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Dave Walker
05/09/2018
In this interview Dave remembers his training as a Commercial Apprentice at Dowty and his time at Bristol Polytechnic. He talks ...
Mary Sage
05/09/2018
Mary was born in 1916 and so was 102 years old when we interviewed her. She worked at Dowty during the ...
The standard IS/250 gas turbine
29/08/2018
This piece of equipment included a fuel system developed by Dowty Fuel Systems.
The universal fuel pump test rig
29/08/2018
This test rig was designed by Dowty Equipment to satisfy the increasing demand for versatility in test equipment. There are three ...
Michael Heseltine with an aircraft engine
29/08/2018
This photograph, which was obviously going to be adapted for publicity, shows Michael Heseltine with an aircraft engine. Unfortunately there is ...
The Dowty Sports & Social Club - Synopsis
29/08/2018
The Dowty Sports & Social Club was formed for its employees. Dowty Rotol Sports & Social Club was formed in 1960, ...
Photos of Dowty Rotol Buildings
29/08/2018
Selection of photographs showing the Dowty Rotol site at Staverton, Gloucester. The iconic white building was not always white!
Video of the Dowty Turbocraft
29/08/2018
The 1959 Dowty Turbocraft is shown here after restoration. It was restored at East Belfast Yacht Club by Gary McCausland.
Sir George Dowty's Notebook
29/08/2018
The archive at Gloucestershire Heritage Hub includes an early notebook belonging to Sir George Dowty. This page shows overhead expenses for ...
Dowty Directors' Attendance Book, 1942
29/08/2018
This book shows signatures of attendance at board meetings of directors of the Dowty Group early in its life, in ...
How to contribute to Dowty Heritage
24/08/2018
This website allows you to contribute to the preserved Dowty memories by sharing photographs, videos stories. Anyone can do this. At ...
Video Clip of Peter Kearney being interviewed by Sue Jay
22/08/2018
This is a great documentary featuring a lorry driver who worked for Dowty. Watch this documentary about the life of a ...
"History of Dowty" event at Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
20/08/2018
The first major event taking place following the start of the Dowty cataloguing project in April will be on the 6th September 2018, from 10-12.
Introducing the Dowty project
18/07/2018
The project is part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project to transform Gloucestershire Archives into the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, along ...
Dowty Group Global Growth
18/07/2018
The Dowty Group was founded in 1931 when George Dowty left the Gloster Aircraft Company to develop a new internally-sprung ...
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Barry Ashford
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Dowty Electronics – Gresham Lion Technology
08/04/2021
I started with Greshams on the Hanworth Trading Estate in the Recording Heads Section in 1962; got my 10 year...
John Redfern
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Dowty Group History
28/03/2021
Hello Martin...thank you for your email. Dowty Marine has its own dedicated pages on our website... here is the link:...
Martin Hayward
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Dowty Group History
27/03/2021
I notice this page makes no mention of Dowty Marine 1960-1963 and the poduction of the Dowty Tubocraft of which...
Rob Neal
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John Herring
19/03/2021
Hi. Rob Neal here. Dowty apprentice 1975-79 and worked for the group in its various guises until retiring from GE...
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