1958, 104 Not Out-T. H. Lewis Limited have been in business for over a century. (From Express News 1958-September)
1890, This trade catalogue makes spectacular reading today. (From Express News 1958-September)
1890 Dairy Show, Thomas Henry Lewis, the founder of TH Lewis, stands bareheaded with his two sons. (From Express News 1958-September)
1890 A page from the order book shows that vehicles were made to the buyer's exact specification. (From Express News 1958-September)
1900's TH Lewis advertisement - horse drawn cart (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1890's Three iron monsters of the past, a Model T Ford, a Lacre and a Garford receive attention at Chalk Farm. (From Express News 1958-September)
1911 T.H. Lewis staff fixing tyres, which were made-to-measure from flat steel; it was quite a job putting in the rivets. (1960 Picture Set from Express News Christmas edition)
TH Lewis yard, Chalk Farm. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
TH Lewis yard, Chalk Farm. (Courtesy Paul Smith)
TH Lewis yard-composite picture, Chalk Farm. (Express Dairy Tales)
TH Lewis yard, Chalk Farm. (Courtesy Dave Fane)
1930's Early electric vehicle from Electricars Ltd. TH Lewis truck with Kenton Lane Depot livery. (Courtesy Paul Luke)
1930's Early electric vehicle from Electricars Ltd. TH Lewis truck with Hurlingham Depot livery.(Courtesy Dave Fane)
1934. A cutting from The Star dated 25th April 1934, forecasts the birth of the rider pram. T. H. Lewis manufactured no less than 375 Electruks in 1957. (From Express News 1958-September)
1954 The staff enjoy a day's outing on board the MV Royal Sovereign which was chartered for the Centenary celebrations. (From Express News 1958-September)
1954 T.H. Lewis staff celebrated the Company's centenary on the MV Royal Sovereign. (Express News Christmas 1967)
1957 Len Frost and Walter Nell at the Long Service Awards 1957. Roger Frost comments "Walter Nell presenting my father with a silver cigarette box. From the time my dad was demobbed in 1946 until the mid 1960s our family lived in flats over Express Dairy shops. It was only when all the shops were being closed and the properties and leases sold off that my parents were rehoused in Council accommodation." Roger Frost comments "Walter Nell presenting my father with a silver cigarette box. He started working for T.H Lewis in Chalk Farm in 1933 and apart from his war service from 1940 untill 1946 he stayed with them until he retired. From being demobbed in 1946 until the mid 1960s our family lived in flats over Express Dairy shops. It was only when all the shops were being closed and the properties and leases sold off that my parents were rehoused in Council accommodation." (Courtesy Roger Frost)
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1958 Flanked by his fellow directors, Mr D. Mills and Mr G. R. Gervis, Mr Walter Reeves thumbs through a collection of old photographs and talks about the old days, when T. H. Lewis went in for coach building. (From Express News 1958-September)
1958 LEFT-Design Draughtsman Mr C. P. Hall plots the interior layout of a new self-service store. CENTRE-Display gondolas receive attention in the Shop Fitting Department. RIGHT-Mr N. W. 'Ted' Taylor, who is given a free hand with the Experimental section, joined T. H. Lewis as a blacksmith's striker in 1918. (From Express News 1958-September)
1958 Senior Sign Writer Mr Bill Jackson gets on with his exacting work under the eagle eye of Mr Ted Cain, the Paint Shop Foreman'. (From Express News 1958-September)
1958 LEFT-A constant stream of vehicles pass through the Main Overhaul shop. Each is stripped down and entirely re-conditioned before being returned to duty. RIGHT-Assembly Shop Foreman Mr Basil Empson cheeks the chassis of an Electruk Rider before passing it over to the Body Building section. (From Express News 1958-September)
1960's, TH Lewis, 20-year Long Service, part of Bob Wastell's collection from his son, Brian Wastell. Brian comments "I can identify some of the people-the man with glasses standing behind Mr Nell is Stan Cardy. My dad Bob Wastell is on Mr. Nell's right, above his hand. All men are part of the shop-fitting team, formerly Lewis's." (Courtesy Brian Wastell)
1967 T.H. Lewis moved from Chalk Farm to Ruislip whilst constructing Thunderbird 2 for LongLife milk promotion. (Express News Summer)
1967 T.H. Lewis moved from Chalk Farm to Ruislip whilst constructing Thunderbird 2 for LongLife milk promotion. (Express News Summer)
1967 T.H. Lewis moved from Chalk Farm to Ruislip whilst constructing Thunderbird 2 for LongLife milk promotion. (Express News Summer)
1967 T.H. Lewis moved from Chalk Farm to Ruislip whilst constructing Thunderbird 2 for LongLife milk promotion. (Express News Summer)
2023 T H Lewis History Page 1 (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 T H Lewis History Page 2 (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 T H Lewis History Page 3 (Express Dairy Tales publication)
2023 T H Lewis History Page 4 (Express Dairy Tales publication)
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