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Stanley Edge. Is there an early photo?

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Stanley Edge. Is there an early photo?
Nick Salmon Offline
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18-09-2018, 01:53 PM
I have seen photos of Stanley Edge in later life but never one of him as a young man. Does an image exist of him around the time he was with Austin?
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18-09-2018, 02:22 PM
This is a photo of the Austin Osprey taken in March 1918. Stanley is the young lad on the left - he would be 15 at the time. Six months later he would be transferred from the Aero Experimental Department to the main Car Drawing Office.

   


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18-09-2018, 03:12 PM
Nick,

There is a photo of Stan astride the Connaught motor cycle he used to commute on in Bryan Purves The Austin Seven Source Book. The photo is not particularly good and I don't think the Assn. Archives has others.
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18-09-2018, 04:59 PM
Ah, brilliant. Many thanks Mike and Chris. I am taking the Box to a primary school next week and I want to show the kids that the person who designed significant parts of the car was not really much older than they are. That photo will do the job nicely.
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19-09-2018, 08:36 PM
Given his stature, we can see why we landed up with such a compact car!
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30-09-2018, 09:25 AM
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I will try and send this again.  I just cleaned up the screened photo. Sorry about the crap you got.  Bruce
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