Bad news for S-T owners

Jul 15, 2008 4 Replies

Looking for the useful little S-T history article on Fairways website I discovered that following the sad death of David Pickop last year Fairways has ceased trading:-



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Did anyone keep a copy of the article (written by a long-standing employee in about 1939 and detailing among other things the origins of S-T's entry into the marine market) and I wonder what will become of the rest of the archive which includes factory day books giving the date and original buyer for any engine number.



NHH


Nick H wrote (snip):

Yes, I did!

Now hopefully uploaded to Mike's S-T info site.

NHH

Nick H wrote(snip):

Nope - buggered it up somewhere along the way. Now forwarded to Mike who probably knows how the thing works!

NHH

That snip says that David's wife tried to sell the archive, does that mean that it is still available?? perhaps we/someone should contact her to get that preserved for the future? Peter

-- Peter A Forbes Prepair Ltd, Rushden, UK snipped-for-privacy@prepair.co.uk

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Yes, it makes one wonder to whom it was offered. If you know anyone in a position to take it on then pass the word.

Nick H

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