history of the Dowty IT Division

    21/07/2022
    A short history of the Dowty Information Technology Division (successor to the Dowty Electronics Division) In 1984 Dowty Electronics Division acquired ...
  • Memories of Steffen Justus

    Memories of Steffen Justus

    16/07/2022
    My name is Steffen Justus from Germany. By chance I came across the “Dowty Heritage” website of your company and would ...
  • 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
    Arrangements have been made for a Dowty Group Re-Union at a venue highly relevant to the Dowty name! On another subject ...
  • 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 ...
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  • Philippa France-Lynch on Dowty Group – People

    20/11/2023
    I have some pictures of Mike Spence, Group Director... should you like them sent through?... Mike Spence was my father....
  • John Wangermann on Dowty Fuel Systems – Synopsis

    26/10/2023
    I completed my Dowty Group Apprenticeship and then worked at Dowty Fuel Systems for 2 years from 1989 to 1991....
  • Rachel Miles on Dowty Fuel Systems – Synopsis

    13/10/2023
    My Father-in-law Alan Miles was one of the engineers that designed the fuel pump for the Harrier Jump Jet engine!...
  • Dominic on Undercarriage for the Avro Arrow CF-100

    16/09/2023
    From a visual perspective (setting aside technical), you can't help but notice the similar configuration to that of the TSR2....
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