Great King Street
Photo Gallery 19
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Griffiths
The Griffiths family was not unique in the Lucas
Empire; there were a lot of families that had 3 or 4
generations that had worked for Lucas
This was the begining of 4 genarations of the
Griffiths Family
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Frederick William Griffiths
42 years service
Frederick joined Joseph Lucas as an Iron Turner
( Toolmaker ) in 1895. and is believed to have started
at Little King Street More Details
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Frederick W Griffiths and Alice his sister
Frederick Married Martha Sessions in 1992, and went
on to have 11 children, 5 sons and 6 daughters.
Unfortunately Martha died in 1917 at the age of 45;
Fredrick remained a widower until his death
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George Harry Griffiths
Son
38 years Service
George although born close to the Lucas site did not
Join the company until after his Army Service in the
Great War 1914-18
From early days his expertise was in Sheet Metal Work
and he soon moved into the Experimental Dept ( C6 )
as a prototype metal worker More Details
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George Harry Griffith
Son
George Married Irene Exton
1st October 1921
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Norman Geoffrey Griffiths
Grandson
10 years Service
Norman, George's son joined Joseph Lucas in the
Laboratories F6 in 1943 and left after 10 years to
become Chief Metallurgist with Bristol-Siddeley
More details
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Norman Geoffery Griffiths
Grandson
Norman Married Freda Law 7th June 1952
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Sidney Griffiths
Son
40 years service
Sid joined Lucas in 1923 as a Toolmaker, working on the
Turning section in H4 Toolroom, He finely setted on the
Bench Section of R8 Toolroom More Details
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Gordon Griffiths
Grandson
44 years Service
Gordon joined Joseph Lucas in 1942 at the Training
School as an Indentured Engineering Aprentice
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Gordon Griffiths
Grandson
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Gordon Griffiths
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Gary Griffiths
Gary Joined the Lucas Electrical Training Centre
based at College Road Perry Barr 14.09 1978
At the time he was part of an intake of almost
one hundred apprentices who were enrolled
on either a craft or technical course
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