Title:
Interview with O.B. Greeves
Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
TED HALEY RECORDINGS
Scope and Content:
Title: O.B. Greeves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles
Speaker(s): Greeves, Oscar Bertram; Haley, Edward
Date of recording: 29/8/81
Length of tape: 60 mins
Depositor: Haley, Edward
Restrictions: Copyright Edward Haley
Synopsis of tape; O.B. Greeves, born 1906; early life in England and France; first job in enginering, early motorbikes; garage in Surbiton from 1931 - repairs and petrol, hours of work, profits and wages; wartime work as munitions contractor; story of building invalid carriage for cousin in 1942; reasons for decision to build invalid carriage after the War; prices; problems with supply of materials; potential users; standard machines and adaptations; negotiations with Ministry of Works - contract; expansion and new factory in Thundersley; levels of production and profit; production by other companies; withdrawal of contract by government; MBE; limitations of Invacar; motor cycles - need to diversify, prototypes from 1951; competition from scooter; production from 1954-70; Side 2- motor cycle competitions; pride in Invacar; activities in retirement; reflections on Japanese motor cycle industry.
Dates of Creation:
1991
Creator Name:
Haley, Edward
Custodial History:
Ted Haley Accession Number A0093
Related Unit of Description:
Press cutting catalogued as SA 20/1676/4

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Disability O.B. Greaves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles, 1981
Subjects Industry O.B. Greaves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles, 1981
Subjects Second World War O.B. Greaves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles, 1981
Subjects Transport O.B. Greaves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles, 1981
Personal Names Oscar Bertram
Greeves 		Interview: O.B. Greaves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles, 1981
Document Types Sound recording O.B. Greaves, Early life, Invacar and Motor Cycles, 1981