Archive Issue 126

From Fraser & Chalmers  A view from around 1900 looking from the south-west towards Fraser & Chalmers’s new factory at Erith, with the Thames on the far left, and what became Fraser Road climbing up to the right in the lee of the escarpment which slopes down from Bexley Road.  Fraser & Chalmers bought the site in 1890 from Frederick Parish for £800 an acre, and moved onto an area beside Erith Sandpits formerly used as a recreation ground.  Fraser Road has yet to be constructed, but an unmade track runs along the line it later it took. Courtesy Ken Chamberlain, Erith & Belvedere Local History Society

From In the Showroom  A new era for Jowett arrived in 1935 when its status changed to a public company. Body design took on a new and more modern appearance courtesy of the appointment of Reg Korner who had apprenticed at the London Improved Coachbuilders at Pimlico having learned the body design trade at the Regent Street Polytechnic. Before moving to Jowett he was employed at Comptons of Hanwell in West London where he worked on Bugattis, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. At Bradford, Korner was responsible for the design of the 10hp family saloon with its modern shape and four-cylinder engine. This photograph depicts a Jowett 10 performing in style on the 1938 Scottish Rally.  National Motor Museum