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The Healey Oral History Project Warwickshire County Record Office Would Like to Record Your Healey Memories for the Archive The Healey Oral History Project Warwickshire County Record Office would like to record your Healey memories for the archive. Warwickshire County Record Office has purchased, catalogued and conserved the Warwick Healey Motor Company archive. This amounts to 28 rolls and portfolios of plans, 30 boxes of papers including 8 containing photographs; in total there are 850 items including many files and also an additional 300 items donated separately since the project began. There is also a small amount of cinefilm, previously unseen. The collection is available for everybody to view at the record office during our opening hours. As well as the written archive we are creating an oral history archive to keep with the collection. We have set a challenging target to create 60 hours of interview material. We want to record and transcribe the memories of individuals with long-standing connections to the Donald Healey Motor Company or to car m a n u f a c t u r e r s s u c h a s A u s t i n a n d J e n s e n t h a t h e l p e d b u i l d t h e c a r s . S o naturally we want to hear from you if you are a former mechanic, driver, constructor, engineer, or office worker. Maybe you have memories of Healey family members such as Donald and his sons Geoff and Brian (‘Bic’). We also want to talk to Healey owners and enthusiasts so they can share their memories. The Healey family Austin-Healey 100 M Can you tell us some of the stories or urban myths such as engines being buried at the company’s Cape Works in Warwick to ensure secrecy, or the ‘lake’ at the Cape for testing boats? Were you involved in racing, competitions, speed records, rallies or do you remember any of the publicity involving celebrities? Do you have memories of some of the other Healey company and family interests such as boat building, and power generation via wind power? Would you like to share your memories of acquiring and driving Healey cars? Construction at the experimental works Boat building We can arrange to interview you at Warwickshire County Record Office or at your home if you live locally using one of our volunteers. We can also interview remotely if you are a user of Skype. The interviews will be transcribed and the recordings made available for research purpose, we may also use some clips to promote the collection via social media. Contact Details If you are interested in getting involved, please send an email to [email protected] or [email protected] Warwickshire County Record Office Priory Park Cape Road Donald Healey with Warwick Anthony Eden CV34 4JS Telephone: 01926 738959 Email: [email protected] Websites: heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk ourwarwickshire.org.uk Opening Hours Wednesday 10-4pm The Barford workshop Thursday 10-4pm Friday 10-4pm Saturday 10-1pm Austin-Healey 100 All images used are taken from the S Warwick Healey Motor Company Archive.
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