John Menzies Car

and chauffeur

John Menzies Car and Chauffeur

Thank you to Kim Traynor for allowing me to reproduce this photograph.

Kim Traynor wrote:

Chauffeur and Family

"Here is a photo of my grandfather.  He was a chauffeur for John Menzies. The car (and his family) were accommodated in Canning Street Lane."

My mother also worked for Menzies.  She told me how she made up the newsvendor tray for the Waverley Station sequence in Hitchcock’s film, 'The 39 Steps'."

Kim Traynor. Tollcross, Edinburgh:  September 1+12+13, 2009

The Car

If you recognise what model of car this is, please email me.

Thank you.   -  Peter Stubbs:  September 18, 2009

Another Photo

   ©

Here is a photograph provided by Kim Traynor.  It shows the same chauffeur with another car belonging to John Menzies.

Answer

1

Phil Wilson

Aberdeen, Scotland

Thank you to Phil Wilson who wrote:

The Car

"I've checked my Culshaw & Horrobin Encyclopedia, and I think that the picture with the chauffeur standing outside the car may be of a 'Siddeley-Deasy', made by a company which eventually became part of Armstrong-Siddeley.

Here is a picture of a very similar convertible taken from the Veteran Car Club of Australia (Queensland) Inc web site."

Phil Wilson, Aberdeen, Scotland:  September 20, 2009

Answer

2

Bozi Mohacek

Surrey, England

Thank you to Bozi Mohacek who wrote:

The Car

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Kim Traynor:                                                                                   Photographer not known

"This car is indeed a cca 1913 Siddeley Deasy 18'24 Landaulette open drive limousine with Edinburgh registration S 2673. The car registrations ’bible’ Newall, has no data available for early Edinburgh Borough Council cars so cannot help in accurate dating.

The car has gas main-beam lights, electric side-lamps and a shortish bonnet so the model is probably the 4 cylinder 3,300cc.

The Builder

Interesting company history: this vehicle was built by the Vickers 'Wolseley' organization which had just parted with Herbert Austin.

The company Company was started in 1906 by Captain Henry Deasy who then left the company 1908 and was replaced by JD Siddeley, from Wolseley. It became Siddeley Deasy in 1913 and then became Armstrong Siddeley, 1919 to 1960.

Bozi Mohacek,  8 February 2019:  Chairman, Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society, England.
 

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