Thursday 26 January 2017

Ex-Standard Triumph Workers Website Launched

New Website Designed and Launched Triumphworks.co.uk

Press Release:
Calling all ex-Standard and Triumph employees and their families.
We are hoping to document EVERY employee from the Standard, Triumph and BL factory sites in Coventry. From the very start to the very end - we want to hear from you!

Head over to http://www.triumphworks.co.uk and fill in a name, service dates and department. You can even list what you worked on, or any memories you have; you can write as much or as little as you'd like. List your colleagues names too to build the archive. You can post an entry on behalf of a family member too. Make yourself a cuppa and please spend five minutes adding a detail or two.

The register hopes to build a lasting archive of all the workers at this great company.
Remembering the Good Old Days, Today!

Details:
‘The best days of my life’What’s the Idea with the Database?
Fascinated with stories from ex-employees from Standard, Standard Triumph and Triumph, we thought we would collate and document as many of these memories as possible.
We’d love you to get involved by adding as much or as little information as possible to the archive. Ultimately, we’d like a list of every worker, the years they worked there and which department, or part of the factory.
This, we appreciate, needs to start somewhere – so perhaps you can help with a name Smith, John for instance – it gives us something to aim for.
Submitting Details.
You can submit details online using the form and by clicking the Submit a Name link. Here you can add a name (Surname first please) and any information you may have – department, service years etc etc. Finally you can add your own name – you may be submitting on behalf of someone else. Then click on Submit.
You can submit as many names as you wish – you may have worked in the same department with Steve Smith, John Evans and Bob Jones, so you can submit their names either independently, one for each submission, or as a list in the description, and we’ll pull them out, to list on their own.
What Not to Write
Each submission is moderated before it is added to the database – so anything we think isn’t appropriate will not be added – please do not include any contact information such as home addresses or telephone numbers either. If you would like the platform to ask old friends to get in touch, you can do but we may remove contact details to ensure any responses appropriate.

In the description part you can write as much as you want – the more the merrier with some entrants being pulled out as future ‘featured’ articles. If you are writing a long entry, we’d recommend you write you entry in Word, or similar, so you can save your typing!
Email Us
You can email info through to iwas@triumphworks.co.uk If you have any old photographs, you can email them to us via this address too. We’d love to see them.So please, make yourself a cuppa and spend five minutes adding some memories to the database after all, many ex-employees consider their time at the Triumph Works, ‘The best days of my life’ Thank you.

END




Tuesday 10 January 2017

Fairy Tale - the results

The film was particularly well liked with a number of people commenting it was 'the best yet.' It certainly was the most demanding project to date as we produced, from scratch, every single element that you see on screen.

Diddy Dave - Diddy Do It?

The Figures.
Steam Traction World's Fairytale of Alvis broke a number of records:

48,194 People reached on Facebook. Over 19,000 views on Facebook
63 shares, 135 likes. (FB direct link)

30,712 People reached on Facebook
74 shares, 171 likes. (Link to YouTube)
During December 93,890 people were 'reached' by Steam Traction World via the Fairytale of Alvis Way film and the associated posts and updated.

YouTube
6,647 views
450 'Thumbs' up. 0 'Thumbs' down
100% 'Thumbs' up

(All Figures collated 5th Jan, 2017)
In addition to individuals, the film was shared by a record number of companies and groups on their own Facebook pages. The list included: The Shuttleworth Collection, Great Dorset Steam Fair, Old Glory, Ulster Vintage, Roxby Heritage Weekend, Steam & Rally Events, Australian Model Engineering Magazine, K&L Model Railways, Vintage Enthusiasts Worldwide, Steam Car Club GB, Steam Engine Heaven, Nottingham Industrial Museum, Hire Steam, Logs & Maintenance.
Facebook Likes:
November 28, 2016 - 3,072
January 5, 2017 - 3,181

Watched in:
United Kingdom, United States of America, Philippines, Australia, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, Canada, France, India, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Brazil, Portugal, Pakistan, Austria, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Mexico, South Africa, Argentina, Czech Republic, Turkey, Indonesia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Hong Kong, Egypt, Russia, Thailand, China, United Arab Emirates, Romania, Greece, Malta, Norway, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Hungary.
(In order of most watched)

Your Comments:
"I love it! It's charming. I love steam and a good animation." Claire Dunning
"It's great, isn't it - very 'Smallfilms' in feel." Paul Edwards
"Fabulous! I love a traction engine! It's in the blood!" Angela Smyth
The best Chrismas ad of 2016. (Ahem), Might appeal slightly more to people who like steam engines, sheds, model-making and that sort of thing. Up with that sort of thing! (sort of Ivor The Engine style animation, too. Up with that sort of thing, too).
"Just watched the Xmas video - I just don't know where you find such creativity and talent, I hope you can afford the singers!!"
Paul Hawkins
"It is great, well done xx." Jane Perryman
"Love it thats brilliant." Lloyd Harrison
"Best one yet." Steve Hull
"Geweldig mooi" (Amazing beautiful) Jan van der Woude
"Absolutely, brilliantly funny. Well done!" Mike King
"Good work :)" Thomas Doherty
"That's great" Gareth Johnston
"Luv it. Very clever :-))"
"Brilliant. Thank you." Marian Dolphin