48 Back in 1953, Sydney Allard hoped to capitalize on the microcar market growing in postwar Great Britain. Margaret says the Allard Clipper was going to be one of the first affordable family cars in the UK. There wasn’t a lot of prosperity in postwar Britain, and this car could be a solution to low-cost family/working class transportation. The team was assembled to build the prototype….there were eight members of the team which included an industrious, capable and enthusiastic woman. In the memo on the previous page, there were eight HordernRichmond Employees identified and these are listed below: Eight Member Hordern-Richmond Team That Produced the Allard Clipper Bodies 1. Mr. Piercey – Supervisor 2. Mr. Harwood – office / drafting 3. William “Bill” Locke 4. Mr. Small 5. Mr. Clarke – or Bernard Winwood via comment on UC website 6. Margaret Woolsey—maiden name Miss Margaret Raeburn 7. Mr. Thomlinson – painting 8. Mr. Spencer Identifying Individuals on the Photo So we know there were 8 members of the team, but there are nine individuals shown in the photo. The answer to this problem was given when I heard from Richard Evans via e-mail on August 14th, 2013: HI Geoff Just wondered where the car picture and staff line up originated as one staff member is not named- he's 2nd left- Jack Jackman identified by one of his daughter's this week. Jack was the workshop foreman of the Allard Motor Company who spent considerable time at Horden and Richmond resolving production issues relating to assembly of the body to the chassis". Regards, Richard Evans Thanks to assistance by Richard Evans, we now know the identify of the ninth person in the photo.
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