Pictures from the Heritage Archives
It is pretty well known that during the early days of motoring, in fact for the first 25 years or so, that petrol was purchased in cans...
Armstrong Siddeley Heritage Trust
Search
- Sep 18
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Whilst the driving of a motor car was originally the preserve of men, by the nineteen twenties ladies were taking an interest in the...
- Sep 3
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
We follow on from the last post with a further look at the 1927 Armstrong Siddeley brochure. This body style was available on the Short...
- Aug 21
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
The Hoyal brochure that we recently featured at was quite a modest affair, this week we take a look at an elaborate brochure produced...
- Aug 7
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
The first aeroplane that Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft built in quantity under the control of John Siddeley was AW Siskin.Following the...
- Jul 24
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
The majority of Armstrong Siddeley motors cars were supplied with in-house Burlington bodies. However, all models were available as a...
- Jul 11
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
In all of our previous jotting’s we have concentrated mainly on motorcars and aircraft, this week we take a look at aero engines. During...
- Jun 26
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Last year we looked at the Siddeley-Deasy entry into WW1, this week we take a look at the war time ambulances that were built on S-D...
- Jun 12
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
This week we look at some period photos of Siddeley-Deasy motorcars. This would appear to be an early Deasy, before they were renamed as...
- May 29
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Our first picture this week is of a 6hp Siddeley Autocar parked up for a photo opportunity in Staverton, Devon. Whilst the driver has the...
- May 14
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
There are many original brochures in the Heritage Archives, here is a glimpse of a 1932 version aimed at the lady driver. The front page...
- Apr 30
Images from the Heritage Archives
Harrods of London has always had a reputation for selling a range of luxury items such as high-end food to extravagant jewellery; in the...
- Apr 20
Eighty Years Ago Today
On the 20th of April 1942 a Whitley Mk V bomber of number 58 squadron RAF Costal Command took off from St. Eval airfield in Cornwall on a...
- Apr 17
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Here we have a series of pictures of C Allen and Son's garage in Bristol taken in the late 1930's. We wonder what was the occasion to get...
- Apr 3
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
I've often been asked "Why is there an image of a Gloster Meteor on you home page?" The answer is quite simple its not a Gloster Meteor...
- Mar 20
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Towards the end of the Nineteen Fifties Armstrong Siddeley Motors published a book called the Evening and the Morning, it was a...
- Mar 6
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
At first glance you may well wonder why a picture of a guided missile can be found lurking in our archives, well, following initial work...
- Feb 20
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
We take our final look at the 1935 poster with some of the charming insets that were displayed. Finally from the poster, the company...
- Feb 12
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Continuing our look at the images from the 1935 Armstrong Siddeley Poster we present four more images and customer comments.
- Feb 4
Pictures from the Heritage Archives
Following on from last weeks look at the 1935 Armstrong Siddeley poster we display a further selection of images from it. Included are...