The Classic Machinery Network

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:30 pm**

I've stumbled across a short audio interview with Joseph Cyril Bamford from 1995 broadcast last year on BBC Radio Stoke.
For all my years of being a JCB enthusiast, this is the first time I've heard Mr JCB in his own words:
https://audioboom.com/posts/3734566-jcb-is-70-archive-of-the-late-joseph-cyril-bamford

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:14 pm**

Why was JC passed over for the honours list for all those years?

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:44 am**

essexpete wrote:Why was JC passed over for the honours list for all those years?

Because engineers and diggers and digger manufacturers are not considered to be important

however if your in the 'arts' now that's something totally different.

Jeremy

Joseph Cyril Bamford - 1995 Radio Interview.