Note- The ‘snaps’ used to illustrate this entry were taken in 1969. Our apologies for the poor quality. In the last Jottings entry we...

Apologies for the terrible picture quality in our first offering this week, but we just could not resist this fascinating advert placed...

In Armstrong Siddeley circles there has been a sudden revival of interest in a body type which Parkside never produced, sparked off by...

Until 1941, when the UK National Fire Service was established, the danger and extent of a fire in industrial or commercial premises, was...

The picture above is from our ‘factory collection’ negatives taken by Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Publicity Department. The location is...

Today, we have published a new web page for the 1930s range of Armstrong Siddeley 20/25hp and 20hp cars. There is a series of new images...

Following on from our last Jotting entry we have the Armstrong Whitworth Alnwick Landaulette, pictured below. This was a full 5 seater in...

This year we have been fortunate enough to add several collections of historic car images to our Heritage Trust photographic library....

For our third picture in this collection the background is again the gatehouse to Charlcote Manor. The car is the Armstrong Siddeley,...

We have published a new photo gallery for the Pre-War 16hp model. This page includes new images of this model together with a technical...

Earlier this year the Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club held their National weekend event at Charlcote in Warwickshire. Being relatively...

For many of us who have cars with a fold down grid attached to the rear for carrying a trunk, picnic hamper, or some other item, an old...

The construction of a commercial vehicle, even if based on the current production model was a somewhat radical step for Armstrong...

Interesting Cars with Interesting Histories -15   Part three. In 1972 a member of the Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club, Malcolm...

Interesting Cars with Interesting Histories. – 15 (part two)   Following on from our last entry we discovered that in 1938 a change of...

Interesting cars with interesting Histories. – 15. (Part one.) The opening photo shot for this jotting captures the Thrupp  and Maberley...

Interesting cars with Interesting histories.  14 Our last jotting entry introduced us to the pinnacle of John Siddeley’s personal car...

Interesting Cars with interesting histories -13 In 1933 John Siddeley chose to launch the Siddeley Special, a luxury car, badged, bearing...

On Thursday of next week, the 30th May 2024 it will be seventy five years since the first use of an ejection seat in a practical...

Interesting cars with Interesting histories -12 A number of years past while holidaying in Yorkshire we spent a day exploring the North...