The old factory is demolished (Image: the 1920s Raleigh was producing more than 100,000 bikes a year, a production output that increased during the 1950s with its Triumph Road factory making up to two million bikes a year and employing 10,000 workers. The Howitt Building on Lenton Boulevard was built in 1931 for the bike company as its headquarters, but the grade II listed building is the Marcus Garvey Centre now and serves as offices and an events space for the African Caribbean community. If you had to get from one side of the factory to the Faraday Road site, you could get on one of the bikes and ride it down."
"I'd have to ride a bike for a week to test it out. "I also remember things like there being some issues with a new lubricant being tested that was fine here in the UK, but would wash out easily in the monsoon season in Asia. I'd have to go into one of the shops to find a Sturmey Archer three-speed gear to find a replacement for them. "People would come to the factory if they thought their gears didn't last long enough. If she could do it, most people definitely could. "I remember we would get our department secretary, who was less than 5 foot tall and quite a small young woman, to try and start one of the small-wheeled bikes with an engine in it to check how easy it was to get going. It was a complete factory with lots of workshops inside. three factory on Triumph Road, Nottingham which was opened by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery in 1957 (Image: Nottingham Post)ĭave Drinkwater, who is 77 and started working at Raleigh in 1966 for three years, said: "I worked at Raleigh as a quality inspector.
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