Our Maggie

Well, we lost Margaret Thatcher yesterday...

 

 

She was actually part of the Rolls-Royce story too:

 

ROLLS-ROYCE, 1971

"Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce was nationalised by Edward Heath's Conservative government in 1971 after it hit difficulties over the development of its RB211 engine as development costs over-ran.

Rolls has been winging its way to further profits growth

The car division was separated in 1973, and the company was privatised again under Mrs Thatcher in 1987.

(Irvine note: Bernd Pischetsrieder was glad of that)

Rolls-Royce has gone on to become one of the UK's most successful international companies, the second-largest supplier of aircraft engines in the world after GE in the US, and has diversified its range.

It also has production facilities around the world, including Germany, the US and China.

The aircraft industry has always been heavily subsidised - directly or indirectly - by governments in its initial development phase, as the continuing disputes between Boeing and Airbus attest."

 

R.I.P  Margaret.

She loved the P5 Rovers and had a number of them stashed away until they all wore out.

 But I simply cannot find any photos of her with a Crewe car...

They have been known to turn up:

 

'Googling' can be fun.

Our Margaret will be missed, no denying it  - from both sides...

(Posted by David Irvine)